Gregory Campbell has tabled an Early Day Motion in the UK Parliament calling for an Independent Investigation into Scottish football.
The East Derry MP appears to be upset by the recent vote of SPFL clubs rather than the lack of punishment given out to those involved in more than a decade of cheating HMRC through a disguised remuneration scheme operated by Sir David Murray.
With his constituents in Lockdown and businesses facing ruin it seems strange that Campbell has been able to devote time to a sport outside of his constituency.
On April 11 interim Ibrox chairman Douglas Park called for an independent investigation into a vote taken by SPFL clubs and the suspension of Neil Doncaster and Rod McKenzie. Ibrox Managing Director Stewart Robertson is on the board of the SPFL.
No other club has supported that call but yesterday in Parliament Campbell offered his support.
The motion states:
That this House notes the decision by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) regarding how the current Scottish Football season should be concluded due to games being called off; is concerned that having asked Clubs to vote on a way forward to help resolve major financial issues, a number of Clubs indicated their opposition to proposals, there then followed a series of conflicting responses, club votes cast and then declared not cast, reports of pressurised communications, bullying and offers of financial inducements, all of which have led to a serious loss of confidence in those charged with governing Scottish Football; and calls for a fully impartial and independent investigation to be carried out immediately into the actions and correspondence carried out by senior SPFL officials who oversaw the process.
So far the only MP to support the motion is Blackpool South MP Benton Scott.
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Leading Scottish assistant referee Douglas Ross is the Tory MP for Moray. The other Scottish Tory MPs are David Duguid (Banff & Buchan), Alastair Jack (Dumfries & Galloway), David Mundell (Dumfriesshire) and Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeen & Kincardine).
