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Douglas Park questions himself on Fergus McCann comparison

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Douglas Park has brought Fergus McCann up in a bizarre Question and Answer session with himself.

The Q and A is used as an interview in many Sunday newspapers with the full transcript appearing on the Ibrox club website at 7am this morning.

Park found himself in the spotlight after Dave King walked away in March with the Lanarkshire businessman given the role of Interim Chairman.

Straight away he decided to go to war with the SPFL, after picking up evidence from a whistle-blower he called for the suspensions of Neil Doncaster and Rod McKenzie.

When the dossier was released on Thursday it was widely derided, some of the biggest cheerleaders described it as more of a water pistol than smoking gun.

On Tuesday SPFL clubs will vote at an EGM  on whether the water pistol has created the need for an independent investigation.

Famously in the nineties McCann brought down Jim Farry after he willfully delayed the registration of Jorge Cadette, a move that helped deny Celtic the 1996 league title and Scottish Cup.

No action since then has compared with that but on his club website Park asks himself:

16: Fergus McCann’s pursuit of SFA chief Jim Farry over wrongdoing took three years between 1996 and 1999 before justice was done. Do you see this as a similar type of cause that Rangers have taken up and are you willing to battle for as long as it takes?

I wouldn’t draw parallels between this situation and others. We are doing what we think is right for Scottish football as a whole. We will never stop doing what we think is right and we are profoundly aware of our responsibility to the game as a whole.

17: Some people see this whole process as Rangers not being prepared to concede the title to Celtic to save face with their own fans. What would you say to that?

This is why we’ve always said the money issue should have been separated from the league situation. The money issue was critical for a number of clubs, it made it very emotive. We have no issue with what the member clubs decide. Indeed, that’s what should happen in a members organisation. However, our issue is the SPFL’s failure to inform them fully. Instead they gave information which was misleading and omitted material information. This is only about what’s right and proper in terms of due process, nothing else. It’s about ensuring that Scottish football has proper corporate governance and leadership that acts on behalf of all member clubs.

Farry became chief executive of the SFA in 1990 following the retiral of Ernie Walker.

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