Disciplinary Updates
This Disciplinary Updates section details selected Notices of Complaint issued by the Compliance Officer and Claims lodged and dealt with under the Judicial Panel Procotol.
This section will also be regularly updated with the outcomes of cases.
Notice of Complaint | Kenny Miller, Team Staff, Falkirk FC
Alleged Party in Breach: Kenny Miller, Team Staff, Falkirk FC
Date: 19 February 2022
Competition: Scottish League 1
Match: Cove Rangers FC v Falkirk FC
Disciplinary Rule allegedly breached: Disciplinary Rule 203 – No member of Team Staff shall commit Misconduct at a match
Hearing date: Thursday 17 March 2022
Outcome: Accepted one-match fixed notice suspension.
Notice of Claim | Daniel McLean, Player, Benburb FC
Player: Daniel McLean, Benburb FC
Match: Pollok FC v Benburb FC on January 29 2022
Competition: West of Scotland Premier Division
Offence: A4 Denying the opposing team or an opponent a goal or a goalscoring opportunity as defined by Law 12
Claim: Wrongful Dismissal
Fast Track Tribunal Hearing: 2 February 2022
Outcome: Claim upheld. A4 rescinded.
Notice of Complaint | Graham Alexander, Team Staff, Motherwell FC
Alleged Party in Breach: Graham Alexander, Team Staff, Motherwell FC
Date: 26 January 2022
Competition: Scottish Premiership
Match: Motherwell FC v Hibernian FC
Disciplinary Rule allegedly breached: Disciplinary Rule 203 – No member of Team Staff shall commit Misconduct at a match
Principal hearing date: Thursday 17 February 2022
Outcome: Suspension of three matches applied as follows: two matches immediate and one match suspended until end of season 2021/22.
Fast Track Notice of Complaint | Mouhamed Niang, player, Alloa Athletic FC
Player: Mouhamed Niang
Match: Alloa Athletic FC v Celtic FC
Date: Saturday 22nd January 2022
Competition: Scottish Cup
Disciplinary Rule allegedly breached: Disciplinary Rule 200: Where it is established that a player has committed any one or more of the following sending off offences during a match:
(A1) Serious foul play (as described from time to time in the Laws of the Game), but only where the acts and/or omissions constituting the sending off offence:(i) were committed intentionally; and/or(ii) fell significantly below the standard of conduct expected of a Player in the prevailing circumstances; and(iii) in the case of each of (i) and/or (ii) above, demonstrate a culpable disregard by the Player for the consequences which might result from such acts and/or omissions.(A2) Violent conduct (as described from time to time in the Laws of the Game)(A3) Biting or spitting at someone,
and, in the case of each or any of A1, A2 and/or A3, where the player was not dismissed by the referee as a result of the alleged act/acts referred to within the Fast Track Notice of Complaint.
Any Fast Track Notice of Complaint alleging a breach of this Rule shall be Determined by a Fast Track Tribunal subject to the provisions of Section 13.
Fast Track Tribunal Hearing: Rescheduled for Friday 28th January 2022.
Outcome: Proved. Mandatory suspension of two matches as follows: One match will apply immediately to the player's Recognised Team’s next match, and one match will apply to the next match the player’s club plays in the Scottish Cup (A1 Serious Foul Play).
Notice of Claim | Ross Maclean, Player, Dumbarton FC
Player: Ross Maclean, Dumbarton FC
Match: Dumbarton FC v Dundee FC on 22 January 2022
Competition: Scottish Cup
Offence: A2 Violent Conduct
Claim: Wrongful Dismissal
Fast Track Tribunal Hearing: 26 January 2022
Claim upheld