Disciplinary Updates

Disciplinary Tribunal Update | Aidan McAdams, Player, Ayr United FC  

Alleged Party in Breach: Aidan McAdams, Player, Ayr United FC

Date: 26 October 2021

Competition: Scottish Championshi

Match: Ayr United FC v Kilmarnock FC

Disciplinary Rules allegedly breached:

Disciplinary Rule 77 - A recognised football body, club, official, Team Official, other member of Team Staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall, at all times, act in the best interests of Association Football. Furthermore such person or body shall not act in any manner which is improper or use any one, or a combination of, violent Conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour.

Principal hearing date: Thursday 2 December 2021

Outcome: Suspension of 2 matches immediate

Notice of Complaint | Stephen Glass, Team Staff, Aberdeen FC

Alleged Party in Breach: Stephen Glass, Team Staff, Aberdeen FC

Date: 20 November 2021

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Match: Dundee United FC v Aberdeen FC

Disciplinary Rules allegedly breached:

Disciplinary Rule 203 – No member of Team Staff shall commit Misconduct at a match

Principal hearing date: Thursday 16 December 2021

Fixed Suspension of 1 match offered

NOTICE OF CLAIM | CHRISTIAN DOIDGE, PLAYER, HIBERNIAN FC

Player: Christian Doidge, Hibernian FC

Match: Ross County FC v Hibernian FC on 24 November 2021

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Offence: A2 – Violent Conduct

Claim: Wrongful Dismissal

Fast Track Tribunal Hearing: Friday 26 November 2021

Outcome: Claim Dismissed

Notice of Complaint | John Needham, Chairman, St. Mirren FC  

Alleged Party in Breach: John Needham, Chairman, St. Mirren FC

Disciplinary Rules allegedly breached:

Disciplinary Rule 71 - No recognised football body, club, official, Team Official or other member of Team Staff, player, match official, or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall bring the game into disrepute.

Disciplinary Rule 73 - No recognised football body, club, official, Team Official or other member of Team Staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall in an interview, a ‘blog’ on the internet, on a social networking or microblogging site, or in any other manner calculated or likely to lead to publicity, make comment(s) of a discriminatory or offensive nature based on, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability, or that endorse or encourage foul play or violent Conduct or are otherwise offensive. There shall be a presumption that any material published in such a manner was published in the name of and/or with the authority of the person or body bearing to have published the material.

Disciplinary Rule 77 - A recognised football body, club, official, Team Official, other member of Team Staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall, at all times, act in the best interests of Association Football. Furthermore such person or body shall not act in any manner which is improper or use any one, or a combination of, violent Conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour.

Principal hearing date: Thursday 2 December 2021

Outcome: £6000 fine applied as follows: £5000 immediate, £1000 suspended until the end of Season 2021/22 should there be a further breach of Disciplinary Rules 71/73/77 in this time period. 

Notice of Complaint | David Martindale, Team Staff, Livingston FC

Alleged Party in Breach: David Martindale, Team Staff, Livingston FC

Date: 27 October 2021

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Match: Livingston F.C. v Dundee United F.C.

Disciplinary Rules allegedly breached:

Disciplinary Rule 203 – No member of Team Staff shall commit Misconduct at a match

Principal hearing date: Rescheduled from Thursday 2 December 2021 to Thursday, 16 December.