Jim Gannon has refused to back down in his row with referee’s chief Hugh Dallas, launching another broadside against the former whistler. The Motherwell manager has accused Dallas of questioning his “honesty and integrity” in an argument over refereeing performances in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
After referee Alan Muir was criticised by both Gannon and Dundee United boss Craig Levein following their 2-2 draw last weekend, the ‘Well boss claimed that he had wrote twice to Dallas with his concerns over the standard of SPL refs without reply.
Dallas – who is the Scottish Football Association’s head of referees development – denied those claims, saying that Gannon had only written once and was replied to immediately.
That response has angered Gannon though and he has stood by his original comments, adding that he has now written again to Dallas and to the SFA’s chief executive Gordon Smith to “seek clarity”.
Gannon said: "I am disappointed by the comments made by Mr Hugh Dallas of the Scottish Football Association and an unnamed spokesman representing the SFA, in which they question the honesty and integrity of my post match statements on Saturday November 28.
"I have written to Mr Hugh Dallas and Mr Gordon Smith, as the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, to seek some clarity on this matter.
"I once again reiterate that two separate letters of complaint regarding the standard of referees were sent to Mr Hugh Dallas, in his role as head of referee department of the SFA, dated September 21 and November 19.
"Both parties have been furnished with a copy of each of the two letters for their records. I will await their explanation, and any evidence they have to support their position, before further public comment."
