Scottish FA will not take action against Rangers for going to court

Rangers will not be punished by the Scottish Football Association for challenging the imposition of a transfer embargo in a court of law.

The club contravened the governing body’s rules in raising a complaint over the decision of an independent tribunal at the Court of Session, with FIFA stating action should be taken to prevent football matters being taken to a civil court.

Having held discussions with the body for world football, Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan says that although Rangers did go against the rulebook in going to court, no further action will be taken.

“There is consideration that we have within our articles where going outside of the Scottish FA's articles and going to a civil court technically could have breached the articles,” Regan said.

“However, in light of Lord Glennie's comments, and having discussed the matter with FIFA, it is not our intention to take any action against that.

“We are aware of the reasons why Rangers did what they did. We will not be pursuing them for that.”

At the Court of Session, Lord Glennie ruled the Scottish FA did not have the jurisdiction to impose a signing embargo on Rangers on a charge of bringing the game into disrepute.

The punishment was not on the list of possible sanctions available to the original tribunal which imposed the ban, with the three-man panel instead activating a clause under which they could issue any punishment they saw fit at their discretion.

Having successfully challenged that in court, the tribunal will meet again shortly to discuss what punishment, if any, will now be imposed within the existing framework.

Rangers have already been fined and could now face being thrown out of the Scottish Cup, suspension from the game or even having their membership of the Scottish FA terminated.

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