Clark admits losing the case and being told to pay Hearts and Partick’s legal fees would spell disaster for the League One champions.
“And if we get Hearts and Partick Thistle’s costs awarded against us well, that’s something else we have to take into account and I don’t think any club can afford to take that chance. It would force us out of business.”
Has anyone set up a Go Fu.ck Yourselves page for them yet?
On the day that the SPFL have released the Premiership fixture list for 2020/21, which is scheduled to start on 1st August, instead of looking forward and planning for the forthcoming season, the executive team and Board at the Club are embroiled in preparation work for the SFA arbitration process that starts this week in respect of the action raised by Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle.
As confirmed in our joint statement on Friday, we, along with Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers, were pleased with Lord Clark’s decision to refer the dispute to arbitration, however we remain incensed that we are having to devote considerable time and incur significant legal costs in defending this action. Together we have already incurred costs of over £50,000, and face further legal fees for the arbitration process that could take the total bill to over £150,000.
Given the serious financial implications of these escalating legal costs for Raith Rovers, Cove Rangers and ourselves, the three clubs have considered withdrawing from the arbitration process and allowing the expert panel of arbiters to judge the case raised by Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle without any submissions from us in defence of our case. However, we believe (and our external legal advisors have confirmed same) that there is too much at stake to not defend our position against the Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle petition, which is seeking to reverse a decision that was made by 81% of the SPFL member clubs.
If successful in their action, in our opinion Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle would compromise the sporting integrity of the SPFL with clubs having been declared champions of their league not being promoted. Having won the Championship by a considerable margin, and invested substantial sums of money in preparing for next season in the Premiership, a decision to overturn the SPFL resolution that was supported by 34 of the 42 member clubs would be ruinous for us and our fans.
Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle could also be awarded significant sums in terms of compensation. Their compensation claim is for a total of £10 million. For the SPFL and its member clubs this would have potentially catastrophic consequences, with any compensation payment made to Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle being paid directly out of SPFL funds that are distributed to all clubs each season as prize money.
It is with these factors in mind, that, along with Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers, we are reaching out to our fellow member clubs for support in defending this action, which has not only potentially grave consequences for us, but every SPFL club. We also intend running a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to help fund the huge legal bills that we face. We hope that as well as our own supporters, fans of clubs across Scotland will see this as a worthy cause to get behind in that if Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle are successful in their action it could have serious ramifications for the whole of Scottish football.
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Too much they'll need to make do with a peh.Wonder how much a fish supper will cost now?
I will donate the steam off my s**te.
Dear oh dear indeed.Tranmere boss Micky Mellon criticises 'unprofessional' EFL over relegation
We were put out of the division by a calculator, that was the disappointing thing, says Mellonwww.google.com
Well well well
When they have the crowdfunding link sorted lets all pick a night late on and go in and donate 1p each - the excitement of them seeing hundreds and even thousands of donations overnight quickly turning to rage as it totals about a tenner would amuse me no end
Sadly I see more chance of Lidl or Aldi as Tescos ambitions of expansion have been curtailed but tink of the bizarre crap you can buy in the middle aisle.Hopefully hearts and Partick win the case demoting them back down. They wouldn’t last more than a few weeks with their debt.
I would travel all the way from Edinburgh every week just to shop in the new Tannadice Tescos.
Then pull out at the last minute, ooh er.We should bid the £150k they need for Shankland as a piss take
Exactly and if they are going to use that line of defence is it not the exact opposite for Hearts.By any margin. What a total spin. Liewell must have written that for them.
Spence will be desperate to try and link this to us somehow so he can have a go.Have they considered putting Jum Spence in the stocks and charging the public a quid a go to throw rancid fruit and veg at him?
Could you imagine not that it would ever happen the same scenario happening to us, the fallout would be so intense yet we are to believe that the majority of Media outlets up here think its a non story,saying that the same goes for the Boys Club scandal.Spence will be desperate to try and link this to us somehow so he can have a go.
Which most agreed with but couldn’t, just could not, be seen to be siding with the Rangers.Scum Bastards. You had your chance of a fully paid for independent investigation.