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Jim Jefferies: Pars should be SPL's 'Club 12' if it comes down to sporting integrity


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JIM JEFFERIES last night claimed basic arithmetic should add up to Dunfermline being reinstated into the SPL.

 

The Pars boss is adamant his team have â??sporting integrityâ? on their side despite claims Dundee have already been earmarked for the Club 12 place created by a newco Rangers being refused entry into the top flight.

 

East End Park chairman John Yorkston has repeatedly called for clarification on the speculation that a decision has been taken to send the Dark Blues up.

 

And Jefferies is fully behind the Parsâ?? bid to avoid the relegation that befell his team in May after insisting if it comes down to numbers then the Pars should play SPL football next season.

 

He said: â??This has nothing to do with Dundee, good luck to them, but we think it should be Dunfermline that gets Rangersâ?? place in the SPL.

 

â??People have talked about sporting integrity as being a reason why Rangers could not get a place back in the Premier League. Well, surely the club that finished 12th has more of a right to the team that finished 14th in Scotland?

 

â??Our argument would be that, in the past, when Falkirk could not come up because of their stadium, it was not the next team that was promoted, the SPLâ??s bottom team was not relegated.

 

â??For both Dundeeâ??s sake and our own, this should have been dealt with long before now and hopefully there will be a decision that allows everyone to move on this week.â?

 

Jefferies has been reunited with coaching sidekick Billy Brown on a short-term voluntary basis that may become permanent if Dunfermline get the nod to be readmitted into the SPL.

 

Brown, who was sacked by Hearts along with Jefferies last August, was told recently that his contract would not be renewed at Hibs after spending almost all of last season across the Edinburgh football divide.

 

The 61-year-old, who was originally appointed to help out Colin Calderwood, was expecting to be kept on at Easter Road after assisting Pat Fenlon following his arrival in November but finances were blamed for his departure.

 

A lack of money â?? and Parsâ?? retention of No.2 Gerry McCabe â?? is also a barrier to Brown remaining in the long-term.

 

However, Jefferiesâ?? old school friend, who has assisted him for more than two decades, is keen to continue putting in the hours on the training pitch, where he has also been joined voluntarily by former Rangers, Hearts and Scotland winger Neil McCann.

 

Jefferies has welcomed the added support as he puts his threadbare squad through their paces in anticipation of a decision on the clubâ??s future that will provide clarity on a number of issues ahead of the new campaign.

 

He said: â??Billy gave me a call to tell me what had happened at Hibs and offered his services. During pre-season youâ??re putting on double shifts and itâ??s good to have extra support and different ideas.

 

â??I told him it was very good of him but he understands that finances dictate it can only be voluntary right now.

 

â??Itâ??s the same with Neil, who has come in a couple of times over the past year and who wants to get himself into the coaching side of things.

 

â??Theyâ??re coming in and helping the players to get as fit as possible and prepare for the new season. Weâ??ve not really discussed what will happen with the SPL place and so on but if we get into the Premier League then it makes the budgets all that much better.â?

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2012/07/10/dunfermline-boss-jim-jefferies-pars-should-be-spl-s-club-12-if-it-comes-down-to-sporting-integrity-86908-23906715/

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The SPL should have had all these scenarios, rules and punishments detailed at the time of its creation. They are the only ones to blame for this mess.

 

I can see why Dunfermline don't want to be relegated but they finished last and Rangers expulsion is not for footballing reasons so why shouldn't Dundee come up? Again though, the SPL have made rules up as they go along before so if you were Dunfermline you would fancy your chances I guess.

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I think he's actually got a good point, in historical terms. Falkirk didn't get accepted to go up, but the second team didn't go up either, and Motherwell, a much bigger draw in someones opinion stayed.

 

But what chance of having a coherent arguement with people that not only don't have a clue, but are extremely dominant, and bullying in that view.

 

No chance, just in case you didn't guess.

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I think he's actually got a good point, in historical terms. Falkirk didn't get accepted to go up, but the second team didn't go up either, and Motherwell, a much bigger draw in someones opinion stayed.

 

But what chance of having a coherent arguement with people that not only don't have a clue, but are extremely dominant, and bullying in that view.

 

No chance, just in case you didn't guess.

 

Aye but did the team in 2nd place have a stadium that met the SPL criteria ? Dundee probably DO.

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