ian1964 10,596 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Falkirk manager Peter Houston has been punished with a touchline ban after being found guilty by the SFA of a disciplinary rule breach for his criticism of referee John McKendrick earlier this month. The Bairns boss was hit with a notice of complaint following remarks made to Falkirk TV in the wake of his side’s controversial 3-1 defeat by Rangers at Ibrox and appeared before a disciplinary hearing at Hampden yesterday. Houston was upset by the late free-kick to Rangers from which James Tavernier gave the home side a 2-1 advantage and also by the lack of action taken against Danny Wilson for a foul on Craig Sibbald in the opening seconds of the match. Referring to the challenge on Sibbald, he added: “If that had been a Falkirk player I’m convinced our player would have been booked in the first minute.” Having been accused of breaching rule 72, Houston appeared before the panel to argue his case and admitted an amended charge of “criticising the decisions and performance of the match officials in such a way as to indicate bias and incompetence on their part”. However, despite highlighting his clean record as a manager and assistant with Hearts, Dundee United, Leicester City and Scotland, the 57-year-old landed an immediate one-match suspension, with a further one game to be served should he be guilty of another breach of rule 72 this season. Houston will not be able to sit in the dugout for tomorrow’s home encounter with St Mirren but is hopeful his side can still extend their current 11-point advantage over the Buddies. He said: “They’re a good side and this is going to be one of our hardest games. But we’re 11 points ahead of them just now and I would say the pressure’s more on them to get three points than us, because it’s them that have got to try and catch us. “It’s our home match and we’ll be looking to take the game to them but we know the threat and the danger they’ll be to us because they’re getting their act together and they will, at some stage in the season, hit a run of games where they’ll win.” Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/sfa-punish-peter-houston-for-ibrox-referee-rant-1-3932418#ixzz3q28vMFd3 Follow us: @TheScotsman on Twitter | TheScotsmanNewspaper on Facebook 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,297 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Good - his rant was disgraceful, especially given it was a clear foul on our player. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) Got off leniently imo. Edited October 30, 2015 by aweebluesoandso 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Got off leniently imo. He definitely did because he completely lost the plot. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,352 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 No fine??? How can he possibly not be financially punished for such an outrageous tirade? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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