Overview
- The Scottish FA found Derek McInnes guilty of breaching rule 72 and on Wednesday imposed a four-match touchline suspension with one match suspended until the end of the season.
- The effective three-match ban will keep McInnes out of Rangers’ first three domestic fixtures but does not stop him from being on the touchline for their Europa League qualifier.
- The charge followed comments McInnes made after a late VAR-awarded penalty at Motherwell, when he called the decision "disgusting" and said he did not think it was a penalty.
- Separate sanctions from the same case include a four-match suspension for Elliott Watt and a £5,000 fine for Motherwell, and SFA referees chief Willie Collum publicly defended the original penalty as supported by clear evidence.
- Rangers argue the punishment overreaches because the remarks targeted a decision not officials, and their planned appeal raises questions about consistency of sanctions and how openly managers can criticise match decisions that affect the title race.