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The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Chris Sutton slates Ally McCoist's Rangers complaint over Scottish FA

Chris Sutton slates Ally McCoist's Rangers complaint over Scottish FA

CHRIS SUTTON has ridiculed Rangers hero Ally McCoist over his Scottish FA complaint.

The Ibrox legend this morning slammed Scotland's football authorities for their lack of help in Rangers' Champions League play-off preparations. 

The one-time Gers boss referenced the club's run to the UEFA Cup final in 2008 as a previous example to further highlight his case.

His on-air rant comes as PSV have been granted a free weekend between the two legs of their Champions League play-off with Rangers by the Dutch federation. 

While PSV will enjoy some extra rest days, Rangers face a trip to Edinburgh to face Hibs in-between the crucial matches.

McCoist is adamant that Rangers should receive the same treatment from the relevant bodies in Scotland.

He branded the SFA a "shambles" and accused many within the game in Scotland of being "narrow-minded".

But Celtic icon Sutton has aimed a dig back at his usual on-screen partner. 

He took to Twitter: "He’s always complaining about something!"

McCoist's comments read: "It’s a shambles. Particularly the Scottish FA. I keep harping back to when Rangers reached the Europa League Final in 2008, it was an absolute embarrassment.

“They made us play five league games in 11 days and there was a UEFA final in between it. The head of the SFA George Peat came out and said another club director said to him ‘don’t help Rangers’.

“I’ve got the quote in front of me. Ex-SFA supremo Peat told the BBC ‘When Rangers got to the final in Manchester, I got a phone call from a prominent chairman of a club requesting me not to help Rangers in any way’.

“That’s what your dealing with. We’re so blinkered and narrow-minded.

“Any Scottish team that has an opportunity to do well in Europe should be helped but there’s none.

"When we played Zenit in 2008 I honestly think they were given three weeks off by their federation and we had to play five league games in 11 days. The Dutch FA want to help their teams.”

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