Pars fury overnet ‘mischief’
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The claims led to allegations of historic matchfixing centering on the last day of the season in 2003 when Rangers beat Dunfermline 6-1 to win the title.
The SFA’s compliance officer Tony McGlennan is investigating the matter.
But McArthur is adamant the probe relates only to events inside East End Park which led to the Pars being placed in administration in 2013. He maintains it has nothing to with Rangers.
He said: “People have been telling me about the type of nonsense that’s been put out online.
“It’s difficult for us because we should be focusing on the game at Ibrox. It’s all about point scoring and we could do fine without it.
“But there is absolutely no foundation to any of the spurious rumours.
“I’ve not spoken to anyone at Rangers about it. I’ll speak to them when I get there. But I’ve had a discussion with the SFA and as far as I’m concerned the SFA are content with what I told them.
“The matters we have raised relate to the way this club was previously run. There is no reference to any other football club at all.
“If anything underhand was going on then I certainly don’t know about it. It’s got nothing to do with that – it’s just mischief making.”
An SFA spokesperson said they had followed up on a referral made “as a matter of course”.
In a statement on Dunfermline’s website, McArthur said in response to supporters asking for a public statement following the review of the recent Rangers Tax Case they thought it “hypocritical” to try to make any mileage by commenting on another club given Dunfermline had gone into administration in 2013.
He added someone had “clearly not been satisfied” with their reply or was trying “to create an issue”.