Ex-Hamilton owner Gerry Strain to sue SPFL over 'not fit and proper' verdict

Legal threat looms over Scottish game's governance

Former Hamilton Academical owner Gerry Strain plans to take the Scottish Professional Football League to court unless it settles out of court, after he challenged the Scottish FA's decision to deem him "not fit and proper" to run the club last year.

"Former Hamilton Academical owner Gerry Strain plans to take the Scottish Professional Football League to court unless it settles out of court after he challenged the Scottish FA's decision to deem him 'not fit and proper' to run the club last year," the Scottish Sun reported.

The move raises fresh questions about the governance and fit-and-proper-person tests applied across Scottish football, and the mechanisms available to owners who dispute such rulings.