SFA backs replay as date is set

Published : 23 Jan 2010 13:34:41

Dunfermline will face Stenhousemuir on Tuesday as the Scottish Football Association defended the decision to order a Scottish Cup replay.The match has been confirmed with a 1930 GMT kick off at Ochilview Park. Dunfermline were originally thrown out the cup for breaching rules, including fielding an ineligible player. But SFA chief executive Gordon Smith does not think the cup's reputation has been damaged as the decision was taken by an independent panel. Smith had been part of an emergenc.... read more