Rangers go to town on the SFA with seven-pronged statement of fury condemning John Brown’s ‘corruption’ charge

The Ibrox side are furious with the governing body over Brown’s sanction over his claim on the club’s TV channel

Rangers have defended Ibrox legend John Brown after being hit by an SFA charge for his live TV comments during their game against Hibs.

The club have been served a notice of complaint from the Hampden hierarchy after the former defender said it was ‘corrupt’ when Rangers’ ghost goal at Easter Road wasn’t awarded.

Nico Raskin’s effort in the 2-2 last day of the Premiership season draw clearly looked over the line but referee Nick Walsh waved play on.

Hibs went up the pitch and scored, prompting Rangers TV co-commentator Brown to question the integrity of the decision.

When offered the chance to clarify the comments, Brown stood by them – and now Rangers have backed their Hall of Fame player.

The SFA’s compliance officer has issued a notice of complaint but the club is adamant that no rules have been broken.

In their strongly-worded response, Gers have highlighted other, similar incidents that haven’t resulted in any form of punishment.

The SFA’s KMI panel agreed that Raskin’s goal should have stood in Edinburgh, despite referee chief Willie Collum backing Walsh’s call not to award it.

Rangers have challenged the SFA’s consistency and urged them to sort out Scottish football’s real problems – rather than attempt to carpet Brown.

A club spokesperson said: “Rangers FC has submitted a full response to the Scottish FA’s Notice of Complaint concerning a remark made during commentary of the Hibernian v Rangers match at the end of last season. The club firmly denies any breach of Scottish FA rules.

“We are surprised that a complaint has been raised at all, given the context of the comment and the Scottish FA’s prior treatment of similar incidents.