Dundee manager John Brown has been issued with a notice of complaint by the Scottish Football Association for comments he made in a media interview.
The Dens Park boss has been offered a one-match suspension after being charged with “making comments in a media interview that criticise a decision and the performance of the match officials in such a way as to indicate incompetence.”
Brown was unhappy with decisions made by referee Alan Muir during Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Aberdeen, with the result confirming his side’s relegation from the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
Dundee needed a win against the Dons to keep alive their slim hopes of avoiding the drop but were held to a draw when Peter Pawlett went down in the box to win a controversial penalty, which was converted by Niall McGinn to cancel out Jim McAlister’s opener.
Brown said: “You expect officials to do their job and it makes a mockery of it.
“I haven’t really criticised the player (Pawlett) yet but to take a dive, he should be ashamed of himself. But, there you go. How many cheats are there in the game?”
Brown’s own notice of complaint came on the same day Pawlett accepted a two-match ban for “causing a match official to make an incorrect decision by committing an act of simulation” after the club confirmed they would not be pursuing an appeal.
May 30 has been set as the principal hearing date for the case.