Friday 26 April 2019 11:22, UK
Kilmarnock manager Steve Clarke appears set to contest a Scottish Football Association charge following his criticism of referee Steven McLean last week.
Stuart Findlay, Kirk Broadfoot and Rory McKenzie were sent off in the 1-0 Ladbrokes Premiership defeat by Aberdeen at Rugby Park - the latter's red card rescinded on appeal - and afterwards Clarke described the official's performance as "the worst" he had ever seen.
The former West Brom boss called for McLean never to officiate at a Kilmarnock match again, claiming the fact that his father Stuart was a former player at the club affected his performances in games involving the Ayrshire outfit.
Clarke - who was given a suspended two-game ban in October for criticising the Scottish FA's disciplinary process - will attend a hearing on Thursday, May 9.
He said: "I will go and see the SFA again. That's it.
"I haven't really thought about it.
"I have been busy this week preparing two appeals and preparing a team to play Celtic, so I haven't really given it too much thought to be honest."
Clarke was surprised that Broadfoot's appeal for the punishment given for challenging Aberdeen keeper Joe Lewis was rejected, saying: "It was a genuine attempt to play the ball."
And the Rugby Park boss "expected" McKenzie to be successful after he was shown a red card for tangling with Dom Ball, saying, "he didn't kick the guy three times, which was on the report."
Clarke remains among those tipped for the vacant Scotland manager's job but he said: "I don't speak about Scotland.
"I have to concentrate on the Kilmarnock job between now and the end of the season."
Kilmarnock are at Celtic on Saturday and it will be a sad afternoon at Parkhead as fans pay tribute to former Hoops captain and manager Billy McNeill, who died earlier in the week aged 79 after a battle with dementia.
Clarke said: "It will be a very emotional day for people connected with Celtic.
"We will go there and respect the emotion of the day and try to do a very professional job and hopefully we will come back with some points."
