Dundee Fined For Poor Dens Park Pitch Condition; Club Consider Appeal Against Punishment

Dundee are considering an appeal after being handed a six-figure fine 바카라� most of which is suspended 바카라� following a disciplinary hearing over their troublesome pitch. (More Football News)

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) announced that a fine of £186,000 had been handed down.

However, £120,000 of the punishment is suspended until the end of next season and will only be triggered by a further breach of rules.

Dundee disagreed with the wording of the SPFL press release, claiming they had been fined £150,000 in total with an additional £36,429.60 fee payable as compensation to the SPFL for television and pitch specialist costs.

The cinch Premiership club say the additional £120,000 fine would be 바카라�automatically triggered in the event of a single waterlogged pitch postponement next season바카라�.

A statement added: 바카라�Dundee Football Club are deeply disappointed with the severity of the punishment and are currently seeking legal advice with regards to an appeal.

바카라�The club will be making no further comment on the outcome while we seek legal advice.바카라�

The league said that Dundee had admitted five separate breaches of SPFL rules relating to their Dens Park pitch following five postponements of league matches this season.

An SPFL spokesman said: 바카라�SPFL rules on pitch condition are an integral part of maintaining a fair league competition.바카라�

Two of the postponements 바카라� against Rangers and Aberdeen 바카라� came within 90 minutes of kick-off and a recent game against Motherwell only went ahead following a late pitch inspection, with visiting manager Stuart Kettlewell subsequently arguing that areas were unplayable.

The rearranged match against Rangers was postponed again last week and a contingency plan was made to play the game at St Johnstone바카라�s McDiarmid Park before the game finally went ahead at Dundee바카라�s home ground on Wednesday, with the match ending goalless.