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12 December 2008
Fotheringham ban stands
East Fife defender Kevin Fotheringham will finally serve an eight-match ban for racially abusing an opponent after the Court of Session ruled the Scottish Football Association acted properly in suspending him for his January outburst (writes Tom Duthie).
The 32-year-old was found guilty of unacceptable conduct after trouble flared at the end of a New Year fixture against Stranraer and Fotheringham was accused of making remarks to Ivory Coast-born Gregory Tade.

At the end of January, the SFA’s disciplinary committee handed down a ban and, when Fotheringham took his case to the association’s appeals tribunal, they also ruled against him.

Unwilling to let the matter rest, he took the matter to the Court of Session, but, today, a ruling by Lord Pentland has described the action of the SFA as sound and found that none of the challenges to their ruling were well founded.

That leaves a big stain on Fotheringham’s character and him facing a long spell on the sidelines.