Partick Thistle have requested their League Cup match in opposition to Motherwell is replayed, after being denied from bringing on a late substitute because of a teamsheet mix-up.
The Championship aspect wished to carry on Ricco Diack at Fir Park however have been advised by the fourth official he was not listed among the many substitutes.
In a press release Partick Thistle say they’ve written to the SPFL and Scottish FA, and have outlined the steps they took to make sure the participant was listed appropriately. Nevertheless, they recommend the problem lies with a glitch within the new team-lines system that was launched this summer time.
Partick Thistle drew 0-0 and regardless of successful a penalty shootout to assert two factors from the sport – wanted to win in 90 minutes to progress with all three factors. Nevertheless, the draw was sufficient for Motherwell to succeed in the following spherical the place they may face Kilmarnock.
The SPFL/SFA have been contacted for remark.
Partick Thistle assertion in full
“Partick Thistle want to make clear occasions surrounding yesterday’s Premier Sports activities Cup group stage fixture in opposition to Motherwell.
“We will additionally verify now we have written to the SPFL and Scottish FA inviting a full rationalization of yesterday’s occasions, which we define from our perspective as follows:
“A member of our team staff confirmed our team line up and substitutes at 13:38 through the COMET app mandated for team line submission by the Scottish FA and the SPFL. This submission included 20 players, with Ricco Diack listed as the final substitute because the app arranges players in numerical order by squad number.
“Upon affirmation of our group line up, match officers can immediately entry our confirmed matchday squad by the COMET app. The opposition group, on this case Motherwell, may entry our confirmed matchday squad by the COMET app as quickly as they verify their line-up. Motherwell confirmed their line up at 13:14.
“Both teams had submitted their line ups in advance of the 13:45 deadline according to SPFL competition rules.
“Concurrently, when each groups verify their matchday squads, an automatic electronic mail from the Scottish FA is shipped to each golf equipment and match officers with a PDF copy of a teamsheet, which spreads over two pages and lists the ninth substitute on the second web page. In our case that is Ricco Diack, in Motherwell’s case that is quantity 29, Mark Ferrie.
“During the course of the game, Kris Doolan attempted to put substitute Ricco Diack onto the field of play. The Fourth Official informed the Partick Thistle technical area that Ricco was not a listed substitute, when in fact he was. Our manager was forced to change his substitute as the fourth official would not allow Ricco to enter the field of play.
“On the 84th minute, after once we had supposed to substitute Ricco Diack into the sport, Motherwell substituted Mark Ferrie, listed on the automated PDF at the very same textual content line on the automated group sheet, into the match.
“Following the conclusion of the game, members of our team staff, including Kris Doolan and Paul McDonald approached the match officials calmly seeking clarification around the situation. The introduction of the COMET system has been a testing time for clubs across the country so we could sympathise with the match officials if they had been affected by a similar issue from the change in technology in the Scottish game. The Fourth Official confirmed he had used a screenshot from the automated PDF as a reference for teamlines and also admitted that he had noted Motherwell’s ninth substitute in his notepad. We find it impossible to believe that a screenshot can contain Motherwell’s ninth substitute and not ours with both players listed on the exact same text line.
“It has turn out to be clear to us that the processes being adopted by match officers for the submission of teamlines by the brand new system are inadequate. We perceive that a lot of the match officers refereeing our fixtures thus far this season shall be utilizing the system for the primary time, however there must be a system of accountability to make sure equity and transparency for all golf equipment.
“We have written to the SPFL and Scottish FA today to request an explanation for this situation which has placed us at a sporting disadvantage and materially impacted the game by not allowing us to field an attacking player onto the field of play, a player who already has a proven track record of delivering positive attacking play and goals during their time on the pitch.”
