Neil Doncaster has accused Rangers supremo Douglas Park of being rumbled by his own dossier as the furious war of words between Hampden and Ibrox raged on.
Ibrox interim chairman Park dismissed SPFL claims that he made a defamatory allegation and a threat to the SPFL chief executive during an explosive phonecall between the pair at the height of the Good Friday disagreement which has dragged the game in this country to a point of crisis.
But Doncaster hit back in a one-to-one interview with Record Sport on Sunday - and insisted the angry exchange was detailed in the 200 page document which Rangers believe proves the league’s governing body is not fit for purpose.
Park is adamant that he made no such threat and has dismissed the claim as ‘offensive, crass and downright wrong’.
But Doncaster said: “I’d refer him to page 13 of the Rangers dossier, which makes it clear precisely what happened and when and backs up precisely what exactly happened and what we said happened.
“It’s laid out in black and white, in detail on pages 13 and 14 of the Rangers dossier.”
In the dossier a chain of events is time-lined including the call between Doncaster and Park - and the subsequent intervention of SPFL legal counsel Rod McKenzie.
It contains the following quote from an e-mail sent to Rangers legal team by McKenzie which reads: “Can we not simply resolve this by a confirmation that such an allegation will not be repeated in connection with these events and that the suggested course of action will not be proceeded with.”
Park had said on Sunday: “It’s the first time I can recall being accused of making a threat. It’s offensive, crass and downright wrong. I tried to raise serious concerns with Doncaster and was given short shrift.”
But Doncaster - who has revealed he has taken his own legal advice on the matter - went on: “I had a call with Douglas Park on the evening of Good Friday at 7:46pm.
“He made a very serious defamatory allegation and a threat to act in a particular way. Now I’ve been in the game for 25 years and I’m used to robust conversations and I have a thick skin. But I do know when a line has been crossed.”
