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MIKE ASHLEY is taking the SFA to court.

SunSport can reveal that the tycoon has demanded a full judicial inquiry into the decision by the beaks to pass Dave King as a fit and proper person.

The bombshell news comes just a week after the Sports Direct supremo launched a legal move to have the Gers chairman jailed.

Mike Ashley is taking the SFA to court

Mike Ashley is taking the SFA to court

The case, to be heard at Edinburgh’s Court of Session, is scheduled for a first hearing on Friday, December 11.

It could eventually lead to the original decision being overturned by the sitting judge.

Ashley is understood to have served legal papers last month calling for a review of the SFA ruling handed down on May 19.

He wants to examine the process Hampden’s hierarchy went through before clearing King.

Seething Gers fans will view the MASH Holdings v SFA case as a clear attempt to further disrupt the rebuilding process at the crisis-torn club.

King was able to take up the role of Ibrox chairman when he was passed fit and proper by the SFA.

Just two months before May’s ruling, he had led a successful bid to oust the previous regime.

However, the game’s governing body still needed time to assess the businessman’s suitability given his tax convictions in South Africa.

The fact he’d sat on the Light Blues’ board prior to their administration in 2012 was also considered by Hampden chiefs. At the time, the SFA consulted the relevant authorities in South Africa and Scotland, including the police, South African Revenue Services and HMRC, before allowing King to become chairman.

But that hasn’t satisfied Ashley, who has declared all-out war on King and his board.

The petition will already be in the hands of the SFA. Judicial reviews generally look into whether processes behind decisions made by public and private bodies are legal and fair.

It promises to be another messy affair in this never-ending saga with Ashley also dragging King through the courts.

Their feud exploded publicly last week as King insisted the costly legal fight against Sports Direct would continue.

Ashley’s lawyers then argued King breached a gagging order — obtained by the Sports Direct chief in June — in an interview with Sky Sports’ Jim White.

The latest twist comes less than a week after HMRC, at the third time of asking, won their appeal in the “Big Tax Case” and Gers’ annual report confirmed they need an additional £2.5m to survive the season.

Uncle Pete vs Uncle mikey!

Cannae wait.

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I ve read in the spoiler above that king has a suspended sentence hanging over him, whats that for and is it uk or african?

Africa and contempt of court I believe..As fit and proper as they come...

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Africa and contempt of court I believe..As fit and proper as they come...

3 months suspended for 3 years for contempt.

If he gets convicted here, that would trigger it there I think.

Anyway, a boys listed the upcoming p&b advent calendar (though I think the last one is already switched to January) edit Feb 4th not January.

12th / 13th Nov. Sevco + GASH v Chuckles

27th Nov. Sevco + GASH v MASH

2nd Dec. BDO v HMRC (To Be Confirmed - Fixture Likely To Be Cancelled)

9th Dec. GASH v MASH

11th Dec. MASH v SFA (+ GASH)

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