Partick Thistle claim legal advice says Dundee vote should stand

Partick Thistle are claiming that, according to legal advice, Dundee's original vote against the SPFL resolution to end the season should stand.
Partick Thistle fear Firhill may stage third-tier football next seasonPartick Thistle fear Firhill may stage third-tier football next season
Partick Thistle fear Firhill may stage third-tier football next season

And should that be the case the football bosses' plan to call a halt to the Championship campaign, relegating Thistle, would fail.

Dundee are thought to have originally intended to vote 'no' but did not formally submit their vote.

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But that one vote is still required to reach the 75 per cent mark needed to pass the resolution, which calls for the Championship, League One and League Two season to be stopped and current placings count as final positions.

That would mean Thistle being relegated, despite only being two points behind second bottom Queen of the South with a game in hand.

In a statement posted on their website Thistle say they have obtained a Joint Opinion from Senior and Junior Counsel to identify what can be done to remedy the current situation.

They say the QC’s legal Opinion concludes that "information dispensed to Clubs and the process utilised in putting forward the resolution, could potentially be held to be a breach of the duty by the SPFL to provide sufficient information to member clubs to allow them to make a properly informed decision in relation to the SPFL’s resolution."

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They also argue that, according to their advice, "the original vote by Dundee FC was cast in line with the SPFL’s own rules and must stand, meaning that the resolution falls" and that there is "the potential for the SPFL Articles to be altered, as would be required to bring a season to end early, in order to, for example, facilitate the payment of fees to Member Clubs."