Originally Posted by
The Harp Awakes
The SFA Board at the time, which included Petrie, were dead set against Sevco being 'relegated' to Scottish L2; they wanted them put down one division to the Championship. I was told that by an SFA Board member at the time (not Rod incidentally). The more recent preference expressed by the Hibs Board to 'move on' and come out against an independent inquiry of how the authorities acted over Oldco/Sevco and the EBT scandal, also points the finger at Rod, but I was at a Hibs supporter's meeting where LD also spoke out strongly about 'moving on'. So Rod wasn't alone in that respect.
You therefore can see how Celtic fans interpret the above as Petrie being aligned to the Huns. I suspect he was more acting in the interests of Hibs (financially) and also himself and the SFA Board who may have been found out by an independent inquiry in terms of how they acted.