Warner refutes McBeth allegations

Former Scottish FA president John McBeth accused FIFA vice-president Jack Warner of requesting a fee for a friendly between Scotland and Trinidad and Tobago.

Warner called the accusations, which air on the BBC programme Panorama, a lie.

McBeth and Warner have had issues in the past, with McBeth accusing African and Caribbean federations of corruption. After McBeth made those remarks, Warner field a complaint with FIFA, calling McBeth's remarks racist.

"There are one or two people on that executive committee that I wouldn't trust as far as I could throw them," McBeth said on Panorama. "Trinidad and Tobago came to play Scotland at Hibernian's ground in Easter Road in Edinburgh. And after the game (Warner) asked me to make a cheque out to his personal account for the game.

"And I said, 'We don't do that. It should go to the association.' I then found out later that he'd approached several other staff in my organisation to do exactly the same thing."

Warner bristled under the allegations.

"The statement is a patent lie issued by someone whom I got removed from the FIFA executive committee and whose memory has suddenly come to life," Warner said.

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