Scottish FA maintains fine against Motherwell over social media post

Motherwell failed in an appeal to overturn a £5,000 fine issued by the Scottish FA following a social media post regarding a penalty award. The club was sanctioned for a message and video posted after a 3-2 defeat to Celtic in May, where referee John Beaton awarded a stoppage-time penalty for a handball against Sam Nicholson. The club's post alleged bias or incompetence regarding the officiating decision. While the club's fine remains, an appeal panel reduced the suspension of former player Elliot Watt from four matches to a two-match ban with two games suspended until the end of next season. Watt had previously been penalized for social media comments labeling the call the worst VAR decision in history. This ruling follows recent developments involving Rangers manager Derek McInnes, who successfully had his own touchline suspension reduced to two matches regarding comments on the same incident.

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