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Derek McInnes learns Rangers dugout ban fate as appeal decision made

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Derek McInnes will spend two Rangers games in the stands following his appeal over a four match dugout ban.

The Ibrox boss was hit with the Scottish FA punishment after comments he made while as Hearts manager back in May. He branded a decision in Celtic's clash with Motherwell "disgusting".

The Light Blues confirmed they would appeal the SFA's decision which has allowed their manager to take games from the sidelines.

And the governing body has now confirmed two matches of his ban will be upheld while two others will be suspended.

It comes after it had initially been decided that McInnes would miss three games with one suspended. It means McInnes will miss his side's clashes against Falkirk on Wednesday evening and then Saturday's Motherwell fixture.

McInnes was found guilty of breaching disciplinary rule 72, which forbids people from publicly criticising decisions and/or criticising the performance of any match officials in such a way as to indicate bias or incompetence.

An SFA statement read: "Appeal Partially Upheld. The original sanction is replaced with the following: Four-match suspension to be applied as follows: Two matches immediate and two matches suspended until the end of season 2026/27, applicable only should Derek McInnes further breach Disciplinary Rule 72 within this period."

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