St Mirren director denies wrongdoing

St MIRREN director Ken McGeoch claims shareholders deserve the chance to debate his position after he refused to resign amid a dispute with the club’s ruling group.

On Monday, the club called an extraordinary general meeting for 3 May after the selling consortium, featuring chairman Stewart Gilmour, failed to force his resignation.

The four directors have accused McGeoch of a “serious breach of trust” after he held a meeting in the St Mirren boardroom with lawyer Gary Withey, then of London-based firm Collyer Bristow and also Rangers’ company secretary, over his plans for a takeover deal.

McGeoch, whose attempts to buy out his fellow directors were rejected, insists there was no conflict of interest and that he does not plan to resign before the EGM, although he is prepared to sell his shares.

McGeoch, who holds just under 10 per cent of the club’s shareholding, told BBC Scotland’s Sportsound programme: “The EGM is very important business for the football club and I honestly believe the shareholders have a right to attend a meeting on such an important part of the football club’s business.

“I’m quite prepared to go. If the shareholders – and that includes the selling consortium – decide I should no longer be a director then I have to accept that.”

However, he added: “We have done nothing wrong whatsoever. The meeting on November 25 was pre-arranged. We emailed the club and the email actually specified Gary Withey’s name on it, and on the day we had directors join us.”