Scottish Championship side Rangers Shareholder Mike Ashley is continuing his dispute with the Rangers board by taking the "Scottish Football Association to court," according to the PA. Ashley has called for a judicial review of the SFA’s decision to declare Rangers Chair Dave King “fit and proper” to take up his role at Ibrox. Court officials have confirmed that "a hearing will take place" at the court of session in Edinburgh on Feb. 4. Ashley previously had control of the Rangers boardroom but it was "seized from his grasp" on March 6 when King and his allies "swept to power following a shareholder vote." But King has not been able to "shake off" the EPL side Newcastle owner and Sports Direct. The sportswear firm is owed £5M ($7.6M) by Rangers and King has "resisted attempts to make the club repay the debt." The "latest tactic sees Ashley focus on the SFA's decision to pass King for office" in May. Ashley faced a "major challenge to persuade the SFA on two counts" -- he was on the Ibrox board in the period leading up to the administration and liquidation of oldco Rangers and was convicted of 41 tax offenses in South Africa in '13. But he was "passed fit" after a lengthy investigation into his background (PA, 11/11).
