The lifelong fan who found himself on the wrong end of the ban was a key part of the club’s push for fan ownership.
PREMIERSHIP side St Mirren have lifted a former director’s stadium ban – after he retracted a threat of legal action.
Lifelong St Mirren fan Alan Wardrop, one of the key men behind the Buddies’ push to fan ownership, was a member of the board from 2016 until the end of last year.
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But he resigned after alleging board representatives Jim Gillespie and Mark MacMillan had not fully disclosed plans that they had to other directors.
The duo were then granted an interim interdict under the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021, ordering Mr Wardrop not to repeat his accusations against them.
A statement issued on behalf of the duo at the time read: “During his unsuccessful election campaign for a seat on the board of the St Mirren Independent Supporters’ Association (SMISA) earlier this year, Mr Wardrop made a string of highly public, false and damaging allegations against the pair and called for them to be removed from the club’s board.
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“Both men are senior and respected figures in one of the country‘s largest children’s charities and work in a highly regulated and scrutinised sector.”
But a fresh statement released today on the St Mirren website suggests that it is now peace in our time over the messy wrangle.
It read: “Following the retraction of Alan Wardrop’s threat of legal action against the Club and the Board (as a whole), his stadium ban has been lifted with immediate effect.
“We are pleased that this matter has been resolved satisfactorily.”
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