CRAIG LEVEIN has claimed he was managed to get off with a £32,000 fine from the SFA and to this day still HASN'T paid it. The 60-year-old has had plenty of run-ins with officials during his managerial career, which stretches almost 30 years. 2 Craig Levein revealed how he managed to dodge not one but two hefty SFA fines Credit: Kenny Ramsay During his time as boss of Hearts , Levein was slapped with a £1,000 fine by Hampden chiefs for comments made about referee Dougie McDonald following a match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in May 2004.
The Jambos lost 1-0 and Levein, who saw two of his players sent off, said: "I lost count of the mistakes when it reached 97." SFA bosses didn't take kindly to Levein's allusions and expected him to pay up within the two week deadline . Two weeks passed and he didn't pay, so the fine was doubled.
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Levein clearly had no intention of paying the bill and the matter even ended up involving the courts . The SFA also didn't back down but as the case rumbled on into the second half of 2004, Levein's growing reputation as a manager caught the eye of one of his former clubs, Leicester City. They lured him to the Midlands from Edinburgh and as far as Levein is concerned, that was that when it came to his.
