The Scottish Football Association's compliance officer has taken the unusual step of appealing against a decision reached by its own judicial panel.

Steve Simonsen, the Rangers goalkeeper, served a one-match suspension earlier this month after being found guilty of breaching the governing body's guidelines relating to betting. Simonsen was charged with gambling on 50 games, none of which involved his own team, and was handed a two-game ban, with one suspended, by the independent tribunal that convened on February 12.

Compliance officer Tony McGlennan, however, felt that the sanction was "unduly lenient" and has elected to appeal the decision. The case will be heard by an Appellate Tribunal in due course. Simonsen is the third senior player to be charged with breaching the SFA's "zero tolerance" relating to betting on football matches but the first who did not gamble on matches involving his own club.

Ian Black, his Rangers team-mate, was handed a 10-game ban in 2012 - seven of which were suspended - and fined £7500 after placing 160 bets over a seven-year period. Three of the games included betting on his then team not to win the match, including tipping Rangers to draw against East Stirlingshire. Black scored in a 4-2 Rangers win.

Michael Moffat, then of Ayr United, was last year given a four-game ban - with two suspended - after placing 150 bets, including seven bets on six matches involving his own team. Unlike Black, however, Moffat is not thought to have bet on his then team not to win any of the matches involved.