YORK City chairman Douglas Craig was today sitting on a top-level panel that will decide on Wimbledon's proposed move to Milton Keynes.

As reported in the Evening Press, Craig, Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein and Charles Hollander QC have been appointed arbitrators by the FA. The hearing is expected to last three days.

Wimbledon believe they did not receive a fair hearing when the board of the Football League decided to turn down their move last year and appealed under FA rules.

The Football League has rejected claims Craig's role on the panel was undermined by the current uncertainty surrounding City.

Craig and his directors separated the club from the ground, Bootham Crescent, by forming holding company Bootham Crescent Holdings.

He has now put the ground up for sale for £4.5million and has vowed to evict the club if new owners cannot meet his asking price.

It is argued Wimbledon's current troubles are said to stem from a similar tactic adopted by former chairman Sam Hammam.

Separating the ownership of the club from its one-time home, Plough Lane, Hammam then sold Plough Lane for a vast sum without provision for a permanent new home.

Wimbledon have since been forced to ground share with Crystal Palace.

Updated: 11:42 Monday, January 21, 2002