By Bob Wylie BBC Scotland's investigations reporter

The museum is based at Hampden Park

An investigation is under way into the Scottish Football Museum amid allegations of financial mismanagement by the Scottish Football Association.

The museum is run by a charitable trust which is being investigated by the new Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

Ged O'Brien, a former director of the museum, has submitted a dossier of complaints to the charities' watchdog.

A spokesman for the museum said the allegations were "totally unfounded".

When the Scottish Football Museum opened nearly three years ago it was heralded as the jewel in the crown of Scottish football's refurbished home at Hampden Stadium in Glasgow.

A charity was set up to run the museum in order to guarantee its independence.

The most important thing is that the museum is not run as a charitable museum Ged O'Brien Former museum director

But that had other advantages - the charity could claim tax rebates and apply for European grants.

Mr O'Brien was the director of the museum until he was paid off early this year.

He has submitted a dossier of complaints alleging that the museum is not being run properly as a charity and has failed to safeguard the museum's interests in favour of the SFA.

He said: "The most important thing is that the museum is not run as a charitable museum, it's run as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Scottish Football Association.

"The majority of trustees are SFA members so it's impossible for the museum to work for its own benefit."

A museum spokesman said: "These false and totally unfounded allegations from a disgruntled former employee with an agenda are a blatant abuse of the media for personal purposes. We have no wish to comment further."

A spokesman for the SFA, speaking from Lisbon, Portugal, said: "We have no comment to make on these allegations."