Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston has admitted to five breaches of Football Association rules for a text-message exchange in which he called a Seasiders supporter an insulting name.
The FA first opened a probe into Oyston's conversations with fan Stephen Smith back in December and followed that up by bringing a charge against him in March.
However, Oyston denied that charge one month later and challenged it as "unlawful," a claim which the governing body last week announced was dismissed by an arbitral tribunal.
Now, the FA has confirmed that a hearing on the matter will take place next Tuesday.
Oyston's attempt to quash the FA's charge centred on his argument that his exchange with Smith was a private one and should therefore be exempt from their rules.
However, a tribunal rejected that notion and gave the FA the green light to continue with disciplinary proceedings against the 47-year-old.
Oyston has been charged with using "abusive and/or insulting words," with reference to disability, which amounts to five breaches of FA Rule E3.
It was that rule which former Wigan chairman Dave Whelan breached when he made comments to the media regarding Jewish and Chinese people as he attempted to defend the controversial appointment of Malky Mackay.
The punishment meted out to Whelan by the FA included a six-week ban from all football-related activity, a £50,000 fine and a mandatory education programme.
Oyston's run-in with Smith occurred after the chairman's mobile number was posted on a social media website.
The chairman later apologised for the texts' content in a statement published on the club's official website and stressed he had regretted responding to personal abuse.
However, in the months since, the demonstrations and protests from Blackpool fans against Oyston's running of the club have only intensified.
Eggs, a firework and flare were hurled in front of the West Stand the day after their relegation into Sky Bet League One was confirmed and -- with tensions rising further still when the club removed the Stan Mortensen statue from outside Bloomfield Road without comment -- supporters invaded the pitch during their final game of the season against Huddersfield and forced an abandonment.
The Seasiders appointed former West Ham assistant manager Neil McDonald as their new manager on Tuesday but he has only 10 professionals under contract, none of whom are goalkeepers.