"I was one of 63 chairmen who voted to support the action against Leeds for misdemeanours carried out by the people running Leeds at the time," he said.
"They broke the regulations, got punished by the Football League board of directors and we were asked whether we supported the board," he added.
"It was an anonymous vote and I was happy to come out and say I was one of the ones who supported the board. Because of that, and Ken has whipped it up, there were 36,000 out there who think I'm the reason they lost 15 points and that clearly wasn't the case.
"Ken Bates has disappointed me enormously. I'm stunned by the way he's behaved."