SPL deducts 10 points as Rangers go into administration
Rangers chairman Craig Whyte and director of football Gordon Smith Picture: Phil Wilkinson
Rangers were today deducted ten points by the Scottish Premier League after appointing administrators following a legal debate with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
The club appointed their preferred administrators, Duff and Phelps, after HMRC lodged their own petition at the Court of Session to put them into administration, 24 hours after the club filed notice of their intention.
The SPL later confirmed Rangers had been hit with the automatic points deduction, which leaves them 14 points behind leaders Celtic and nine above third-placed Motherwell.
Rangers’ Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Kilmarnock looks set to go ahead as planned at Ibrox on Saturday.
There was an element of doubt over the fixture being played after the Scottish champions went into administration earlier today and Strathclyde Police sought assurances they would be paid for policing the event.
However, talks between the police and administrators Duff and Phelps have resulted in assurances that payment for policing will be made.
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