Livingston face charges over shareholder Rankine

LIVINGSTON have been hit with several Scottish Football Association charges relating to key shareholder Neil Rankine.

Ian Rankine. Picture: Gareth Easton

The Scottish Championship club have been accused of failing to disclose that Rankine, described by the SFA as shareholder of parent company Livingston 5 Ltd, also holds interests in Championship rivals Dumbarton along with East Fife.

Charges include failure to act in good faith to the SFA; providing false, misleading and/or inaccurate information on their official return; failing to specify Ranine on official returns; not acting in the best interests of football by their non-disclosure of Rankine’s other interests; and of holding power to influence the management or administration of two other clubs.

The SFA statement added: “Please note that neither East Fife nor Dumbarton are under investigation and there is no suggestion of improper conduct on their part at this stage.”

A hearing date has been pencilled in for September 10.