Rangers Omitted from SPL Fixture List

“Club 12” has taken up Rangers spot in the Scottish Premier League (SPL) fixture list with their place in the top-flight competition still yet to be decided.

Rangers were docked 10 points for entering administration last season, a decision that helped Celtic win the SPL title.

League officials have still to decide if Rangers will play in Scottish football’s top-flight next season after a consortium led by English businessman Charles Green took over the club by creating a new company to run its business.

If Rangers do become ‘Club 12’ they will be away to Kilmarnock on August 4. If not, their place will be taken by either relegated Dunfermline or First Division runners-up Dundee.

Should Rangers remain in the top flight, the first Old Firm game will be at Parkhead on September 22, with another, at Ibrox, on Boxing Day.

Last month, Rangers won their court battle against a transfer embargo imposed by the Scottish Football Association (SFA).

The SFA’s disciplinary panel last month imposed a 12-month ban that stopped Rangers registering players aged 18 and over, but a judge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled the panel acted outside of their powers.

The full extent of Rangers’ financial problems was revealed shortly before the SFA punishments in April.

Rangers’ administrators estimated the club’s total debts could top £134 million, including more than £93 million which is being claimed by British tax authorities.