Rangers have pulled their B-team out of the Lowland League for next season after the proposed Scottish Conference League was scrapped.
The Ibrox side and rivals Celtic have had their top academy sides competing in tier five for the last two seasons and were joined by Hearts in the Lowland League last campaign. There had been hopes that involvement would continue in a new fifth tier next season that was proposed to feature the four B-teams as well as representatives from the current Highland and Lowland divisions.
But that was panned by clubs up and down the country with the SPFL eventually pulling a vote off the table after a mass of dissenting voices. And now Rangers have announced they won't enter a team into next season's Lowland League despite finishing as runners-up to champions Spartans last season.
