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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

SPFL to work with Rangers over stadium construction delays

The SPFL has confirmed it will work with Rangers to deal with their ongoing stadium works and the potential of being unable to fulfill fixtures at Ibrox in August.

The club will begin their Champions League and Scottish Premiership campaigns outside of Glasgow after redevelopment work at Ibrox was hit by a lengthy delay.

A multi-million-pound renovation project to overhaul the disabled facilities at Ibrox was commenced at the end of last term.

The work in the Copland Stand was due to be completed in time for the new season but the board have now had to admit defeat in their attempts to stick to the original timescale after severe issues in the supply chain.

Contingency planning has been underway in recent weeks and talks are ongoing to secure a venue that will see Rangers hit the road for the first month of the 2024/25 season. 

The SPFL is due to release next season's fixtures on Thursday, June 27.

And the league's governing body has revealed that Rangers' construction issues will be taken into account when determining the schedule at the beginning of the new campaign. 

An SPFL spokesperson said: "We have received notification from Rangers FC that they may be unable to host SPFL fixtures in August at Ibrox Stadium due to ongoing stadium works.

"We have agreed to work with Rangers on how we can best mitigate this situation following next week's publication of the fixture calendar for season 2024/25."

The SRU have been contacted for comment, with Murrayfield a potential option as a temporary home for Rangers.

Hampden is not an option for Rangers due to ongoing works at the National Stadium and Queen's Park will not play there until after Scotland's UEFA Nations League fixture with Poland on September 5.

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