Hamilton Accies is on the verge of relegation after being hammered with a deduction of 15 points and a fine of £ 9,000 for several violations of SPFL rules.
The championship club was responsible for not having informed the SPFL of remuneration defects, incorrect information on the property of the stadium, the demotion of their SFA Club license and the late arrangement of their submission of membership criteria for next season.
Sitting at the seventh row of the division at ten teams before the announcement of the punishment yesterday, access was immersed in the point of automatic relegation with only three games to play.
They are now at eight points behind the Ardrieonians whom they replace at the bottom of the table.
With nine points to play, there is always an external chance that the access of John Rankin can escape automatic relegation, but they seem certain to embark on Ligue 1 for next season.
If the Lanarkshire team fails to beat Queen’s Park at home tomorrow, their demotion will be confirmed.
They welcome Livingston next Saturday and conclude the regular season with a trip to the fugue leaders in Falkirk on Friday May 2.
The club was shaken by a deduction of 15 points and a fine of £ 9,000 from the SPFL
John Rankin’s team must win their last three games to have a chance to stay in the division
Accies Great Escape Bid begins when they welcome Queen’s Park at the New Douglas Park on Saturday
A SPFL declaration is like: “ Hamilton Academical Football Club (the “club”) has today (April 17) a deduction of 15 points and was sentenced to a fine of £ 9,000 after the club was concluded that it has broken several SPFL rules by a disciplinary court independent of the SPFL.
“ The SPFL’s board of directors had filed four accusations against the club and the club was found by the independent court for having violated the SPFL rules and was sanctioned as follows:
‘BOLD 1: Violation of rules B1, E17 and E18 with regard to the inability to inform the SPFL of remuneration failures with regard to six players and an inability to act with the greatest faith in its representations on the SPFL card concerning the lifting of a transfer embargo after remuneration and previous tax failures.
Sanction: immediate deduction of 12 points and a fine of £ 5,000
“Charge 2: violation of the rule D4.3.2 in relation to the supply of incorrect information concerning the property of the stadium in the submission of the membership criteria of the 2024/25 of the club.
Sanction: £ 3,000 fine (of which £ 1,500 have been suspended)
“Charge 3: violation of the rule D4.8 in relation to the demotion of the license license of the Scottish club of the club of the club of the bronze at the entrance level.
Sanction: immediate 3 -point deduction
“Charge 4: violation of the E28.7 rule with regard to the late provision of the submission of the club membership criteria for the 2025/26 season.
Sanction: £ 1,000 fine (entirely suspended).
No statement has yet been made by Hamilton, but the club has the right to call on the sanction to the Scottish FA.
