Celtic midfielder Beram Kayal believes entering newco Rangers into the bottom tier of Scottish football was the right decision.

Rangers newco will continue talks with the football authorities today as their bid to gain membership of the Scottish Football Association remains in abeyance.

Dundee will be invited to replace Rangers in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, the SPL have confirmed.

Newco Rangers chief executive Charles Green believes the decision taken by Scottish Football League chairmen to install the club into the Irn-Bru Third Division maintains Scottish football’s ’sporting integrity’.

Rangers will start the new season in the Irn-Bru Third Division following a vote by Scottish Football League chairmen at Hampden today.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon admits he will miss the Old Firm rivalry following the loss of Rangers from the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

Rangers chairman Malcolm Murray has called for “vicious and gratuitous blood lust” to come to an end for the sake of Scottish football as a whole.

The Scottish Football League have said they have not reached agreement with any other footballing body over newco Rangers playing in the Irn-Bru First Division.

The Scottish Football League will consult their clubs early next week over the fallout from the Rangers crisis – but Raith Rovers today added their voice to opposition to Charles Green’s newco club joining the Irn-Bru First Division.

The Scottish Football Association have stressed they need to implement rules “without fear or favour” following a backlash from Rangers fans and administrators over sanctions against the club.

Former Rangers captain Richard Gough has likened the modern Old Firm spectacle to “car crash TV” as the clubs prepare for talks with the police and Scottish Government over the social problems surrounding the fixture.

The Scottish Premier League have announced “broad support” for a 10-team Premiership and a 12-team Championship to be introduced as part of a revamp of Scottish Football.

Dundee have lost their second and final appeal against a 25-point deduction for going into administration.

The Scottish Football Association will press ahead with plans to bring in foreign referees after category one officials refused to back down over strike action.

Dundee have been deducted 25 Irn-Bru First Division points for going into administration.

A number of players and staff at Dundee are expected to lose their jobs in the next 24 hours after the club were officially put into administration today.

The Scottish Football League today announced all of tomorrow’s opening game of the season would take place – but with the results of three fixtures being deemed provisional.

The Scottish Premier League today announced its member clubs had agreed to begin “detailed work” on the formation of a second tier.

The Scottish Football Association have confirmed they will ask the Scottish Premier League to consider moving fixtures at the start of next season in a bid to help the national team prepare for their World Cup qualifier in Norway.

Annan Athletic have been admitted to the Scottish Football League after winning a vote to replace Gretna.

Gretna have resigned from the Scottish Football League, the League confirmed today.

The party interested in buying troubled Gretna today held talks with the Scottish Football League.

CELTIC captain Neil Lennon has recalled how a trip to see Jimmy Johnstone on film proved just how good the winger was in his prime.

The Scottish Football League are set to discuss the possibility of a winter break for lower division sides on January 18.

Scottish Football Association chief executive David Taylor believes the sponsorship deal with Diageo for the Euro 2008 bid enhances an already well-established link between the firm and Scottish football.

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill sympathised with his frustrated fringe players who were denied a valuable run-out by last night’s CIS Insurance Cup blackout at Livingston.

Fifa vice-president David Will has given a cautious welcome to new plans to reshape the international transfer system.