East Stirling are refusing to give up hope of bringing Paul Gascoigne to the club.

A report this morning claims that clubs in the First Division could be prepared to cut out their Second and Third Division counterparts in discussions over a new television deal.

Players’ union chief Gordon Taylor today spelled out a doomsday scenario for football as ITV Digital applied to be put into administration with the row over television cash owed to Nationwide League clubs reaching crisis point.