Crisis-hit Gretna axe nine players

Nine senior Gretna players have been made redundant by the Scottish Premier League club’s administrators.

David Bingham, Mark Birch, Mickael Buscher, Aurelien Collin, Chris Innes, Henry Makinwa, David Mathieson, Erik Paartalu and Michael Tait have all left the Borders outfit, who could now struggle to raise a team for their remaining SPL games.

Gretna announced they have also parted company with youth players Mario Campagna, Jake Cunningham, Liam Cusack, Grant Easton, Nicholas Faulds, Conor Grant, Joseph Hughes, Callum McKinlay, Christopher Moffet, Jack Pattison, Alex Redfern, Ryan O’Hara and Daniel Smee.

The crisis-hit Clydesdale Bank Premier League side are now being run by administrators Wilson Field, who also dismissed the club’s six community coaches this morning.