Judge rules in Gers' favour

A judge has ruled the 12-month transfer embargo imposed on Rangers by the Scottish Football Association as unlawful following a hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

The administration-hit club were handed the sanction by an SFA appeals tribunal but Judge Lord Glennie has ruled the panel members acted outside their powers.
Lord Glennie proposed that the case go back to the SFA appeal tribunal that upheld the initial decision by a judicial panel to impose a 12-month ban on registering players aged 18 and over.
Following a three-hour hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Tuesday, the judge accepted the club's petition for a judicial review as he ruled that the SFA could only administer the specific punishments stated in the rule relating to the disrepute charge.
Rangers were already under a Scottish Premier League transfer embargo which will stand while they are in administration, but the publication of a Company Voluntary Arrangement proposal on Tuesday means that could end as early as July 12th.
However, Rangers could face even stronger punishment from any reconvened SFA appeal panel as the only stated punishments above the maximum £100,000 fine already administered are suspension or expulsion from participation in the game, ejection from the Scottish Cup or termination of membership