Kilmarnock Tenerife trip on hold as SPFL demand quick rematch

KILMARNOCK’S plans for a training camp in Tenerife have been thrown up in the air after they were told to play their abandoned Ladbrokes Premiership game against Motherwell tomorrow. The match will take place at 48 hours notice after Wednesday’s game fell foul of fog moments after the second half kicked off with the score 0-0. Both teams had a free weekend after getting knocked out of the William Hill Scottish Cup but Killie assistant manager Alex Dyer appeared to rule out playing the game tomorrow because both clubs had made plans. But it is understood the Scottish Professional Football League insisted the game must take place this weekend. A Kilmarnock statement read: “Following discussions between both club and the league, this decision has been made by the SPFL and the club apologises to supporters for the short notice surrounding this fixture.” Steve Clarke’s squad were due to fly to Tenerife tomorrow and it is understood the club are not happy about the rearranged date. They are now in discussions over their travel plans while facing the challenge of arranging match day staff at short notice to ensure the game goes ahead smoothly. The Rugby Park club were hoping to take advantage of a 12-day break between games with their subsequent fixture coming against St Mirren on Monday, March 11. That scheduling ruled out that midweek for the rearranged game and the following two weeks are unavailable because of the international break. There is a full midweek card on April 3 and the final games before the split take place on the weekend of April 6-7. The subsequent midweek is free and both teams will have an available weekend on April 13-14 when the Scottish Cup semi-finals take place but the SPFL wants the game played before the split given it could have a bearing on the make-up of the top and bottom six.