Premiership Six summon SPFL chiefs Maclennan and Doncaster to crisis summit

Scottish Professional Football League bosses have been summoned to a meeting of all 42 member clubs to address concerns over its handling of an independent review into the governance of the organisation.

Six clubs – Rangers, Aberdeen, Livingston, Motherwell, St Johnstone and St Mirren – have called on the SPFL hierarchy to answer questions arising from the three-month investigationby financial accountants Henderson Loggie at a summit later this month.

The clubs published an open letter to the SPFL last week where they questioned the report’s independence and transparency while accusing SPFL chairman Murdoch Maclennan of making statements which “did not reflect the full findings of the report”.

The clubs also accused the

Spfl executive, which includes chief executive Neil Doncaster, of making changes to the report before sending it out.

The SPFL responded by stating it had addressed “factual inaccuracies” with the six clubs in question, but concerns remain and a meeting has now been scheduled for 11am on Tuesday, February 27.

A joint statement issued by Rangers read: “Following the clubs’ letter to the SPFL chairman and chief executive, a response was received from the chairman on 9 February.

“On consideration of the chairman’s reply, the clubs believe it to be imperative, in the best interests of transparency and governance, that the chairman and chief executive meet with their shareholders.

“To that end, the clubs have invited the chairman and chief executive to attend a meeting of all member clubs to address the issues around the Independent Governance Review.”