'Disgraceful' Rangers board branded hypocrites over Ibrox fiasco as ex-SPFL owner lets rip

The Rangers board have been accused of acting like hypocrites over the Ibrox fiasco after hammering Dundee about their pitch issues.

Gers confirmed last week there had been a delay to ongoing works on the Copland Road stand due to cock-up in planning which saw the club left waiting for materials to be delivered from Asia. It means their stadium is out of use for the start of the season and the Light Blues are left scrambling looking for a venue to use for home games for the beginning of the Premiership season, as well as Champions League qualifiers.

It comes months after Rangers chiefs complained over the double postponement of their game at Dundee due to a waterlogged pitch. It was the FIFTH time the Dens Park pitch was deemed unplayable last season and Gers complained and end result was the Dee were fined.

Former Aberdeen CEO Keith Wyness has pointed out the irony in Rangers now having their own problems with hosting matches after how hard they went in on their SPFL rivals.

He told Football Insider: “Debacle is the right word. For this sort of problem to have happened is disgraceful from the board’s point of view. I’ve been involved in a number of stadium projects, I was also on the board of the building of the Hydro in Glasgow for seven years.

"They should have been aware of this, they should have had a risk register, they should have either had the right consultants around to let them know of these problems because there’s always going to be a risk in terms of overseas supplies coming in. That’s well known and in all these sorts of projects that is taken into account and that goes into your risk register and you make sure it happens.

“What is particularly rich in this situation was that Rangers were complaining about Dundee and their ground not being available to be played because it hadn’t drained properly and so Rangers made a very big noise about that in terms of a club not making its ground playable. Here we are now Rangers are the ones saying that themselves.

“Rangers have also got to count on the co-operation of other clubs in the league who want to reverse fixtures. Rangers haven’t created many friends in the Premiership. They are reaping what they sow in many ways. Someone has got to have known about this for a while and it’s a big one. I wouldn’t like to be sitting there trying to resolve this one for Rangers."

Hampden and Murrayfield have both been floated as potential solutions and Wyness added: "Murrayfield seems to be the only sensible option. It’s in Edinburgh, not Glasgow – that’s the only key factor. There are a lot of issues around that, in terms of policing or transport. It could be three months, it could be six months – it could even be a whole season.

“We’ve seen Spurs move into Wembley and other clubs relocating, but that’s usually when clubs are rebuilding a stadium. In this case, it’s just about repairs. There’s no big gain at the end, it’s just a loss of revenue. I noticed the chief executive has gone to Saudi Arabia, and that could be quite clever timing on his part. Someone has got to have known about this for a while. I wouldn’t like to be the one left to sort this all out.”