Soccer-SPFL to investigate St Mirren over alleged COVID-19 breach

St Mirren could not fulfil Scottish Premiership fixtures against Motherwell and Hamilton Academical due to a number of COVID-19 cases in the squad. The club had only 12 registered players available for the match against Hamilton last week.

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has opened disciplinary proceedings against St Mirren for allegedly breaching COVID-19 rules which led to the postponement of two matches earlier this month. St Mirren could not fulfil Scottish Premiership fixtures against Motherwell and Hamilton Academical due to a number of COVID-19 cases in the squad.

The club had only 12 registered players available for the match against Hamilton last week. "The St Mirren hearing will be held before a sub-committee of the board of the SPFL, chaired by an independent legally-qualified chair, on Nov. 10 and/or Nov. 11," the SPFL said in a statement https://spfl.co.uk/news/spfl-statement-47097.

St Mirren said on Twitter https://twitter.com/saintmirrenfc/status/1321852889552269313 they would defend their case "robustly".