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Hamilton Academical players are considering refusing to play Saturday’s Scottish League 1 match against East Fife if they are not paid on time.<\/b><\/p>\n
The embattled club have informed the Scottish Professional Football League they are unlikely to be able to pay their players’ monthly salaries before the new year.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for PFA Scotland told BBC Scotland: “We are aware of what is happening at Hamilton and have advised the players of their rights.”<\/p>\n
Hamilton were relegated last season after receiving a 15-point penalty for a number of transgressions, including the non-payment of players, issues over the ownership of their stadium and player registration.<\/p>\n
They left their hometown ground and moved to Broadwood Stadium, 15 miles away in Cumbernauld, this summer and were then issued a six-point penalty in October after paying trialists and fielding amateur players while under a transfer embargo.<\/p>\n
A further nine-point deduction followed on 16 December after they failed to comply with the SPFL’s requirement for all clubs to successfully acquire a bronze-level Scottish FA club licence by 31 March.<\/p>\n
They are eighth in Scotland’s third division but would be second without the deductions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n