Glasgow Rangers booted out of top-flight after club vote

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Rangers were dramatically kicked out of next season's Scottish Premier League after rival clubs voted overwhelmingly to exclude the ailing Glasgow giants, it was confirmed on Wednesday.

The soon-to-be-liquidated Ibrox club had applied to rejoin the league after reforming as a new company (newco) but their request was turned down following a vote of the other clubs which make up the Scottish top-flight.

'At today's General Meeting, SPL clubs today voted overwhelmingly to reject the application from Rangers newco to join the SPL,' an SPL statement said.

The statement came after more than five hours of talks at Hampden as Rangers' new management clung on to the hope of staving off exclusion.