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Plans to restructure the Scottish football leagues have been vetoed by Ross County and St Mirren at a Scottish Premier League (SPL) meeting.

It was announced that the clubs had failed to secure the 11-1 majority needed to send the plans to the Scottish Football League (SFL).

The lower league clubs including Queen of the South, Annan Athletic, Stranraer and Berwick Rangers, were due to vote on Friday (19th April).

Henry McClelland, Chairman of Annan, told ITV News that as far as he was aware the meeting would still go ahead.

"Our position is that we want to exercise caution. The Scottish Football League is 123-years-old and it is incumbent on chairmen to take decisions for the right reason."

Mr McClelland is against the current proposals because he does not agree with some of the details, but says he would back the integration of the SPL and SFL:

He added that he agreed with 80% of the proposals but felt clubs should re-negotiate on contentious issues.

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Queen of the South fans speak of their disappointment in the club. It's as the board voted, against the wishes of the majority of fans, for Rangers to enter the football league in Division 1. They were one of only 5 clubs out of the 30 in the football league to vote that way.

The other 25 voted for the newly reformed Rangers to enter the league in division 3.

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Billy Hewitson, Queen of the South Chairman, spoke to our reporter Matthew Taylor about why the Board voted against the wishes of the majority of their fans.

The club was one of only 5 that voted for Rangers to enter the football league in the highest division, despite most of their fans urging them to vote for the newly formed Ibrox team to come into the league on the lowest rung, division 3.

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