Dundee's rearranged Scottish Premiership match at home to Rangers is off following a second pitch inspection.
Dundee's rearranged Scottish Premiership match at home to Rangers is off following a second pitch inspection. An initial check just before 11am saw the Dens Park surface deemed as playable by match referee Don Robertson, however, a second inspection was required due to heavy rain forecast in the area. Covers had been in place over some areas of concern since Tuesday and those spots were protected again following the first check.
'Whilst this development is extremely disappointing, we have had contingency measures in place since last month and informed both clubs by email on March 21 of our intention, should tonight's game fall victim to the weather, that we would rearrange the game for Dens Park on the evening of Wednesday April 17. In the last week we have explored other possible options with both clubs but none of them were deemed to be better than our original contingency plan.
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