Roy MacGregor in Rangers fixture confession as Ross County chief takes fans inside Storm Gerrit nightmare on A9

Roy MacGregor has revealed Ross County were desperate for their clash with Rangers to go ahead but the decision was taken out of their hands by SPFL chiefs.

The Ibrox clash along with Aberdeen’s home game with Motherwell was called off after Storm Gerrit battered Scotland, crippling a lot of the country’s road networks on Wednesday. The County chairman insisted his side wanted to play the game but were left stuck as bad weather and multiple accidents on the A9 left the road closed and meant they couldn’t make the trip south.

SPFL chiefs got in touch with Police Scotland and they couldn’t give any guarantees that the road would be open in time for last night’s 7.45pm kick-off at Ibrox so they decided to make an early call on the game. Aberdeen’s game with Motherwell was also called off at 4pm after the storm led to severe flooding and saw the A90 closed in both directions. MacGregor confirmed: “It was an SPFL call, it was neither Rangers or Ross County’s decision to call the game off. It was really unfortunate for us because it was a game we wanted on.

“We missed a game last week (Hibs) and so we wanted to play this game. Unfortunately, it was out of our hands the SPFL made the decision after discussions with Police Scotland. The SPFL went to the police and they couldn’t give us any guarantees that the roads would be clear to get down in time for the game, so the decision was made to call the game off. It was difficult for the fans but what can we do when the road was shut? Rangers were also looking for an early call. They had a lot of people travelling long distances and there are also their match day costs.”

An SPFL statement confirmed the cancellation at 1.30pm. It read: "Following consultation with Police Scotland