Rangers 'Covid five' hit with Scottish FA charge over rule breaches

Nathan Patterson, Calvin Bassey, Bongani Zungu and youth team players Brian Kinnear and Dapo Mebude attended a house party in Glasgow and were subsequently fined by Ibrox chiefs.

The Scottish FA have now charged them with breaching Disciplinary Rules 24 and 77 and a hearing has been set for Thursday, March 25.

Patterson, Bassey and Zungu returned to Steven Gerrard's squad for the Europa League win over Royal Antwerp as the right-back scored on a dramatic night at Ibrox to help Rangers progress to the last 16.

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Steven Gerrard hails 'superb' Nathan Patterson after youngster scores stunner in Antwerp win

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He has also featured against Livingston and St Mirren in recent days as he deputised for injured captain James Tavernier and helped Gerrard's side clinch the Premiership title.

Ibrox duo Jordan Jones and George Edmundson were given seven-game bans by the Scottish FA in November following a similar rule breach for attending a party.

And the Light Blues' latest offenders will now discover their fate in the coming weeks as the face the prospect of an early end to their campaigns.