Partick Thistle will launch a joint legal challenge with Hearts against their respective relegations.
The Jags were demoted to League One from the Championship despite being just two points behind ninth placed Queen of the South with a game in hand.
The failure of Ann Budge’s reconstruction proposal confirmed their place in the third tier for the 2020/21 season.
And the Firhill club released a statement yesterday saying going to court was a road they just couldn’t afford to go down.
Following that statement however, the club received an offer to fully fund legal action and hat has been accepted.
After discussions with the Tynecastle club this morning, they will now work together to launch a joint legal challenge after Hearts had initially planned to go it alone against the SPFL.
“Yesterday, we said that court action was our preferred route to challenging our relegation to League 1,” said chairman Jacqui Low. “It was only a lack of funding that stopped us. At that time, we reserved the right to change our position should circumstances change.
“Last night, in response to our statement, we received a proposal to fully fund legal action should we wish to pursue it, at no cost to Thistle. After careful Board consideration, we have now accepted this extremely generous offer of unexpected help.
“Today, following discussions with Hearts, we have agreed that we will launch a joint legal challenge to resolve what others have failed to do since April.
“To those who think we should just move on and accept what’s been dished out to us, yesterday 26 clubs put themselves first. Today, we have now been given the opportunity to do the same.”
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