Struggling Gretna's Scottish Premier League match away to Aberdeen on Saturday will go ahead, the Borders club said Friday.

Gretna went into admistration on Wednesday and, a day later, administrator David Elliot admitted he was struggling to field a side for this weekend's trip to Pittodrie.

However, it now looks as if that match will take place and plans are already being made regarding Gretna's scheduled match against Celtic a week on Sunday at their stand-in home of Fir Park, Motherwell's ground.

On Thursday, Elliot was told only ten senior members of the squad were prepared to turn out against Aberdeen but a Gretna spokesman said Friday that a matchday squad had now been assembled.

"At the time there were only ten players, I think, forthcoming," the spokesman said.

"But we've got a squad now capable of travelling so there's no problems at all doing that.

"Obviously it's not going to have some of the players that were here beforehand. It will include three or four U-19 players but generally it still contains a lot of the original squad."

He added: "If we can get the gate receipts from the Celtic game next week, that will put us in a better position, so we're just holding on until then really."

Players have been told they can leave as their wages haven't been paid by bottom-of-the-table Gretna.

The club went into administration after owner Brooks Mileson, who is terminally ill, cut off his supply of cash to Gretna.

Under Mileson, whom Elliot said had invested £8million into the club, Gretna had enjoyed a rapid rise from the obscurity of non-league football to the SPL, as well as reaching the 2006 Scottish Cup final.

If the club survives, relegation from the top flight is inevitable with the club's paltry points total having been reduced to six following a ten-point penalty for going into administration.

A consortium fronted by football agent Paul Davies was considering a rescue plan but any scheme to save Gretna will inevitably involve redundancies.

The club has a tiny fan base and has had to play SPL matches at Fir Park this season because their own Raydale Park ground does not meet top-flight standards.

If Gretna go out of business, the SPL table will be re-adjusted with the results of matches involving the club cancelled.