Before the start of 2016-17 season, the club was fined £10,000 which was halved on appeal to £5,000 and received a one-year ban on signing professional contracts until June 2017 for not declaring extra payments made to striker Gary Twigg for performing coaching work over the summer. The club also received a 12-point deduction in the league for 2016-17 season for an administrative error made in relation to the contract of exiled midfielder Peter McMahon, who later left the club in July 2016.