ST MIRREN chairman John Needham has been charged by the SFA for inappropriate historic comments he made about Rangers.

A number of social media posts from Mr Needham were investigated after being unearthed ahead of St Mirren's 2-1 loss to Rangers last month.

He was appointed in July after St Mirren became a fan-owned club.

The Buddies chief previously apologised for social media comments about Ibrox fans.

Those comments were probed by the SFA for a potential breach of rule 77, which requires any "football body, club, official, team official, other member of team staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA" to always act in the best interests of Scottish football.

Now, the compliance officer has called on the St Mirren chair to attend a hearing on December 2 after being charged for bringing the game into disrepute and another for potential discriminatory comments.

Needham's apology read: "On Friday 22 October a number of Tweets I created in the past referring to Rangers fans were highlighted on Twitter.

"As a club chairman I have extra responsibility for the conduct and example I show.

“These posts are completely inappropriate and do not reflect my character or beliefs as a person and I very much regret them.

"I apologise unreservedly to the directors and fans of Rangers and to everyone at St Mirren. I am acutely aware of my responsibilities. This won't happen again.”