The players and staff of Dunfermline Athletic will discover their fate today, with administrator Bryan Jackson seeking to make significant cuts to try to save the club.

Jackson met staff yesterday after Lord Hodge approved his appointment as interim administrator.

As revealed in Herald Sport, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs also applied for a liquidator to be appointed, after Dunfermline Athletic Football Club Ltd failed to act on a winding up order served over an unpaid £134,000 tax bill. However, they did not contest Jackson's appointment and Lord Hodge judged that administration offered the best hope of a return for the creditors, who are owed around £9m. A full hearing will be heard on April 11.

Jackson, who will be assisted by his PKF colleague Robert Barclay, attended last night's home game against Falkirk and will begin the redundancy process today. It is expected that the players with the highest salaries will bear the brunt of the cost cutting, despite fans and local businesses providing £100,000 as funding for the administration process.

"We will have to heavily cut costs and I will start working on that immediately," said Jackson, who also carried out the administrations of Clyde, Clydebank, Motherwell and Dundee. "I like to get it done quickly because of the uncertainty that hangs around. Unfortunately, there will be a number of redundancies.

"The interim management process will allow the club to operate without immediate fear of closure but I cannot stress the need for the continued support of the fans, players, and staff. The future of Dunfermline Athletic remains uncertain. Money will need to be raised simply to get to the end of the season as well as into the summer.

"It's technical reasons [for the interim appointment], because we hadn't given HMRC notice. We have now and I expect the full administration to be granted. But we can just get on with it."

Gavin Masterton, who owns a 94% shareholding in the club and is the major creditor, expressed his regret at the insolvency event his actions led the Dunfermline into.

"Despite my concerns regarding events over the past six months the ultimate responsibility stops with myself," he said. "Over the years, the Masterton family have invested several millions of pounds into the club to establish the infrastructure and just under one million in the current year but this trend unfortunately was not sustainable. I want to apologise to all who will now be upset and damaged by today's announcement. Money and jobs will inevitably be lost but everything will be done to ensure a rapid return to normality."

The fans will play their part in that effort, with many ready to work for free in an effort to save their club. Margaret Ross, chairwoman of the Pars Supporters Trust (PST), hopes to meet with Jackson to offer assistance. "We are hoping to put volunteers in positions if they want us to," Ross said. "So much would have been lost to the community but administration has, at least, given us a chance to save it."