⚽ The Kick-Off | Friday 10th October 2025
Scotland beat Greece 3-1. Scotland Under-21s chalk up record win against Gibraltar. St Mirren have sold more than 6000 tickets for semi-final against Motherwell.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #160:
Scotland haven't lost a home World Cup Qualifier in 12 years. (Scotland 0 - 2 Belgium, 2013)LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 FIFA World Cup Qualifying - Group C
Scotland 3 - 1 Greece
🏆 UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifying – Group B
Scotland 12 - 0 Gibraltar
NEWS
🙌 Scotland beat Greece 3-1 at Hampden in what was a pretty bizarre game of football. A flat Hampden saw the Greeks go ahead in the second half before Ryan Christie equalised with Scotland’s first shot of the game, and the stadium came to life.
Lewis Ferguson got his first Scotland goal before Lyndon Dykes scored his 10th for his country.
Up next is Belarus at home on Sunday. - watch the highlights on the BBC website here
🔵 Scotland Under-21s beat Gibraltar by a national record 12-0 at Den’s Park yesterday. This included five goals in seven minutes.
Manchester City midfielder Emilio Lawrence scored four, and Hearts forward James Wilson scored three in the game. The other goals came from Dire Mebude, Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen, Kyle Ure, Miller Thomson, and an own goal.
Up next is an away game in Azerbaijan. - Anthony Brown, The Herald
🧢 John McGinn won his 80th cap last night.
⛔️ Lewis Ferguson and Ryan Christie are suspended for Sunday’s match against Belarus.
🆕 The latest Scotland Women’s Under-23 squad was announced yesterday for the upcoming friendlies with Sweden and Italy. - Scottish FA website
📝 Partick Thistle’s Dan O’Reilly has signed a contract extension with the club. - Partick Thistle website
🟢 Celtic’s Alistair Johnston has revealed that he is nearing a return sooner than initially expected after recovering from injury. - Peter Cassidy, STV
⚫️ St Mirren have sold more than 6000 tickets so far for their Premier Sports Cup Semi-Final against Motherwell. - St Mirren website
🔴 Aberdeen have been reprimanded and fined £1000 by the SPFL for fielding an ineligible player in their KDM Evolution Trophy 2-1 defeat to Forfar Athletic. £500 of the fine has been suspended pending any further breaches. - Danny Law, The Press & Journal
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🤝 Under-19 International Friendly
Italy v Scotland (3.30pm)
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy – League Phase
Clyde v Kilmarnock B (7.45pm)
East Fife v Celtic B (7.45pm)
plus fixtures in the South Challenge Cup and Grill Cup. View all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures Website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL ON TV THIS WEEKEND
📺 Friday
A View From The Terrace (BBC Scotland: 10.30pm)
📺 Saturday
Dumbarton v Rangers B (Premier Sports 1: 3pm)
📺 Sunday
Hibernian Women v Rangers Women (BBC Alba: 4.10pm)
Scotland v Belarus (BBC Two: 5pm)
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