⚽ The Kick-Off | Friday 21st March 2025
Scotland win 1-0 in Greece. Inverness sign young Celtic keeper on loan. Partick Thistle Sporting Director update.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #20: Scotland have played at eight World Cup finals but have actually qualified for nine. The team qualified for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil but as Scotland were not the British Champions, the Scottish FA opted not to take part.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA Nations League A Qualification Play-Off First Leg
Greece 0 - 1 Scotland
NEWS
🙌 It was a massive win for Scotland last night in Greece. Scott McTominay’s first-half penalty was enough to give Scotland a 1-0 win. Greece dominated the second half but couldn’t find an equaliser. The second leg is on Sunday at 5pm.
🧢 It was a night of landmarks for several Scotland players.
Andy Robertson moved to outright third on the all-time men’s caps list on 81 caps. Only Kenny Dalglish and Jim Leighton are ahead of him.
Craig Gordon won his 80th cap. Grant Hanley his 60th.
George Hirst and Max Johnston both made their debuts.
👐 Inverness Caledonian Thistle have signed young Celtic goalkeeper Aidan Rice on an emergency loan with regular goalkeeper Musa Dibaga on international duty for Gambia.
Inverness manager Scott Kellacher also confirmed striker Alfie Bavidge will be out injured for at least another 10 days. - Alasdair Fraser, Inverness Courier
🤝 Partick Thistle are expected to appoint a Sporting Director next week. The club received around 100 applications and whittled it down to 12 for interview. - James Cairney, The Herald
🦘 Two Hibernian players scored for Australia yesterday. Martin Boyle and Lewis Miller both scored in a 5-1 win over Indonesia in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
📺 Arbroath’s home game against title rivals Stenhousemuir has been moved for live TV coverage on Saturday 12th April. The match will kick off at 5.30pm and live on BBC Alba. - SPFL website
🏆 Hibernian Women take on Rangers Women in the Sky Sports Cup Final on Saturday.
🔵 There will be a one-day St Johnstone Heritage exhibition taking place at McDiarmid Park on Sunday. The event will take place between 9.30am and 4pm. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier
🎙️ A final bonus episode of the BBC’s excellent Romanov: Czar of Hearts podcast is released tomorrow. Martin Geissler interviews the man himself, Vladamir Romanov. - listen on BBC Sounds
Scottish Football Fixtures Today
➡️ William Hill Championship
Partick Thistle v Raith Rovers (7.45pm)
🤝 Under-21 International Friendly
Scotland v Republic of Ireland (7pm - match played in Spain)
Plus fixtures in the East of Scotland League, North Region and youth football - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
Scottish Football On TV This Weekend
📺 Friday
Partick Thistle v Raith Rovers (BBC Scotland: 7.45pm)
A View From The Terrace (BBC Scotland: 10.30pm)
📺 Saturday
Hibernian Women v Rangers Women - Sky Sports Cup Final (Sky Sports Football: 3pm)
Cove Rangers v Stenhousemuir (BBC Alba: 5.30pm)
Scotland Under-17s v Romania Under-17s (Scotland National Team YouTube: 7.30pm)
📺 Sunday
Scotland v Greece (BBC Scotland: 5pm)
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