⚽ The Kick-Off | Friday 24th October 2025
Celtic beat Sturm Graz. Defeats for Aberdeen and Rangers. Montrose make emergency loan signing from Dundee. Falkirk's Lewis Neilson out injured until Christmas.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #175:
The Highland League was formed in Inverness in 1893, three years after the formation of the Scottish Football League.LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA Europa League - League Stage
Celtic 2 - 1 Sturm Graz
SK Brann 3 - 0 Rangers
🏆 UEFA Conference League - League Stage
AEK Athens 6 - 0 Aberdeen
🤝 Women’s Under-23 International Friendly
Scotland 0 - 3 Sweden
NEWS
🟢 Celtic came from behind to defeat Sturm Graz 2–1 at Celtic Park, with goals from Liam Scales and Benjamin Nygren. However, the victory was marred by injuries to Alistair Johnston and Kelechi Iheanacho.
Next up in the UEFA Europa League is an away trip to FC Midtjylland. - view the UEFA Europa League table here
🔵 Rangers have lost their first three games in the Europa League following their 3-0 defeat away to Norwegian side SK Brann. Rangers are currently at the bottom of the 36-team Europa League phase.
Rangers are at home to AS Roma next. - view the UEFA Europa League table here
🔴 Aberdeen lost 6-0 away to AEK Athens - their biggest ever European defeat. The Dons are currently bottom of the UEFA Conference League.
Up next in Europe is AEK Larnaca away. The Cypriot side beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park last night. - view the UEFA Conference League table here
⚽️ Scotland International Watch:
John McGinn was a 76th-minute substitute in Aston Villa’s 2-1 UEFA Europa League away defeat to Go Ahead Eagles.
Lewis Ferguson was a 77th-minute substitute in Bologna’s 2-1 away win over Romanian side FCSB in the same competition.
Scott McKenna played 90 minutes in Dinamo Zagreb’s 1-1 draw away to Malmo in the Europa League.
🔵 League One Montrose have signed Dundee goalkeeper Harry Sharp on a seven-day emergency loan. - Montrose FC website
🤕 Falkirk’s Lewis Neilson will be out injured until Christmas. The Hearts loanee picked up an ankle injury in last weekend’s win over Motherwell. - Blair Meikle, Hearts Standard
🏆 It is Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Second Round weekend with two matches on tonight, including live television coverage of Formartine United v Buckie Thistle.
The draw for the third round is at 6pm, live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel. - view all the fixtures here
📺 Three Premiership matches at the start of December have been selected for live TV coverage.
Wednesday 3rd December: Dundee United v Rangers (Live on Premier Sports)
Saturday 6th December: Kilmarnock v Rangers (Live on Sky Sports)
Sunday 7th December: Celtic v Heart of Midlothian (Live on Sky Sports)
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Second Round
Bo’ness Athletic v Linlithgow Rose (7.30pm)
Formartine United v Buckie Thistle (7.45pm)
➡️ William Hill Scottish League One
Hamilton Academical v Queen of the South (7.45pm)
➡️ Park’s Motor Group Lowland League
Heart of Midlothian B v Celtic B (7.45pm)
plus fixtures in the Scottish FA Youth Cup Third Round. View all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL ON TV THIS WEEKEND
📺 Friday
Formartine United v Buckie Thistle (BBC Scotland: 7.45pm)
A View From The Terrace (BBC Scotland: 10.30pm)
📺 Saturday
Sportscene: Open All Mics (BBC One Scotland: 4.30pm)
Sportscene: Premiership Highlights (BBC Scotland: 7.15pm)
📺 Sunday
Heart of Midlothian v Celtic (Sky Sports Football: 12pm)
Aberdeen v Hibernian (Premier Sports 2: 3pm)
Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Third Round Draw (Scottish Cup YouTube Channel: 6pm)
Sportscene: Premiership Highlights (BBC Scotland: 7.15pm)
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