⚽ The Kick-Off | Friday 28th November 2025
Celtic beat Feyenoord. Draws for Aberdeen and Rangers. Billy Gilmour may need surgery that would see him out for another six weeks. Dundee United release new third kit.
🌎 Days until the World Cup: 195 ⏳ Days until the World Cup draw: 7
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #200: Clachnacuddin and Forres Mechanics are the only two original member clubs to still be playing in the Highland League.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA Europa League – League Phase
Feyenoord 1 - 3 Celtic
Rangers 1 - 1 SC Braga
🏆 UEFA Conference League – League Phase
Aberdeen 1 - 1 FC Noah
🤝 Women’s Under-23 International Friendly
Belgium 2 - 0 Scotland
NEWS
🟢 Celtic beat Feyenoord 3-1 away to give themselves a good chance of qualifying for the next round of the UEFA Europa League with two home games in their final three matches.
Yang equalised for Celtic in the first half, before Reo Hatate put them ahead at the break. Benjamin Nygren rounded off the scoring to give Celtic only their sixth away victory in Europe since the 2003 UEFA Cup Final. (Thanks to Scotland’s Coefficient for that stat)
Next up in the Europa League is a home match against AS Roma.- view the UEFA Europa League table here
🔵 Rangers picked up the first point of their Europa League campaign, although they would have hoped for more after being a goal ahead and then playing against 10 men for half an hour.
James Tavernier’s penalty had Rangers ahead at the break. Braga had a man sent off in the 61st minute but managed to equalise just eight minutes later.
Mohammed Diomande saw red in added time. The draw means Rangers likely need to win all three of their remaining Europa League games to have a chance of qualifying.
Rangers are away to Hungarian side Ferencváros next. - view the UEFA Europa League table here
🔴 Aberdeen’s UEFA Conference League progression is hanging in the balance after they drew 1-1 at home with Armenian side FC Noah.
Kevin Nisbet had given the Dons a half-time lead, but the Armenians equalised early in the second half.
Up next in Europe is Strasbourg at home in two weeks. The French club beat Crystal Palace 2-1 last night and sits second in the Conference League. - view the UEFA Conference League table here
📊 As always, Scotland’s Coefficient is the place to go for the weekly review on what last night’s results mean for Scottish clubs in Europe.
🏥 Billy Gilmour may have to go for surgery to fix the injury that has seen him out of action since the start of the month.
He picked up what had been described as a non-muscle injury against Como earlier this month. If he does go for surgery, he would be out for a further six weeks. - Peter Young, Football Italia
🔵 Hearts have rejected St Johnstone’s request to use on-loan defender Adam Forrester in their Scottish Cup Third Round tie against Cove Rangers this weekend. - Barry Anderson, Edinburgh Evening News
🆕 Dundee United have released a new third kit.
🏟️ Gordon Profit and Mark Sives are set to embark on a challenge to visit all 42 SPFL stadiums in just 24 hours to raise funds for two charities: The Evo Foundation and B Heard, a new charity set up by Falkirk’s Leon McCann. - Falkirk FC website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🤝 Women’s International Friendly
Ukraine v Scotland (11am)
🏆 Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Third Round
Linlithgow Rose v Queen’s Park (7.45pm)
plus West of Scotland Football League, South of Scotland League, and Grill League Cup matches. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL ON TV THIS WEEKEND
📺 Friday
Ukraine v Scotland (BBC iPlayer: 11am)
Linlithgow Rose v Queen’s Park (BBC Scotland: 7.45pm)
A View From The Terrace (BBC Scotland: 10.30pm)
📺 Saturday
Sportscene: Open All Mics (BBC One Scotland: 4.30pm)
Kilmarnock v Dundee United (Premier Sports 2: 5.45pm)
Sportscene: Premiership Highlights (BBC Scotland: 7.45pm)
📺 Sunday
Hibernian v Celtic (Sky Sports: 12 noon)
Sportscene: Premiership Highlights (BBC Scotland: 7.15pm)
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Aberdeen are home to Strasbourg next. Not away. Won’t make any difference to the result I’m afraid