Random Scottish Football Fact #374:
This season, Hearts became just the third Scottish side to lose a European match exactly 6-1, after Eintracht Frankfurt 6-1 Rangers in 1960 and Barcelona 6-1 Celtic in 2013 - via Scotland’s Coefficient
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND FIRST LEG
Celtic 3 - 0 LASK
➡️ BREEDON HIGHLAND LEAGUE
Banks o’ Dee 1 - 0 Turriff United
Forres Mechanics 2 - 1 Clachnacuddin
Inverurie Loco Works 2-1 Fraserburgh
Nairn County 1 - 1 Lossiemouth
Rothes 2 - 4 Formartine United
Strathspey Thistle 1 - 2 Brora Rangers
Wick Academy 1 - 2 Invergordon (8pm)
➡️ LOWLAND LEAGUE WEST
Auchinleck Talbot 7 - 1 Beith Juniors
Pollok 3 - 1 Johnstone Burgh
Troon 2 - 0 Renfrew
Plus matches in the North Caledonian League, East of Scotland League, Midlands League and South of Scotland League. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
LATEST NEWS
🟢 Celtic are within touching distance of this season’s Champions League after a pulsating game at Celtic Park last night.
Celtic scored three crackers to give them a three-goal advantage going into next week’s second leg. LASK had their chances and had two goals disallowed, but they have it all to do to turn it round.
✍️ Motherwell have signed striker Seb Palmer-Houlden from Gillingham on a three-year deal. The 22-year-old is no stranger to Scottish football, having been on loan at Dundee during the 2024/25 season. - Motherwell FC website
🔵 Rangers announced the signing of Kosta Nedeljković from Aston Villa on a season-long loan deal with a conditional obligation to buy. The reported fee for the 20-year-old full-back is £4 million. - Rangers FC website
🏥 It has been confirmed that Dundee striker Simon Murray suffered an ACL injury at the weekend. - Dundee FC on X
➡️ Three teams remain undefeated in the Breedon Highland League after last night’s games - Brora Rangers, Lossiemouth and Buckie Thistle. Brora scored a 92nd-minute winner away at Strathspey Thistle. Lossiemouth scored a 90th-minute penalty to draw 1-1 away at Nairn County. Buckie weren’t in action. Fraserburgh and Clachnacuddin suffered their first defeats of the season. Wick Academy scored their first goal of the season, although it wasn’t enough as they lost 2-1 at home to new boys Invergordon. - view the Highland League table here
➡️ Pollok moved joint top of the Lowland League West table after beating Johnstone Burgh 3-1 last night. Auchinleck Talbot are within one point after thrashing Beith Juniors 7-1. Troon are in ninth after beating Renfrew 2-0. - view the Lowland League West table here
✍️ Hearts have sold Scotland Under-19s international Alfie Osborne to Chelsea for a reported fee of around £400,000. The defender also had interest from Barcelona but chose to move to London. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
💰 Greenock Morton have raised over £23,000 so far for their fighting fund. The money has been raised via donations to the fund, the purchase of season tickets, direct donations to MCT and new sponsorship. - Greenock Morton on X
📺 Motherwell’s UEFA Conference League Play-Off second leg against Freiburg will be broadcast live on Premier Sports next week. - Premier Sports on X
📺 BBC Scotland and BBC Alba will show one Serie A match a week after securing rights for the season ahead. - Alan Pattullo, The Scotsman
📸 The BBC are still on the lookout for footage, audio and pictures from Scotland fans who were in Boston this summer. - BBC
✍️ Former Scotland striker Ross McCormack is lacing up his boots once again after signing for amateur side Giffnock North.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND FIRST LEG
Heart of Midlothian v Rapid Vienna (7.45pm - live on Hearts TV)
KAA Gent v Hibernian (7.30pm - Live on SolidSport)
Motherwell v Freiburg (7.30pm - Live on SolidSport)
Rangers v FK Jablonec (7.45pm - live on RangersTV)
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