⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 20th November 2025
The World Cup feel good feeling continues. Glasgow City knocked out of Europe by Sporting CP. Hamilton Academical to appeal against Scottish FA ruling.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #194:
In Scotland’s eight appearances at the men’s World Cup, we have been drawn in the same group as Brazil on four separate occasions.LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA Women’s Europa Cup – Round of 16 - Second Leg
Sporting CP 3 v 1 Glasgow City (after extra time. Sporting CP win 4-2 on aggregate)
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy - League Phase
Dumbarton 0 - 2 Stenhousemuir
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Brechin City 1 - 1 Keith
Brora Rangers P - P Clachnacuddin
Buckie Thistle P - P Turriff United
Forres Mechanics 1 - 3 Deveronvale
Lossiemouth 1 - 3 Nairn County
🏆 Morrisons Motors Aberdeenshire Shield – Quarter Final
Banks o’Dee P - P Aberdeen
plus East of Scotland Qualifying Cup and J Haig Gordon Memorial Trophy matches. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixture website.
SCOTLAND
Will we dwell on qualifying for the World Cup a little bit longer?
The content didn’t stop yesterday.
🕺 Scenes from the dressing room as the team and coaching staff rewatched Kenny McLean’s goal.
🤩 The BBC Scotland team posted a video highlighting the wee moments that might have got lost in the bedlam at Hampden.
📺 There was a bumper television audience for Tuesday night’s game, with 2.9 million people tuning in. It peaked at 4 million in added time. - SPFL Mediawatch on X
🌎 What about next summer, though?
A reminder that the draw is on Friday, 5th December at 5pm. We will be in pot three as things stand. The play-off winners being in pot four is based on them also being in pot four for the 2022 World Cup. - Dale Johnson, BBC
🗓️ With the World Cup now up to 48 teams, there is no shortage of matches. You can view the full match schedule here.
In case you were wondering, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver are eight hours behind. The Mexican and Texan host cities, as well as Kansas City, are six hours behind, and the East Coast host cities are five hours behind.
🏟️ The stadiums are impressive. You can see a full list on the FIFA website here, or you can view The Scottish Football Kick-Off thread on X of the stadiums in order of capacity.
👕 Were you a fan of the qualification t-shirts from Tuesday night? They are now available to buy here.
OTHER NEWS
🟠 Glasgow City were knocked out of Europe last night. The SWPL side were one up thanks to a first-half goal by Nicole Kozlova, but a 70th-minute equaliser sent the game to extra time.
Unfortunately for City, Sporting CP scored twice in extra time to lose 4-2 on aggregate.
➡️ Brechin City passed up the chance to go top of the Breedon Highland League after drawing 1-1 at home to Keith. It took a Grady McGrath 96-minute penalty to rescue a point.
Nairn County and Deveronvale both picked up 3-1 away wins on a wintry night in the north. - View the Highland League table
🔴 Hamilton Academical are to appeal against the Scottish FA’s ruling against Director of Football Gerry Strain. - Blair Meikle, The Herald
🏆 The draw for the last 32 of the KDM Evolution Trophy will take place on Friday at 1pm. - SPFL website
🟢 Work has begun on a statue in Wishaw to honour Celtic and Scotland full back Tommy Gemmell. - Aidan Maxwell, Glasgow Times
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
No Scottish football fixtures today 👎
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