⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 26th March 2026
SWNT squad announced. Changes to Scotland Under-21 squad. Rangers to increase season ticket prices. Action at the top of the Highland and Lowland Leagues.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #279: Scotland have not won a home friendly since the 1–0 victory over Denmark in 2016, recording three draws and six defeats since then.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA Under-19 European Championship Qualifiers
Italy 3 - 0 Scotland
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Brechin City 0 - 0 Formartine United
Keith 0 - 2 Strathspey Thistle
Rothes 1 - 5 Clachnacuddin
Turriff United 1 - 2 Huntly
Wick Academy 1 - 3 Forres Mechanics
➡️ Park’s Motor Group Lowland League
Civil Service Strollers 0 - 5 Cumbernauld Colts
Tranent 2 - 1 Gala Fairydean Rovers
plus matches in the North Caledonian League, West of Scotland Football League, Midlands League, South of Scotland League and various cups. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
Before we get into the news, a quick note to say there will be no Kick-Off next week. I haven’t taken a full week off since starting this at the end of February 2025, plus I am off to Liverpool for the Scotland game. The daily Kick-Off will be back on Monday, 6th April.
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NEWS
🆕 Melissa Andreatta has named her Scotland Women’s National Team squad for the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers against Belgium.
The home match against the Belgians takes place at Easter Road in April. - Scottish FA website
⚽️ Scott McTominay missed Scotland training today but is expected to feature in the upcoming friendlies against Japan and the Ivory Coast. - Sky Sports on X
🔄 Scott Gemmill has drafted in Ryan Carr, Josh Dede, and Taylor Steven to his Scotland Under-21 squad after Cameron Bragg, Colby Donovan, and Kristi Montgomery dropped out. Scotland face Czechia at Dens in a must-win qualifier on Friday. - Scotland National Team on X
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🌎 The FIFA World Cup 2026 Last-Minute Sales Phase is to start on Wednesday, 1 April, with tickets available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis. - FIFA website
➡️ Second-placed Brechin City could only draw 0-0 with third-placed Formartine United last night, handing Brora Rangers the advantage in the title race in the Breedon Highland League.
Even though they still have a game in hand, Brechin are five points behind Brora. Formartine United are nine points behind with just four games to play. - view the Highland League table
➡️ Tranent moved into second place in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League, just two points behind leaders Bonnyrigg Rose and with a game in hand still to play.
The East Lothian club beat Gala Fairydean Rovers 2-1 last night. - view the Lowland League table
🔙 Former Aberdeen coach and interim manager, Peter Leven, has been named assistant manager at EFL League One club Rotherham United. - Rotherham United website
🔵 Rangers Chairman Andrew Cavenagh updated fans yesterday. As part of the update, he told fans that they are raising season ticket prices by 6.5%.
He also said he doesn’t expect fans to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to raising additional funds: “We are raising £16m of additional capital through a new share issue, effective immediately. The capital will be used to support player acquisitions and other club needs. This increases the total capital invested in the club to £36m in the last year.” - Rangers FC website
🟢 Celtic’s Arne Engels will return to first-team action after the international break. - Josh McCafferty, The Celtic Way
🔚 Raith Rovers Chairman Colin Smart has resigned. Smart becomes the sixth Raith Rovers board member to quit in the past 16 months. - The Courier
🤝 Fraserburgh secretary Finlay Noble has been elected to the Scottish FA board. - Callum Law, The Press & Journal
😤 Montrose are not happy about this weekend’s home match against Cove Rangers being postponed due to Scotland Under-19 international call-ups for three of Cove’s loan players. - Montrose FC website
😢 Sad news that Dunfermline Athletic’s Graham Carey’s partner, Rachel Borthwick, has sadly passed away with cancer. - BBC
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 79
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