⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 27th November 2025
Hearts injury update. Dujon Sterling called into Rangers European squad. Next FIFA World Cup public sale dates. Nathan Flanagan departs East Kilbride.
🌎 Days until the World Cup: 196 ⏳ Days until the World Cup draw: 8
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #199: Ross County’s home ground, Global Energy Stadium in Dingwall, has a capacity of 6,541, which is larger than the population of the town.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA Women’s Under-19 European Championship Qualifying
Scotland 1 - 1 Norway
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Huntly P -P Deveronvale
plus UEFA Youth League and West of Scotland Football League matches. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixture Website.
NEWS
🤕 There were various injury updates from Hearts yesterday. Lawrence Shankland and Stuart Findlay are expected to be fit for their trip to Motherwell this weekend.
Record signing Ageu is seeing a specialist for a hamstring tear. Beni Baningime and Calem Nieuwenhof have returned to light training but are still weeks away from a first-team return. Finlay Pollock is out longer term. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
🔁 Ahead of the European action tonight, Dujon Sterling has been added to Rangers’ European squad. He replaces Dean Cornelius, who has been ruled out for two months.- BBC
Kelechi Iheanacho has travelled with the Celtic squad for their game against Feyenoord tonight. - David Irvine, The Herald
⚽️ Nathan Flanagan has departed East Kilbride as he seeks a ‘new and exciting opportunity for his future’.
The midfielder spent two and a half years with the League Two club. - East Kilbride on X
📺 In absolutely no surprise to anyone, Rangers v Celtic has been moved to Sunday, 1st March, for live Sky Sports coverage. The game will kick-off at 12 noon. - SPFL website
🎟️ FIFA has announced that the entry period for the next random selection phase for World Cup tickets opens on 11th December and continues until 13th January. - FIFA website
🏆 This weekend is the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Third Round. Championship and League One clubs enter at this stage. - read the Scottish FA preview here
The longest third-round journeys this year are:
Annan Athletic v Buckie Thistle - 540 mile round trip
Ayr United v Turriff United - 430 mile round trip
Peterhead v Greenock Morton - 416 mile round trip
Tranent v Inverness Caledonian Thistle - 346 mile round trip
Stenhousemuir v Clachnacuddin - 306 mile round trip
📖 Nutmeg magazine has a special Christmas gifting offer. You can get a year’s worth of Nutmeg magazines and a year’s full Substack subscription for just £45 - making it the ideal gift for a Scottish football fan in your life. - Get the offer here
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA Europa League – League Phase
Feyenoord v Celtic (5.45pm - live on TNT Sports 3)
Rangers v SC Braga (8pm - live on TNT Sports 3)
🏆 UEFA Conference League – League Phase
Aberdeen v FC Noah (8pm - live on TNT Sports 4)
🤝 Women’s Under-23 International Friendly
Belgium v Scotland (12pm)
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