⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 28th August 2025
Rangers suffer a heavy defeat in Bruges. Danny Lennon appointed Airdrieonians manager. Max Johnston joins Derby County. Glasgow City & Hibs suffer European defeats.
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🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND SECOND LEG
Club Brugge 6 - 0 Rangers (Club Brugge won 9-1 on aggregate)
🏆 UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND - SEMI FINALS
Champions Path
Fortuna Hjorring 2 - 1 Hibernian Women
League Path
Glasgow City 0 - 2 FK Austria Wien
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Hamilton Academical 2 - 3 Edinburgh City
Plus results in the Midlands League. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
🔵 Rangers suffered a heavy defeat in Bruges last night, losing 6-0 to Club Brugge in their second leg of their UEFA Champions League Play-Off.
Already 3-1 down from the first leg, Rangers conceded in the fifth minute and were down to 10 men three minutes later when Max Aarons was sent off before the floodgates opened.
Rangers will join Celtic in the UEFA Europa League. The draw is at 12 noon on Friday.
🟢 Hibernian Women conceded a 91st-minute goal to lose 2-1 to Fortuna Hjorring in UEFA Women’s Champions League Qualifying.
Both sides had missed penalties in the opening seven minutes before Hibs went ahead at the start of the second half, thanks to Rachael Boyle. However, two late goals for the Danish side saw them through.
Hibs now face a third-place play-off against hosts Apollon Ladies for a place in the inaugural UEFA Europa Cup.
🟠 Glasgow City were knocked out of UEFA Women’s Champions League Qualifying following a 2-0 defeat to FK Austria Wien. City drop into the UEFA Europa Cup First Qualifying Round - the draw is on Sunday. - Glasgow City website
♦️ Airdrieonians have appointed Danny Lennon as their new manager.
Lennon, who was last in a managerial role at Clyde in 2022, replaces Rhys McCabe. - Airdieonians website
✍️ Danny Lennon wasted no time in making his first signing. Charlie Telfer has returned to Airdrieonians after leaving for Ross County last summer. - Airdieonians website
❌ League Two Edinburgh City were unsuccessful in their appeal against their 15-point deduction. On announcing the news on X, the club said: “The club considers the matter closed, and no further comment will be made.” - SPFL website
✍️ Derby County have signed Scotland right back Max Johnston from Sturm Graz for a reported deal worth £3.5m.
The 21-year-old has signed a four-year contract at Pride Park. - Derby County website
🔵 St Johnstone have signed former Scotland Under-21 right back Liam Smith on a one-year deal.
Smith was most recently at Bohemian in Ireland and has played for St Mirren and Dundee United in Scotland. - St Johnstone website
🆕 Brian McLaughlin announced his Scotland Under-17 squad for an international development tournament against Portugal, Italy, and Serbia in Porto.
It is not every day you see a player from Hong Kong FC called up to a Scotland youth squad. - Scottish FA website
🔵 Greenock Morton have withdrawn from the Club Academy Scotland Under-19s league this season.
Three of their under-19 players will remain with the club and train with the first team – Louie Murphy, Ciaran Taggart, and Charlie McColl. The rest of the 19s squad have been released. - Greenock Morton website
🤕 Cove Rangers midfielder Fraser Fyvie has been ruled out for three months with a knee injury. - Cove Rangers website
👋 Arbroath forward Calum Gallagher has left the club after making 32 appearances. - Arbroath FC on X
🏆 The Scottish Gas Scottish Cup First Round draw will be made at 6pm on Sunday. The draw will be streamed live on the Scottish Cup YouTube page.
All Highland and Lowland League teams will be joined by the winners of the weekend’s second preliminary round games.
🆚 The SPFL announced some fixture updates:
Airdrieonians v St Johnstone on Saturday, 6 September has been postponed due to international call-ups for St Johnstone. - SPFL website
Kilmarnock v Celtic on Sunday, 14 September has been selected for live coverage on Sky Sports. The game kicks off at 3pm. - SPFL website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND SECOND LEG
FCSB (2) v (2) Aberdeen (7.30pm - Live on BBC Scotland)
🏆 UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND SECOND LEG
Legia Warsaw (2) v (1) Hibernian (8pm - Live on SolidSport)
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