⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 6th August 2026
Rangers sign Daisuke Yokota from Hannover 96. Martin O'Neill in hospital for a 'small procedure'. Hearts and Rangers Women win in Europe. Ayr's Kieran Shanks out for up to eight weeks.
Random Scottish Football Fact #364:
Jimmy McGrory is the all-time leading goal scorer in top-flight British football with 550 goals in 547 appearances
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ BREEDON HIGHLAND LEAGUE
Banks o’ Dee 1 - 1 Inverurie Loco Works
Brora Rangers 8 - 0 Wick Academy
Clachnacuddin 1 - 0 Invergordon
Fraserburgh 1 - 0 Keith
Huntly 1 - 0 Deveronvale
Lossiemouth 4 - 1 Rothes
Nairn County 1 - 2 Forres Mechanics
Strathspey Thistle 0 - 2 Buckie Thistle
Turriff United 1 - 0 Formartine United
🏆 UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND - MINI-TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALS
Gintra 1 - 2 Heart of Midlothian
Slavia Praha 1 - 2 Rangers (after extra time)
Plus matches in the East of Scotland Football League, Midlands League South of Scotland League, East of Scotland Qualifying Cup and Sky Sports Cup. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
LATEST NEWS
🔵 Rangers have signed 26-year-old Japanese winger Daisuke Yokota from German side Hanover 96. - Rangers FC website
🟢 Celtic manager Martin O’Neill has undergone ‘a small procedure in hospital’, and will be released home in the next day or two. - George O’Neill, BBC
✍️ Edinburgh City have signed Dunfermline Athletic’s young attacking midfielder Freddie Rowe on loan.- Edinburgh City on X
🆕 Hearts Women and Rangers Women both progressed to the final of their UEFA Women’s Champions League Second Qualifying Round Mini-Tournaments.
Hearts beat Lithuanian side Gintra 2-1 to set up the final against Danish club Koge. The winner will progress to the third qualifying round. The loser will drop into the Women’s Europa Cup qualifying.
Rangers needed extra time to beat Slavia Praha at Broadwood. Leanne Crichton’s side will now face Ajax in the final of their mini second-qualifying-round tournament.
⚽ In the Breedon Highland League last night, Brora Rangers recorded their biggest ever derby win over nearby Wick Academy. Last season’s champions won 8-0 to maintain their 100% record. Lossiemouth and Buckie Thistle also made it three wins out of three at the start of the campaign. Lossie beat Rothes 4-1, while Buckie beat Strathspey Thistle 2-0. Deveronvale’s 1-0 defeat away to Huntly means they join Rothes and Wick in search of their first points of the season. - view the Highland League table here
⚪ Ayr United confirmed that new signing Kieran Shanks won’t need surgery after picking up an injury on Saturday but will be out for up to eight weeks. - Ayr United on X
📺 Four more Premiership games have been picked for live TV, including the Edinburgh Derby, which will be shown on Premier Sports on Thursday, 3 September. - SPFL website
🆕 Hibs released their third shirt yesterday.
✍️ Former Scotland Under-21 international Ibane Bowat has signed for EFL League One side Huddersfield from Portsmouth. - BBC
✍️ Ewan Otoo and Kieran Ngwenya have both joined EFL League Two club Rotherham United after leaving Dunfermline Athletic. - BBC
✍️ Also on the move to the EFL is former St Mirren forward Mikael Mandron. He has signed for League One Stockport County. - BBC
🎙️ I was asked (by one person) if I was updating the Scottish Football Podcast Directory, and that was enough for me to think it was a good idea to do so.
So, if you have a podcast or listen to a Scottish football podcast that was not featured in the original lists, can you take 30 seconds to fill in this form, please? If you are too lazy to check the original lists, feel free to gamble and submit it anyway. I won’t judge you. - submit your favourite Scottish football podcasts here
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND - FIRST LEG
Benfica v Heart of Midlothian (8pm - live on Premier Sports 2)
Jagiellonia Bialystok v Rangers (6pm - live on RangersTV)
🏆 UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND - FIRST LEG
Hibernian v KF Shkendija (8pm - live on SolidSport)
HJK Helskini v Motherwell (5pm - live on SolidSport)
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