⚽ The Kick-Off - Tuesday 23rd June 2026
Aaron Hickey misses training again. Signings for Kilmarnock, Queen's Park and Edinburgh City. Derek McInnes issued a notice of complaint. PFA Scotland host first-ever pre-season camp.
Random Scottish Football Fact #332:
Scotland defender Dominc Hyam was born in Leuchars, Fife.
WORLD CUP
🧮 It is an ever-moving permutation with Scotland and the last-32. The bottom line is, should we beat Brazil tomorrow, we will be playing in Monterrey against either the Netherlands or Japan. That is, unless Haiti does the unthinkable and beats Morocco. If they do that and we win, we will be playing in Houston
If we draw, we will be one of the best third-placed teams, and as things stand, most likely to play Mexico at altitude in the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
A defeat, and we await the results of others. All of which is explained in Scotland’s Coefficient’s daily permutation round-ups.
😬 Aaron Hickey missed training again yesterday.
🏃♂️ Scott McTominay and Lewis Ferguson have covered the most distance at this year’s World Cup so far.
🆘 Can you help a 6-year-old girl with swapping some Panini World Cup doublers? My daughter is looking for help with her sticker album and has doubles to swap. Take a look at her doublers' list here and reply to the email with some swap proposals.
OTHER NEWS
🔵 Kilmarnock have signed French winger Roshaun Mathurin. The 22-year-old was most recently at Slovakian side AS Trenčín. - Kilmarnock FC website
✍️ Queen’s Park didn’t waste any time in trying to replace Calum Ferrie. The Spiders have brought in goalkeeper David Mitchell after his spell at Ayr United. - Queen’s Park FC website
🔵 The Scottish FA has issued a Notice of Complaint against Derek McInnes for his ‘disgusting’ comment about Celtic’s penalty award at Motherwell. - Stephen McGowan, The Herald
⚽ PFA Scotland is hosting its first-ever pre-season camp. Players taking part include Kieran Wright, Declan Gallagher, Zak Delaney, Ewan Otoo, Kyle Magennis, Roddy McGregor, Jamie Barjonas, Anton Dowds, and Mikael Mandron. - Patrick McPartlin, Hibs Observer
✍️ Edinburgh City have signed midfielder Ricky Waugh following his departure from Queen’s Park. - Edinburgh City on X
📝 Rangers academy graduate Bailey Rice has signed a one-year contract extension. - Rangers FC website
🔵 Greenock Morton have extended Michael Garrity’s contract for another year. - Greenock Morton on X
🔚 Annan Athletic Assistant Manager Steven Bell has left the club. - Annan Athletic website
📝 Curtis Lyle and Leyton Grant have signed contract extensions at Stenhousemuir. - Stenhousemuir FC website
🎭 A play about David Narey’s ‘Toe Poke’ at the 1982 World Cup hits the stage at the Edinburgh Fringe. - get your tickets here
WORLD CUP FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 GROUP K
Portugal v Uzbekistan (6pm - live on STV/ITV)
Colombia v DR Congo (3am - live on STV/ITV)
🏆 GROUP J
England v Ghana (9pm - live on BBC One)
Panama v Croatia (12am - live on BBC One)
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