⚽ The Kick-Off - Tuesday 28th April 2026
PFA Scotland Premiership, SWPL 1, and Young Player of the Year nominees announced. Scottish FA Youth Cup Final tonight. Vote for the Sky Sports Premiership Goal of the Season.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #297: Dundee hold the record for most Scottish FA Youth Cup Final appearances without winning the trophy - four.
NEWS
🏅 The PFA Scotland Premiership, SWPL 1, and Young Player of the Year nominees have been announced. - PFA Scotland website
PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year Nominees
Claudio Braga (Heart of Midlothian)
Elijah Just (Motherwell)
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian)
Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell)
PFA Scotland SWPL1 Player of the Year Nominees
Georgia Timms (Heart of Midlothian)
Katie Wilkinson (Rangers)
Lee Gibson (Glasgow City)
Nicole Kozlova (Glasgow City)
PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year Nominees
Barney Stewart (Falkirk)
Findlay Marshall (Arbroath - on loan from Aberdeen)
Luke Graham (Dundee)
Mikey Moore (Rangers)
⚽️ Voting for the Sky Sports Scottish Premiership Goal of the Season has opened.
On the shortlist are Marko Lazetic (Aberdeen), Reo Hatate, Callum McGregor, Sebastian Tounekti, and Hyun-Jun Yang (Celtic), Ethan Hamilton (Dundee), Zac Sapsford (Dundee United), Alexandros Kyziridis (Hearts), Kyrell Wilson (Falkirk), Ben Brannan (Kilmarnock), and Jayden Meghoma and Youssef Chermiti (Rangers). - View the goals and vote on the Sky Sports website
🔵 St Johnstone have already started relaying their McDiarmid Park pitch ahead of their return to the Premiership next season. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier
📝 Stenhousemuir defender Kinlay Bilham has signed a one-year contract extension. - Stenhousemuir FC website
📺 While many thought the Greenock Morton v Airdrieonians game would be the BBC Scotland pick on Friday night, the cameras are instead headed to Kirkcaldy for Raith Rovers v Ross County.
The Staggies need to win to give them any chance of staying up via the relegation play-offs. - SPFL website
🏆 Queen’s Park take on Hearts in the Scottish FA Youth Cup Final tonight at Hampden. The game is live on BBC Scotland. The Jambos are looking to win the trophy for the fourth time, while this is the Spiders’ first appearance in the final. - Scottish FA website
🚔 The police made five arrests at the Edinburgh derby on Sunday. - Keiran Fleming, STV
⚽️ Lennon Miller was a 66th-minute substitute in Udinese’s 3-3 draw with Lazio last night. It was some final 10 minutes or so, with four goals scored from the 80th minute onwards.
📚 Scottish football commentator and Hampden Roar podcast host Andy Bargh has written a book about Scotland’s return to the World Cup. A Long Time Coming: The Inside Story of Scotland’s Return to the World Cup features insight and stories from 12 of the players who helped us qualify. The book is officially released on Monday, 4th May. - You can pre-order it here
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 46
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Scottish FA Youth Cup Final
Queen’s Park v Heart of Midlothian (7.20pm - live on BBC Scotland)
plus matches in the North of Scotland League, East of Scotland League, and West of Scotland League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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