⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 20th August 2025
Home defeat for Rangers to Club Brugge. Lowland League round-up. Scotland Under-19s squad announced. SPFL Team of the Week announced.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #128:
The Scottish FA banned Scottish clubs from playing in the FA Cup in 1887LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND FIRST LEG
Rangers 1 - 3 Club Brugge
➡️ PARKS MOTOR GROUP LOWLAND LEAGUE
Albion Rovers 2- 3 Broxburn Athletic
Berwick Rangers 1 - 1 Civil Service Strollers
Bo’ness United 1 - 0 Tranent
Bonnyrigg Rose 1 - 0 Cumbernauld Colts
Caledonian Braves 2 - 0 East Stirlingshire
Celtic B 5 - 3 Gretna 2008
Clydebank 2 - 1 University of Stirling
Heart of Midlothian B 0 - 2 Gala Fairydean Rovers
Linlithgow Rose 5 - 1 Cowdenbeath
Plus results in the North of Scotland League, East of Scotland Football League, and the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
🔵 Rangers got off to the worst possible start at Ibrox last night. They found themselves two goals down after seven minutes, then 3-0 down after 20 minutes.
Danillo pulled one back in the second half, with Gassama having a goal disallowed for a foul on the goalkeeper. Rangers have it all to do in the second leg in Belgium next week.
⚽️ Linlithgow Rose were the biggest winners in the Parks Motor Group Lowland League last night. The West Lothian club beat Cowdenbeath 5-1 to remain top of the table ahead of Clydebank, who have played a game less. The Bankies beat University of Stirling 2-1 at Holm Park.
The highest-scoring game of the night was Celtic B’s 5-3 win over Gretna 2008. East Stirlingshire have now lost five of their opening six games following their 2-0 loss at Caledonian Braves. - view the Lowland League table
🆕 The latest Scotland Under-19s squad was announced yesterday. Neil MacFarlane’s young Scotland team will be participating in the Slovenia Nations Cup next month.
The matches will serve as preparation for the qualifiers for next summer's European Championships, which get underway in November, with Scotland in a group with England, Lithuania, and Latvia. - Scottish FA website
🏟️ Transport Scotland has now had their say on the new Dundee stadium development saga.
They told The Courier: “For public safety reasons, the applicant has yet to demonstrate their proposed junction meets operational requirements.
“We remain open to further dialogue with the applicant.” - Laura Devlin, The Courier
🔄 The Scottish FA has published a list of all confirmed co-operation agreements on its website. - Scottish FA website
⭐️ Cove Rangers’ David Eguaibor was named the star man in the SPFL’s Team of the Week.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND FIRST LEG
Celtic v Kairat Almaty (8pm - Live on TNT Sports)
🏆 EVENING EXPRESS ABERDEENSHIRE CUP QUARTER-FINAL
Banks o’ Dee v Aberdeen (8pm)
Dyce v Buckie Thistle (8pm)
Formartine United v Turriff United (8pm)
Huntly v Hermes (8pm)
🏆 NORTH OF SCOTLAND CUP QUARTER-FINAL
Brora Rangers v Clachnacuddin (8pm)
Forres Mechanics v Rothes (8pm)
Inverness Caley Thistle v Strathspey Thistle (7.30pm)
Wick Academy v Ross County (8pm)
Plus fixtures in the East of Scotland Football League, and Midlands League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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