⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 29th October 2025
SWNT lose to Switzerland. More Celtic backroom changes including departure of John Kennedy. Scotland Under-17s beat England. Scottish FA Performance Schools to close.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #178:
East Fife had won three league cups before Celtic won their first oneLATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🤝 Women’s International Friendly
Scotland 3 - 4 Switzerland
🏆 UEFA Under-17 European Championship Qualifying
England 0 - 1 Scotland
plus various cup results. View all the results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
🟢 The fallout from Brendan Rodgers’ resignation and Dermot Desmond’s sensational statement continues.
In case you missed it, John Kennedy, Adam Sadler, Glen Driscoll, and Jack Lyons left the club alongside Brendan Rodgers. Gavin Strachan and Stevie Woods have remained with Mark Fotheringham, also joining Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney in the dugout. - Ewan Paton, The Celtic Way
Club press conferences are not normally featured in The Kick-Off, but given the whirlwind nature of the past 36 hours, here is the full Celtic press conference featuring Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney.
🏴 Scotland Women lost 4-3 to Switzerland in a friendly at East End Park.
Kathleen McGovern, an own goal, and a Caroline Weir goal in added time were the Scotland goals in an entertaining game in front of 5688 fans. - Scottish FA website
Georgia Brown, who plays for Sporting Club Jacksonville, made her debut. Tottenham Hotspur’s Martha Thomas won her 50th cap.
🏴 Brian McLaughlin’s Scotland Under-17s beat England in European Championship qualifying thanks to an added-time goal from St Mirren’s Luke Douglas.
There were 524 fans in attendance at Airdrie yesterday. They face Sweden next at the Albert Bartlett Stadium on Friday. It is another 3.30pm kick-off with entry free to all fans.
Scotland is aiming to secure top spot in the group, and with it, progression to round two of the qualifying campaign with a chance to secure one of the seven spots at next year’s tournament in Estonia. - Scottish FA website
🎓 The seven Scottish FA Performance Schools are to close amid a wider shake-up of youth football in Scotland.
The schools have been in place since 2012 and have seen Scotland international players like Billy Gilmour, Nathan Patterson, and Max Johnston graduate.
Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, and Rangers have since established their own school programmes.
Stephen McGowan is also reporting that a wider review of youth football will also make recommendations on the Club Academy Scotland structure. - Stephen McGowan, The Herald
🏥 Kilmarnock have found an anomaly during routine annual testing of goalkeeper Max Stryjek. As a result the summer signing will be out for approximately 16 weeks. - Kilmarnock FC website
⭐️ St Johnstone’s Jamie Gullan was named star man in the SPFL Team of the Week.
⚽️ Eleven teams in the men’s Scottish football pyramid remain unbeaten in their respective leagues.
Heart of Midlothian, Auchinleck Talbot, Invergordon, Inverness Athletic, Stranraer B, Gartcairn, Dundee Violet, Threave Rovers, Lesmahagow, West Calder United, and Royal Albert are the 11 yet to taste league defeat so far. - Groundhopscot on X
🐶 Lowland League club Cowdenbeath have launched a season ticket for dogs. If you haven’t double-checked the date, it is not April 1st. - Cowdenbeath on X
⚽️ Billy Gilmour played the full game as Napoli beat Leece 1-0 away in Serie A. Scott McTominay came on as a substitute in the 61st minute. Leece missed a penalty during the game. - Mark Atkinson, The Scotsman
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ William Hill Scottish Premiership
Celtic v Falkirk
Hibernian v Rangers (live on Sky Sports)
Kilmarnock v Aberdeen
Motherwell v Dundee United
St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian
(all kick-offs 7.45pm)
plus fixtures in the Aberdeenshire Shield and Midlands League. View all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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