The Scottish Cup winners earn a spot in the Europa League play-off round, with the team that finishes third in the Premiership going into the second qualifying round. Whoever is fourth, will be in the equivalent stage of the Conference League. However, if Celtic win the cup, everything shuffles down because they have already clinched...
Long-serving Exeter hooker Jack Yeandle is close to signing a new deal at the Premiership side. The 35-year-old is out of contract in the summer but Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says he is nearing an agreement to extend Yeandle’s stay into a 14th season. The Exeter-born forward has played more than 300 games...
We discuss the top-six and post-split fixtures and take a look at the lower leagues. Read full article at source...
Celtic fans were pleased with aspects of their performance against Kilmarnock, especially Greg Taylor’s display. Benny: Much more like the Celtic we know in that superb first 45. Movement, passing, hunger and intensity were abundant as Killie were blown away in a fast and furious 25-minute spell. Never quite reached the same levels in the...
Extended highlights of Aberdeen v Rangers and Hibernian v Dundee. Read full article at source...
Highlights from the afternoon’s fixtures in the Scottish Premiership. Read full article at source...
Sitting a point ahead of the other two and with a much superior goal difference, Hearts are in pole position, but they are away from home and have to go head-to-head with a Motherwell side for whom it is win or bust. St Mirren, meanwhile, need to beat visitors Ross County and hope Hearts fail...
Champions Celtic have enjoyed direct qualification to the group or league phase of the Champions League for the past three seasons. Manager Brendan Rodgers has made clear what a difference it made to avoid the qualifiers, with more guaranteed money to spend and pre-season preparations less rushed. That guaranteed gravy train ends from next season....
Hearts still occupy sixth place on 39 points, while St Mirren and Motherwell are a point further back. The Tynecastle outfit have by far the best goal difference, with Motherwell’s by far the worst. The battle for the final top-six spot is made even more interesting by the fact Motherwell and Hearts face off at...
The last time Rangers and Hibernian met, they drew 3-3. Since then, both have been involved in goal-laden games, which whets the appetite for this encounter. Hibs are front-runners to finish third – quite the turnaround since November when they were bottom. Only Celtic – in the league and Scottish Cup – have beaten them...
BBC Scotland will again provide live television coverage of the Premiership play-off quarter-finals and semi-finals in May. The team fourth in the Championship will host third in the first leg on Tuesday 6 May, with the return leg three days later. The winners then go on to face the league runners-up on 13 and 16...
We preview the weekend’s Premiership fixtures plus Scotland face Germany. Read full article at source...
Overly nearly four decades, St Johnstone were transformed under the ownership of Geoff Brown. Davidson says the businessman and son Steve, who succeeded his father as chairman, “were unbelievable for me and for St Johnstone”. He suggests “there was a core of 13, 14, 15 players” and that they only needed to add three or...
Gray switched to a back three in an attempt to reverse Hibs’ fortunes, but second-half strikes from Jamie McGrath and Nicky Devlin had turned the game in Aberdeen’s favour after Joe Newell opened the scoring for the hosts. It was in second-half stoppage-time that the truly remarkable action took place though – six minutes that...
Extended highlights of Ross County v Dundee United, plus action from Saturday’s matches. Read full article at source...