Fact of the day: Pavel Nedved made his European debut in Airdrie! 1992 Cup Winners Cup, came off the bench for Sparta Prague

The only way apathy surrounding Scotland Women's National Team can be fixed ift.tt/ih9DsVO

“We've had a hangover in the last third of last year, and we're struggling to get it off. There's been a sort of negative feeling about the place.” An exclusive interview with Ross County chairman Roy MacGregor as he tries to lift the fog over Dingwall. heraldscotland.com/sport/25535176…

Scotland u19s drew 1-1 with Italy in a friendly yesterday. Calum Adamson, who’s made 5 League 1 appearances for Alloa Athletic so far on loan from Rangers, with our goal - an excellent strike 💪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Good result, repeat fixture on Monday 🇮🇹

🔵 33 per cent possession against Greece 🔵 xG of 0.06 in first half 🔵 Goals from corner, free-kick, blunder Scotland are in danger of becoming the Livingston of international football - Steve Clarke has to start Billy Gilmour. In The Herald👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 heraldscotland.com/sport/25535376…

Historic site of first Hampden under threat again amid bowling club struggles ift.tt/LusWyPE

Steven Gerrard will not become Rangers manager following talks with the Ibrox board. The Rangers Review understands the timing was not right for Gerrard to return. Rangers are working to appoint a new head coach.

"One of the greatest World Cup games of all time " ? The greatest. End of.

"They were back playing. Then the Taliban took over and it all came crashing down. The women suddenly found themselves in a vulnerable situation." Scotland great Pauline Hamill on her work with the Afghan women's refugee team. In The Herald👇 heraldscotland.com/sport/25535405…

No Tierney?

🔵 Booed at full-time despite 2-1 win 🔵 Lucky to beat pariah state Belarus 🔵 Saved by VAR call Ben Gannon-Doak needs to improve his decision making and final ball. But the right winger can lead Scotland to a prosperous future. In The Herald👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 heraldscotland.com/sport/25537047…

"Everyone is definitely angry. The gaffer is not happy. He knows it isn’t good enough. We have had two poor performances." Che Adams believes Scotland will blow World Cup qualification if there is a repeat of the Belarus display. In The Herald👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 heraldscotland.com/sport/25537039…

Hibernian striker Kieron Bowie made his Hampden debut for Scotland against Belarus last night. I spoke to him about the national team's World Cup qualification chances and playing for his country after the 2-1 victory. In The Herald👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇧🇾 heraldscotland.com/sport/25537073…

🚨NEW ST MIRREN PLATFORM🚨 I am delighted to announce the launch of The St Mirren Mercury, a Substack providing dedicated coverage of the Buddies. The site is live now with an exclusive interview with Keith Lasley online. stmirrenmercury.substack.com

Looking forward to Four Lads Had A Dream telling Kevin Muscat his Rangers team didn't look coached . . .

The Fixture No.22 is in Saturday’s The Herald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 There's a special report on the grim future ahead for Scottish football in Europe with Scotland’s Coefficient plus plenty of exclusives. It's 24 pages, it's Scottish and you won't get it anywhere else - buy a paper tomorrow 🗞️

Alison McConnell: Let's hope Glasgow City's Euro reward gets coverage it merits ift.tt/0qBmeyO

'Not really' - The honesty over brutal reality as Dundee boss from Pressley ift.tt/So7dtp5

Celtic, Rangers and the rest of Scottish game face years in European wilderness ift.tt/2hUTLJP

Fair play to Kelty Hearts Football Club 🇱🇻. Deserved their point today. Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC need to stop gifting teams two goal leads and start taking advantage of their home games to win League 1. Still, nice to need the sun factor 50 at a game in October.