It was also Hearts’ joint-second heaviest European defeat, ever. Their only five-goal loss came against Harry Redknapp’s Spurs at Tynecastle in 2011. This was the eighth time they have lost by four goals in their European history. Grim.

Tonight was the heaviest defeat by a Scottish side in the Champions League second qualifying round since Celtic’s 5-0 loss at Artmedia Bratislava in 2005.

🎩 UEFA Groupings out, reducing the number of potential opponents in this morning's draws (from 11am) 🟡 For Motherwell, best chance of progress: - winners of Helsinki Vs Coleraine or - winners of RFS Vs Vestri Flight information for all teams only at: www.scottishfootball.info/p/flight-inf...

🇪🇸 Rodri becomes just the seventh player in football history to win: - the World Cup - a continental championship (Euros/Copa America) - the European Cup/Champions League - the Ballon d’Or

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎩 UEFA QR3 draws tomorrow morning starting 11am; featuring Hearts (2 draws), Rangers, Motherwell and Hibs 🔵 Rangers have 6 possible options (loser of Sturm Graz Vs Hearts is blocked) 3️⃣ This will be narrowed down to 3 or 4 options before the draw www.scottishfootball.info/p/uefa-third...

🎩 Four players have scored a hat-trick in either the third-place match or the World Cup Final 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine: 1958 3rd place 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Hurst: 1966 Final 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappe: 2022 Final 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bukayo Saka: 2026 3rd place 🔟 10 goals is the joint-5th highest-scoring World Cup match of all time

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Craig Gordon Retires 🤯 Recapping Craig Gordon's career & how it was all but over 13 years ago 🔟 The top 10 keepers in Scotland's history, ranked by # of clean sheets ☕️ Sign up for free before deciding if it's worth less than a coffee per month www.scottishfootball.info/p/craig-gord...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔟 Scotland's World Cup record against top-10 nations 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland have had 2 teams from the top 10 in their group in 6 of 9 World Cup tournaments qualified for 📊 Final FIFA ranking before each tournament since 1994, EloRatings.net used for earlier tournaments ScottishFootball.info

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🔟 England’s World Cup record against top-10 nations 📊 Based on the final FIFA ranking before each tournament since 1994, when rankings were introduced. Rankings from EloRatings.com used for earlier tournaments 🤔 My data on England only goes as far back as 1970

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 FIFA Club Benefits Programme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The expected payments, broken down for 17 different SPFL clubs 💰 Total pot of nearly $5m, covering 93 players! 🆓 Take a 7-day free trial to read this & 400 other articles, before committing to 50p per week www.scottishfootball.info/p/fifa-club-...

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's World Cup Quarter Finalists 🌎 World Cup players who have also played club football in Scotland, including: - 73 Quarter-Finalists - 32 Semi-Finalists - 9 Finalists 🧮 Covers current, former & future Scottish club players 📩 Sign up at www.scottishfootball.info/p/scotlands-...

❌ Today is the first day of the tournament with no World Cup games, with the Quarter Finals starting tomorrow, with France Vs Morocco at 9pm 🧮 After Argentina's winner last night, there have now been exactly 3,000 World Cup goals 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Both the 500th and 1000th goal came in games involving Scotland

🎩 UEFA QR3 Draws 📅 The 1st qualifying round matches start this week, before three Scottish sides enter in the 2nd round in a fortnight. 🧮 However we can already look ahead to the 3rd qualifying round draw - which will involve four Scottish sides www.scottishfootball.info/p/uefa-third...

From ScottishFootball.info 🇧🇪 Belgium beat the USA 4-1 to reach the quarter-finals, making the last eight for the third time in four World Cups. 🔝 It’s one of the best quarter-final runs in World Cup history: only 4 nations have ever gone one better and made the last 8 four tournaments in a row.

The top four scorers at the 2026 World Cup now have 27 goals between them - the highest total since 1958 (30 goals). It is also the first World Cup where three players have scored 7+ goals. Seven goals would have been enough to win the Golden Boot at 14 of the previous 22 World Cups!

ScottishFootball.info ⚽️ The 2026 World Cup’s top four scorers already have a combined 24 goals. 🧮 It's the biggest top-four total since 1970 (26 goals), the year Gerd Müller scored 10 in six games and won the Ballon d’Or. 🇫🇷 The most by the top 4 was 30 goals in 1958; when Just Fontaine scored 13

From ScottishFootball.info 5⃣ Of all nations to have at least 5 World Cup goalscorers, Scotland feature in the top 10 for smallest gap between youngest & oldest scorer 3⃣ Our youngest, Joe Jordan (22), is the only Scot to score at 3 World Cups. John McGinn (31) became Scotland's oldest with his goal

From ScottishFootball.info: 🇦🇷🇵🇹 Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both the youngest and oldest World Cup goalscorer for their respective countries. 🇨🇲 Cameroon have the widest gap between youngest and oldest scorer, and also hold the record for oldest goalscorer at the World Cup; Roger Milla.

🇦🇷 Argentina have now scored 2+ goals in 10 consecutive World Cup matches, the second longest run in World Cup history 🐐 Lionel Messi scored again, extending his own record of scoring in consecutive World Cup matches - now 8 in a row He has the record for World Cup goals (20) and appearances (30).

🇧🇪 Belgium become the 11th side in World Cup history to come from 2+ goals down and win, and the first since Belgium themselves in 2018 ⏱️ It's also the latest two-goal comeback in World Cup history, eclipsing South Korea who drew with Spain despite trailing 2-0 at 85 mins in USA 1994

🆕🇱🇻 Hearts' New Head Coach - Wouter Vrancken ✍️ An analysis of the coaching ideas of the new man in the hotseat at Tynecastle Josh Duncan explains, using video clips, some of the principles Vrancken is likely to instil at Hearts Join us ⤵️ www.scottishfootball.info/p/hearts-new...

It's not over yet. We need any 4 from 9. Tonight (Thurs); group E is the banker (draws are fine) but Group F & D later tonight unlikely Group H and G could be good tomorrow night Need something like group I or group K to come in too. I'd take going into group J still alive. ScottishFootball.info

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Daily Permutations 🧮 Results needed to ensure progress regardless of Brazil match 🥊 Mexico in last 32, then England in last 16 - both Mexico City - is likeliest 🤯 May not know until 5am Sun whether playing at 16:30 Mon! www.scottishfootball.info/p/the-daily-...

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Premiership Transfer Watch ✍️ Josh Duncan's new series on ScottishFootball.info, analysing new signings and rumours across the league The first edition covers Hearts, Aberdeen, Dundee United and Kilmarnock 🆓 Free to read for all www.scottishfootball.info/p/premiershi...

Watch this. Mark at Sound:as media has put together this superb 2 minute video called "Here's to waiting" Click here to give him a follow on instagram, please www.instagram.com/soundasmedia

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 24 of the 42 current SPFL clubs have a senior player connection to the 26-man Scotland World Cup squad

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The SPFL-Scotland Connection 🧮 23 of the 42 SPFL clubs have at least one Scotland connection 9⃣ The number 9 now connected to 9 SPFL clubs 5⃣ The 11 men since 2000 to play in a top-flight season after representing 5+ clubs in that division www.scottishfootball.info/p/the-spfl-s...

Potentially great news for Hearts today in Champions League qualifying. Aston Villa have finished 4th and won the Europa League. This means there's a spare automatic Champions League spot that will go to Sporting Lisbon. That's potentially great for Hearts because: (1/3)

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hearts set to lose Lawrence Shankland ✍️ The potential Shankland transfer to Rangers and how that effects potential World Cup payments this summer 🧮 The FIFA benefits programme explained in detail, covering all Scottish players AND Scottish clubs www.scottishfootball.info/p/hearts-set...

Three good years from multiple teams would make a difference. Not going to happen any quicker than that My explainer in a recent article is attached www.scottishfootball.info/p/heart-of-m...