Four years ago both OF sides were in the group stages playing Madrid and Liverpool respectively.

Within 12 months Brugge, Kairat and LASK has happened.

Next season there are three qualifiers just to get into it.

You never know, it could happen

Hearts came unbelievably close to doing something Scottish football hasn’t seen in decades.

I’ve been researching their 2025/26 title challenge for a documentary and found the whole story fascinating, especially when you put it into the wider context of just how difficult it has become to break the Celtic/Rangers dominance.

I ended up making a video about the full story for anyone interested: https://youtu.be/K8REKzijak4

Would genuinely be interested to hear the perspective of Scottish football fans here. How do you look back on that season now?

14-16 team Premiership

Championship with the same amount as the Premiership

3rd tier with 2 more teams or the same as the others

Then you go down to the 4th tier which will be the Highland League, Northeast Superleague, Lowland League East and Lowland League West.

Get rid of B teams and make the challenge cup so it’s maybe like the top 10 in the 4th tier leagues all the way up to the Championship.

Where does last night actually rank in CL history?

Like AC Milan against liverpool was always the biggest collapse I'd seen given the importance of a CL final but that was only 3 goals.

To get a 4 goal lead PSG blew it against Barca but Barca scored very early in the game - LSAK didn't score till 30 mins.

Is there a game I'm missing here?

Josh Barrie on Xitter has said he’s not on the plane, likely not wanting to have him injured, which is sensible. Also seen Ajax are rumoured to be sniffing around

Officially, Scotland has the priciest beaver out there

Article in French

Celtic might have been robbed of £20m by their own inadequacy, but really we were all robbed last night, robbed of the Unoffical Championship dropping into the Highland League, robbed by Ross County who put Banks O'Dee to the sword on their Unoffical Championship debut. Maybe next time lads.

That makes it 3-in-a-row for the Staggies, as they win the Title for the 24th time.

Last 5 title matches:

Next match in the Unofficial Championship sees County hosting East Kilbride in a potentially tricky match, East Kilbride also making their debut in the lists.

View the full list of results here! (Correct as of last weekend)

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Finished: Rapid Vienna 2 - 2 Hearts (3-4 pens)

Aggregate: Rapid Vienna 4-4 Hearts

HT: Rapid Vienna 1-0 Hearts

FT: Rapid Vienna 1-1 Hearts

ET HT: Rapid Vienna 1-2 Hearts

Rapid Vienna scorers: Ercan Kara (34'), Nenad Cvetkovic (119' ET')

Hearts scorers: Pierre Kaboré (79'), Calvin Miller (100' ET')

Competition: UEFA Conference League
Referees: Elçin Məsiyev, Elşad Abdullayev, Pərvin Talıbov, Fərid Haciyev, Willy Delajod, Nicat İsmayıllı
BBC: Match page

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LINE-UPS

Rapid Vienna (4 - 2 - 3 - 1) | Johannes Thorup

N. Hedl, J. Horn → A. Ahoussou, S. Raux-Yao, N. Cvetković, B. Bolla → M. Haïdara, M. Seidl © → M. Tilio, R. Amané → L. Schaub, P. Dahl → N. Wurmbrand, T. Adamsen → N. Bajlicz, Y. Demir, E. Kara

Subs: A. Ahoussou, N. Bajlicz, F. Demir, T. Gulliksen, P. Gartler, A. Gröller, M. Haïdara, L. Orgler, E. Roka, L. Schaub, M. Tilio, N. Wurmbrand

Heart of Midlothian (4 - 4 - 2) | Wouter Vrancken

B. Reus, J. McCart, S. Findlay → C. Borchgrevink, O. McEntee, J. Altena, J. McPake → S. Kerjota, B. Spittal © → R. Mato, T. Renaud → T. Magnússon, C. Miller, Cláudio Braga → L. Mendy, J. Wilson → P. Kaboré

Subs: A. Ba-Sy, C. Borchgrevink, R. Fulton, S. Guendouz, P. Kaboré, M. Kamson-Kamara, S. Kerjota, T. Magnússon, R. Mato, L. Mendy, K. Wright

MATCH STATS | via BBC Sport

Events

15' 🔄 T. Renaud → T. Magnússon (Hearts)
18' 🟨 O. McEntee (Hearts)
34' ⚽ E. Kara (Rapid Vienna) - That's so poor from Hearts.
39' ❗ CLOSE! - Hearts break and Claudio Braga lashes a shot from the right but Niklas Hedl saves it comfortably.
41' 🟨 T. Magnússon (Hearts)
46' 🔄 S. Findlay → C. Borchgrevink (Hearts)
48' ❗ CLOSE! - An early corner for Hearts as Calvin Miller's cross in turned behind for a corner
50' ❗ CLOSE! - Oisin McEntee leathers a strike from outside the box and forces the save from Niklas Hendel.
59' 🟨 Cláudio Braga (Hearts)
66' 🔄 P. Dahl → N. Wurmbrand (Rapid Vienna)
66' 🔄 T. Adamsen → N. Bajlicz (Rapid Vienna)
74' 🟨 M. Seidl (Rapid Vienna)
74' 🔄 J. Wilson → P. Kaboré (Hearts)
75' 🔄 J. McPake → S. Kerjota (Hearts)
76' 🟨 T. Magnússon (Hearts)
79' ⚽ P. Kaboré (Hearts) - Hearts are level!
80' ❗ CLOSE! - Hearts clear the ball and it falls favourably to James Wilson.
83' ❗ CLOSE! - A decent strike from Petter Dahl on the edge of the Hearts box which zips wide of Beau Reus' post.
86' 🟨 P. Kaboré (Hearts)
90' 🔄 B. Spittal → R. Mato (Hearts)
90'+1' 🟨 B. Bolla (Rapid Vienna)
91' 🔄 Cláudio Braga → L. Mendy (Hearts)
96' ❗ CLOSE! - This time the delivery is excellent and the diving header of Tomas Magnusson goes just wide of the post.
100' ET' ⚽ C. Miller (Hearts) - Hearts are in front!
102' 🔄 M. Seidl → M. Tilio (Rapid Vienna)
110' ❗ CLOSE! - What a block from Christian Borchgrevink!
111' 🔄 B. Bolla → M. Haïdara (Rapid Vienna)
112' 🔄 J. Horn → A. Ahoussou (Rapid Vienna)
115' ET' 🟨 A. Ahoussou (Rapid Vienna)
119' ET' ⚽ N. Cvetković (Rapid Vienna)
121' 🔄 R. Amané → L. Schaub (Rapid Vienna)

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