Colin O’Brien has cited the decorated career of John O’Shea to illustrate how much of a springboard the U17 European Championship finals can provide for his current squad.

Jonny Hayes is poised to join Celtic after Aberdeen accepted a bid from the Scottish champions for the Irish winger.

Walter Smith claims Rangers should always be bitter over the reaction to their liquidation - and he has encouraged everyone at Ibrox to use that as motivation.

New Scottish Football Association president Alan McRae says qualifying for Euro 2016 would be the perfect tribute to the late chief executive David Taylor.

While it’s customary to reflect on rugby events at this time of year, I no more than you have an appetite for that.

Celtic have made moves to disband the Green Brigade section at Parkhead after labelling events during Friday night’s match at Fir Park “indefensible”.

Hearts have been issued with a new registration embargo for going into administration.

A new Scottish Professional Football League was finally ratified by Scotland’s 42 senior clubs last night.

Hearts are to go into administration, it is understood.

Scottish Premier League clubs made surprising progress in their latest meeting on change today when they agreed to seek a merged 42-club structure including top-flight play-offs.

Irn-Bru First Division clubs have moved to break the deadlock surrounding reconstruction of Scottish football by proposing the formation of an SPL2.

Neil Lennon believes the Scottish Football Association is facing a “storm” of similar misconduct charges to the one which left him with a three-match touchline ban.

The Scottish Premier League has announced next season will kick off on August 3 despite uncertainty lingering over the structure of the game north of the border.

Celtic have said in a statement they are “surprised” by the Scottish Premier League-appointed commission’s conclusion that Rangers gained no competitive advantage from the undisclosed payments they were found guilty of making.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist feels “totally vindicated” by the report into the oldco club’s undisclosed payments after Lord Nimmo Smith and his colleagues ruled no sporting advantage was gained.

Oldco Rangers escaped with their 54 titles intact yesterday after an independent commission ruled that undisclosed payments to dozens of players did not give them a “sporting advantage”.

The commission appointed by the Scottish Premier League to rule on alleged undisclosed payments to Rangers players will announce its findings later today.

The commission appointed by the Scottish Premier League to rule on alleged undisclosed payments to Rangers players will announce its findings tomorrow.

Hearts have told their supporters that that club is not in danger – despite administrators moving into Vladimir Romanov’s Lithuanian bank.

Scottish Premier League clubs have given their “unanimous backing” to reconstruction plans centring on a 12-12-18 league structure, chief executive Neil Doncaster has said.

People have been saying things about sport for a long time now, often saying them on television; for the purposes of entertainment or enlightenment or devilment or to obtain a small fee or maybe to express bewilderment at fresh proposals to rework the national leagues.

Rangers chief executive Charles Green believes the club should attempt to quit Scottish football if league reconstruction plans are approved.

Rangers have described Scottish football reconstruction plans as an “abomination” in a statement written by new director of communications James Traynor.

Both Scottish league bodies have agreed in principle to a restructuring plan that would see the organisations merge in a 12-12-18 structure.

Hearts have been placed under an indefinite transfer embargo over a failure to make payments to players.

The Scottish Football League’s 30 member clubs will meet tomorrow to discuss proposals for reconstruction to revive the game.

Jim McGuinness’s future as Donegal manager hung in the balance last night after a meeting with Celtic officials in Glasgow yesterday, the Irish Examiner has reported.

Jim McGuinness’s future as Donegal manager hung in the balance last night after a meeting with Celtic officials in Glasgow yesterday.

All-Ireland-winning Donegal boss Jim McGuinness insists he has not been approached by either Celtic or Liverpool but revealed he spent time with the Glasgow club this summer.

A Scottish Premier League-appointed commission is set to proceed with its inquiry into alleged undisclosed payments by Rangers.

Rangers have refused to co-operate with the Scottish Premier League inquiry into alleged undisclosed payments to players by a previous Ibrox regime.

The commission probing Rangers’ alleged undisclosed payments to players will hold procedural hearings next week.

Former owner Sir David Murray has hit out at the possibility of Rangers being stripped of league titles as part of an investigation into alleged undisclosed payments to players.

Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnston expects the Scottish Premier League to retain the bulk of its broadcasting income this season with ESPN set to follow Sky Sports in confirming their renewed commitment.

Former Celtic captain Tom Boyd believes the club must qualify for the group stages of the Champions League now there will not be an Old Firm derby at Celtic Park for the foreseeable future.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist vowed that his team would come back stronger following a vote for the football club to play in the fourth tier of Scottish football.

Rangers will start the new season in the Irn-Bru Third Division following a vote by Scottish Football League chairmen at Hampden today.

Hibernian manager Pat Fenlon believes the demise of Rangers means Clydesdale Bank Premier League clubs will have to tighten their purse strings this year.

Newco Rangers chief executive Charles Green will accept whatever fate is dealt them in their application to the Scottish Football League after their top-flight bid ended with an “overwhelming” defeat.

Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal must keep hold of captain Robin van Persie “at all costs” as they look to resolve the Dutchman’s long-term future ahead of the new Premier League season.

Rangers chairman Malcolm Murray has called for “vicious and gratuitous blood lust” to come to an end for the sake of Scottish football as a whole.

The Scottish Football League have said they have not reached agreement with any other footballing body over newco Rangers playing in the Irn-Bru First Division.

Thirteen 13 players have reported for the first day of pre-season training at Rangers’ Murray Park training ground, the club’s media team have confirmed.

The Scottish Football League will consult their clubs early next week over the fallout from the Rangers crisis – but Raith Rovers today added their voice to opposition to Charles Green’s newco club joining the Irn-Bru First Division.

Charles Green and Rangers players were on a collision course last night over whether they should transfer to his new company or not.

Rangers chairman Malcolm Murray has urged fans to unite behind the new regime after a Walter Smith-led consortium withdrew their interest in buying the club.

Rangers were left off next season’s fixture list pending a decision on whether to readmit the 54-times champions to the Scottish Premier League (SPL) after their parent company went into liquidation.

Scottish Premier League clubs will vote on Wednesday, July 4 on whether to admit the 'newco' Rangers to the top flight.

Rangers' creditors meeting began this morning amid increasing uncertainty over the future of Charles Green's new regime, with focus soon shifting to the future of manager Ally McCoist.

The Scottish Premier League might decide whether Rangers face disciplinary action over alleged undisclosed payments before the result of the ’big tax case’, according to chief executive Neil Doncaster.