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The State of Scottish Football and can it change for the better?

August 31, 2026
The State of Scottish Football and can it change for the better? Sunday National, 30 August 2026 Gerry Hassan Another week, another set of controversies about Scottish football. Celtic humiliated in Europe; Rangers looking hopeless and Hibs and Motherwell out, while Hearts continue to fly the flag after a decent away result. The co-efficient of Scottish teams in Europe has fallen from 9th to 19th in four years. Broadcaster Danny Baker was overstating things describing this as “a collapse of Scottish football” but journalist Graham Spiers is correct to talk of “the horrifying humiliation” of Celtic and Rangers in another

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