West Ham United 0-2 Liverpool 🇦🇹 (0-0 HT) @ London Stadium 🌱. Premier League. 2.05pm. The Reds returned to winning ways thanks to a clinal finish from Alexander Isak ⚽️ and a late Cody Gakpo ⚽️ strike to seal it. RIP Billy Bonds. Crowd 62,469.

Great read on the way to West Ham … brilliant work @LFCProgMan 👏.

Alex Jack Cup Final Day. @CPFC1926 v @LochgellyAlbert Kick off 2pm at the home of @DBFC1938 Moorside Park, Cardenden Here is a sneaky look at the match programme thanks to the fantastic @Fitba_daft Jamie McQueen. See you there. https://t.co/RW7n4nO1KV

Dunfermline Athletic 2-1 Queen of the South (2-1 HT) @ East End Park 🌱. Scottish Cup 🏆 R3. 3pm. The League One side 🔵 took a surprise 5th minute lead but the Pars quickly turned it around. Queens hung in their though and had chances to take the game to extra time. Crowd 2127.

Liverpool 1-4 PSV Eindhoven 🇳🇱 (1-1 HT) @ Anfield 🌱. UEFA Champions League, League 🏆 Phase, Matchday 5. 8pm. The out of sorts Reds continued their poor run. A lack of quality at both ends exploited by the delighted Dutch visitors. Crowd 59,964.

Liverpool 0-3 Nottingham Forest (0-1 HT) @ Anfield 🌱. 3pm. Premier League. Another defeat for Arne Slot’s side 🇦🇹 who had no answer after falling behind to the impressive Forest 🌳 after half an hour. The 2nd came moments after the break before a late 3rd. Crowd 60,419.

Scotland 4-2 Denmark 🇩🇰 (1-0 HT) @ Hampden Park 🌱. FIFA 2026 World Cup Qualifier. 7.45pm. Steve Clark’s side 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿reach the World Cup Finals for the first time in 28 years thanks to some incredible finishing and a stunning late win. What a night 🙂. Crowd 49,587.

Carlisle United 1-1 Eastleigh (0-0 HT) @ Brunton Park 🌱. National League. 3.03pm. A grand day out on the 🚂. The leaders Carlisle looked to have won it until a late equaliser for the visitors. United hit the inside of the post deep into stoppage time. Crowd 10,860 👏.

Tynecastle 4-0 Pumpherston @ Meggetland Stadium 🌱. King Cup 🏆 R1. 7.30pm. EOS 1st Division hosted 3rd Division. The visitors had their moments, including hitting the crossbar, but the Edinburgh side ran out comfortable winners in tricky conditions 💦💨. Crowd 62.

The Spartans 5-2 Aberdeen 🅱️ (2-2 HT) @ The Vanloq Community Stadium 🌱. KDM Evolution Trophy 🏆 . 7.45pm. The home side recovered from going 2-0 down inside the opening 30 minutes to level at the break and then run out comfortable winners in the 2nd half. Crowd 264.

Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool (2-0 HT) @ Etihad Stadium 🌧️. Premier League. 4.30pm. City secured 3 deserved points against the Champions. Haaland heading in the opener after his earlier penalty was saved, Nico and Doku ⚽️. VAR ruled out a Van Dijk equaliser 📺. Att. 52,000 odd.

Earlston Rhymers 6-2 Tweedale Rovers (3-1 HT) @ Runciman Park 🍂. 1.30pm. Waddell Cup 🏆 1st Round. Going by league form a bit of an upset as the home side raced into an early 2-0 lead. A penalty save🧤 at 2-1 proved pivotal as Earlston then won convincingly. Attendance 31.

Trip down the A68 today into the @BorderAm League 🍂. It’s Earlston Rhymers v Tweedale Rovers in the Waddell Cup 🏆 1st Round.

Heart of Midlothian B 3-3 East Stirlingshire (0-2 HT) @ Ainslie Park Stadium 🌱. Lowland League. 7.45pm. Friday night action as 16th hosted 18th and what a good game ⚽️. The young Hearts securing a late point having trailed 2-0 and 3-2 to the Shire 🏁. Crowd 184.

Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid 🇪🇸 (0-0 HT) @ Anfield 💥. UEFA Champions League - League Phase Matchday 4. 8pm. The Reds dominate Real with an outstanding performance. Only the brilliance of Courtois🧤 kept them out until Mac Allister headed home the winner on 61 minutes. Crowd 59,916.

Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa (1-0 HT) @ Anfield 🌱. Premier League. 8pm. The Champions returned to winning ways. Mo Salah 👑 with the opener following a dreadful Martinez🧤 pass out. Ryan Gravenberch doubled the lead with a deflected effort at the Kop End. Crowd 60,407.

Bamber Bridge 0-2 FC United of Manchester (0-1 HT) @ The SFC Stadium 🌱. 3pm. NPL Premier Division. The visitors 🟥⬜️⬛️ moved up ⬆️ to 2nd in the table with a goal in each half securing a deserved 3 points. Andre Wisdom a standout in the middle of the park for United. Crowd 704.

Great programme @BamberBridgeFC 👏 …

Liverpool 0-3 Crystal Palace (0-2 HT) @ Anfield 🌱. League Cup R4. 7.45pm. The Eagles 🦅 cruise into the last 8 knocking out 🥊 Liverpool’s fringe players and + kids. The home side competed for half an hour but fell behind and never looked like finding a way back. Crowd 60,420.

Edinburgh University 1-1 University of Stirling AET (2-3 on pens) @ East Peffermill 🍰. EOS Qualifying Cup R3. 7.30pm. Great cup 🏆 tie which the visitors took an early lead in. Edinburgh levelled and deserved to win it in normal time. Stirling prevailed from the spot. Crowd 95.