2007–08 in Scottish reserve and youth football

The 2007–08 season was a season of reserve and youth football in Scotland. The season commenced in August 2007.

Scottish Premier Reserve League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic (C) 22 15 3 4 56 18 +38 48
2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 22 14 1 7 50 36 +14 43
3 St Mirren 22 13 3 6 43 26 +17 42
4 Hibernian 22 12 1 9 48 35 +13 37
5 Rangers 22 9 5 8 43 40 +3 32
6 Dundee United 22 9 3 10 42 45 −3 30
7 Kilmarnock 22 8 5 9 39 29 +10 29
8 Heart of Midlothian 22 7 7 8 31 28 +3 28
9 Aberdeen 22 6 8 8 33 37 −4 26
10 Motherwell 22 6 7 9 27 34 −7 25
11 Falkirk 22 6 4 12 25 44 −19 22
12 Gretna[a] 22 2 3 17 14 59 −45 9
Source: Scottish Premier Reserve League – Historical tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Gretna failed to fulfill their final six fixtures therefore wins of a 3–0 scoreline were awarded to their opponents.

Scottish Premier under-19 League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 22 18 3 1 62 19 +43 57
2 Celtic 22 11 8 3 46 27 +19 41
3 Hibernian 22 11 6 5 44 29 +15 39
4 Motherwell 22 10 7 5 42 34 +8 37
5 Heart of Midlothian 22 10 5 7 33 25 +8 35
6 Aberdeen 22 10 3 9 33 36 −3 33
7 Dundee United 22 8 7 7 31 24 +7 31
8 Falkirk 22 7 5 10 24 28 −4 26
9 Kilmarnock 22 7 5 10 25 43 −18 26
10 St Mirren 22 5 3 14 28 45 −17 18
11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 22 3 5 14 21 41 −20 14
12 Gretna 22 3 1 18 22 60 −38 10
Source: Scottish Premier under-19 League – Historical tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Youth Cup competitions edit

Scottish Youth Cup edit

Final

Celtic under-19s1 – 3 (a.e.t.)Rangers under-19s
Sheridan   61' Report 1
Report 2
Fleck   90'   120'
Little   96'
Attendance: 6,045
Referee: William Collum

Glasgow Cup edit

Celtic under-18s3 – 1Rangers under-18s
Keatings   13'
Towell   17'
Forrest   22'
Report 1
Report 2
Hutton   13'
Referee: Frank Connor

East of Scotland Shield edit

Hibernian under-19s3 – 2Heart of Midlothian under-19s
Byrne       Report[permanent dead link] Stewart  
Wallace  

(This was the 2006-07 edition which, due to scheduling issues, had been held-over unplayed and was thus completed in 2007-08).

National teams edit

Scotland Under-21 team edit

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
21 August Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (H)   Czech Republic 1–0 Friendly Steven Naismith BBC Sport
8 September Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa (A)   Finland 2–3 ECQ(6) Steven Fletcher, Charlie Mulgrew BBC Sport
12 September East End Park, Dunfermline (H)   Denmark 0–0 ECQ(6) BBC Sport
11 October Easter Road, Edinburgh (H)   Lithuania 3–0 ECQ(6) Ross McCormack, Charlie Mulgrew, Steven Fletcher BBC Sport
16 October Netherlands (A)   Netherlands 0–4 Friendly BBC Sport
17 November Nova Gorica (A)   Slovenia 4–0 ECQ(6) Jamie Hamill, Ross McCormack, Steven Naismith,
Steven Fletcher
BBC Sport
5 February Estadio Municipal, Abrantes (A)   Portugal 1–2 Friendly Rocco Quinn BBC Sport
6 February Estadio Municipal, Cartaxo (N)   Ukraine 2–2 Friendly Scott Arfield, Ryan Conroy BBC Sport
26 March Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (H)   Finland 2–1 ECQ(6) Steven Naismith, Kevin McDonald BBC Sport
20 May Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H)   Norway 1–4 Friendly Scott Cuthbert BBC Sport
Key
  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • (N) = Neutral venue
  • ECQ(6) = European Championship qualifying (Group 6)

Scotland Under-19 team edit

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
8 September Sparisjods Stadium, Sandgerdi (A)   Iceland 0–3 Friendly SFA
26 October Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău (A)   Moldova 0–1 ECQ(11) UEFA
28 October District Sport Complex, Orhei (N)   Azerbaijan 0–2 ECQ(11) UEFA
31 October District Sport Complex, Orhei (N)   Ukraine 0–1 ECQ(11) UEFA
1 April McDiarmid Park, Perth (H)   Denmark 5–1 Friendly Chris Maguire (2), Jamie Murphy (2), Mark Archdeacon SFA
Key
  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • (N) = Neutral venue
  • ECQ(11) = European Championship qualifying round (Group 11)

Scotland Under-17 team edit

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
24 August Arnoldstein (N)   Switzerland 1–2 F Danny Wilson
26 August Wigo-Haus Arena, Feldkirchen (N)   Slovenia 2–1 Friendly Gordon Smith, Robert McHugh
28 August Lind Stadium, Villach (A)   Austria 1–3 Friendly Danny Wilson
19 September Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy (H)   Slovakia 0–4 ECQ(3) UEFA
21 September Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (H)   Liechtenstein 8–0 ECQ(3) Sean Fitzharris (2), David Love (2), Gordon Smith (2), Robert McHugh, Claudio Beck (o.g.) UEFA
24 September Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld (H)   Belarus 5–1 ECQ(3) Archie Campbell (3), Gordon Smith, Sean Fitzharris UEFA
17 March The Oval, Belfast (A)   Northern Ireland 3–1 ECQE(5) John Fleck (2, 1 pen.), Robert McHugh UEFA
19 March The Showgrounds, Newry (N)   Wales 1–0 ECQE(5) Archie Campbell UEFA
22 March The Showgrounds, Newry (N)   Slovenia 1–0 ECQE(5) John Fleck UEFA
4 May WOW Football Stadium, Antalya (N)   Serbia 0–2 EC(A) UEFA
7 May Mardan Sport Complex, Antalya (N)   Turkey 0–1 EC(A) UEFA
10 May Mardan Sport Complex, Antalya (N)   Netherlands 0–2 EC(A) UEFA
Key
  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • (N) = Neutral venue
  • ECQ(3) = European Championship qualifying round (Group 3)
  • ECQE(5) = European Championship qualifying elite round (Group 5)
  • EC(A) = European Championship (Group A)

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c Scotland's score is shown first.