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

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 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
Gretna: Failed to fulfil their final six fixtures therefore wins of a 3–0 scoreline were awarded to their opponents
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scottish Premier under-19 League

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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Youth Cup competitions

Scottish Youth Cup

Final

24 April 2008
Celtic under-19s 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Rangers under-19s
Sheridan  61' Report 1
Report 2 		Fleck  90'  120'
Little  96'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 6,045
Referee: William Collum

Glasgow Cup

See also: Glasgow Cup

7 August 2008
Celtic under-18s 3 – 1 Rangers under-18s
Keatings  13'
Towell  17'
Forrest  22' 		Report 1
Report 2 		Hutton  13'
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Referee: Frank Connor

East of Scotland Shield

8 May 2008
Hibernian under-19s 3 – 2 Heart of Midlothian under-19s
Byrne Report 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

Scotland Under-21 team

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

Scotland Under-19 team

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

Scotland Under-17 team

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
24 August Arnoldstein (N) Switzerland Switzerland 1–2 F Danny Wilson
26 August Wigo-Haus Arena, Feldkirchen (N) Slovenia Slovenia 2–1 Friendly Gordon Smith, Robert McHugh
28 August Lind Stadium, Villach (A) Austria Austria 1–3 Friendly Danny Wilson
19 September Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy (H) Slovakia Slovakia 0–4 ECQ(3) UEFA
21 September Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (H) Liechtenstein 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 Belarus 5–1 ECQ(3) Archie Campbell (3), Gordon Smith, Sean Fitzharris UEFA
17 March The Oval, Belfast (A) Northern Ireland 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 Slovenia 1–0 ECQE(5) John Fleck UEFA
4 May WOW Football Stadium, Antalya (N) Serbia Serbia 0–2 EC(A) UEFA
7 May Mardan Sport Complex, Antalya (N) Turkey Turkey 0–1 EC(A) UEFA
10 May Mardan Sport Complex, Antalya (N) Netherlands Netherlands 0–2 EC(A) UEFA
Key

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Scotland's score is shown first.