SPFL to return this weekend as Rangers and Celtic lead full Premiership fixture card

Scottish football is set to return this weekend following the postponement of the SPFL fixtures as a mark of respect for the passing of The Queen. Four Scottish Premiership fixtures are due to take place on Saturday with two more matches on Sunday.

And Hampden chiefs have now confirmed that the games will go ahead along with the Championship, League One and League Two. The SFA said in a statement: "Following confirmation of the postponement of all fixtures in the professional game across Scotland last weekend as a mark of respect for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we can confirm the intention for the professional game to resume as normal.

"Fixtures will go ahead, subject to Police Scotland resourcing, with the caveat that any fixtures under the professional banner be rescheduled if they fall on Monday September 19, the day of Her Majesty’s funeral.

"This week, as a mark of respect and in keeping with the period of National Mourning, home clubs may wish to hold a period of silence and/or play the National Anthem just ahead of kick-off, and players may wish to wear black armbands. We thank clubs and league organisations for the mark of respect shown at the weekend and for their efforts in resuming the professional game fixture schedule."

Queen Elizabeth passed away, aged 96, last Thursday and it was announced 24 hours later that football north of the border would follow their English counterparts by postponing the weekend fixtures.

Celtic, Rangers and Hearts are all in European action this midweek and now they can prepare for a return to the league campaign. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men host Dundee United on Saturday while the champions travel to St Mirren for a lunchtime kick off 24 hours later.

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