The next generation of Europe’s star female footballers will be coming to Scotland this October, as the Scotland Women’s Under-19s step up their preparations for next year’s UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship with a tournament in their own backyard.

Spain, European champions at under-19 level in 2018, will join France and Denmark in travelling to Scotland for the event, which kicks off on Wednesday, 3 October.

The tournament will act as invaluable preparation for Scotland’s Under-19s as they look towards next year’s UEFA European Championships – a tournament for which they qualify automatically as the host nation.

The full fixture list is as follows:

MD1: France v Denmark – Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 1pm, McDiarmid Park, Perth.

MD1: Scotland v Spain – Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 7pm, St Mirren Park, Paisley.

MD2: France v Scotland – Saturday, 6 October 2018, 1pm, St Mirren Park, Paisley.

MD2: Spain v Denmark – Saturday. 6 October 2018, 1pm, East End Park, Dunfermline.

MD3: Spain v France – Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 1pm, McDiarmid Park, Perth.

MD3: Denmark v Scotland – Tuesday, 9 October, 1pm, Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.