Five Scottish sides in Europe postpone Premiership matches

All five Scottish sides taking part in European competition have chosen to postpone their Scottish Premiership fixtures. The matches affected were scheduled for Saturday, 22 August.

The postponements remove five top-flight fixtures from the Premiership calendar for that particular weekend. Each of the clubs involved is engaged in continental competition, and as a result the domestic games originally set for that date will not go ahead. This decision applies specifically to the Saturday, 22 August programme.

The clubs involved have opted to delay their league commitments to accommodate their European schedules. Those Premiership matches, which had been listed for Saturday, 22 August, will be rescheduled rather than played on the planned date. The action affects the set of fixtures that were due across that round of domestic fixtures.

By electing to postpone, the five Scottish sides competing in Europe have cleared their weekend league obligations for 22 August. The rearrangement pertains solely to the Premiership fixtures falling on that Saturday. No league matches involving those teams will take place on the scheduled date.

The postponements remove the five affected games from the Saturday, 22 August slate across the Premiership. The clubs involved are prioritising their European ties over domestic fixtures on that specific day. Consequently, Saturday’s Premiership programme will not include those particular matches.

Supporters who had planned to attend or follow those fixtures on Saturday, 22 August will see changes to the original schedule. The decision applies uniformly to all five Scottish sides that are participating in European competition. Each of those scheduled Premiership matches on that date has been postponed.

The result is that none of the five Premiership fixtures involving Scottish teams in Europe will be played on Saturday, 22 August. The postponements reflect the clubs’ participation in continental competitions and clear that date of the original domestic matches.