Supporting Report Writing

Women's Scottish Cup Final 2025

In the past two years, Learning Through Football has provided teachers & learners the opportunity to engage in Writing.

Using a stimulus such as the Women's Scottish Cup Final 2025 can engage. enthuse & challenge learners.

Whilst the content within this Spotlight focuses on Scottish Women's Football Showpiece Final, the support provided below can be applied to any game of football - especially those which the learners may not be so familiar with or have prior knowledge of.

Scroll down for supporting content such as:

- Match highlights

- Features of a Match Report & links to articles

- Being a Match Reporter & Journalist

- Links to Report Writing resources

- Prompts & questions to consider when writing your report

Match Highlights - Click on image to watch & use highlights for your report.

Supporting Learners Become Familiar with Match Report Writing

Task

Click on the images below to access examples of Match Reports.

Use the Match Reports to pick out/highlight key pieces of written information shared with the reader.

What other type of written language is used to engage the reader?

Prior Knowledge & Research

Task

What prior knowledge would the Journalist need before these matches took place?

Pick out/highlight pieces of information conveyed in the Match Reports sharing prior knowledge with the reader.

Being a Match Report Writer & Journalist

To support learners in their Report Writing, one of the Scottish FA's Match Reporters (Mitch Feggans), shares the importance of preparation, recording information during the match & meeting a deadline of producing a match report.

Mitch's top tips:

Before match:

- Be prepared to do your research

During match:

- Record in short, sharp, small notes. You can elaborate and add further details later

- Crowd reaction can help in recognising key pieces of action to include in your report

- Other sources can help with further notes e.g. substitutions

After match:

- Quality of your work is very important. Work efficiently. Don't rush!

- Fact check your work

- Edit & review your work at least 3 or 4 times

Mitch shares further information to support learners

Click on the images below to find out more.

Are you able to report on any match? Even if you were slightly unfamiliar with the teams and competition? How do you prepare to report on a match?

How do you record important information whilst a game is in play?

How do you know which pieces of action are key and therefore worth reporting on?

Is a reporter’s style of reporting important?

How do ensure you are conveying the correct tone and genre of writing in your piece?

How do you meet a very tight deadline?

Does someone review your work before it goes to publishing?

Are there any times when you are most happy/unhappy with your work?

Preparing to report on the Final

To support learners prepare for the match, follow the link below to help research stats, details & information that would prove useful when reporting on the Women's Scottish Cup Final.

https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/scottish-gas-womens-scottish-cup/

Further support in writing your match report

Click on the image beside to view the pages included in the Women's Scottish Cup Final matchday programme.

The prompts may be useful in helping learners include engaging, interesting and vital details in their Match Report.

Suggested CfE Experiences and Outcomes

Enjoyment and Choice

I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience.

LIT 1-20a / LIT 2-20a

Tools for Writing

Throughout the writing process, I can check that my writing makes sense and meets its purpose.

LIT 1-23a/2-23a

Organising and Using Information

By considering the type of text I am creating, I can select ideas and relevant information, organise these in an appropriate way for my purpose and use suitable vocabulary for my audience.

LIT 1-26a/2-26a

Organising and Using Information

I am learning to/I can use my notes and other types of writing to help me understand information and ideas, explore problems, generate and develop ideas or create new text.

LIT 1-25a/2-25a

Creating Texts

I can convey information, describe events, explain processes or combine ideas in different ways.

LIT 1-28a/2-28a