2220: I just counted those 32 teams as 28 to begin with, so it's clearly time to call it a night. Thanks heaps for sticking with us, hope you had a little bit of fun; I know I did. Join Cheesy at 1000 GMT tomorrow for some top-drawer chat and I'll see you Saturday when the blood-and-thunder of the Premier League returns. Night night.

2217: Those 32 teams in the hat for the Europa League knockout stage:
Anderlecht, Ajax, Valencia, Lille, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Hamburg, Sporting, Hertha Berlin, Roma, Fulham, Galatasaray, Panathinaikos, Salzburg, Villarreal, Fenerbahce, FC Twente, Benfica, Everton, Shakhtar Donetsk, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven, FC Copenhagen, Werder Bremen, Athletic Club, FC Unirea Urziceni, Liverpool, Juventus, Rubin Kazan, VfL Wolfsburg, Standard Liege, Marseille, Atletico Madrid.

From iGooner on 606: "Stevo, can I be the one to plug the Champions League and Europa League draws tomorrow at 1100 GMT? You can follow them as they happen right here on the BBC website."
Great work, iGooner. Two things, though: You forget to mention Cheesy's on it, and she'll be starting from 1000 GMT

Everton's 36-year-old debutant keeper Carlo Nash: "It was great - it was pretty much like a reserve game to be honest. I thought the lads did tremendously well tonight. They weren't nervous, kids are fearless these days, though we know we can play a bit better. We were unlucky with the goal, we matched them and a draw would have been a fair result."

From 50in50 on 606: "In all honesty Stevo, was tonight worth it?"
Always - what the blazes am I supposed to do otherwise?!

From Anon, via text on 81111: "Yakubu was Everton's worst player this evening. Complete lack of enthusiasm and can't even pick a pass. Poor, very poor."

2200: Euro Macca was edging perilously close to that fifth-floor window at times tonight. But mercifully he's still here: "FC Twente are through to the knockout stages after Fenerbahce's 1-0 win over Sheriff, by the way. Salzburg make it six wins from six by beating Villarreal, Levski Sofia have seen off Lazio 1-0 and Benfica downed AEK Athens 2-1. That's pretty much your Europa lot."

2158: Full-time Everton 0-1 BATE
Hallelujah. That was genuinely one of the most meaningless games of football you could ever imagine watching, but I don't blame either of these two teams for that.

2155: Euro Macca on the one and only Bobby C: "No glorious free-kick finish for Roberto Carlos, but he's lifted off his feet by his team-mates, the ticker-tape is out and he rejoices in a little jig of delight. Easily the highlight of the night for me. Less emotionally, Ismael Blanco has grabbed a goal back for AEK Athens. Bothered?"

2153: Into injury time on Merseyside. Mercifully there will only be four more minutes of this - though the signalling of that amount brings boos from a bored crowd.

2151: Euro Macca goes all emotional on us: "The fans are on their feet at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul as Roberto Carlos comes on to make his last appearance for Fenerbahce (and in Europe presumably) before he heads back to Brazil. Looks like he's gone straight up front."

2150: Three minutes left at Goodison Park, where it's still Everton 0-1 BATE.

2148: Great chance for Kieran Agard after a lovely lay-off from Jose Baxter and though his first touch is poor, he still gets away a left-foot drive that whistles just past the post from 15 yards.

2144: Forgot to mention that Shkodran Mustafi just came on for Tony Hibbert, while Nathan Craig is on for Leon Osman. Brilliant - now I don't know who any of them are.

2143: In an email perhaps predictably entitled 'Angel delight', Euro Macca brings us this: "Benfica have gone 2-0 up and it's that man again, Angel Di Maria. He might sound like a big girl but he plays like a man. Don't believe me? Believe El Diego: "Angel has the quality to be a worldwide superstar within the next two years," said Maradona, earlier this year."

2142:... Which Jose Baxter curls over the wall and just past Sergei Veremko's right-hand post.

2141: Sergei Sosnovski gets his head on a BATE corner from the right, but Carlo Nash saves right underneath his crossbar. At the other end, Kieran Agard is fouled 20 yards out and Everton have a free-kick in a dangerous position...

BATE goal: Sickener for Shane Duffy, who has been absolutely immense at the back right up until that moment. Alexander Yurevich fires in a shot from 25 yards which Carlo Nash surely has covered until Duffy tries to clear, only to get an outside edge and snick it into the bottom corner.

2137: Hovannes Goaryan, who is an Armenian 21-year-old striker, is on for BATE. I've seen younger looking 50-year-olds.

2136: Jose Baxter tries an ambitious chip from about 25 yards after a nice run from Seamus Coleman, but Sergei Veremko plucks it out of the air. Moments later, referee Selcuk Dereli turns down Everton appeals for a handball - he must be having a Turkish (he's from Turkey).

2134: Igor Shitov fires in a shot from just inside the Everton box, but it smacks against a Toffees' defender and the hosts clear. Don't even start.

2132: Breaking news from the wires: Cuauhtemoc Blanco trained for the first time with his new club - the Tiburones Rojos of Veracruz - on Thursday. He will be with them until March, at which time he will join Mexico for their pre-World Cup training camp. I love that crazy boy.

From redandblackT1899 on 606: "Exactly what type of shoe is Tony Hibbert's face supposed to look like?"

2128: In an email entitled 'Sofia so good', Euro Macca missives you, our faithful readers, with the following: "We have a goal at the Stadio Olimpico and it has gone against Lazio, Hristo Yovov the scorer for Levski Sofia. Neither side can progress, but it's just nice to know they're there."

2126: Attendance news: 18,242 have paid for the privilege at Goodison Park this evening.

2125: Shane Duffy, take a bow, son. Sergei Krivets latches on to a through ball right of centre and rounds the onrushing Carlo Nash - but after slotting goalwards from a narrow angle, Duffy races back to stick a leg out and divert the ball behind for a corner.

2124: We've played an hour - that means by my rudimentary calculations, there's about half an hour left. It's still Everton 0-0 BATE.

2123: I'd forgotten Yakubu was even on the pitch. He bustles his way through a defender, takes a touch and then unleashes a useless left-foot shot from 30 yards that sails high, wide and into the Mersey night sky.

From Anon, via text on 81111: "Anon (see 2113) - that sounds like an awful lot of doe."

Celtic boss Tony Mowbray after they came from 3-0 down to draw at Rapid Vienna: "The last 80 minutes epitomises our club. We needed to react and be positive in adversity and we did just that. As we move on as a team, develop and grow together, it is something that we would look positively towards. Hopefully in the Champions League campaign next year, we can go there without too much trepidation. We've showed that we can play football at a European level and we look forward to the challenge of next year."

From dukepubsgirl on Twitter: "As an LFC fan I'm forced to pay proper attention to the Europa League. Reds v Toffees anyone? I feel for Everton this season though."

2116: BATE are putting pressure on, but Everton's teenagers are holding firm. Sergei Krivets looks a tiny little bit livelier than everyone else, but twice he cannot quite get shots away.

2115: It's snowing at Everton. Catch my drift?

2113: BATE are having the better of the second half so far and Shane Duffy clears a dangerous inswinging free-kick away from inside his own six-yard box as the Belarusians threaten.

From Anon, via text on 81111: "I've just been offered eight legs of venison for Christmas for £150. Do you think that's two deer?"

2110: Euro Macca's been reading the texts, which is no mean feat, considering he struggles to see at the best of times: "Owyn, via text on 81111, asks what is happening in Italy. Good question mate. The latest news is that prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has left hospital after being smashed in the face by a replica model of Milan cathedral. Unfortunately there's slightly less drama in the Stadio Olimpico, where it's Lazio 0-0 Levski Sofia."

2108: We're back under way at Goodison Park, where it's Everton 0-0 BATE in, thankfully, the last group stage game of the Europa League.

Everton academy coach Kevin Sheedy (get him on the pitch): "It's a great experience for the lads to play in front of this crowd and they've done very well so far. Everyone remembers their debut and it's great encouragement for the other young players coming through at the club."

From super_stevie_f on 606: "You know, this might be the one time that Stevo's Predo actually comes true..."
Oh for the love of...

2100: Stevo's half-time Predo:
Everton 0-0 BATE
(No shots, no goals, no chances, no will to live)

2059: I know what to do...

2058: In an email entitled 'Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllll', Euro Macca has this: "Thank heavens for Angel Di Maria, who has bagged for Benfica. For a while there I thought I'd been buried alive in a goalless hole in the ground. Anyway, Group I winners Benfica lead AEK Athens 1-0. Anyone know any good jokes?"

From Adam, Harrogate, via text on 81111: "Jake Bidwell sounds like Jack Rodwell's evil twin's name."

2052: Half-time Everton 0-0 BATE
There are too many meaningless games in Europe these days, and you will struggle to find a more meaningless one than this.

2051: A chance: Sergei Krivets meets a cross from the BATE right and his shot is heading goalwards until it takes a timely deflection off Shane Duffy.

2050: We're into the last minute of the first half at Everton, and still nothing has happened. I wish David Ngog and Bobby Zamora were playing.

2047: Just a reminder, as if you needed one, that the draws for the last 16 of the Champions League and last 32 of the Europa League take place on Friday, and from about 1000 GMT, Cheesy will be all over it. And no, Liverpool can't meet Everton - yet.

2045: Not really.

2044: It's my fault. I curse every single game I watch at the moment. I quit...

2042: Maksim Skavysh, who has already been booked, falls in the Everton box under a double challenge from Tony Hibbert and Jake Bidwell. Nothing doing.

From Pauljomo7 on 606: "I've got a "$1 Parlay" on Agard to score a Christmas cracker this evening... and the Everton fans to come up with a witty Agard-do-do-do jingle to celebrate."

2038: Ooooh. Leon Osman feeds Kieran Agard on the inside right channel and he gets into the box before slamming a right-foot shot a few yards over Sergei Veremko's crossbar.

2035: Aleksandr Volodko lashes in a left-foot to try and brighten up our evening but Carlo Nash, who hasn't played a game of football since May 2008, dives across, pats it down and pounces on the loose ball.

From henrywinter on Twitter: "Rodwell limps off v BATE. Moyes must wonder when injury curse will end. At least Everton develop tyros like Rodwell, future England captain."

2032: It's competitive, ish, but it's not very good.

2029: In an email entitled 'Sheriff of Nottingham', Euro Macca brings you this: "There is still a place to play for in Group H and Moldovan side Sheriff could leap above Steve McClaren's FC Twente if they were to get a win and the Dutch club lose. Pantelis Kapetanos has given Steaua Bucharest the lead against FC Twente, but Sheriff are trailing to group winners Fenerbahce in Turkey."

2028: BATE have a corner from their right and Sergei Sosnovski's header hits team-mate Maksim Bordachov and dribbles behind for a goalkick.

2026: It's very even-(Trevor)steven at Goodison at the moment, which is a good reflection on Everton's kids so far. Just over 20 minutes gone, Everton 0-0 BATE.

From JozyAltidore17 on Twitter: "The snow is really coming down now."

2023: Haha (see 2017). I've been widely reprimanded for not mentioning Big Dunc - a cult hero, if ever there was one. Remember that towering header he scored against Arsenal once? Awesome.

2022: In an email entitled 'Get the Red Bulls in', Euro Macca brings you these glad tidings: "Austrian side Salzburg already have Group B as wrapped up as a Mummy's Christmas present, but are looking to continue their 100% record. They've made a tidy start as well at Villarreal as Dusan Svento has given them the lead at El Madrigal."

2020: Clarification o'clock: Everton have already qualified for the last 32 of the Europa League. The draw will be made at about 1200 GMT tomorrow, an hour after the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League. You genial guide for said festivities (barring a snow disaster) will be Caroline Cheese.

2017: Clubs like Everton should be able to play club legends on nights like tonight when they've no fit players and it's a meaningless game. Kevin Sheedy left-wing, Pat Nevin on the other flank, Andy Gray and Graeme Sharp up front? Oh, and Big Nev in goal, clearly.

2015: Jack Rodwell is off, and to a bemused round of applause from the weary Goodison regulars, 18-year-old midfielder Hope Akpan comes on. The Toffees have now got five players on the pitch making their full debuts and Akpan making his first appearance too.

2014: What has David Moyes done to deserve this bad luck? Jack Rodwell goes down after an innocuous-looking challenge and his night looks like it is over.

2013: Oh yeah, don't forget to get in touch. Texts go to 81111 (UK) and +44 7786200666 (worldwide), there's chat going on right now on 606 and you can Tweet me right up too. Mixer.

From Dave, in Trowbridge, via text on 81111: "Pun time! "Forshaw" these Everton kids can do well tonight!"
Thanks Dave. Anyone else?

2008: Jake Bidwell, a 16-year-old defender, becomes the youngest Everton player to play in Europe and their third-youngest footballer ever after Jack Rodwell and James Vaughan.

2005: Congrats to Tony Hibbert, who becomes the most capped Everton player in European competition with his 20th appearance. We're under way at Goodison.

2004: On the brink of kick-off at Goodison Park, where Everton's youth team take on BATE. It's another crystal ball night in the Europa League.

2002: More Euro Macca - and there's plenty more where these boys came from: "Elsewhere, Hapoel Tel-Aviv took top spot in Group C with a 1-0 win over Hamburg, who also go through. In Group A, Anderlecht overtook Ajax courtesy of a 3-1 victory at the Amsterdam ArenA, but both sides progress."

2000: Waste not, want not - here's Euro Macca: "Some late drama in Group B as Valencia's David Villa missed a late chance to ease their worries, but fired a penalty wide. It ensured a nervous few minutes for the Spaniards until Villa took advantage of an absolute howler from Genoa's keeper to score. They were joined by Lille, who were 3-1 winners over Slavia Prague."

1957: Thanks Keir, top stuff. What an extraordinary way to draw a line under Scottish participation in Europe until next season, eh? Anyway, our Europa League bandwagon rolls on to Goodison Park, for another dead rubber. Well... Gives us time to chat about other stuff, doesn't it? By the way, give yourselves a cheeky refresh and you'll see a cheeky change of author appear. If you can be bothered.

1951: The home fans are none too happy with their team throwing away a three-goal lead. Who could ever have predicted such a turnaround?

Celtic goal: Marc Crosas curls in a cross into the Rapid box and young Paul McGowan chests it down and blasts it past Raimund Hedl.

1946: Paul Caddis is clipped by Drazan and the baby-faced Vienna player gets a yellow card. Three minutes of injury time to go.

1945: Hear, hear, goodisondub. A 2005 GMT kick-off time is not ideal on a school night.

goodisondub on 606 "I'm concerned the Everton game won't be over before the team's bed time. Surely they should have kicked off at six?"

1940: Just five minutes to go in Vienna. Can Celtic make a remarkable comeback? They recovered from going a goal down in the Glasgow leg of the tie to earn a 1-1 draw.

1937: They say patience is a virtue - Carey joined Celtic in 2005 from Shelbourne. That's a long time to wait for a game.

1935: It's a moment to remember for Graham Carey as he comes on for Niall McGinn to make his Celtic debut.

1933: The Rapid Vienna fans have found their voice once more after being shocked by Marc-Antoine Fortune's goal.

1931: Everton boss David Moyes makes nine changes to the side which drew 3-3 at Chelsea last Saturday for the visit of BATE Borisov. He fields a youthful line-up as defenders Shane Duffy, 17, and Jake Bidwell, 16, make their first starts for the club along with midfielder Adam Forshaw, 18 and striker Kieran Agard, 20. Veteran keeper Carlo Nash makes his full debut as he comes in for Tim Howard.

1930: Everton v BATE line-ups:
Everton: Nash, Coleman, Hibbert, Duffy, Bidwell, Osman, Forshaw, Rodwell, Baxter, Agard, Yakubu.
Subs: Howard, Garbutt, Akpan, McAleny, Mustafi, Craig, Nsiala.
BATE: Veremko, Yurevich, Bordachov, Sosnovskiy, Shitov, Alexander Volodko, Likhtarovich, Nekhaychik, Krivets, Skavysh, Rodionov.
Subs: Hutar, Bulyga, Radkov, Pavlov, Maksim Volodko, Goaryan.
Referee: Selcuk Dereli (Turkey)

1930: Hernan Crespo still knows the way to goal and he has put Genoa on level terms against Valencia. In the other game in Group B, Stanislav Vlcek has pulled one back for Slavia Prague away to Lille.

1928: Scotland Under-21 captain Paul Caddis fails to make the most of a free-kick on the right and Rapid clear the danger.

1925: There are a few more smiles on Celtic fans' faces now. Hark, no longer do I hear "In the Bleak Mid Winter"; instead it's "The Celtic Song" being belted out now.

Celtic goal: Well, well, well. From three goals down, Marc-Antoine Fortune puts the visitors right back in it, tapping home a Niall McGinn cross after he picked up Willo Flood's free-kick.

1921: A good run by Niall McGinn, bisecting the Austrian defence and latching on to a Landry N'Guemo pass. The Northern Irish international is denied though by a desperate, saving tackle.

1919: It's good to see Paul McGowan getting a game on this stage. He has had spells at Morton and Hamilton and has spent a long time in the reserves at Celtic Park.

1916: Nikica Jelavic can't quite connect properly with a cross and his header drifts harmlessly wide of Artur Boruc's goal.

1915: Landry N'Guemo will be at the African Cup of Nations with Cameroon, though he'll be heading to the finals after he has played for Celtic against Rangers on 3 January. He was given permission to stay in Glasgow by Cameroon manager Paul Le Guen, the former Rangers boss, of course.

1913: Landry N'Guemo shows a bit of composure in the middle of the park as he tries to kick-start a Celtic attack.

Wey-hey! A positive text to 81111, although it's anonymous. "It's excellent that big Fortune is banging in a few goals." That's the spirit.

1910: Icy pitches like this are unfair on big players, are they not? Glenn Loovens simply cannot turn quickly enough without falling on his backside.

1908: Hesitancy from Artur Boruc in the Celtic goal creates panic in the Celtic defence as Veli Kavlak gets a shot in. The danger is cleared.

1906: I'm trying to comprehend that score from Amsterdam. Ajax losing by three goals at home?!

1904: Valencia's worries will have eased somewhat as Saltor Bruno's sucker punch put them 1-0 ahead in Genoa. A draw would be good enough for the Spaniards.

1903: Marc Crosas clips a free-kick into the box and it is only partially cleared. Stephen McManus prods the ball through for Niall McGinn and his shot goes inches past the post. Good play by the visitors.

1901: The second half is under way in Vienna. let's see if Celtic in their so-called bumble-bee strip, can make a game of it.

1900: Mr Jonathan Stevenson is warming up his typing fingers and rubbing oil into his knuckles in preparation for taking over the text commentary for the Toffees' match against BATE.

redonionbag on 606 has posted a grim message on 606, which is worryingly accurate, I feel: "I am seriously worried about Scottish football. I know fans of the big two think they could hold their own in the Premier League etc but the truth is when they play an English club they raise their game much like a lower league team does against a big boy in the cup. I feel like the Scottish league is like a corner shop; they were handy 15 years ago, but now the supermarkets of the Premier League and La Liga control everything. The cornershop is becoming a thing of the past, and so is a decent side from Scotland.

Text from Finn, who says...wait for it... "It means nothing to me, oh Vienna". Well, it means a lot to the Celtic fans who have forked out to follow their team.

1852: We don't have online rights to bring you the match commentary from Vienna this evening, but if you can make it to a wireless or digital telly tune in to Sportsound on Radio Scotland to hear Liam McLeod and Murdo MacLeod describe the action.

1849: My colleague Richard Gordon, speaking on Radio Scotland, has informed the listeners that Scottish teams have now conceded 49 goals in European football this season.

1848: Sorry if I'm boring you with this co-efficient malarkey, but Anderlecht are winning handsomely at half-time at Ajax. This is not good news for the Scottish Premier League winners in a few years' time.

1845: Well, it's been a rough opening 45 minutes for the Scots, but an early goal in the second half could make it an interesting match yet.

1844: McGinn said in the pre-match media conference that he was doing better than he expected when he joined the club, having played over a dozen times for the club. He says he is still getting used to full-time football!

1843: Celtic's Niall McGinn fires in a shot to keep keeper Hedl's fingers warm, a blast from 20 yards. Superb save from the former Derry City man's effort.

mem on 606 says: "Tiny glimmer of hope for Celtic, but the result so far shows they have no squad depth, take away a few first team regulars and they are badly exposed."

1839: Willo Flood gets through the Rapid rearguard and races on to a long ball over the top. The firm pitch means the ball bounces in Rapid's favour and Hedl gathers from Flood's toe.

1836: At times the Celtic players look as if they are wearing their mums' shoes. The surface is treacherous, yet seemingly only treacherous for one side.

1831: In the other game in Celtic's group, Samuel Yeboah has given Hapoel Tel-Aviv the lead at home to Hamburg. Both sides are already through but Hapoel could pip the Germans if the score stays the same.

1828: Away from Vienna and there still some issues to be sorted out - including in Group A. Anderlecht could be going through as leaders as they have gone into a 2-0 lead away to current leaders Ajax. Romelu Lukaku got both goals.

Celtic goal: A potential lifeline for Celtic or an early consolation? Mark Wilson swings a cross over from the left that Paul McGowan get on the end of and Marc-Antoine Fortune spins before firing home.

Rapid goal: Things go from bad to worse for Celtic as their defence is opened up down the left and Hamdi Salihi has the simple task to sidefoot home.

1816: We're having a few technical problems, so please give us a moment.

1811: Rapid Vienna have had the highest average support in the Europa League so far this season - 49,000. And their fans are in full voice just 11 minutes into the game.

Rapid Vienna goal: Nikica Jelavic gets on the end of a swift move which saw Rapid break Celtic's offside trap. An easy tap-in from four yards. It could be a long night...or early evening.

1805: Unfortunately for Celtic, Flood's shot had all the strength of a tea-dunked butter puff biscuit.

1804: Willo Flood gives the shivering travelling fans something to thaw their mood as he turns in the box and has a shot.

1803: There is a smattering of snow on the pitch so the players are using an orange ball. Always adds a touch of intrigue somehow, like dangerous wingers wearing gloves.

1802: Aptly named side, this Rapid Vienna.

Rapid Vienna goal: Groan... In just 35 seconds Jelavic pings in a left-foot shot from the edge of the box and Celtic are caught cold. Artur Boruc was well beaten low to his right.

1800: And we're under way at the Ernst Happel Stadium, snow fluttering down.

1757: If Belgium's representatives continue to gather points in the Europa League and Champions League, they could move into 15th place in the rankings ahead of Scotland, meaning Scotland's league winners would have to play two or three qualifying rounds the season after next. Celtic v Arsenal again, anyone?

1754: Now, about the idea that this match is meaningless... Scottish teams have performed abysmally in European competition this season and the country's co-efficient has taken a hammering. Celtic need to win to earn the two Uefa co-efficient points that might just keep Scotland ahead of Belgium.

1750: As always, we love to hear from you wherever you may be. The other night we had a guy following the live text commentary from his chip shop. What a great image. So, text 81111 or join the debate on 606 .

1749: Celtic have about 800 fans over in Vienna, browsing the Christmas markets for marzipan gifts for loved ones and perhaps sampling the local beers.

1747: Wow! Willo Flood. Let the name sink in for a moment... Yes, the talented and exciting Irishman who starred for Dundee United before moving to Celtic and disappearing. Let's hope he seizes his rare chance to shine.

1745: Sitting in front of McManus will be midfielders Willo Flood and Niall McGinn, who have replaced Aiden McGeady and Barry Robson, with only the latter starting on the bench.

1744: So Celtic manager Tony Mowbray has given striker Paul McGowan his first start of the season as strike partner for Marc-Antoine Fortune. Mark Wilson and Paul Caddis get rare starts in the full-back positions and Stephen McManus replaces Glenn Loovens.

1743: And the Rapid Vienna line-up is as follows: Hedl, Dober, Soma, Patocka, Katzer, Hoffmann, Kulovits, Boskovic, Kavlak, Salihi, Jelavic. Subs: Konigshofer, Thonhofer, Drazan, Trimmel, Kayhan, Konrad, Ildiz.

1742: Here is the Celtic team: Boruc, Caddis, Loovens, McManus, Wilson, Flood, N'Guemo, Crosas, McGinn, Fortune, McGowan. Subs: Zaluska, Hinkel, Caldwell, McDonald, Robson, Killen, Carey.

1739: Let's get this horrible phrase out of the way - "dead rubber". It sounds like the sort of thing a child would find at the bottom of his pencil case. In fact, it means that Celtic's tie against Rapid Vienna is meaningless because neither team can qualify for the last 32.

1736: Over in Vienna, it's a 47,000 sell-out at the Ernst Happel Stadium. Our Radio Scotland colleagues report that it is utterly freezing in the city. Let's hope they see some goals to get them jumping up and down.

1734: Everton take on BATE at Goodison at 2000 GMT on a busy night of Europa League football, at the end of which we will know which teams are through to the last 32 of the competition.

1731: Early team news for Celtic is that centre-half Stephen McManus is back in the team. Will he be wearing the captain's armband? Watch this space...

1730: A warm welcome on a cold evening to the live text commentary of tonight's European football action, starting with Rapid Vienna v Celtic, which kicks off at 1800 GMT.