The Scottish Football Association is to meet the Scottish Senior Football Referees' Association on Tuesday in an attempt to avert this weekend's strike.

SFA chief executive Stewart Regan told BBC 5 live that he hopes to give referees "assurances about support going forward" to halt the walkout. But he said: "The primary focus is to make sure the fixtures are officiated. "We are looking around Europe, talking to a number of associations and trying to put a contingency plan in place."

Regan is understood to be focusing his efforts on sourcing referees from Ireland and Scandinavia to cover about 20 matches which are threatened by the Scottish officials' decision to strike on Saturday and Sunday.
He said: "In the first instance we are keen to understand what we could do as an association to make sure the games could go ahead this weekend."

The Football Association of Ireland say no contact has been made by the SFA.