⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 2nd February 2026
Weekend round-up + all the latest SPFL transfers. Marvin Bartley becomes Livingston manager with David Martindale becoming Sporting Director. Che Adams scores for Torino.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #241: Airdrieonians' Adam Devine's grandfather is Scottish singer Sydney Devine - one for the older subscribers that one. (via @The_young_team on X)
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Hearts are once again six points clear at the top of the Premiership. Celtic moved back into second on goal difference. Livingston are now six points behind Kilmarnock at the bottom.
Celtic 2-0 Falkirk
Dundee United 0-3 Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian 0-0 Rangers
Kilmarnock 3-0 Aberdeen
Livingston 0-2 Motherwell
St Mirren 0-0 Dundee
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
A 96th-minute equaliser for Partick Thistle away to St Johnstone on Friday night kept it as you were at the top. The Perth side remain a point ahead with a game in hand. Ross County went bottom again following their defeat at Morton.
Ayr United 2-1 Raith Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic 0-2 Airdrieonians
Greenock Morton 2-1 Ross County
Queen’s Park 2-1 Arbroath
St Johnstone 2-2 Partick Thistle
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Three 2-2 draws and a 3-2 provided the excitement in League One on Saturday. Montrose were the only winners. Taylor Sutherland’s hat-trick compounded East Fife to their seventh consecutive defeat in all competitions.
Alloa Athletic 2-2 Cove Rangers
East Fife 2-3 Montrose
Kelty Hearts 0-0 Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South 2-2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Stenhousemuir 2-2 Peterhead
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
East Kilbride reduced the gap to six points at the top of League Two. Bottom club Edinburgh City are now just two points behind Dumbarton following their win on Saturday. Had City not received their 15 point deduction at the start of the season, they would currently be sitting in fourth position.
Annan Athletic 1-1 Clyde
Dumbarton 1-2 Edinburgh City
East Kilbride 3-1 Forfar Athletic
Elgin City 3-3 The Spartans
Stirling Albion 1-1 Stranraer
View the League Two table here
🏆 SKY SPORTS CUP SEMI-FINALS
Hibernian 1-2 Glasgow City
Rangers 3-3 Celtic (Rangers won 4-2 on penalties)
➡️ SWPL 1
Hamilton Academical 2-2 Aberdeen
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Alex Iacovitti (Greenock Morton - 89’), Oisin Smyth (Partick Thistle - 90+6’)
Dale Carrick (Stenhousemuir - 85’), Mitch Megginson (Cove Rangers - 85’), Luke Donnelly (Alloa Athletic - 90+2’)
Laura Berry (Rangers Women - 90+1’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Amar Fatah (Dundee United), Panutche Camara (Dundee United), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Jake Young (St Mirren), Chris Hamilton (Dunfermline Athletic)
NEWS
🦁 It was announced yesterday that Marvin Bartley has taken over as Livingston manager, with David Martindale moving into a Sporting Director role.
Livingston have won one league game all season, and Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat to Motherwell signalled the end of five years in charge for Martindale. - BBC
🟠 Dundee United have agreed a pre-contract with Auckland FC forward Jesse Randall. The 23-year-old will join in the summer. - Dundee United website
🟢 Martin O'Neill has confirmed that Freiburg striker Junior Adamu and Lorient winger Joel Mvuka are on their way to Celtic ahead of tonight’s transfer deadline. - Josh McCafferty, The Herald
🆚 Celtic will face Stuttgart in the UEFA Europa League Play-Off Round. The first leg will take place at Celtic Park on Thursday, 19th February, with the second leg the following week.
The winner of the tie will face Porto or Braga. - Chris Bertram, BBC
⚽️ Che Adams scored the winner and was named man of the match in Torino’s 1-0 win over Leece.
Scott McTominay played in Napoli’s 2-1 win over Fiorentina. Josh Doig started as Sassuolo beat Pisa 3-1.
Udinese play tonight against AS Roma. Bologna are back in action tomorrow against AC Milan. - view the Serie A table
⚽️ Lyndon Dykes scored his first goal for Charlton Athletic in their 2-0 away win over Leicester City.
Angus Gunn made his Nottingham Forest debut, coming on as a half-time substitute. in a 1-1 with Crystal Palace. Gunn may still look for a move today after Forest signed Manchester City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega yesterday.
⚽️ In Australia, Ryan Fraser scored his second goal in two games for Western Sydney Wanderers. Despite his goal, his side crashed to a 4-1 defeat to Sydney FC in the Sydney derby.
➡️ It was nearly a full card in the Breedon Highland League this weekend.
A late Jordan Macrae goal rescued a point at home for Brora Rangers against Keith. It was enough to put them one point clear from Formartine United at the top.
Clachnacuddin beat Banks o’Dee 3-2 to stay within touching distance. Fraserburgh suffered a 2-0 home defeat to Turriff United to lose pace on the leaders.
Rothes picked up only their third point of the season with a 1-1 draw with Wick Academy. Inverurie Loco Works and Nairn County were involved in an exciting 4-4 draw. - view the Highland League table here
🏆 The first round of the Lowland League Cup took place on Friday and Saturday.
Clydebank, Civil Service Strollers, Cumbernauld Colts, Gala Fairydean Rovers, and Linlithgow Rose all progressed to the second round.
Berwick Rangers v Bonnyrigg Rose was postponed.
🗓️ The dates for the final weekend of the SPFL Premiership have been confirmed.
The top six will conclude the season on Saturday, 16th May, with the bottom six finishing on Sunday, 17th May. - SPFL website
🏆 Fir Park will host the Sky Sports Cup Final between Glasgow City and Rangers Women on Sunday, 29th March. - SWPL website
🆕 Michael Tuohy has named his Scotland Women’s Under-17 squad for this month's MIMA Cup in Spain. - Scottish FA website
🔵 Peter Pawlett has signed a one-year contract extension at Peterhead. - Peterhead FC website
📝 Forfar Athletic goalkeeper Marc McCallum has also signed a one-year contract extension. - Forfar Athletic website
📝 As has Keith Watson at Annan Athletic. - Annan Athletic website
💷 Not news specifically, but there was an interesting article by Stephen McGowan in the Herald over the weekend about the financial future of Scottish women’s football. - Stephen McGowan, The Herald
LATEST TRANSFERS
Permanent Transfers
Dante Polvara - Aberdeen to St Louis City - Aberdeen FC website
Dennis Halliday - Corby Town to East Fife - East Fife website
Destiny Oladipo - FC Erith Town to East Fife - East Fife website
Dom Thomas - Ayr United to Airdrieonians - Airdrieonians website
Joe Hugill - Manchester United to Kilmarnock - Kilmarnock FC website
Kieron Bowie - Hibernian to Hellas Verona - Hibernian website
Matheus Machado - Montrose to Elgin City - Elgin City on X
Mark Russell - Stranraer to Stirling Albion - Stirling Albion website
Nicky Cleşcenco - FC Zimbru Chisinau to Kilmarnock - Kilmarnock FC website
Scott Rough - Stranraer to Crusaders - Stranraer FC website
Loan Signings
Dane Scarlett - Tottenham Hotspur to Hibernian - Hibernian website
Divine Iserhienrhien - Airdrieonians to Edinburgh City - Edinburgh City on X
Findlay Curtis - Rangers to Kilmarnock - Kilmarnock FC website
Freddie Turley - Derby County to Dunfermline Athletic - Dunfermline Athletic website
Joseph McGrath - Hibernian to Stranraer - Stranraer FC website
Thomas McHale - Elgin City to Nairn County - Nairn County website
Tom Lang - Falkirk to Arbroath - Arbroath FC on X
End of Loans
Lyle Wark - returns to Rangers from Forfar Athletic - Forfar Athletic website
Mahamadou Susoho - returns to Manchester City from Livingston - Livingston FC website
Released
Filip Stuparevic - released by Motherwell - Motherwell FC website
Nikolay Todorov - released by Arbroath - Arbroath FC on X
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 131
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
No Scottish football fixtures today 👎
The transfer window closes at 11pm.
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