⚽ The Kick-Off | Friday 16th May 2025
No lower league reconstruction planned. Aberdeen sign Milanovic. McInnes will not be in the Killie dugout on Sunday. Sean Crighton new Queen's Park Head Coach. SWNT squad announced.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #60: Only 431 fans turned up to see Gretna lose 2-1 to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Premier League in 2008. The match was played at Fir Park, Motherwell.
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NEWS
👎 There will be no changes to the make-up of the lower leagues.
The Competitions Working Group asked Championship clubs to consider changing the size of the league, but there was not enough support for the revamped size.
As a result, changes to League One and the proposed eight-team League Two have also been shelved.
The Competitions Working Group is also expected to recommend to the SPFL that the Premiership Play-Off format should not be changed. - Stephen McGowan, The Herald
🔵 Kilmarnock have announced that Derek McInnes and his assistants won’t be in the Rugby Park dugout for their final game of the season against his future employers, Hearts.
McInnes was in charge against Motherwell on Wednesday in what turned out to be his last game as manager. - Andy Coyle, STV
✍️ Aberdeen have signed Australian winger Nicolas Milanovic from A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers.
Milanovic, who scored 12 goals this season, will cost the Pittodrie club £400,000. - Paul Third, The Press & Journal
🔵 In an open letter to the fans, St Johnstone owner Adam Webb has backed Simo Valakari as manager in the Championship next season, describing him as a ‘visionary coach’. - St Johnstone website
⚽️ Melissa Andreatta has announced her first Scotland Women’s National Team squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and the Netherlands.
🆕 Sean Crighton has been appointed the new Head Coach of Queen’s Park.
Crighton led the Queen’s Park B-Team to the SPFL Reserve League title last season. - Queen’s Park website
👋 Inverness Caledonian Thistle have provided their end-of-season squad update. Ethan Cairns is the sole player released so far and 11 players have signed new contracts. - Inverness Caledonian Thistle website
👋 Scott Allan, Liam Brown, Adam Corbett, Ross Cunningham, James Lyon, Kirk Broadfoot and Billy Owens are all leaving Kelty Hearts. - Kelty Hearts website
✍️ Montrose have announced the signing of former Dundee United and Raith Rovers full-back Kieran Freeman.
It is Montrose’s second signing in as many days after signing forward Euan Loudon from Brechin City.
🏆 Don Robertson has been appointed the Scottish Cup Final referee for next weekend’s showpiece between Aberdeen and Celtic.
Dan McFarlane will take charge of the Women’s Scottish Cup Final between Glasgow City and Rangers Women the following day. - Scottish FA website
🤬 Dick Campbell will be in the dugout for East Fife tonight despite being sent-off in their first leg League One Play-Off Final win over Annan Athletic.
Campbell has been served a Scottish FA notice of complaint and will face a disciplinary hearing during the close season. - Iain Collin, The Courier
🏅 League Two top goalscorer Alan Trouten has been named the William Hill League Two Player of the Season.
The 39-year-old scored 22 league goals this campaign. - SPFL website
🤔 The Courier has outlined all the permutations for the final day battle for the European spots between Aberdeen, Dundee United and St Mirren. - Alan Temple, The Courier
👋 Steven Fletcher has taken to Instagram to announce his departure from Wrexham.
The former Scotland international started his post by saying it wasn’t his choice.
🆓 East of Scotland First Division side Lochore Welfare are offering free entry for their final game of the season at home to Whitehill Welfare.
The Fife side need just one point to avoid relegation and are hoping for a bumper crowd at Central Park in Crosshill.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ William Hill Premiership Play-Off Semi-Final Second Leg
Livingston (2) v (0) Partick Thistle (7.45pm)
➡️ William Hill League One Play-Off Final Second Leg
Annan Athletic (2) v (3) East Fife (7.30pm)
plus youth and West of Scotland League fixtures - view all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
Scottish Football On TV This Weekend
📺 Friday
Annan Athletic v East Fife (BBC Alba: 7.30pm)
Livingston v Partick Thistle (BBC Scotland: 7.45pm)
Sacked in the Morning (BBC Scotland: 10.30pm)
Pitch Invasion: How the Scottish and Irish Changed Football (BBC Scotland: 11pm)
📺 Saturday
Celtic v St Mirren (Sky Sports: 12.30pm)
Airdrieonians v Cove Rangers (BBC Alba: 5.30pm)
Sportscene: Premiership Highlights (BBC Scotland: 7.15pm)
Icons of Football: Rose Reilly (BBC Scotland: 8.15pm)
📺 Sunday
Glasgow City v Heart of Midlothian Women (BBC Alba: 12 noon)
Rangers Women v Hibernian Women (Sky Sports: 12 noon)
Sportscene: Premiership Highlights (BBC Scotland: 7.15pm)
Icons of Football: Archie McPherson (BBC Scotland: 8.15pm)
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