⚽ The Kick-Off | Friday 20th June 2025
New SPFL fixtures. Hamilton get approval to play at Broadwood. New signings for Hearts, Kilmarnock, Ross County, Queen's Park, Inverness, Queen of the South and, Annan.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #85: Six European Finals have been played at Hampden. They have all been won by a Spanish or German team.
NEWS
🆚 The fixtures for the new SPFL season are announced at 9am today.
If you are reading this after 9am, you will be able to see them on the SPFL website.
🏟️ The SPFL has approved Hamilton Academical’s move to Broadwood.
Accies have agreed a two-year lease with North Lanarkshire Council to play their home matches in Cumbernauld.
Clyde, who played at Broadwood, recently announced that they will be playing at New Douglas Park in Hamilton for another season.- Hamilton Academical website
✍️ Hearts have completed the loan signing of former Kilmarnock defender Stuart Findlay from Oxford United. - Heart of Midlothian website
🔵 Kilmarnock have made their fifth summer signing with the arrival of defender George Stanger from Ayr United. - Kilmarnock website
🔴 New Zealand defender James McGarry has left Aberdeen to join Brisbane Roar in the Australian A-League. - Aberdeen FC website
✍️ Sunderland defender Ben Crompton will join Championship side Ross County on July 1st.
The defender is the Staggies fourth summer signing. - Ross County website
⚫️ Queen’s Park have made defender Euan Murray their fifth signing in the past week. - Queen’s Park FC website
🟢 Celtic have signed 17-year-old defender Isaac English from Greenock Morton.
English will join up with the Celtic B team. - Celtic FC website
✍️ Partick Thistle have signed Lewis Budinauckas on a one-year deal from Rangers.
The goalkeeper was on loan at Firhill last season. - Partick Thistle website
🟡 Budinauckas wasn’t the only arrival at Firhill yesterday. Alex Rae has been appointed as Mark Wilson’s assistant at Partick Thistle.
Rae was most recently on the coaching staff at Rangers. - Partick Thistle website
⚪️ Defender Mikey Devlin has left Ayr United. - Ayr United on X
🔵 Midfielder Harry Cochrane and forward Adam Brooks have both decided to leave Queen of the South at the end of their contracts. - Queen of the South website
✍️ Meanwhile, Queen of the South have signed one-time Livingston forward Kurtis Guthrie. The 32-year-old joins from English non-league side Jersey Bulls FC. - Queen of the South website
🔵 Inverness Caledonian Thistle have signed right-back Ross Millen. The defender was most recently with Morecambe.
Inverness also announced that Remi Savage has signed a contract extension with the club yesterday. - Inverness Caledonian Thistle website
💷 The Scottish FA fined Rangers £3000 for the ‘corrupt’ comments made by John Brown on Rangers TV.
The Ibrox club says that the ‘lack of consistency with the Scottish FA’s policing of similar incidents leaves more questions than answers’. - David Irvine, Rangers Review
✍️ Joel Mumbongo is Annan Athletic’s first signing of the summer. The 26-year-old forward played for Dumbarton last season and joins on a one-year deal. - Annan Athletic website
✍️ Former Aberdeen midfielder Dean Campbell has signed for EFL League one side Northampton Town from Barrow.
Northampton are managed by Kevin Nolan. - Northampton Town website
🧑💻 Clyde have advertised their vacancy for a new CEO. - Clyde FC website
🏟️ West of Scotland Football League Premier Division club Largs Thistle have started a GoFundMe to help raise £7500 to get them over the line and pay for their licence fee.
The club have already commenced important work on their home ground to bring it up to Scottish FA Club Licence entry-level standards. - Largs Thistle GoFundMe
🏆 The Bell's Whisky League Championship Trophy won by Rangers for their nine-in-a-row season has sold at auction for £20,600 to an unknown buyer. - Claire Thomson, BBC
🆕 Falkirk are the latest Premiership club to unveil their home shirt.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
There are no Scottish football fixtures today but the first pre-season friendlies take place tomorrow. You can view all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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