⚽ The Kick-Off | Friday 23rd May 2025
Livingston and Ross County draw. SPFL board threaten to block Hamilton move. St Mirren release six players. A new record is set for a Scottish football shirt at auction.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #65: Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton, East Fife, Clyde, Dunfermline Athletic and Inverness Caledonian Thistle have all won the Scottish Cup since Dundee's only Scottish Cup trophy in 1910.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 William Hill SPFL Premiership Play-Off Final First Leg
Livingston 1 - 1 Ross County
NEWS
⚽️ An extremely late penalty for Ross County tied the first leg of the Premiership Play-Off Final 1-1.
Livingston had gone ahead through a Danny Wilson goal. Wilson then gave away the penalty at the end of the second half, which Ronan Hale converted.
The second leg takes place in Dingwall on Monday.
⛔️ The SPFL board has threatened to block Hamilton Academical’s proposed move to Broadwood.
Hamilton have been asked for assurances and evidence that supporters are behind the move. The Hamilton Academical Fans Working Group has written to the SPFL board urging the league to approve the move, however, another supporters group has welcomed the potential intervention. - Stephen McGowan, The Herald
⚫️ St Mirren have released Dennis Adeniran, Caolan Boyd-Munce, Elvis Bwomono, Owen Foster, Gallagher Lennon and Richard Taylor. - St Mirren website
✍️ Roland Idowu will join St Mirren permanently after his loan expires from Shrewsbury Town. - St Mirren website
🤝 Darren O’Dea is set to leave Celtic as pathway manager to join Swansea City as Alan Sheehan's assistant manager. - BBC
🔵 Connor Scully will be leaving Cove Rangers this summer after 567 appearances for the club. He has signed for Highland League side Formartine United, who have already signed Rory McAllister. - Callum Law, The Press & Journal
💷 A new report by Begbies Traynor into Scottish football clubs has shown the number in financial distress has risen to five. - Mark McDougall, The Herald
⚽️ Rangers coach Laurie Ellis has joined Hearts as Head of Academy Coaching. - Barry Anderson, Edinburgh Evening News
🔵 Tommy McLean’s Rangers shirt from the 3-2 1972 Cup Winners’ Cup Final win against Dynamo Moscow in the Nou Camp has fetched £19,000 at auction, a record for a Scottish football shirt. - Kieran Webster, Glasgow Live
🏆 Tomorrow’s Scottish Cup Final programme design has been revealed.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🤝 Under-20 International Friendly
Slovakia v Scotland (4pm)
plus cup games and SWPL 2 play-off - view all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
Scottish Football On TV This Weekend
📺 Friday
Napoli v Cagliari (TNT Sports: 7.45pm)
Scotland’s Game (BBC Scotland: 9pm)
Sacked in the Morning (BBC Scotland: 10.30pm)
📺 Saturday
Aberdeen v Celtic (BBC One Scotland: 3pm)
Sportscene: Scottish Cup Final Highlights (BBC Scotland: 7.15pm)
Pitch Invasion: How the Scottish and Irish Changed Football (BBC Scotland: 11pm)
📺 Sunday
Glasgow City v Rangers (BBC One Scotland: 2pm)
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Love that programme cover!