⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 10th August 2026
Weekend round-up. Latest SPFL transfers including signings for Aberdeen, Dundee United and Falkirk. Sevilla have offer for Robbie Ure accepted. Scottish FA to hold Scottish football summit.
Random Scottish Football Fact #366:
Aberdeen last won an away game on 6th December 2025 - a 3-1 win away at Dundee
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Celtic and St Mirren are the only two Premiership teams to win both their games so far. Martin O’Neill missed Celtic’s game after his recent surgery. Kilmarnock are now the only club not to pick up a point so far. Falkirk are the only side yet to score.
Dundee 2-0 Aberdeen
Heart of Midlothian 4-0 Dundee United
Kilmarnock 1-5 Celtic
Motherwell 0-0 Falkirk
Rangers 1-2 Hibernian
St Mirren 1-0 St Johnstone
view the Premiership league table
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
Partick Thistle are the only club to maintain their 100% record in the Championship, admittedly after only two games. Inverness Caledonian Thistle have started their season with two 0-0 draws. Greenock Morton and Arbroath are also looking for their first goals.
Arbroath 0-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 Ayr United
Partick Thistle 2-0 Livingston
Queen’s Park 1-2 Raith Rovers
Stenhousemuir 2-0 Greenock Morton
view the Championship league table
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Hamilton and Ross County made it two wins from two. Queen of the South and Montrose are still searching for their first points of the season. Alloa Athletic and Cove Rangers are awaiting their first goals.
Airdrieonians 1-1 East Kilbride
East Fife 2-0 Cove Rangers
Hamilton Academical 1-0 Alloa Athletic
Queen of the South 0-1 Peterhead
Ross County 2-1 Montrose
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
League Two is the only SPFL division with no clubs with wins from both of their first two games. Elgin, The Spartans and Forfar have a win and a draw. More than 1000 fans attended Dumbarton’s 1-0 win over Clyde. Edinburgh City, who started on minus five points, are four points behind Stranraer. The Dumfries and Galloway club are the only League Two side to lose both their first games.
Dumbarton 1-0 Clyde
Elgin City 1-1 Forfar Athletic
Kelty Hearts 3-2 Stirling Albion
Stranraer 0-1 Annan Athletic
The Spartans 2-2 Edinburgh City
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Miguel Chaiwa Own Goal (Rangers - 85’), Brian Graham (Ross County - 86’), Innes Lawson (Edinburgh City - 87’), Jayden Fairley (East Fife - 87’), Robert Cole (Kelty Hearts - 88’), Gus Stevenson (Stenhousemuir - 90+2’), Callum Wright (Hibernian - 90+3’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
(sent off over the weekend)
No one was sent off in the SPFL at the weekend
LATEST NEWS
🔴 Aberdeen are up to 13 summer signings. The 25-year-old Belgian forward Mitchy Ntelo joined the Dons from Swiss side Yverdon-Sport for an undisclosed fee. - Aberdeen FC website
🟠 Dundee United have signed 22-year-old Romanian international left-back Kevin Ciubotaru from FC Hermannstadt. - Dundee United website
✍️ Falkirk added 21-year-old midfielder Finley Barbrook on loan from Ipswich Town on Friday. He is the Bairns’ 13th signing of the summer. - Falkirk FC website
💷 Hearts have accepted a £1.7 million bid from an unnamed Turkish club for Greek winger Alexandros Kyziridis. - Brian McLauchlin, BBC
✍️ Sevilla are looking to buy Robbie Ure for a deal worth £7.9 million from his Swedish club IK Sirius. The 22-year-old has scored 31 goals in 50 appearances for the Swedes. - BBC
✍️ Here is your roundup of signings across the rest of the SPFL.
Alloa Athletic signed 18-year-old forward Josh Farquhar on loan from St Mirren. - Alloa Athletic website
Arbroath signed Charlie Dewar on loan from Dundee United. The defender had a successful loan at Alloa last season. - Dundee United website
Dunfermline Athletic signed 19-year-old Ugandan midfielder Allan Oyirwoth on loan from MLS club New England Revolution. - Dunfermline Athletic website
The Pars also signed 21-year-old Nigerian forward Olamilekan Adams on an initial two-year deal after he left Czech side K Dynamo České Budějovice. - Dunfermline Athletic website
Greenock Morton signed MacKenzie Carse on a one-year deal. The 22-year-old midfielder was most recently at Stirling Albion. - Greenock Morton website
Inverness Caledonian Thistle have brought former Academy graduate Daniel MacKay back to the club on a short-term deal. - Inverness Caledonian Thistle website
Raith Rovers signed Calum Adamson on loan from Rangers. The midfielder made his debut in their 2-1 win away at Queen’s Park. - Raith Rovers website
Stenhousemuir signed Andrew Shinnie on a one-year deal after he left Livingston this summer. - Stenhousemuir FC website
The Spartans brought Ricardo Dinanga in on loan from EFL League Two side Shrewsbury Town. - The Spartans website
🔵 Rangers forward Youssef Chermiti will undergo a scan today after being stretchered off against Hibernian yesterday. Derek McInnes also confirmed the Ibrox club turned a significant bid, reportedly £22 million, from Galatasaray. - Joshua Barrie, The Rangers Review
🟢 Celtic winger Jota returned to training at the end of last week after 16 months out with injury. - BBC Sport Scotland on X
⚽ Five clubs are on 10 points at the top of the Breedon Highland League after the weekend. Brora Rangers and Lossiemouth dropped their first points of the season following 2-2 draws away at Buckie Thistle and Keith respectively. Fraserburgh, Buckie and Turriff United are also on 10 points.
Rothes’ game against Clachnacuddin was postponed due to the sudden death of Rothes’ vice-chairman Jeffrey Dhillon. - view the Highland League table here
⚽ There were also plenty of goals in the Lowland League East and West.
In the East, Broxburn Athletic and Tranent made it four wins from four. Bonnyrigg Rose beat East Stirlingshire 4-1 to move into third. Dunipace, University of Stirling and Cowdenbeath are still looking for their first points of the season.
In the West, Pollok remain top despite drawing 2-2 away at Newton Stewart. Auchinleck Talbot have won their three games so far, including Saturday’s 1-0 win over Cumbernauld Colts. The Ayrshire club have scored 16 and conceded none so far. Dalbeattie Star are the only Lowland League West club to not win a point so far. - view the Lowland League tables here
⚽ The Scottish FA are hosting a summit around the future of the national game in St Andrews at the start of September. The summit will be hosted by Ian Maxwell and Craig Mulholland, with all SPFL clubs receiving an invite. - Scott Mullen & Kenny Macintyre, BBC
🔙 Billy Gilmour made his first return to playing in a Napoli friendly after picking up the knee injury that ruled him out of the World Cup.
⚽ Ian Cathro got off to a winning start in French Ligue 2 - his Saint-Étienne side were 3-0 winners over Sochaux.
✍️ EFL club Notts County signed former Aberdeen and Scotland youth international Dean Campbell from Northampton Town. - Notts County website
🆕 Kelty Hearts launched their new away shirt.
👕 Celtic and Rangers’ home shirts as well as Dunfermline Athletic’s away shirt have been included alongside a wide selection of European shirts in the BBC’s choice of best new kits. - you can vote for your favourite here
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
No senior Scottish football fixtures today 👎
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