⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 13th April 2026
Weekend round-up. Monthly awards for Mark Wilson and Gary Naysmith. Brora Rangers win the Highland League. Goals for McTominay, Bowie, Hirst and McBurnie.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #286: Neil Lennon will become just the fourth manager to manage three different clubs in Scottish Cup Semi-Finals - Bob Shankly (Third Lanark, Dundee, Hibernian), Davie White (Clyde, Rangers, Dundee) and Tommy McLean (Motherwell, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United).
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
The top three all won, which means it is as you are going into the split. Hearts lead Rangers by one point and Celtic by three. Aberdeen picked up a precious three points at home to Hibernian for Stephen Robinson’s first win in charge. Kilmarnock remain second bottom, with Livingston 12 points adrift at the bottom.
Aberdeen 2-0 Hibernian
Celtic 1-0 St Mirren
Dundee United 3-2 Livingston
Falkirk 3-6 Rangers
Heart of Midlothian 3-1 Motherwell
Kilmarnock 2-2 Dundee
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone remain five points clear of Partick Thistle with three games left. Queen’s Park are now nine points clear of Airdrieonians in the relegation play-off spot and 11 points ahead of Ross County.
Ayr United 1-0 Arbroath
Partick Thistle 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic
Queen’s Park 1-0 Ross County
Raith Rovers 3-2 Greenock Morton
St Johnstone 4-0 Airdrieonians
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Stenhousemuir stay two points ahead of Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the top after their draw. Caley still have a game in hand. Both Kelty Hearts and Hamilton Academical picked up important wins that keep Cove Rangers looking over their shoulder.
East Fife 2-1 Peterhead
Hamilton Academical 1-0 Alloa Athletic
Kelty Hearts 3-1 Montrose
Queen of the South 2-0 Cove Rangers
Stenhousemuir 1-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
It was quite the Saturday afternoon in League Two. Both the top two lost and Elgin City dropped out the play-off positions after a 3-0 home defeat to Annan Athletic. Edinburgh City will officially finish bottom and face the winner of the Brora Rangers v Lowland League winners play-off.
Dumbarton 2-1 Stirling Albion
Edinburgh City 0-2 Clyde
Elgin City 0-3 Annan Athletic
Forfar Athletic 1-0 East Kilbride
The Spartans 1-2 Stranraer
View the League Two table here
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian - 87’), Bojan Miovski (Rangers - 88’), Pierre Landry Kabore (Heart of Midlothian - 90+2’), Zac Sapsford (Dundee United - 90+3’)
Wullie Gibson (Annan Athletic - 85’), Tommy Goss (Annan Athletic - 90+2’),
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Grant Hanley (Hibernian), Kai Kirkpatrick (Dumbarton)
NEWS
🏆 Congratulations to Brora Rangers on winning the Breedon Highland League for the second successive season. A day of what could have been for Brechin City.
Despite Brora only drawing 1-1 at Huntly, Brechin capitulated to a 4-1 defeat away at Turriff United. It is back-to-back titles for the Cattachs. - view the Highland League
➡️ It is now advantage Linlithgow Rose in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League title race.
With just one game left, Linlithgow are two points clear of Clydebank after beating the Bankies 4-1 on Saturday. Bonnyrigg Rose are now essentially out of the running, bar a significant win over Linlithgow next weekend plus Clydebank dropping points, after drawing 2-2 with Broxburn Athletic.
Clydebank are at home to Caledonian Braves, with Bonnyrigg hosting Linlithgow Rose. - view the Lowland League table here
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😬 Forfar Athletic have condemned the actions of a large group of youths who were causing trouble outside the ground after their 1-0 win at home to East Kilbride. - Iona Young, BBC
🏅 Partick Thistle’s Mark Wilson has won his fourth manager of the month award of the season. Wilson picked up the Glen’s Vodka Championship Manager of the Month for March. - SPFL website
🏅 Stenhousemuir’s Gary Naysmith won the League One award. - SPFL website
✍️ Queen of the South signed Falkirk goalkeeper Jamie Sneddon on an emergency loan. - Queen of the South website
⚽️ Both Scott McTominay and Kieron Bowie were on the scoresheet in Serie A this weekend.
McTominay scored the equaliser in Napoli’s 1-1 draw with Parma. Bowie’s goal wasn’t enough to prevent Hellas Verona from losing 2-1 to Torino.
⚽️ George Hirst and Oli McBurnie were on target in the EFL Championship this weekend.
Hirst is up to 10 goals for Ipswich this season. McBurnie has scored 15 goals for Hull City.
Scotland Under-21 international Emilio Lawrence scored for Luton Town in the EFL Trophy Final at Wembley yesterday.
The on-loan Manchester City forward scored to cancel out former St Johnstone striker Adamah Sidibeh’s opener for Stockport County. Luton went on to win the final 3-1.
🟢 Julian Araujo isn’t likely to play again for Celtic this season after suffering another injury blow. - Matthew Fulton, STV
📝 It is getting to that time of year when the contract extension announcements start ramping up.
Jackson Longridge has signed a one-year extension at Greenock Morton. - Greenock Morton on X
Stenhousemuir’s Dale Carrick has extended his contract at Ochilview for a further year. - Stenhousemuir FC website
Peterhead goalkeeper Jack Newman has signed a new two-year deal at Balmoor. - Peterhead FC website
🆕Mark Blackbourne has been appointed the independent lead by the Scottish FA for the review into the Scottish Cup Quarter-Final disorder between Rangers and Celtic last month. - Scottish FA website
😬 Inverurie Loco Works and Strathspey Thistle have both been deducted three points by the Breedon Highland League for naming ineligible players in their squads. - Callum Law, The Press & Journal
🍺 The Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal has launched “Everywhere We Brew: TASA Collaboration Project” - limited-edition beers celebrating Scotland’s return to the World Cup.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 61
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