⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 15th September 2025
Weekend round-up. Inverness Caley officially out of administration. Signings for Ross County, Morton, Raith Rovers, Alloa and Stirling. Ivan Dolček wins player of the month.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #146:
Partick Thistle were the last winners of the Tennent's Sixes in 1993WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Celtic and Hearts remain at the top of the league. Aberdeen are bottom but picked up their first point of the season. They are, however, still awaiting their first league goal. Motherwell (five draws), Kilmarnock (four draws, one defeat), Rangers (four draws, one defeat), and Dundee (three draws, two defeats) are also looking for their first win of the season.
Aberdeen 0-0 Livingston
Dundee 1-1 Motherwell
Falkirk 1-2 St Mirren
Hibernian 3-3 Dundee United
Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic
Rangers 0-2 Heart of Midlothian
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone are three points clear at the top of the league. Half the division are still looking for their first league wins of the season: Airdrieonians, Ayr United, Greenock Morton, Queen’s Park, and Ross County.
Arbroath 0-5 Dunfermline Athletic
Ayr United 1-1 Ross County
Partick Thistle 2-1 Airdrieonians
Queen’s Park 0-0 Greenock Morton
Raith Rovers 0-2 St Johnstone
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Stenhousemuir have gone top following their 1-0 win on Saturday. Inverness are now one point off the top despite their five-point deduction. Bottom-side Cove Rangers are the only League One club looking for their first league win of the season.
Alloa Athletic 0-1 Montrose
Cove Rangers 0-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
East Fife 2-1 Queen of the South
Kelty Hearts 0-1 Stenhousemuir
Peterhead 2-2 Hamilton Academical
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
The Spartans are back on top. Edinburgh City have closed the gap at the bottom to five points after their 15-point deduction. Stranraer are the only League Two side without a win.
Annan Athletic 0-6 Clyde
Edinburgh City 2-2 East Kilbride
Elgin City 3-0 Stirling Albion
Forfar Athletic 2-3 Dumbarton
Stranraer 0-2 The Spartans
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
Rangers are top. One point ahead of Celtic and two points ahead of Glasgow City, although City have a game in hand. The wait goes on for Hamilton’s first points of the season.
Aberdeen 2-4 Celtic
Hamilton Academical 0-1 Glasgow City
Heart of Midlothian 3-0 Motherwell
Hibernian 5-0 Montrose
Partick Thistle 1-4 Rangers
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Brian Graham (Falkirk - 88’), Kelechi Iheanacho (Celtic - 90+6’); Jamie McGrath (Hibernian - 86’); Josh McPake (St Johnstone - 88’); Stuart McKinstry (Hamilton Academical - 88’); Cammy Russell (The Spartans - 86’), Leighton McIntosh (Dumbarton - 89’); May Cruft (Rangers Women - 87’), Hannah Luke (Celtic Women - 86’), Kim Shin-Ji (Rangers Women - 90’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Vicko Sevelj (Dundee United), Yan Dhanda (Dundee); Jack Harkness (Stirling Albion), Sean Docherty (Stranraer); Lana Golob (Glasgow City)
NEWS
🔵 Alan Savage, the new owner and chairman of Inverness Caledonian Thistle, has confirmed the League One club has officially exited administration. - Paul Chalk, The Press & Journal
🏅 Dundee United’s Ivan Dolček has won the William Hill Premiership Player of the Month for August. - SPFL website
✍️ Ross County signed 30-year-old midfielder Scott Fraser following his summer departure from Dundee. - Ross County website
🔵 Greenock Morton signed Cammy MacPherson on a one-year deal over the weekend. The 28-year-old midfielder left St Johnstone during the summer. - Greenock Morton website
✍️ Raith Rovers have signed Paul Nsio on loan from Rangers. Despite having a co-operation agreement, this deal is a straight season-long loan as he is not eligible to play for Scotland. - Iain Collin, The Courier
🔵 Three more Rangers youth players have headed out on loan as part of co-operation agreements.
Midfielder Lewis Stewart has joined Alloa Athletic, and Chris Eadie and Connor Campbell have joined Stirling Albion. - Blair Meikle, The Herald
➡️ In a reduced card in the Breedon Highland League on Saturday due to cup games, Nairn County were the biggest winners with a 4-0 win over bottom-of-the-table Rothes. Formartine United moved back into second with a 3-1 home win over Buckie Thistle. - view the Highland League table here
🏆 There were no games in the Parks Motor Group Lowland League this weekend due to cup ties.
Linlithgow Rose beat league rivals Clydebank on penalties in the South Challenge Cup Second Round. Tranent knocked out fellow Lowland League side Broxburn Athletic. Gala Fairydean Rovers suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to West of Scotland Football League Third Division side Knightswood.
University of Stirling were 3-0 up at half-time against South of Scotland League Mid Annandale. The game finished 15-1 to the Lowland League club. Thomas Vonk scored six of the goals in the second half.
⚽️ In Italy, Lewis Ferguson started for Bologna in their 1-0 defeat to AC Milan.
Che Adams was a second-half substitute for Torino in their 1-0 away win over AS Roma. Josh Doig put in a solid display in Sassuolo’s 1-0 win over Lazio.
Scott McTominay played the full 90 minutes in Napoli’s 3-1 away win at Fiorentina. Billy Gilmour was a 93rd-minute sub.
Lennon Miller is still waiting to make his debut for Udinese. He was an unused substitute in the 1-0 win over Pisa.
🆕 Hibernian unveiled a special 150th anniversary shirt at the weekend, which they wore for their 3-3 home draw with Dundee United.
🆕 Inverness Caledonian Thistle revealed their new pink and black away kit.
🔵 Rangers have revealed that the SPFL has opened an investigation over pyrotechnic incidents at Fir Park during their opening Premiership match of the season against Motherwell. - Andy Coyle, STV
⚫️ Elgin City’s Dylan Gavin has left the club to return to his native Ireland for personal reasons. - Elgin City on X
🏆 The Scottish Cup Preliminary Round Two replay between Kilwinning Rangers and Penicuik Athletic has been scheduled for Wednesday. Despite Kilwinning winning the original game 4-2, a replay was ordered after they made six substitutes during the game. - Penicuik Athletic on X
🔵 Davie Weir has left his position as technical director at Brighton & Hove Albion, with Tony Bloom explaining that the club is looking to refresh its approach. - Brian Owen, The Argus
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Missing the Celtic goal from the late goal society.