⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 16th March 2026
Weekend round-up. Scott McTominay returns. Martin Boyle to leave Hibs. Tony Docherty departs Aberdeen. Wins for Scotland Men's and Women's Under-17s.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #271: David Narey holds the all-time appearance record for Dundee United, having made 872 competitive appearances for the club between 1973 and 1994.
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Just three points separate the top three sides following Hearts’ defeat to Kilmarnock. Despite picking up another point, Livingston have fallen nine points behind St Mirren and Kilmarnock. After conceding two added-time goals to Dundee, Dundee United are nine points behind sixth-placed Falkirk with three games left before the split.
Aberdeen 1-1 Falkirk
Celtic 3-1 Motherwell
Dundee 2-2 Dundee United
Hibernian 0-0 Livingston
Kilmarnock 1-0 Heart of Midlothian
St Mirren 0-1 Rangers
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone remain eight points ahead of Partick Thistle at the top. Thistle won their first away league game since September on Friday. It was Ross County’s turn to drop to the bottom of the league. They are 10th on goal difference. Fourth-placed Dunfermline have a four-point gap over Ayr United and Queen’s Park.
Airdrieonians 0-0 Arbroath
Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Raith Rovers
Greenock Morton 1-2 Partick Thistle
Queen’s Park 1-1 Ayr United
St Johnstone 1-0 Ross County
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Stenhousemuir have moved level on points with Inverness at the top after Cove Rangers goalkeeper Balint Demus scored a 94th-minute equaliser for. There was a nine-goal thriller at Links Park as Montrose beat Alloa 5-4.
Hamilton Academical 1-3 Queen of the South
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-1 Cove Rangers
Kelty Hearts 1-1 East Fife
Montrose 5-4 Alloa Athletic
Peterhead 0-1 Stenhousemuir
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
The League Two title race took another twist as The Spartans reduced East Kilbride’s lead to one point. The Edinburgh club also have a game in hand. Dumbarton are starting to pull away from Edinburgh City at the bottom. The gap is now six points. Had it not been for the points deduction, City would be level on points with fourth-placed Stranraer.
Annan Athletic 3-0 Edinburgh City
Elgin City 1-1 Dumbarton
Stirling Albion 0-3 Forfar Athletic
Stranraer 2-1 East Kilbride
The Spartans 2-1 Clyde
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
Glasgow City remain six points clear of Hearts at the top of SWPL 1 after the first round of post-split fixtures. Celtic are seven points behind and Rangers eight behind.
Celtic 1-1 Hibernian
Glasgow City 4-0 Partick Thistle
Heart of Midlothian 3-2 Rangers
Aberdeen 3-4 Motherwell
Montrose 6-0 Hamilton Academical
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Barney Stewart (Falkirk - 88’), Ashley Hay (Dundee - 90+4’), Ross Graham own goal (Dundee - 90+7’)
Alex Samuel (Partick Thistle - 90’), Chris Kane (Dunfermline Athletic - 90’), Andrew Tod (Dunfermline Athletic - 90+3’)
Callum Burnside (Alloa Athletic - 85’), Ross Taylor (Stenhousemuir - 89’), Balint Demus (GK) (Cove Rangers- 90+4’)
Abi Tobin (Aberdeen Women - 85’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Emmanuel Longelo (Motherwell)
NEWS
🏆 The dates and times of the men’s and women’s Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Semi-Finals have been confirmed.
Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk will be live on BBC One Scotland and Premier Sports on Saturday, 18th April. Celtic v St Mirren will be on Premier Sports only on the Sunday.
In the women’s semi-finals. Celtic v Glasgow City will be live on BBC Alba on Saturday, 2nd May. Rangers v Montrose will be on BBC Scotland on the Sunday. - Scottish FA website
🟢 Martin Boyle will leave Hibernian at the end of the season. The 33-year-old has scored 108 goals in 399 appearances across two stints at the club. - Brian McLauchlin, BBC
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🏅 The February awards were still being announced on Friday.
William Hill Premiership Player of the Month: Youssef Chermiti (Rangers)
William Hill SPFL Goal of the Month: Youssef Chermiti v Celtic
SWPL 1 Player of the Month: Nicole Kozlova (Glasgow City)
🔵 Stranraer manager Chris Aitken has signed a contract extension with the club alongside his brother, Steven, who is assistant manager. - Stranraer FC website
Stranraer also announced the pre-contract signing of West of Scotland Premier Division forward Aaron Healy. - Stranraer FC website
👏 Both the Scotland Men’s Under-17s and Scotland Women’s Under-17s recorded 2-0 victories in European Championship qualifiers.
The men’s under-17s beat Türkiye and will face Spain on Wednesday.
The women’s under-17s beat Switzerland and will take on Greece also on Wednesday.
⚽️ Kenny McLean scored for Norwich City in their 2-0 win over Preston North End.
John McGinn started his first game since knee surgery in Aston Villa’s 3-1 away defeat at Manchester United.
And in even more positive news, Ben Gannon-Doak was named as a substitute for Bournemouth at the weekend. The winger has been out injured since the Denmark game. Ryan Christie started as the Cherries drew 0-0 with Burnley.
🏆 Erin Cuthbert captained Chelsea to a 2-0 League Cup Final victory over Manchester United yesterday.
⚽️ Scott McTominay made his return from injury as a second-half substitute in Napoli’s 2-1 win over Leece. Billy Gilmour played the full game.
➡️ The three main title contenders in the Breedon Highland League scored 16 goals between them on Saturday.
Brora Rangers beat Deveronvale 8-1 at home, while there Brechin City beat Inverurie Loco Works 4-1 and Formartine United beat Rothes 4-0. - view the Highland League table here
➡️ The top four in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League all picked up wins.
Leaders Bonnyrigg Rose beat Hearts B 4-0. Second-placed Clydebank put six past East Stirlingshire without reply. Tranent beat Hearts B 3-1, and Linlithgow Rose, who have three games in hand over Bonnyrigg, beat Gretna 2008 2-0. - view the Lowland League table here
🔴 Interim assistant manager Tony Docherty has left Aberdeen following a review of the coaching structure. - Aberdeen FC website
🔴 Alfie Stewart, who is on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, has revealed he will be leaving Aberdeen at the end of his contract this summer. - Paul Chalk, The Press & Journal
🔴 The Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal has released a limited-edition whisky bottle in partnership with Fib Whisky. Distilled in 1998 and bottled this year, it marks Scotland’s return to the World Cup. - You can get your bottle here
🎟️ Newburgh Juniors Football Club have a GoFundMe page on the go to raise funds for essential upkeep and repair work of their main stand.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 89
THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL KICK-OFF WORLD CUP QUIZ
Monday 1st June 2026
The Clubhouse, Princes Square, Glasgow
Hosted by Rory Hamilton
Arrival from 6pm for a 6.45pm start
£10 per person - maximum team size of five.
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