⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 17th March 2025
Weekend round up. Queen's Park sack Davidson. Hirst called up for Scotland. Scottish Cup Semi-Final fixture details. Cadden signs new contract.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #16: Aberdeen were the first club in the world to install a dugout. Donald Colman introduced them at Pittodrie in 1934.
THE WEEKEND ROUND UP
➡️ SPFL Premiership
Rangers’ 3-2 win against Celtic was their first win at Celtic Park in five years. The derby day drama continued later in the afternoon when Dundee won at Tannadice for the first time since 2004. Their 4-2 win opened up a five-point gap on bottom side St Johnstone. The Saints could only draw 0-0 with Aberdeen on Saturday. Hearts moved into sixth with their 2-0 win over Ross County. Motherwell and St Mirren drew 2-2 and Kilmarnock scored in injury time to draw 1-1 with Hibernian. - view the Premiership table here
➡️ SPFL Championship
Falkirk’s lead at the top of the table has extended to eight points. The Bairns won 4-0 away to Queen’s Park while Livingston drew 3-3 with Airdrieonians and Ayr United lost 2-0 away to Partick Thistle. Greenock Morton beat Hamilton 2-0 away. On Friday night Raith Rovers beat Dunfermline Athletic 2-0. The gap between Airdrie and the Pars is now six points. The Diamonds have also closed the gap on 8th-placed Hamilton to seven points. - View the Championship table here
➡️ SPFL League One
None of the top three won on Saturday. Arbroath drew 1-1 to bottom-of-the-league Dumbarton. Cove Rangers drew 2-2 away to Montrose and Stenhousemuir drew 0-0 at home to Kelty Hearts. Annan picked up a valuable three points away to Inverness in a 1-0 win. Queen of the South are now within two points of the play-offs after beating fourth-place Alloa Athletic 3-2. - View the full League One table here
➡️ SPFL League Two
Peterhead moved onto 53 points at the top of the table alongside East Fife following their 2-0 win at home to Edinburgh City and East Fife’s surprise 3-0 home defeat to Stranraer. Forfar dropped back to the bottom of the table after losing 2-0 at home to The Spartans and Bonnyrigg Rose picking up a point at home to Stirling Albion. Elgin City picked up their first win after six straight defeats. They beat Clyde 2-0 at Borough Briggs. - View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL
Rangers were the biggest winners at the weekend with an 8-0 win away to Motherwell. Celtic suffered a 3-1 defeat in Edinburgh to Hearts. Hibernian scored a last-minute winner to beat title rivals Glasgow City. City remain top on goal difference over Hibs. Rangers are two points behind while Celtic remain three behind. - View the SWPL league table here
NEWS
🚪 Callum Davidson was sacked after Queen’s Park’s 4-0 home defeat to Falkirk.
Davidson had been in charge of Queen’s Park for 14 months but had only led his side to three wins in the last 16 league matches. - Peter Cassidy, STV
👋 Steve Clarke has called up George Hirst. He has joined his new Scotland teammates ahead of this week's play-off matches against Greece. - Scotland NT on X
🙅♂️ Police Scotland denied 90 fans entry to Celtic Park yesterday ahead of Rangers’ 3-2 win over Celtic. - BBC
📝 Chris Cadden signed a new two-year deal with Hibernian on Friday. The 28-year-old joined Hibs from Columbus Crew in 2021. - Hibernian website
🏆 The Scottish Cup Semi-Final fixture dates have been confirmed. Hearts will face Aberdeen on Saturday with a 12.30pm kick-off. St Johnstone and Celtic will play on the Sunday at 3pm.
🇮🇹 Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay were in the same Napoli starting line-up for the third game in a row.
However, it was a disappointing day for the Naples club. They could only draw 0-0 away to lowly Venezia and lost ground on top-of-the-table Inter Milan, who won 2-0 away to Atalanta. Napoli sits three points back in second with nine games to go.
5️⃣ It was a better Sunday for Lewis Ferguson. He captained Bologna to a magnificent 5-0 win over Lazio. Ferguson got an assist as his side moved into the top four above Juventus and Lazio.
⚽️ Che Adams played 90 minutes for Torino in their 1-0 win over Liam Henderson’s Empoli. Torino remain in 11th. Empoli sit in the relgation zone in 18th place.
🇪🇸 Scott McKenna also played the full 90 minutes at the weekend for Las Palmas. The Spanish side scored twice in injury time at the end of the game to draw 2-2 at home to Alaves. They sit in the bottom three with 10 games left to play.
🩼 St Mirren’s Mikael Mandron is expected to be out of action for four weeks with a medial knee ligament injury. Youngster Evan Mooney is out for the remainder of the season following ankle surgery. - St Mirren FC website
✋ Motherwell’s Apostolos Stamatelopoulos has been ruled out for at least eight weeks with a fractured wrist. - Motherwell FC website
🗓️ Next weekend’s Dunfermline Athletic v Livingston match has been rearranged to Wednesday 2nd April due to international call ups for the Pars. - Ross Hart, Dunfermline Press
🔝 Brechin City beat Brora Rangers 2-0 in the top-of-the-table Highland League clash with Brora Rangers. Brora have now lost two games in a row. There are six games left for both sides. - View the full Highland League table
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
No fixtures today 👎
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL ON TV
📺 SWPL Highlights - BBC Scotland, 7.30pm
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