⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 19th January 2026
Weekend round-up. All the latest SPFL transfers. Scottish Cup Fifth Round draw. Billy Davies leaves Morton. Hearts to stop B team. Cammy Devlin out for 6-8 weeks. Andy Irving leaves West Ham.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 145
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #231: Despite Partick Thistle being founded in 1876 and Montrose in 1879, Saturday was the first time both clubs had faced each other in the Scottish Cup.
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
🏆 SCOTTISH GAS SCOTTISH CUP FOURTH ROUND
Dunfermline registered the biggest shock of the fourth round with their 1-0 win over Hibs in front of over 10,000 fans at East End Park. Stenhousemuir knocked out Morton from the division above, as did Spartans with their penalty win over Inverness. The Spartans are the only Edinburgh club left in the competition following Hearts and Hibs exit.
Aberdeen 1-0 Raith Rovers
Airdrieonians 3-3 Arbroath (Airdrieonians won 4-2 on penalties)
Auchinleck Talbot 0-2 Celtic
Camelon Juniors 1-3 Elgin City
Dundee United 2-0 Ayr United
Dunfermline Athletic 1-0 Hibernian
Heart of Midlothian 1-1 Falkirk (Falkirk won 5-4 on penalties)
Kelty Hearts 1-1 Cove Rangers (Kelty Hearts won 5-3 on penalties)
Kilmarnock 1-2 Dundee
Livingston 1-1 St Mirren (St Mirren won 4-3 on penalties)
Motherwell 1-0 Ross County
Partick Thistle 3-1 Montrose
Rangers 5-0 Annan Athletic
Stenhousemuir 4-0 Greenock Morton
Stranraer P-P Queen’s Park
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Despite another tough week for Hamilton off the pitch, Stephen Hendrie’s 93rd-minute winner will have brought a bit of joy to Accies fans.
Peterhead 2-3 Hamilton Academical
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
East Kilbride closed the gap on leaders Spartans to five points following their 2-1 win away at Stirling Albion.
Stirling Albion 1-2 East Kilbride
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
The top three all registered wins as the SWPL returned. Defending champions Hibernian are now 16 points off the lead.
Motherwell 0-2 Celtic
Partick Thistle 0-3 Glasgow City
Rangers 2-1 Hibernian
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian - 86’), Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic - 87’), Theo Aasgaard (Rangers - 87’), Panutche Camara (Dundee United - 89’), Drey Wright (Dundee - 90+1’), Ricco Diack (Partick Thistle - 90+1’), Miguel Chaiwa O.G. (Dunfermline Athletic - 90+2’), Dean McMaster (Airdrieonians - 97’), Scott Stewart (Arbroath - 109’)
Stephen Hendrie (Hamilton Academical - 90+3’)
Kathleen McGovern (Hibernian Women - 90+3’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Craig Clay (Kelty Hearts), Jack Thomson (Kilmarnock), Lewis Mayo (Kilmarnock), Logan Chalmers (Partick Thistle), Terry Masson (Montrose), Kirsten Reilly (Hibernian Women)
NEWS
🏆 The Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Fifth Round draw was made last night.
Aberdeen v Motherwell
Airdrieonians v St Mirren
Celtic v Dundee
Dundee United v The Spartans
Dunfermline Athletic v Kelty Hearts
Elgin City v Partick Thistle
Rangers v Stranraer or Queen’s Park
Stenhousemuir v Falkirk
Ties to be played weekend of 7 and 8 February.
✍️ Scotland international Andy Irving has joined Sparta Prague on a permanent transfer from West Ham United.
The 25-year-old played 18 times for the Hammers. - West Ham United website
🔵 Billy Davies has left his role as Technical Head Coach at Greenock Morton. Davies had joined the club in July to support previous manager Dougie Imrie. - Greenock Morton website
🔚 Hearts are to end the operation of their B team at the end of the current season to concentrate on developing their players through co-operation agreements. The B team has played in the Lowland League for the last four seasons. - Heart of Midlothian website
🤝 Ross County and Highland League club Strathspey Thistle have entered a co-operation agreement.
Midfielder Jamie Williamson has returned to Strathspey on loan as part of the agreement. - Ross County website
🔴 Hamilton Academical confirmed it was The Funding Globe who took over their website on Thursday night and posted the message. - Hamilton Academical website
🤕 Hearts will be without Cammy Devlin for six to eight weeks due to injury. The league leaders are waiting to find out the full extent of Lawrence Shankland’s injury after he came off against Falkirk on Saturday. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
🏆 Camelon Juniors apologised to Elgin City after a group of young ‘fans’, some of whom appeared to be holding screwdrivers as weapons, invaded the pitch and confronted the visiting support at the full-time whistle.
The club have also offered to replace flags stolen at the end of the Scottish Cup Fourth Round tie. - Craig Christie, The Northern Scot
🗣️ BSC Glasgow issued a statement over the weekend indicating that Broomhill Sports Club, as a group have advised that they can no longer financially support the West of Scotland Football League Fourth Division team.
The team has relocated to Springburn Park as they look to become more self-sufficient.
⚽️ John McGinn limped off after just 15 minutes in Aston Villa’s 1-0 home defeat to Everton yesterday. Nathan Patterson played 90 minutes for the Toffees.
Ross Stewart was on the scoresheet for Southampton on Saturday. His goal wasn’t enough to prevent defeat to Hull City. Former Scotland youth international Kyle Joseph scored for Hull after being set up by Oli McBurnie.
David Turnbull was on the scoresheet for Cardiff City in EFL League One.
➡️ Four games survived the weather in the Breedon Highland League this weekend.
Buckie Thistle were the biggest winners; they defeated Rothes 8-0. Formartine United are top - they beat Strathspey Thistle 4-0. In the other matches, Banks o’Dee beat Deveronvale 2-0, while Wick Academy and Inverurie Loco Works drew 0-0. - view the Highland League table here
➡️ There were two games and two away wins in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League on Saturday. Caledonian Braves beat Albion Rovers 3-0, and Bonnyrigg Rose beat Cumbernauld Colts 1-0.
Just one point separates Clydebank in first and Bonnyrigg in second. - view the Lowland League table here
🔵 David Wotherspoon is to receive a testimonial from St Johnstone. Wotherspoon is one of just three St Johnstone players to lift three major trophies. - St Johnstone website
⚽️ For those with an interest in history, the BBC published an interesting article yesterday about how a descendant of Flora MacDonald, famous for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape after the Battle of Culloden, played for Millwall. - Donald Pollock, BBC
LATEST TRANSFERS
Permanent Transfers
Callumn Morrison - Linfield to Dunfermline Athletic - Dunfermline Athletic website
Ester Sokler - Aberdeen to Radnicki 1923 - Ryan Cryle, The Press & Journal
Jake Young - Stevenage to St Mirren - St Mirren website
Max Currie - Glenafton Athletic to Stranraer - Stranraer website
Loan Signings
Andreas Skov Olsen - Wolfsburg to Rangers - Rangers website
Ben Summers - Celtic to Ayr United - Ayr United website
Darryl Carrick - Queen’s Park to Annan Athletic - Annan Athletic website
Kai Smutek - Heart of Midlothian to Hamilton Academical - Hamilton Academical website
Kieron Willox - Stoke City to Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Inverness Caledonian Thistle website
Lewis Gillie - Hibernian to Arbroath - Hibernian website
Lyall Cameron - Rangers to Aberdeen - Aberdeen FC website
Owen Stirton - Dundee United to Airdrieonians - Airdrieonians website
Timan Scott - Queen’s Park to Annan Athletic - Annan Athletic website
End of Loans
Josh Lane - recalled by Hamilton Academical from Stranraer - Stranraer website
Released
Edin Lynch - released by Edinburgh City - Edinburgh City on X
Plamen Galabov - released by Dundee - Dundee FC website
Tomi Adeloye - released by Greenock Morton - Greenock Morton website
✍️ Former St Mirren forward Lewis Jamieson has joined EFL League Two club Newport County from USL Championship club Sacramento Republic. - Newport County website
✍️ Ben Summers loan move to Ayr United will become a permanent transfer in the summer. - Ayr United website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Club Academy Scotland Elite Under-19 League
Kilmarnock v Hibernian
Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian
St Mirren v Dundee United
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