⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 1st September 2025
Weekend round-up. Lots of signings across every division including Hearts breaking their transfer record. Scottish Cup First Round draw. European draws.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #136:
Falkirk's 1-0 win over Aberdeen yesterday was their first victory in the top-flight in 15 years.WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
There were no home wins in the Premiership this weekend. Celtic and Hearts sit at the top of the league on 10 points.
Aberdeen sits at the bottom with zero points and zero goals. The Dons have only won in the league five times since November and are on a run of seven consecutive league defeats, including last season.
Aberdeen 0-1 Falkirk
Dundee 0-2 Dundee United
Hibernian 1-1 St Mirren
Livingston 1-2 Heart of Midlothian
Motherwell 2-2 Kilmarnock
Rangers 0 - 0 Celtic
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone dropped their first points of the season following their draw at home to Greenock Morton. Danny Lennon suffered defeat in his first game in charge of Airdrie who sit bottom alongside Ross County.
Arbroath 1-0 Airdrieonians
Ayr United 1-1 Queen’s Park
Dunfermline Athletic 2-2 Ross County
Partick Thistle 3-2 Raith Rovers
St Johnstone 1-1 Greenock Morton
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Alloa suffered their first league defeat of the season to Inverness. Queen of the South moved to the top of the table. Montrose picked up their first win of the season. Cove Rangers are at the bottom of the league.
Hamilton Academical 0-0 Cove Rangers
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-0 Alloa Athletic
Montrose 2-1 Peterhead
Queen of the South 2-1 Kelty Hearts
Stenhousemuir 1-1 East Fife
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
East Kilbride have moved to the top of the league on goal difference from The Spartans. Edinburgh City’s 2-1 win over Dumbarton was the Sons first defeat of the season. Edinburgh continue to close the gap on ninth-placed Stranraer after their 15-point deduction. It is now just six points. Clyde, Elgin, and Stranraer are still searching for their first win.
Clyde 0-0 Elgin City
Dumbarton 1-2 Edinburgh City
East Kilbride 5-0 Forfar Athletic
Stirling Albion 1-0 Stranraer
The Spartans 1-0 Annan Athletic
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
Celtic have moved to the top. Hamilton and Motherwell are still pointless for the season.
Hamilton Academical 0-2 Heart of Midlothian
Montrose 0-2 Aberdeen
Partick Thistle 0-7 Celtic
Rangers 2-1 Motherwell
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Alex Kyzirdis (Heart of Midlothian - 90+1’); Ronan Hale (Ross County - 89’); Reece Lyon (Queen of the South - 88’), Nathan Austin (East Fife - 89’); Nathan Flanagan (East Kilbride - 86’), Ethan Drysdale (The Spartans - 86’); Georgia Timms (Heart of Midlothian Women - 88’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen); Andy Munro (East Fife)
NEWS
🏆 In case you missed the European draws on Friday:
Aberdeen: AEK Athens, AEK Larnaca, FC Noah, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sparta Prague, Strasbourg
Celtic: AS Roma, Bologna, FC Midtylland, Feyenoord, Red Star Belgrade, S.C Braga, Sturm Graz, Utrecht
Rangers: AS Roma, Ferencvaros, Genk, Ludogorets, Porto, S.C Braga, SK Brann, Sturm Graz
View all the fixture dates on the STV website here
🏆 Hibernian Women have been drawn against Inter Milan in the First Qualifying Round of the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup. Glasgow City will face Irish club Athlone Town in the same competition. - BBC
✍️ It has been a busy few days for transfers. Here is a list of all the transfers that have happened since Friday. A reminder that the Transfer Window closes tonight at 11pm:
Heart of Midlothian smashed their transfer record to sign 23-year-old Brazilian midfielder Eduardo Ageu from Portuguese top-flight side Santa Clara. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
Hearts also signed 33-year-old German goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow after he left Union Berlin this summer. - Heart of Midlothian website
Rangers signed former Aberdeen striker Bojan Miovski from Girona for an initial fee of £2.6m. The North Macedonian made his debut in yesterday’s 0-0 draw with Celtic. - Blair Meikle, Rangers Review
Rangers sold striker Hamza Igamane to French side Lille for a reported £10.4m. He scored twice on his debut after coming on as a second-half substitute. - Andy Coyle, STV
Celtic signed 27-year-old Uruguayan international Marcelo Saracchi on a season-long loan from Boca Juniors. He also made his debut in yesterday’s game at Ibrox, coming on as a second-half substitute for Kieran Tierney. - Celtic FC website
Aberdeen signed Celtic defender Mitchel Frame on a four-year deal. - Danny Law, The Press & Journal
Falkirk completed three loan signings over the weekend. They signed attacker Ethan Williams on a season-long loan from Manchester United. - Falkirk FC website
Falkirk also signed forward Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi from Sunderland on a season-long loan. - Falkirk FC website
Their third loan signing was 20-year-old winger Kyrell Wilson from Swansea City. - Falkirk FC website
Kilmarnock signed former Ross County defender James Brown on a short-term deal until January. - Kilmarnock FC website
Kilmarnock goalkeeper Robby McCrorie has joined Danish side Esbjerg fB on loan until the end of the season. - Kilmarnock FC website
Raith Rovers made three loan signings on Friday. They signed Ewan Wilson on loan from Motherwell. - Iain Collin, The Courier
Raith also signed 17-year-old striker Josh Gentles from Rangers as part of their co-operation agreement. - Iain Collin, The Courier
Their third signing was former Motherwell and Greenock Morton defender Darragh O’Connor on loan from York City. - Iain Collin, The Courier
Queen’s Park completed the loan signing of Scotland under-19 international Rocco Friel from Queen’s Park Rangers. - Queen’s Park website
Airdrieonians signed 18-year-old Luton striker Tate Xavier-Jones on a season-long loan. - Airdrieonians website
Arbroath signed Taylor Steven from St Johnstone on a season-long loan. - Arbroath FC on X
Hamilton Academical signed Hearts’ 19-year-old winger Bobby McLuckie on loan. - Hamilton Academical website
Montrose signed Raith Rovers midfielder Lewis Gibson on a season-long loan. - Montrose FC website
Alloa Athletic also made three signings on Friday. They signed Dundee United’s Charlie Dewar on loan. The centre-back made 14 appearances on loan at the Wasps last season. - Alloa Athletic website
Alloa signed striker Calum Gallagher following his departure from Arbroath. - Alloa Athletic website
They also signed Calum Adamson from Rangers - their first loan as part of their co-operation agreement. - Alloa Athletic website
Stirling Albion signed attacking midfielder Corey Thomson following a successful trial spell with the club. Thomson left Celtic B over the summer. - Stirling Albion website
Stirling Albion also signed Lewis Hodgkiss on loan from St Mirren. - Stirling Albion website
Annan Athletic signed 19-year-old Gravine Kalala after he was on trial with the club. - Annan Athletic website
🔵 St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari revealed that the club has accepted a bid from Portsmouth for striker Makenzie Kirk. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier
➡️ Brora Rangers have moved to the top of the Breedon Highland League following their 2-0 win at home to Lossiemouth and Brechin City’s 1-1 draw at home to Clachnacuddin.
Rothes are the only HFL club looking for their first win of the season after Keith picked up their first win with a 2-0 victory over Huntly. - view the Highland League table here
➡️ There were 44 goals scored across the Parks Motor Group Lowland League this weekend.
East Stirlingshire got their first win of the season in what was the weekend’s highest scoring game. They beat Gala Fairydean Rovers 6-3 away.
Bonnyrigg Rose beat Celtic B 5-1, Broxburn Athletic beat University of Stirling by the same score line, and Bo’ness United beat Albion Rovers 5-2.
Linlithgow Rose remain at the top of the table. They beat Cumbernauld Colts 2-1. - view the Lowland League table here
⚽️ In England, Tommy Conway was on the scoresheet again for Middlesbrough. Boro made it four wins from four in the Championship with a 1-0 victory over Sheffield United. Watch the goal below.
Ross McCrorie got two assists for Bristol City in their 4-2 home win over Hull City.
Max Johnston made his debut for Derby County in their 2-2 draw away to Ipswich Town.
🏆 The draw for the Men’s Scottish Gas Scottish Cup First Round was made last night. Notable ties include Auchinleck Talbot v Cumnock Juniors, Berwick Rangers v Nairn County, Clachnacuddin v Kilwinning Rangers, Forres Mechanics v Caledonian Braves, Jeanfield Swifts v Clydebank, and Lochee United v Brechin City.
Invergordon are playing in the Scottish Cup First Round for the first time after beating Dunipace after extra-time on Saturday. They were drawn away to West of Scotland Football League side Glenafton Athletic. - View the full Scottish Cup First Round draw
🏥 The Wigtown & Bladnoch v Camelon Juniors Scottish Cup Second Preliminary Round match never kicked off after Camelon Juniors player Jason Walton collapsed during the warm-up.
Jason had to receive CPR and was taken to the hospital, where he is doing well and currently recovering. - Camelon Juniors on X
📺 The Premier Sports Quarter-Finals, featuring Rangers v Hibernian and Partick Thistle v Celtic, will be shown live on Premier Sports over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of September.
Kilmarnock v St Mirren and Aberdeen v Motherwell will be available on the Premier Sports Player. - SPFL website
📺 The Scottish FA’s VAR Review show will debut on Sky Sports Football this season. The YouTube show will continue in its current format with host Gordon Duncan and the Scottish FA’s Head of Refereeing, William Collum, looking back at key Premiership incidents, but will now be available on Sky Sports first. - Scottish FA website
🆕 The Scotland Women’s Under-17 squad was announced on Friday. - Scottish FA website
⚽️ After playing at youth level for Scotland from under-16s to under-21s, and receiving a fleeting call-up for the senior squad in 2023 before withdrawing, Elliot Anderson finally got his wish of being named in an England squad. - Lawrence Ostlere, The Independent
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
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