⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 20th April 2026
Weekend round-up. Celtic to face Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup Final. PFA Scotland Team of the Year announced for Premiership, Championship & SWPL 1. Linlithgow Rose win Lowland League.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #291: This season, Buchanhaven Hearts were the first north side for 62 years to reach the semi-final of the Scottish Communities Cup (Scottish Junior Cup)
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
🏆 SCOTTISH GAS SCOTTISH CUP SEMI-FINALS
Celtic will face Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday, 23 May. It will be the fifth meeting between Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic in the final. The last of these was in 2007 when Celtic won 1-0.
Celtic 6-2 St Mirren (after extra time)
Dunfermline Athletic 0-0 Falkirk (Dunfermline won 4-2 on penalties)
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone can win the title on Tuesday night when they face Dunfermline Athletic. Arbroath have sealed their play-off spot. Ross County have closed the gap on Airdrieonians at the bottom to just one point with two games to go. Greenock Morton need two points from their final two games to ensure they avoid the relegation play-off. Queen’s Park are officially safe.
Airdrieonians 2-2 Partick Thistle
Arbroath 2-1 Raith Rovers
Greenock Morton 0-0 Queen’s Park
Ross County 2-1 Ayr United
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Inverness Caledonian Thistle are four points clear of second-placed Stenhousemuir with just two games to go. Alloa Athletic and Queen of the South will join Stenhousemuir in the play-offs if the Warriors don’t turn it around. The best Kelty Hearts can now finish is ninth. They are five points behind Hamilton Academical. Accies can still catch East Fife and Cove Rangers, who are only three points ahead of them.
Alloa Athletic 2-0 East Fife
Cove Rangers 2-0 Stenhousemuir
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-0 Kelty Hearts
Montrose 0-2 Hamilton Academical
Peterhead 1-1 Queen of the South
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
One point still separates East Kilbride and The Spartans at the top of the league. Clyde confirmed their place in the play-offs. Forfar Athletic are in pole position for the final play-off spot. Stranraer and Elgin City are three points behind.
Annan Athletic 0-2 The Spartans
Clyde 2-0 Dumbarton
East Kilbride 4-0 Edinburgh City
Stirling Albion 2-2 Elgin City
Stranraer 0-1 Forfar Athletic
View the League Two table here
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Mikael Mandron (St Mirren - 90+1’), Kelechi Iheanacho (Celtic - 96’ & 101’), Luke McCowan (Celtic - 98’), Benjamin Nygren (Celtic - 102’)
Lewis McGrattan (Airdrieonians - 90’), Kai Montagu (Raith Rovers - 90’)
Matty Douglas (Queen of the South - 87’)
Marc McNulty (The Spartans - 87’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Henry Cartwright (Falkirk), Scott Martin (Queen’s Park)
NEWS
🏆 Congratulations to Linlithgow Rose on winning the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League title.
Despite being one down at half-time to Bonnyrigg Rose, Linlithgow turned it around to pip Clydebank to the title. The Bankies had done their part by winning 2-0 at home to Caledonian Braves.
East Stirlingshire finished bottom but have avoided relegation due to the restructuring of the Lowland League next season. - view the final Lowland League table here
⛔️ It was not all good news for Linlithgow. Yesterday, they announced they would not be competing in the Pyramid Play-Off against Brora Rangers after their application for a grace period to fulfil the required criteria for a bronze licence was turned down by the SPFL.
This is the second time in three years that there will be no Pyramid Play-Off between the Highland League and Lowland League winners.
Brora Rangers will now face Edinburgh City. The Cattachs will go a month without playing competitively before the first leg. - BBC
🏆 Turriff United rounded off the Highland League season by winning the Highland League Cup on Saturday.
They beat Formartine United 3-0 to lift the trophy for the first time.
🏆 Dalbeattie Star won the South of Scotland League at the weekend. They will play in the Lowland League West next season. They will be joined by a second South of Scotland team, who are yet to be confirmed. - view the South of Scotland League table here
🏆 Invergordon completed their season in the North Caledonian League by winning the North Caledonian League Cup against Fort William and securing a treble. The Highlands club, which will be playing in the Highland League for the first time next season, finished the league season with 21 wins from 22 games.
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🔝 Scotland Women’s National Team currently sits top of their League B European Qualifier Group on goal difference from Belgium after drawing with the Belgians 0-0 on Saturday. SWNT’s final two games are a double header against Israel in June. - view standings
⭐️ The PFA Scotland Team of the Year for the Premiership, Championship, and SWPL 1 were announced.
PFA Scotland Premiership Team of the Year as voted for by the players - PFA Scotland website
Calum Ward (Motherwell)
Paul McGinn (Motherwell)
Craig Halkett (Heart of Midlothian)
Emmanuel Fernandez (Rangers)
Harry Milne (Heart of Midlothian)
Benjamin Nygren (Celtic)
Elliot Watt (Motherwell)
Elijah Just (Motherwell)
Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell)
Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian)
Claudio Braga (Heart of Midlothian)
The Championship Team of the Year - PFA Scotland website
Toby Steward (St Johnstone)
Ben McPherson (Partick Thistle)
Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen (Dunfermline Athletic)
Cheick Diabate (St Johnstone)
Robbie Fraser (Dunfermline Athletic)
Ben Stanway (Partick Thistle)
Reece McAlear (St Johnstone)
Jason Holt (St Johnstone)
Jamie Gullan (St Johnstone)
Alex Samuel (Partick Thistle)
Josh McPake (St Johnstone)
The SWPL Team of the Year - PFA Scotland website
Lee Gibson (Glasgow City)
Emma Lawton (Celtic)
Erin Husband (Heart of Midlothian)
Danique Ypema (Heart of Midlothian)
Amy Muir (Glasgow City)
May Cruft (Rangers)
Eilidh Shore (Heart of Midlothian)
Kim Shin-Ji (Rangers)
Georgia Timms (Heart of Midlothian)
Katie Wilkinson (Rangers)
Nicole Kozlova (Glasgow City)
😬 Michael Stewart was banned from Hampden by the Scottish FA over the weekend due to his ongoing criticism of referees and questioning of their integrity. Stewart had been part of the Premier Sports team on Saturday from a broadcast truck in the car park. He was then subsequently prevented from doing this on the Sunday. - Chris McLaughlin, BBC
📉 Queen of the South have reported a loss of £200,000 in their latest set of accounts. Since being relegated from the Championship in 2022, the Dumfries club have maintained their full-time status. - BBC
⚽️ Oli Burke scored for Union Berlin on Saturday in his side’s 2-1 defeat to Wolfsburg. Burke was recently clocked as the fastest player in the Bundesliga this season and the second fastest of all time in the league.
⚽️ Aaron Hickey was back on the bench for Brentford on Saturday in their 0-0 draw with Fulham.
Tommy Conway was on the scoresheet for Middlesbrough as they drew 2-2 with Ipswich Town at Portman Road. George Hirst came on for the final nine minutes for the hosts.
📝 Latest SPFL contract extensions:
Aberdeen youngster Findlay Marshall has signed a new deal at Pittodrie. The midfielder, who is currently on loan at Arbroath and won their Player of the Year award, has signed on until 2028. - Aberdeen FC website
Annan Athletic’s Josh Dixon has triggered the option to extend his contract for another season. - Annan Athletic website
🔚 Scotland international defender Jack Hendry is set to leave Saudi club Al-Ettifaq at the end of his contract this summer. - FootballPark.com
🔵 Greenock Morton General Manager Mark Kelly issued a statement on Saturday condemning the behaviour of a small group of Morton fans who threw objects onto the pitch in the direction of match officials. - Greenock Morton website
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 54
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