⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 20th October 2025
Weekend round-up. Kevin Muscat turns down Rangers. Glasgow City drawn against Sporting Clube de Portugal in Europe. Arbroath sign Dapo Mebude. Forres Mechanics win North of Scotland Cup.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #171:
Saturday’s North of Scotland Cup Final between Clachnacuddin and Forres Mechanics had a higher attendance than Queen’s Park v Airdrieonians in the Championship, all of the games in League One (excluding Inverness v Kelty), and all of League Two.WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Hearts are now five points clear at the top following their 3-0 away win at Kilmarnock and Celtic’s first defeat at Den’s Park since 1988. Hibernian are up to third. Livingston have gone bottom.
Dundee 2-0 Celtic
Hibernian 4-0 Livingston
Kilmarnock 0-3 Heart of Midlothian
Motherwell 1-2 Falkirk
Rangers 2-2 Dundee United
St Mirren 0-1 Aberdeen
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
Partick Thistle have closed the gap on St Johnstone to three points with a game in hand. St Johnstone lost their first league game of the season. Airdrieonians are still searching for their first league win.
Arbroath 3-1 St Johnstone
Ayr United 2-1 Greenock Morton
Dunfermline Athletic 2-0 Raith Rovers
Partick Thistle 1-0 Ross County
Queen’s Park 0-0 Airdrieonians
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Hamilton sits top on goal difference from Stenhousemuir. Cove Rangers are still looking for their first league win and are now five points behind second-bottom Kelty Hearts.
Alloa Athletic 1-1 East Fife
Cove Rangers 0-1 Stenhousemuir
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-2 Kelty Hearts
Montrose 0-4 Hamilton Academical
Peterhead 3-0 Queen of the South
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
The Spartans stay three points clear of East Kilbride at the top. Stranraer moved eight points clear of Edinburgh City at the bottom with their magnificent win in the capital.
Annan Athletic 1-1 Stirling Albion
Dumbarton 1-2 The Spartans
East Kilbride 3-0 Elgin City
Edinburgh City 1-3 Stranraer
Forfar Athletic 0-0 Clyde
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
Glasgow City are five points clear at the top. Rangers hit double figures against winless Hamilton Academical for the biggest SWPL 1 win of the season. Six points are separating the top five in the league.
Aberdeen 1-5 Heart of Midlothian
Celtic 1-2 Glasgow City
Motherwell 0-5 Hibernian Women
Partick Thistle 0-2 Montrose
Rangers 11-0 Hamilton Academical
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
James Tavernier (Rangers - 87’), Junior Hoilett (Hibernian - 89’), Marco Lazetic (Aberdeen - 90+6)
Ben Dempsey (Ayr United - 87’)
Katie Wilkinson (Rangers Women - 87’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Jayden Richardson (St Mirren), Ross Clark (Montrose)
NEWS
🔵 Kevin Muscat is the latest person to turn down the Rangers Head Coach role. - Matthew Fulton & Raman Bhardwaj, STV
🟠 Glasgow City have been drawn against Sporting Clube de Portugal in the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup Round of 16. The first leg is on Wednesday, 12th November at Petershill Park.
✍️ Arbroath have signed Dapo Mebude on a short-term deal until January. - Arbroath FC on X
🔵 Kilmarnock’s Chris Burke has left his role as Head of Development and Under-19s Coach to pursue a new opportunity. - Kilmarnock FC website
🔴 Stirling Albion have appointed Mark Kerr as first-team coach. It is a questionable appointment given that the former Aberdeen, Falkirk, and Dundee United midfielder is due in court for an alleged 17-month-long campaign of domestic abuse. - Stirling Albion website
🆕 Brian McLaughlin has named his Scotland Under-17 squad for the upcoming UEFA EURO Under-17 2026 qualifiers. His young Scotland side faces England, Sweden, and Lithuania at the end of the month. All matches are free entry at Airdrieonian’s Excelsior Stadium. - Scottish FA website
✍️ Elgin City’s Ross Draper has signed for Highland League champions Brora Rangers on a two-year deal. - Elgin City website
➡️ Formartine United took advantage of Brora Rangers not playing this weekend to go top of the Breedon Highland League. They beat Huntly away 2-1. Brechin City moved second with a 5-1 win over Wick Academy. - view the Highland League table
🏆 On Saturday, Forres Mechanics beat Clachnacuddin 3-2 after extra time in the North of Scotland Cup Final. More than 1200 fans packed out Station Park in Nairn to see Forres lift the trophy for the first time since the 2010-11 season.
➡️ Both Linlithgow Rose and Clydebank lost in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League at the weekend. Linlithgow lost 3-0 away to Hearts B, and Clydebank lost 3-2 away at Bonnyrigg Rose.
Clydebank remain top by three points from Linlithgow. Broxburn Athletic are now just five points off the lead following their 3-1 away win at Civil Service Strollers. - view the Lowland League table here
⚽️ Scott McKenna scored his first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in their 2-1 win over Osijek. His Dinamo side sits joint top of the Croatian top division.
⚽️ In England, Ryan Christie got his first goal of the season for Bournemouth in their 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace. David Hirst missed a penalty for Ipswich in their 2-1 away defeat to Middlesbrough in the EFL Championship.
⚽️ Scott McTominay missed Napoli’s 1-0 away defeat to Torino due to injury. Billy Gilmour and Che Adams both started the game. - view the Serie A table
😢 Brechin City have started a GoFundMe for their supporters club secretary, Kim Paterson, who has terminal cancer. They are raising funds for her, her young daughter, and her partner during what is an unimaginably difficult time. - Visit the GoFundMe Page
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
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