⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 22nd September 2025
Weekend round-up. Premier Sports Cup Semi-Final draw made. Hearts and Montrose announce co-operation agreement. Lennon Miller makes Udinese debut. Oli Burke scores Bundesliga hat-trick.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #151:
Five clubs have had more League Cup Final wins than losses. Rangers (W28, L10), Celtic (W22 L15), Hearts (W4, L3), East Fife (W3 L0), Ross County (W1, L0)WEEKEND ROUND-UP
🏆 PREMIER SPORTS CUP QUARTER FINALS
The Premier Sports Cup Quarter Finals saw several players score their first goals for their clubs. Regan Charles-Cook got his first for Motherwell. Bojan Miovski opened his account for Rangers, and Sebastian Tounekti did the same for Celtic.
Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell
Kilmarnock 2-2 St Mirren (St Mirren won 5-3 on penalties)
Partick Thistle 0-4 Celtic
Rangers 2-0 Hibernian
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Dundee got their first league win of the season thanks to a 97th-minute Callum Jones winner at home to Livingston.
Dundee 3-2 Livingston
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone are now five points clear at the top of the league. Queen’s Park got their first league win of the season, their first since March 1st. Greenock Morton drew their sixth game out of seven league games on Saturday.
There are now four clubs still looking for their first win: Airdrieonians, Ayr United, Greenock Morton, and Ross County.
Airdrieonians 0-0 Raith Rovers
Arbroath 1-1 Greenock Morton
Ross County 1-2 Queen’s Park
St Johnstone 2-1 Dunfermline Athletic
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Stenhousemuir remain top with Inverness, Alloa, Hamilton, and East Fife all within three points. Cove Rangers are still looking for their first league win of the season.
Alloa Athletic 2-1 Cove Rangers
East Fife 1-1 Montrose
Kelty Hearts 0-4 Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South 0-2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Stenhousemuir 3-1 Peterhead
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
The Spartans stay top despite their home loss to Stirling Albion. Annan Athletic have now not won a League Two game since the opening weekend. Stranraer picked up their second point of the season but are still searching for the first win.
Clyde 2-1 Edinburgh City
East Kilbride 1-1 Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic 1-0 Annan Athletic
Stranraer 1-1 Elgin City
The Spartans 1-3 Stirling Albion
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
Rangers are top, one point ahead of Glasgow City, who have a game in hand. Last season’s champions Hibernian are currently in fifth, six points behind the leaders. Hamilton Academical’s search for their first win of the season goes on.
Celtic 1-1 Hibernian
Glasgow City 5-1 Heart of Midlothian
Montrose 2-0 Hamilton Academical
Motherwell 1-1 Partick Thistle
Rangers 3-0 Aberdeen
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Bruce Anderson (Kilmarnock - 86’); Callum Jones (Dundee - 90+7’); Luis Longstaff (Inverness Caledonian Thistle - 90+3’); Jenna Slattery (Heart of Midlothian Women - 85’), Holly Daniel OG (Rangers Women - 89’), Mia McAulay (Rangers Women - 90+3’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Declan Gallagher (Ross County); Aaron Arnott (Kelty Hearts)
NEWS
🏆 The Premier Sports Cup Semi-Final draw was made following Celtic’s 4-0 win over Partick Thistle. Motherwell will face St Mirren at Hampden with Celtic taking on Rangers in the other semi. The ties will take place on the 1st and 2nd November. - BBC
🆚 Glasgow City have been drawn to play Danish side HB Køge in the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup Second Qualifying Round. - Glasgow City FC website
🤝 Heart of Midlothian and Montrose have entered a co-operation agreement with Gus Stevenson moving to Links Park as part of the partnership.
Attacking-midfielder Stevenson joins Callum Sandilands who is already on loan from the Jambos. This is the third co-operation agreement for Hearts after announcing deals with St Johnstone and The Spartans. - Blair Meikle, Hearts Standard
✍️ Arbroath have signed former Aberdeen youth player Victor Enem.
The 18-year-old left the Dons in the summer. - Arbroath FC on X
⚖️ James Keatings has been jailed for 13 months after attempting to launder £400,000.
The 33-year-old, who can count Hibs, Hearts, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and Dundee United as former clubs, was caught when transferring boxes of cash from a van last June. - BBC
🟢 Celtic’s published accounts showed a profit of £34m with £77m in the bank. - Andy Coyle, STV
🟢 Celtic also announced the opening of their new Barrowfield Training Centre, which will be home to their women’s and academy teams.
The training centre features an indoor, full-sized IFA-approved artificial surface, a combination of outdoor natural grass and artifical pitches, and sports science and analysis centres amongst other things. - Celtic FC website
🏅Joelle Murray has been named as the recipient of Athletic Club’s annual One-Club Women Award.
The former Scotland international played for Hibernian Women her whole career. Other winners of the Basque club’s One-Club Award include Paolo Maldini and Carlos Puyol. - Hibernian FC website
➡️ In the Breedon Highland League, Banks o’Dee inflicted Brora Rangers second league defeat of the season. The Aberdeen side won 3-1 at home. Formartine United, Brechin City, Fraserburgh, and Clachnacuddin all won, meaning just two points are separating the top five. - view the Highland League table here
➡️ Linlithgow Rose opened up a three-point gap over second-place Clydebank in the Parks Motor Group Lowland League.
The Rose beat East Stirlingshire 1-0 away, while Clydebank could only draw 2-2 with Heart of Midlothian B after coming from two goals down. - view the Lowland League table here
⚽️ Oliver Burke became the first Scottish player to score a hat-trick in the Bundesliga. His three goals helped Union Berlin to a 4-3 win away to Eintracht Frankfurt.
⚽️ Lennon Miller made his Udinese debut, coming off the bench in the 81st minute in a 3-0 defeat to AC Milan. His manager, Kosta Runjaic said ahead of the game that the midfielder was still going through ‘his integration period’ but he ‘is making excellent progress’. - Matthew Elder, The Scotsman
Lewis Ferguson was a 72nd-minute substitute in Bologna’s 2-1 win over Genoa. Ferguson was brought on with his side 1-0 down.
Che Adams was brought on at half-time with Torino already 3-0 down to Atalanta. The game finished 3-0. Josh Doig started in Sassuolo’s 2-1 away defeat to Inter Milan.
Napoli play Pisa tonight. The game is live on TNT Sports.
⚽️ There were several Scottish scorers in the English Championship this weekend. Lyndon Dykes scored a 94th-minute winner for Birmingham City over Swansea City.
Oli McBurnie scored for Hull City in their 3-1 win over Southampton. Former Scotland youth international Kyle Joseph was also on the scoresheet for Hull.
Barry Bannan found the net in Sheffield Wednesday’s 2-0 away win at Portsmouth.
🏅 Tonight is the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards. Both Scott McTominay and Caroline Weir are nominated. The awards are available to watch on TNT Sports. - Scottish FA website
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