⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 24th March 2025

Scotland lose 3-0 to Greece. James Wilson is the youngest ever men's Scotland international. SPFL weekend round up. Dumbarton relegated. Neil Lennon appointed new Dunfermline manager.

Mar 24, 2025

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➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #21: Hughie Gallagher is the most prolific goal scorer in Scotland's history, scoring 23 goals in 20 games. An average of 1.15 goals a game.

THE WEEKEND ROUND UP

➡️ International Football
Scotland were relegated to League B after losing 3-0 to Greece in the second leg of the UEFA Nations League Play-off. After winning the first leg 1-0, the visitors cruised to victory at Hampden. - watch the ‘highlights’ here

Scotland Under-21s beat the Republic of Ireland on Friday night in a friendly in Spain. Kilmarnock’s Bobby Wales and Celtic’s Jude Bonnar were on the scoresheet. - watch the highlights here

After drawing with Sweden on Wednesday, it was defeat for Scotland Under-19s in Spain on Saturday. Neil McFarlane’s side lost 4-1 to Poland in a friendly.

Scotland Under-17s beat Romania 2-0 at Broadwood to go top of their UEFA League B group. Celtic’s Hayden Borland and Aberdeen’s Cooper Masson were the goal scorers. Scotland play Liechtenstein in Falkirk on Tuesday at 3pm. - watch the full match here

➡️ SPFL Championship
Falkirk are now 11 points clear at the top of the table following their 2-0 win over Airdrieonians. Ayr United scored a late equaliser at home to Hamilton Academical. Greenock Morton closed the gap on fourth-placed Partick Thistle to five points following their 2-1 win over Queen’s Park. Thistle could only draw 0-0 with Raith Rovers on Friday night. Dunfermline v Livingston was postponed. - View the Championship table here

➡️ SPFL League One
Dumbarton were the first team in the SPFL to be relegated following their 0-0 draw with Queen of the South. It was the second weekend in a row when none of the top three won. Arbroath drew 1-1 away to Kelty Hearts. Cove Rangers and Stenhousemuir drew 0-0. Montrose were the only team to win in League One after beating Annan 3-1. Inverness and Alloa played out a 1-1 draw. - View the full League One table here

➡️ SPFL League Two
With East Fife losing 5-2 away to Edinburgh City, Peterhead went top of League Two after beating Stirling Albion 2-1. Bonnyrigg Rose went back to the bottom of the table. They lost 3-1 to Clyde and Forfar beat Stranraer away 1-0. Elgin made it back-to-back wins with a 2-1 win away to The Spartans. - View the League Two table here

NEWS

👋 Scotland will face Denmark in World Cup qualifying following the Danes’ 5-3 aggregate defeat to Portugal in the UEFA Nations League Quarter-Finals. We travel to Copenhagen for the first qualifying group game in September before playing Belarus at a neutral venue three days later.

🧢 It was another night of landmarks for Scotland players yesterday.

John McGinn won his 75th cap.
Scott McTominay won his 60th cap.
Kenny McLean won his 50th cap.
James Wilson became the youngest ever men’s international.

🙅‍♂️ Rangers Women won the Sky Sports Cup on Saturday with a comfortable 5-0 win over Hibernian at Fir Park. - Amy Canavan, BBC

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🥇 Invergordon won the North Caledonian League (Tier 6) on Saturday following their 6-0 win over Thurso. The Highland side is reportedly working towards gaining a Scottish FA license, but they will not be eligible for promotion this season. They will, however, participate in next season’s Scottish Gas Scottish Cup. - Niall Harkiss, Inverness Courier

🔝 In the Breedon Highland League, Brora Rangers came from one down to beat Clachnacuddin 2-1 away. Brechin City also recorded a 2-1 win at Forres to keep them second on goal difference behind Brora.

At the bottom, Strathspey Thistle beat Rothes 1-0 for a massive three points for the Grantown-on-Spey side. - View the full Highland League table

➡️ At the top of the Parks Motor Group Lowland League, East Kilbride were held to a 1-1 draw by Cumbernauld Colts at home. EK are now five points clear of second-placed Celtic B. - View the full Lowland League table

🤝 Neil Lennon was appointed Dunfermline Athletic manager on a short-term contract on Friday. - Andy Coyle, STV

🧮 Darvel issued a short statement following their West of Scotland Premier Division 2-1 defeat to Johnstone Burgh.

Darvel were aggrieved that Johnstone Burgh brought on Kyle Lafferty as a sixth substitute. He subsequently won a penalty for the home side which leveled the score at 1-1. The substitution was then reversed but the penalty and goal stood.

🏟️ The Scottish FA were awarded £8.6m of funding from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to support new and improved pitches, changing rooms and infrastructure in local communities.

The Scottish FA’s Pitching In campaign aims to invest £50m into facilities improvements by 2028, when Scotland becomes a co-host of the UEFA EURO 2028. - Scottish FA website

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY

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