⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 24th November 2025
SPFL Weekend round-up. Ben Gannon-Doak goes for surgery. Celtic AGM descends into chaos. Rangers post a loss of £14.8m. Cove Rangers sign Chris Maguire.
🌎 Days until the World Cup: 199 ⏳ Days until the World Cup draw: 11
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #196: Tangerine was first used for the Dundee United kit in 1969, with the idea coming from an American Tour where they played as the Dallas Tornado and wore their colours.
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Hearts suffered their first defeat of the season as their winless run at Pittodrie continues. The Jambos haven’t beaten Aberdeen away since 2016. Celtic have closed the gap on the league leaders to four points thanks to their last-gasp winner in Paisley.
Aberdeen 1-0 Heart of Midlothian
Dundee United 0-3 Falkirk
Hibernian 2-0 Dundee
Kilmarnock 1-3 Motherwell
Rangers 2-1 Livingston
St Mirren 0-1 Celtic
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
Partick Thistle have made things even more interesting at the top of the Championship table - they have closed the gap on St Johnstone to three points and have a game in hand.
Airdrieonians 0-1 Ayr United
Arbroath 0-0 Raith Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic 1-0 Greenock Morton
Queen’s Park P-P Ross County
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Cove Rangers have moved off the bottom of the table on goal difference after their 0-0 draw with Alloa. Inverness are three points clear of Stenhousemuir at the top, with a game in hand.
Cove Rangers 0-0 Alloa Athletic
Hamilton Academical 3-1 Kelty Hearts
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–0 Queen of the South
Montrose 2-1 East Fife
Peterhead 1-4 Stenhousemuir
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
Stranraer had, without doubt, the result of the weekend with their 4-0 away win at top-of-the-table Spartans. East Kilbride have closed the gap to one point. Clyde are four points behind.
Clyde 1-0 Annan Athletic
Dumbarton 1-4 Forfar Athletic
East Kilbride 1-1 Edinburgh City
Stirling Albion 1-1 Elgin City
The Spartans 0-4 Stranraer
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
Hearts have closed the gap on Glasgow City to four points. Defending champions Hibernian have dropped to fifth.
Aberdeen 1-2 Montrose
Celtic 2-0 Partick Thistle
Glasgow City 0-0 Hibernian
Heart of Midlothian 8-1 Hamilton Academical
Motherwell 0-3 Rangers
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Callum McGregor (Celtic - 90+5’)
Bayley Hutchison (Heart of Midlothian Women - 89’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Marco Alin Rus (Ayr United)
NEWS
🟢 The Celtic AGM was brought to an early end on Friday by Peter Lawwell after chaotic scenes at Celtic Park. - Peter Cassidy, STV
The fallout has continued with Celtic releasing a statement following the AGM. - Ewan Paton, The Celtic Way
🏥 Ben Gannon-Doak has undergone surgery for the hamstring injury he picked up against Denmark. - AFC Bournemouth website
🔵 Rangers and Scotland youth international Bailey Rice is also undergoing surgery after picking up an injury in training. - Stewart Wilson, The Herald
❄️ Ross County chief executive Steven Ferguson is looking for answers after their Championship match against Queen’s Park in Glasgow was postponed 15 minutes before kick-off. - Andrew Henderson, Ross-shire Journal
✍️ Cove Rangers have signed Chris Maguire. The 36-year-old came off the bench in the League One side’s 0-0 draw with Alloa Athletic. - Danny Law, The Press & Journal
🔵 Rangers posted a loss of £14.8m in their latest annual accounts, down from £17.2m. The Ibrox club reported record revenues of £94.1m, a 7% increase from the previous total of £88.3m. - Tom English, BBC
🟠 Dundee United’s Craig Sibbald made his 500th professional appearance at the weekend. - SPFL on X
🏆 The draw for the last 32 of the KDM Evolution Trophy was made on Friday. Ties include Raith Rovers v Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South v Dunfermline Athletic, and Stirling Albion v Greenock Morton. - SPFL website
🏴 James Grady has named his Scotland Under-16 squad for two friendlies against Spain. - Scottish FA website
➡️ Four games survived the weather in the Breedon Highland League at the weekend. The result of the day was Wick Academy beating Deveronvale 6-1.
Brechin City left it very late to beat Lossiemouth and move to the top of the table. Clachnacuddin are in second with their 3-2 win over Inverurie Loco Works. Buckie Thistle beat Nairn County 1-0 for the second time this season in the only other game to beat the weather. - view the Highland League table
➡️ Only Albion Rovers v Hearts B fell foul to the weather in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League this weekend.
In the top-of-the-table clash it finished Clydebank 1 - 1 Linlithgow Rose. Bonnyrigg Rose and Tranent took advantage of the draw with wins over Broxburn Athletic and Caledonian Braves to move above Linlithgow and to within four points of Clydebank. - view the Lowland League table here
👕 If you have a spare £7200, you can own one of Scott McTominay’s Scotland shirts from last Tuesday.
Kenny McLean’s is currently going for more than £6000 with Kieran Tierney’s shirt with has a highest bid of over £4000. - Matchworn Shirts website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 Strathclyde Demolition West of Scotland League Cup – Second Round
Carluke Rovers v St Roch’s (8.15pm)
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