⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 25th August 2025
Weekend round-up. Don Cowie departs Ross County. Signings for Dundee Utd, Dundee, Motherwell, Peterhead & Hamilton. Three exit Rangers. Rod Petrie passes away.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #131:
In 1890 a group of British men, whilst celebrating Burns Night in Seville, founded a football club – Sevilla Futbol Club. Amongst the group were Edward Farquharson Johnston, from Elgin and Hugo MacColl, from Glasgow.
Johnston was elected as the first President of the club, while MacColl was elected as the first captainWEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Celtic are the only team with a 100% record left in the Premiership after Hearts came from three down at home to Motherwell to draw. Celtic are yet to concede a goal in the Premiership this season.
Rangers, Kilmarnock, and Motherwell have all started their Premiership campaigns with three draws.
Celtic 3-0 Livingston
Heart of Midlothian 3-3 Motherwell
Kilmarnock 0-0 Dundee
St Mirren 1-1 Rangers
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone also have a 100% record in the league. They are two clear of Raith Rovers and five clear of Dunfermline, Arbroath, and Partick. Ross County are at the bottom with one point.
Airdrieonians 1-1 Queen’s Park
Greenock Morton 2-2 Ayr United
Raith Rovers 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic
Ross County 1-3 Partick Thistle
St Johnstone 3-0 Arbroath
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Alloa continued their winning start to League One with three wins from three. Montrose and Cove Rangers are at the bottom on one point each.
Alloa Athletic 1-0 Hamilton Academical
East Fife 2-1 Kelty Hearts
Montrose 0-2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Peterhead 3-1 Cove Rangers
Stenhousemuir 0-0 Queen of the South
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
The Spartans and East Kilbride sit joint-top on nine points after four games. Dumbarton are still to lose in the league after starting on minus five points. Edinburgh City have closed the gap to nine points on ninth-placed Stranraer after their 15-point deduction.
Annan Athletic 3-4 Dumbarton
Elgin City 2-4 Edinburgh City
Stirling Albion 2-3 East Kilbride
Stranraer 1-1 Clyde
The Spartans 1-0 Forfar Athletic
View the League Two table here
➡️ SWPL 1
Hibernian, Celtic, and Glasgow City have two wins out of two so far. Aberdeen, Motherwell, and Hamilton Academical are still searching for their first points of the season.
Aberdeen 0-1 Glasgow City
Celtic 5-0 Hamilton Academical
Motherwell 1-4 Montrose
Partick Thistle 0-5 Hibernian
Rangers 2-2 Heart of Midlothian
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Eamonn Brophy (Greenock Morton - 87’), Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle - 90+2’); Tommy Muir (Annan Athletic - 90+4’), Robbie Mahon (Edinburgh City - 86’); Eilidh Adams (Hibernian Women - 88’ & 89’), Eilidh Shore (Heart of Midlothian Women - 88’)
Well done to Robbie Mahon. Not only a hat-trick on Saturday, but now a hat-trick of appearances in The Late Goals Society this season already.
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Brian Easton (East Fife), Blair Yule (Cove Rangers); John Robertson (East Kilbride)
NEWS
👋 Ross County and manager Don Cowie have gone their separate ways by ‘mutual consent’.
The Staggies have had a poor start to the season and currently sit at the bottom of the Championship. - Ross County website
🟠 Dundee United made their 14th new signing of the summer. Swedish striker Nikolaj Möller joined from FC St. Gallen for an undisclosed fee. - Dundee United website
✍️ Dundee signed Cameron Congreve on a season-long loan deal from Swansea City.
The 21-year-old attacking midfielder was on loan at Bromley in EFL League Two last season. - Dundee FC website
🔙 Regan Charles-Cook has returned to Scottish football after signing for Motherwell.
The former Ross County winger has joined The Steelmen on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old has joined from Belgian side Eupen. - Motherwell FC website
😔 Former Hibernian chairman and Scottish FA president Rod Petrie has passed away at the age of 69. - Blair Meikle, Hibs Observer
🔵 A trio of players left Rangers over the weekend.
Besiktas have signed Rangers full-back Ridvan Yilmaz on a permanent deal.
The 24-year-old made 77 appearances for Rangers. - Matthew Fulton, STV
Ben Davies also left Rangers. The 30-year-old centre back joined EFL Championship side Oxford United on a season-long loan. - David Irvine, The Herald
Midfielder Jose Cifuentes joined Toronto FC on a season-long loan, with the Canadian MLS club having an option to buy. - BBC
🔚 Craig Wighton has announced his shock retirement from football at the age of 28.
Wighton, who was due to play for League One Montrose this season, has quit due to long-term issues with knee injuries. - George Cran, The Courier
🔴 Hamilton Academical have signed 19-year-old midfielder Ewan Simpson on a season-long loan from Aston Villa.
Simpson joined Villa from Hearts as a 16-year-old. - Hamilton Academical website
🔵 Peterhead signed 23-year-old defender Aaron Steele from Arbroath. - Peterhead FC website
✂️ Dundee have cut short Victor ‘Chespi’ Lopez’s loan from Mexican side Queretaro after he made just two appearances from the bench. - George Cran, The Courier
🔵 Rangers forward Hamza Igamane refused to come on as a substitute against St Mirren, telling Russell Martin he had a sore quad from warming up.
The Ibrox club turned down a bid from Lille midweek for the striker. - Christopher Jack, Rangers Review
✍️ Former Ayr United defender Michael Rose has joined EFL League Two club Salford City from Stoke City. - Salford City website
➡️ Brechin City’s 100% record came to an end in the Breedon Highland League with a 0-0 draw at Deveronvale. Brora Rangers are now one point behind after an added-time winner away to Turriff United.
Clachnacuddin were the biggest winners on Saturday with a 6-0 win over Strathspey Thistle. - view the Highland League table here
➡️ Clydebank were the biggest winners in the Parks Motor Group Lowland League over the weekend. They won 5-0 away to Tranent.
Linlithgow Rose remain top, two points ahead of Clydebank, who have a game in hand. The Rose beat Civil Service Strollers 2-0 in Edinburgh. - view the Lowland League table here
⚽️ It was the opening weekend of Serie A, and Scott McTominay was on the scoresheet in Napoli’s 2-0 away win at Sassuolo. Billy Gilmour came on as a late substitute.
⚽️ In England, Tommy Conway was on the scoresheet for Middlesbrough in their 2-1 away win at Norwich City.
Ryan Christie made his return from injury as a 66th-minute substitute for Bournemouth at the weekend. The Cherries beat Wolves 1-0 at home.
Former Raith Rovers midfielder Regan Hendry scored this incredible halfway line goal for League One Mansfield Town on Saturday. Mansfield beat Leyton Orient 4-1.
🆕 Ryan Porteous made his debut for LAFC over the weekend. He was an 80th-minute substitute in Los Angeles’ 1-1 draw away to FC Dallas.
⚫️ A supporter was ejected from Borough Briggs on Saturday for shouting homophobic abuse. Elgin City published a statement after their home loss to Edinburgh City condemning the abuse, and that the club is conducting an investigation. - Paul Third, The Press & Journal
🎙️ SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster was the latest guest on The Price of Football Podcast as he answered listener questions.
📺 Kelly Cates sat down with Scotland Head Coach Steve Clarke for an extended interview. The latest Scotland squad will be announced today. - watch on the BBC iPlayer
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