⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 26th May 2025
Scottish Cup wins for Aberdeen and Rangers Women. Michael Wimmer departs Motherwell. Clydebank promoted to the Lowland League. McTominay Serie A MVP. Livingston to install new pitch.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #66: Graeme Shinnie is the first player to captain two different clubs to Scottish Cup glory.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 Scottish Gas Men’s Scottish Cup Final
Aberdeen 1 - 1 Celtic (Aberdeen won 4-3 on penalties)
🏆 Scottish Gas Women’s Scottish Cup Final
Glasgow City 0 - 3 Rangers Women
⬆️ Lowland League Play-Off Final Second Leg
Clydebank 2 - 0 Musselburgh Athletic (Clydebank won 3-1 on aggregrate)
NEWS
🏆 Congratulations to Aberdeen who won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1990.
🏆 Congratulations to Rangers Women who won the Scottish Cup for the second successive year yesterday.
⬆️ Clydebank will be playing in the Parks Motor Group Lowland League next season. They beat East of Scotland League champions Musselburgh Athletic 2-0 yesterday after the first leg finished 1-1.
🏅 Scott McTominay won the Serie A MVP award as his Napoli side won the Scudetto on Friday night.
McTominay scored and Gilmour played an influential role in their 2-0 win over Cagliari.
⬇️ Liam Henderson’s Empoli were relegated following their home defeat to Verona and Leece’s 1-0 away win at Lazio.
🔝 McTominay and Gilmour weren’t the only Scottish players to win a title on the continent at the weekend. Max Johnston won the Austrian Bundesliga with Sturm Graz.
👋 Michael Wimmer made a shock departure from Motherwell on Friday.
Wimmer quit as manager after just 12 games to return home to Germany to manage SSV Jahn Regensburg, who have just been relegated from Bundesliga 2. - Peter Cassidy, STV
🏟️ Livingston are putting in a new artificial pitch ahead of the start of next season.
As it stands, no Premiership club can have an artificial playing surface from the 2026/27 season onwards. - Livingston FC website
📝 Craig Gordon has signed a new one-year contract with Hearts. - Heart of Midlothian website
⚫️ New Queen’s Park Head Coach Sean Crighton has appointed Jim Duffy as his assistant. - Queen’s Park FC website
🟠 After 14 years at Glasgow City, Jo Love will be leaving the club this summer. - Glasgow City website
✍️ Stirling Albion have signed League One joint-top goalscorer Ross Cunningham.
Cunningham left Kelty Hearts at the end of his contract. - Stirling Albion website
🚫 Livingston have issued a lifetime ban to one of their fans and passed their details to the police after he spat at one of the Ross County coaching staff on Thursday night. - Livingston FC website
🟢 Hibernian have made several changes at board level. The most notable is that Ian Gordon has become the new chairman. - Ben Banks, Edinburgh Evening News
2️⃣0️⃣ Scotland Under-20s lost 2-1 to Slovakia on Friday. Bobby Wales had put Scotland ahead before conceding two second-half goals.
🔥 Thorn Athletic, a community club in Johnstone, had over £20,000 worth of training equipment destroyed in a malicious fire.
A storage container was deliberately set on fire, causing several items to be lost, including several sets of goals, footballs, cones, bibs, mannequins, and maintenance equipment.
The club had recently received a Lottery grant to buy a number of the items lost. - Thorn Athletic on X
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
⬆️ William Hill SPFL Premiership Play-Off Final Second Leg
Ross County (1) v Livingston (1) (8pm - Live on Sky Sports)
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