⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 27th October 2025
Weekend round-up. Kilmarnock sign striker Tyreece John-Jules on a short-term deal. Scottish Cup Third Round draw. SWNT beat Morocco. Carter-Vickers ruled out for up to five months.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #176:
Benburb and Camelon Juniors are in the Scottish Cup Third Round for the first time.WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Hearts are eight points clear at the top of the table after their win over Celtic. Hibernian, in third, are three points behind Celtic. Livingston are bottom on six points. Aberdeen are 11th on seven points.
Aberdeen 1-2 Hibernian
Dundee United 3-1 St Mirren
Falkirk 2-1 Dundee
Heart of Midlothian 3-1 Celtic
Livingston 1-2 Motherwell
Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone have moved three points clear at the top of the table following their win at Greenock Morton and Partick Thistle’s defeat away to Raith Rovers. Managerless Airdrieonians picked up their first win of the season - they are now three points behind ninth-placed Queen’s Park.
Airdrieonians 1-0 Arbroath
Greenock Morton 0-4 St Johnstone
Queen’s Park 0-0 Ayr United
Raith Rovers 2-0 Partick Thistle
Ross County 3-2 Dunfermline Athletic
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Cove Rangers secured their first league win of the season away to Montrose. The Aberdeen side are now two points behind second-bottom Kelty Hearts. Stenhousemuir are top by one point from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Alloa Athletic 0-0 Stenhousemuir
Hamilton Academical 1-2 Queen of the South
Kelty Hearts 0-3 East Fife
Montrose 0-3 Cove Rangers
Peterhead 0-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
View the League One table here
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Elie Youan (Hibernian - 87’), Connor Allan (Falkirk - 89’), Craig Sibbald (Dundee United - 90’), Elijah Just (Motherwell 90 + 3’), Marco Lazetic (Aberdeen - 90+4)
Gregor Nicol (East Fife - 90’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Alex Gogic (St Mirren); Henry Fieldson (Queen’s Park); Stefan Scougall (Alloa Athletic), Jordon Brown (Peterhead)
NEWS
⚽️ Scotland Women’s National Team beat Morocco in a friendly on Friday night. Erin Cuthbert and Caroline Weir got the goals for Scotland.
SWNT take on Switzerland at East End Park, Dunfermline, on Tuesday in another friendly.
🔵 Kilmarnock have signed striker Tyreece John-Jules on a short-term deal. The former Arsenal youth player was most recently with Crawley Town. - Kilmarnock FC website
🤕 Cameron Cater-Vickers has been ruled out with injury for up to five months. The Celtic defender injured his Achilles tendon in Thursday’s UEFA Europa League win over Sturm Graz. - Andy Coyle, STV
📺 Greenock Morton v Queen’s Park and Ayr United v St Johnstone have been selected for live BBC Scotland coverage in December. - SPFL website
🗣️ Dundee have condemned the behaviour of some of their fans during Saturday’s away game at Falkirk. - James Simpson, The Courier
🆕 Rangers unveiled a new fourth orange kit.
🤕 Scotland and Everton defender Nathan Patterson has been ruled out with injury. Patterson has a plantar fascia tear in his foot, which he picked up in an under-21 game against Bradford. While he is out injured, Everton have sent him for a minor hernia surgery to address a small issue. - Martyn Simpson, Glasgow World
🏆 It was Scottish Cup Second Round weekend. West of Scotland Premier Division club Benburb knocked out Highland League Wick Academy, and fellow West of Scotland side Auchinleck Talbot beat Lowland League Gretna 2008, the only instances of a club knocking out a team from a higher division. They join Camelon Juniors as the only tier six clubs in the third round.
The biggest winners over the weekend were Stranraer, who beat West of Scotland League club Glenafton 4-0, and Banks o’Dee, who beat fellow Highland League side Fraserburgh by the same score line. - view all the scores here
🏆 The Scottish Cup Third Round draw was made last night. Notable ties include Banks o’Dee v Ross County, Benburb v Montrose, Tranent v Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Forfar Athletic v Partick Thistle, and Linlithgow Rose v Queen’s Park. - view the full draw here
➡️ Due to the cup, there was only one game in each of the Breedon Highland League and Park’s Motor Group Lowland League.
Strathspey Thistle beat Huntly 3-0 at home in the Highland League. - view the Highland League table
Broxburn Athletic beat Cowdenbeath 3-0 at home in the Lowland League. - view the Lowland League table here
⚽️ Scott McTominay scored a beauty in Napoli’s 3-1 win over Inter Milan. Billy Gilmour also started the game. Napoli remain top alongside AS Roma.
Lewis Ferguson played 90 minutes in fifth-placed Bologna’s 2-2 draw away at Fiorentina.
Josh Doig and Che Adams both started for their clubs in the league. - view the Serie A table
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
No senior Scottish football fixtures today 👎
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Poor Eli Just left out of the Late Goals Society 😂