⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 29th December 2025
Weekend round-up. Livingston sign two new players. John Robertson passes away. Joelle Murray named Hibernian Women Head Coach. McTominay and Weir named Scotland players of the year.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 166
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #218: Livingston were the first British club to appoint a Brazilian first-team coach when they brought in Marcio Maximo in June 2003.
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Celtic are now three points behind Hearts with a game in hand. Dundee have moved seven points clear of bottom side Livingston. Kilmarnock, in 11th, are four points clear.
Aberdeen 1-1 Dundee United
Dundee 1-0 Falkirk
Hibernian 3-2 Heart of Midlothian
Livingston 2-4 Celtic
Rangers 1-0 Motherwell
St Mirren 0-0 Kilmarnock
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
Dunfermline Athletic were the only team to win in the Championship on Saturday. They moved above Raith Rovers into fifth. The Pars are two points behind fourth-placed Ayr United.
Arbroath 1-1 Airdrieonians
Greenock Morton 1-1 Ayr United
Queen’s Park 2-2 Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers 1-2 Dunfermline Athletic
Ross County 0-0 St Johnstone
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Inverness suffered their second successive league defeat. Stenhousemuir are two points behind the leaders. The bottom three sides in the league all won, with Cove Rangers the biggest winners. Kelty Hearts are bottom.
Alloa Athletic 0-0 Stenhousemuir
East Fife 0-1 Kelty Hearts
Montrose 2-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Peterhead 0-4 Cove Rangers
Queen of the South 4-1 Hamilton Academical
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
The Spartans are now five points clear of East Kilbride at the top. Clyde are a further two points behind. Edinburgh City are still bottom, six points behind second-bottom Dumbarton. Scott Shepherd scored all four goals in Forfar’s 4-2 home win over Elgin.
Annan Athletic 2-2 Stranraer
Dumbarton 1-2 Stirling Albion
East Kilbride 1-1 Clyde
Edinburgh City 1-3 The Spartans
Forfar Athletic 4-2 Elgin City
View the League Two table here
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Cammy Devlin (Heart of Midlothian - 89’)
Lewis Strapp (Aidrieonians - 90’)
Jack Stott (Queen of the South - 89’)
Jack MacIver (Elgin City - 86’), Scott Shepherd (Forfar Athletic- 90+5’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Simon Murray (Dundee), Oisin Smyth (Partick Thistle), Jack Wilkie (Arbroath), Ross Millen (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Jack Murray (Elgin City), Sean Fagan (East Kilbride), Logan Dunnachie (Clyde)
NEWS
🦁 Livingston confirmed two new signings over the festive period.
Ghanaian midfielder Emmanuel Danso is joining the West Lothian club following the expiry of his contract at Norwegian side Stabaek. - Andy Coyle, STV
They have also signed 24-year-old Curacao winger Joshua Zimmerman for an undisclosed fee from Dutch team TOP Oss. - Livingston FC website
😔 Former Scotland winger John Robertson sadly passed away on Christmas Day. He won 28 caps for Scotland. Nottingham Forest have announced that they will be renaming a stand at the City Ground in his honour. - Adwaidh Rajan, BBC
⚫️ Dunfermline Athletic owner James Bord has been chosen as the preferred bidder to buy Sheffield Wednesday. - Sean Hamilton, The Courier
🟢 Joelle Murray was appointed the new Hibernian Women Head Coach. She steps up from her previous role as first team coach. - David Currie, BBC
😷 Ross County are considering closing down the club for a few days to battle a sickness bug following their draw with St Johnstone at the weekend. - Will Clark, Ross-shire Journal
🥇 Scott McTominay has been voted the EE Scotland Men’s Player of the Year for 2025.
Caroline Weir was voted the women’s player of the year. - Scotland National Team on X
⚽️ Ross McCrorie was on the scoresheet for Bristol City on Boxing Day. The Robins beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1.
➡️ In the Breedon Highland League, Formartine United moved to the top of the table following their 3-1 home win over Turriff United. Brora Rangers are three points behind with two games in hand. The current champions beat local rivals Wick Academy 3-0.
Brechin dropped points at home to Banks o’Dee with a 1-1 draw. Clachnacuddin have kept their title hopes alive with a 2-0 away win at Lossiemouth. - view the Highland League table
➡️ The top three all won in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League on Saturday. Leaders Clydebank beat Gretna 2008 5-0. Second-placed Bonnyrigg Rose beat Tranent 1-0, and third-placed Broxburn Athletic beat East Stirlingshire 3-0.
Linlithgow Rose lost pace on the leaders following their 2-0 defeat away at Bo’ness United.
East Stirlingshire remain at the bottom. Gretna 2008 are second bottom, with Hearts B third bottom. - view the Lowland League table here
📺 Airdrieonians v St Johnstone has been selected for live BBC Scotland coverage on Friday, 13th February. - SPFL website
💷 West of Scotland Premier Division club Johnstone Burgh have received further American investment.
US ‘healthcare entrepreneurs’ Frank Villares and Debra Tucker have joined the current ownership consortium with their ‘significant’ investment. - Johnstone Burgh on X
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