⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 6th April 2026
Weekend round-up. Raith Rovers win the KDM Evolution Trophy. Hamilton Academical to return to New Douglas Park. Brechin City within touching distance of Highland League title.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #281: Dundee had won two league cups before Celtic won their first one.
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
And the gap between Hearts in first and Celtic in third is just three points. Falkirk secured a top-six finish with a game to spare. St Mirren moved level on points with Aberdeen (30). Both teams are three points ahead of 11th-placed Kilmarnock.
Dundee 1-2 Celtic
Hibernian 3-0 Kilmarnock
Livingston 2-2 Heart of Midlothian
Motherwell 2-3 Falkirk
Rangers 4-2 Dundee United
St Mirren 2-0 Aberdeen
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
St Johnstone are five points clear of Partick Thistle with four games left to go. At the bottom, Ross County have fallen two points behind Airdrieonians after Stuart Kettlewell described their defeat as the worst in the club’s history. Airdrie also have a game in hand.
Arbroath 2-4 St Johnstone
Ayr United 1-1 Partick Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 Greenock Morton
Ross County 0-4 Airdrieonians
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Stenhousemuir took advantage of Inverness playing in the cup by going to the top of the league. Kelty Hearts have moved within two points of Hamilton Academical in ninth.
Cove Rangers 0-1 Alloa Athletic
Kelty Hearts 1-1 Queen of the South
Montrose 1-0 East Fife
Stenhousemuir 3-0 Hamilton Academical
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
East Kilbride remain one point clear of The Spartans with four games to go. Elgin City remain in fourth despite their defeat to play-off rivals Forfar Athletic. Edinburgh City are now all but destined to finish bottom. They are 11 points behind Dumbarton with four games to play.
Clyde 3-1 Stirling Albion
East Kilbride 2-1 Annan Athletic
Edinburgh City 0-3 The Spartans
Forfar Athletic 2-1 Elgin City
Stranraer 1-1 Dumbarton
View the League Two table here
➡️ SCOTTISHPOWER SWPL 1
Glasgow City have now won just one of their last six league games and have dropped to second behind Hearts. They could drop to third if Rangers beat Celtic today.
Hamilton have officially been relegated. It has been a tough season for the Accies in the SWPL. They have picked up just two points and conceded 91 goals in 21 games.
Glasgow City 0-1 Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian 0-0 Partick Thistle
Montrose 2-1 Aberdeen
Motherwell 4-0 Hamilton Academical
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Bojan Miovski (Rangers- 85’), Ante Suto (Hibernian- 90+3’), Twanda Maswanhise (Motherwell- 90+4’)
Evan Dunne (Stranraer - 85’)
Sophia Martin (Montrose Women - 85’), Demi Taylor (Montrose Women - 90+6’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Ryan Astley (Dundee), Lee Ashcroft (Partick Thistle), Jack Hannah (Queen of the South), Marc Leonard (Heart of Midlothian)
NEWS
🏆 Congratulations to Raith Rovers on winning the KDM Evolution Trophy for the fourth time.
Raith beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4-1 at Firhill yesterday. With the win, they have picked up prize money of £150,000.
Innes Cameron and Dylan Easton both scored twice in the final. Alfie Stewart got the Inverness goal.
🏟️ Hamilton Academical have confirmed they will be returning to New Douglas Park next season after playing at Broadwood this season. - Hamilton Academical website
🔴 After Stirling Albion put manager Alan Maybury on gardening leave last week because he indicated he wasn’t going to renew his contract, the Binos confirmed that their interim management team would be made up of Tony McMinn, Derek Gaston, Andy Somerville, Derek Ure, and Ross McGeachie. - Stirling Albion website
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📝 Motherwell defender Johnny Koutroumbis has signed a new two-year deal. - Motherwell FC website
⚽️ Forwards Lyndon Dykes, Ross Stewart, and Ryan One were all on the scoresheet in England over the weekend.
Ross Stewart’s goal for Southampton in their FA Cup win against Arsenal was his seventh of an injury-hit season.
⚽️ Che Adams scored the only goal of the game in Torino’s 1-0 away win over Pisa yesterday.
Lewis Ferguson came on in the 78th minute and was sent off in the 96th minute of Bologna’s 2-1 away win at Cremonese.
➡️ Brechin City travel to Brora Rangers on Wednesday in the Breedon Highland League, knowing a victory will win them the title.
Brechin beat Nairn County 3-0 at home to move three points clear with two games to go. Brora could only draw 1-1 with Formartine United. - view the Highland League table here
➡️ It is now down to three teams in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League title race.
Leaders Clydebank beat Broxburn Athletic. The Bankies are two points clear of Bonnyrigg Rose, who beat Caledonian Braves 3-2. Third-place Linlithgow Rose effectively ended Tranent’s title hopes with a 1-0 win. Linlithgow are four points behind with a game in hand. - view the Lowland League table here
This Clydebank one-touch passing goal is well worth watching.
🧨 Albion Rover’s 3-2 win over Celtic B in the Lowland League was interrupted twice by pyrotechnics from Celtic fans.
🛒 The first Scotland National Team pop-up shop has opened in Stirling ahead of the World Cup. Further stores will be opening in Glasgow, Livingston, and Edinburgh.
The pop-ups will be stocked with officially licensed products, including clothing, hats, scarves, and flags. Due to the exclusive deal with JD Sports, there will be no strips on sale. - Scottish FA website
🗽 The Scottish FA is participating in New York Tartan Week. There is a quick survey for Scotland fans based in the States (or elsewhere) asking if they would like to participate in any of the planned activities - five-a-side, Tartan Army Happy Hour, and the Tartan Day Parade. - Register your interest here
📺 The Scottish Amateur FA has launched a new live streaming service.- Scottish Amateur FA website
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 68
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Odd framing of the Highland League run-in. Yes, a win for Brechin at Brora will win them the league but a win for Brora, playing at home, would put them back in pole position with a better goal difference and one away game against mid-table opposition left for each of the top two.