⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 6th October 2025
Weekend round-up. Russell Martin sacked. Report says a new Aberdeen stadium would generate £1.6b for local economy. Oli Shaw named League One Player of the Month.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #161:
Airdrieonians and Cove Rangers are the only SPFL clubs without a league win this season.WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Added time winners for both Hearts and Celtic kept it as you were at the top with the Edinburgh side two points clear. Aberdeen picked up their first win of the season, scoring their first four league goals of the season against Dundee.
Aberdeen 4-0 Dundee
Celtic 3-2 Motherwell
Dundee United 1-1 Livingston
Falkirk 1-1 Rangers
Heart of Midlothian 1-0 Hibernian
Kilmarnock 2-0 St Mirren
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
None of the top five won on Saturday. Greenock Morton and Ross County secured their first wins of the season. County are now four points clear of bottom side Airdrieonians and one point behind eighth-placed Queen’s Park.
Airdrieonians 1-2 Greenock Morton
Dunfermline Athletic 0-0 Queen’s Park
Partick Thistle 1-1 Arbroath
Ross County 2-0 Raith Rovers
St Johnstone 0-0 Ayr United
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
It is Hamilton Academical’s turn to sit at the top of League One. Their win over Inverness has put them ahead of Stenhousemuir on goal difference. Cove Rangers are still looking for their first win.
East Fife 2-0 Cove Rangers
Hamilton Academical 3-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Kelty Hearts 1-2 Peterhead
Stenhousemuir 3-1 Montrose
Queen of the South 1-0 Alloa Athletic
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
The Spartans remain top despite their Edinburgh derby defeat. Edinburgh City have closed the gap on Stranraer at the bottom to five points. Elgin picked up only their second win of the season.
Clyde 2-2 East Kilbride
Elgin City 2-1 Forfar Athletic
Spartans 0-1 Edinburgh City
Stirling Albion 2-2 Dumbarton
Stranraer 0-1 Annan Athletic
View the League Two table here
🏆 Sky Sports Cup
The quarter final draw is on Tuesday at 2.30pm live on Sky Sports News.
Aberdeen 3-1 Kilmarnock
Gartcairn 1-3 Queen’s Park
Hamilton Accies 0-5 Glasgow City
Heart of Midlothian 7-0 Montrose
Hibernian 9-0 Motherwell
Partick Thistle 7-0 Livingston
Rangers 12-0 St Johnstone
The Spartans 1-3 Celtic
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Craig Halkett (Heart of Midlothian - 90+2’), Daizen Maeda (Celtic - 90+3); Ronan Hale (Ross County - 90+2’); Michael McKenna (East Fife - 87’), Oli Shaw (Hamilton Academical - 90+2’), Mikey Hewitt (Queen of the South - 90+3’); Robbie Leitch (Clyde - 90’); Mae English (Partick Thistle Women - 85’), Kerry Beattie (Aberdeen Women - 87’), Eilidh Adams (Hibernian Women - 89’), Ellie Kane (Queen’s Park Women - 90+1’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
For the first time this season there are no new members of The Red Card Club.
NEWS
🔵 Rangers sacked Russell Martin late last night. He had required a police escort from the Falkirk Stadium yesterday as fans tried to prevent the team bus from leaving following the 1-1 draw with Falkirk.
The 39-year-old won only five games from his 17 in charge. Rangers are currently eighth in the Premiership. - Andy Coyle & Raman Bhardwaj, STV
🏟️ An independent report has said that Aberdeen’s proposed new beach-front stadium would generate £1.6 billion for the local economy over the next 50 years. - Mark Mackay & Regan Parsons, The Press & Journal
🔴 Hamilton Academical’s Oli Shaw was named William Hill League One Player of the Month. - SPFL website
📝 Hearts’ Harry Milne has signed a new contract at Tynecastle. - Ewan Paton, Hearts Standard
🚔 Police Scotland are appealing for information after two young fans were found with injuries after the Ross County v Raith Rovers game on Saturday. - Ewan Malcolm, Ross-Shire Journal
➡️ Only one game survived Storm Amy in the Breedon Highland League. Fraserburgh went top of the league with a 1-0 win away to Brechin City.
On Friday night, Aberdeen’s development squad won the Evening Express Aberdeenshire Cup on penalties against Formartine United. Aberdeen have won the trophy for the first time since 2004. - view the Highland League table
➡️ University of Stirling caused a bit of an upset in the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League on Saturday. They beat league leaders Linlithgow Rose 5-4 away from home.
Second-placed Clydebank closed the gap to three points with a 4-2 win over Albion Rovers. Bo’ness United were the biggest winners of the day with a 5-1 win away at Caledonian Braves. - view the Lowland League table here
⚽️ Che Adams scored for Torino in their 3-3 draw away at Lazio. His goal was his first league goal since April and equalled Denis Law’s tally for the club. - Mark Walker, The Herald
Scott McTominay started and Billy Gilmour came on as a 44th-minute substitute for the injured Stanislav Labokta in Napoli’s 2-1 home win over Genoa. - view the Serie A table
📺 November and December’s SWPL TV games have been confirmed. - SWPL website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
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