⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 8th December 2025
World Cup draw follow up. Weekend round-up. Dumbarton appoint Frank McKeown as manager. More SPFL November awards announced.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 187
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #206: Scotland’s only previous game in Miami was a 1-0 friendly defeat to Colombia in 1998.
WEEKEND ROUND-UP
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
There is plenty of life left in the title race yet. Hearts moved three points clear at the top following their 2-1 win away at Celtic in Wilfred Nancy’s first game in charge. Celtic have a game in hand and are five goals worse off. St Mirren moved up to ninth with their win. Dundee are now in 11th.
Celtic 1-2 Heart of Midlothian
Dundee 1-3 Aberdeen
Hibernian 3-0 Falkirk
Kilmarnock 0–3 Rangers
Motherwell 3-0 Livingston
St Mirren 2-0 Dundee United
View the Premiership table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP
It is still all level at the top between St Johnstone and Partick Thistle. Ross County have dropped to the bottom of the table. Following Airdrie’s win in Dingwall, they have moved up to eighth.
Ayr United 0-0 Partick Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic 1-2 Arbroath
Greenock Morton 2-1 Queen’s Park
Ross County 1-2 Airdrieonians
St Johnstone 0-0 Raith Rovers
View the Championship table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE
Alloa have moved into second following their 4-0 win over Peterhead. Kelty Hearts are one point behind second-bottom Cove Rangers and nine points behind eighth-placed Montrose.
Alloa Athletic 4-0 Peterhead
Kelty Hearts 0-3 Montrose
Queen of the South 1-1 Cove Rangers
Stenhousemuir 0-0 Hamilton Academical
View the League One table here
➡️ WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO
East Kilbride have moved to the top of the table following their 3-0 win away at Forfar. Bottom side Edinburgh City are five points behind Stirling Albion. The Binos are now eight games in the league without a win.
Annan Athletic 1-1 Spartans
Edinburgh City 4-3 Dumbarton
Elgin City 1-1 Clyde
Forfar Athletic 0-3 East Kilbride
Stranraer 3-2 Stirling Albion
View the League Two table here
⚽️ THE LATE GOALS SOCIETY
(goals scored in the 85th minute or later)
Emmanuel Longelo (Motherwell - 88’), Kevin Nisbet (Aberdeen - 90+2’), Kieran Tierney (Celtic - 90+3’)
Michael O’Halloran (Greenock Morton - 90+2’), Brooklyn Kabongolo (Arbroath - 90+4’)
Callum Burnside (Alloa Athletic - 86’), Matty Douglas (Queen of the South - 88’)
Adam Brown (Stirling Albion - 89’), Tony Wallace (Dumbarton - 90+2’)
🔴 THE RED CARD CLUB
Stuart Kettlewell (Kilmarnock)
NEWS
🌎 We now know who we are playing, where, and when at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Haiti v Scotland
Saturday, 13th June - 9pm local time (2am UK time)
Boston
Scotland v Morocco
Friday, 19th June - 6pm local time (11pm UK time)
Boston
Scotland v Brazil
Wednesday, 24th June - 6pm local time (11pm UK time)
Miami
🏥 Our record against all three opponents:
HAITI
World ranking: 84
Last World Cup: 1974 - group stage
Previous meetings: never met
Last meeting: never met
Previous major tournament meeting: never met
MOROCCO
World ranking: 11
Last World Cup: 2022 - fourth place
Previous meetings: 1 (1 defeat)
Last meeting: Morocco 3 - 0 Scotland (FIFA World Cup - 1998)
Previous major tournament meeting: 1998 World Cup - Morocco 3 - 0 Scotland
BRAZIL
World ranking: 5
Last World Cup: 2022 - quarter final
Previous meetings: 10 (2 draws + 8 defeats)
Last meeting: Brazil 2 - 0 Scotland (Friendly - 2011)
Previous major tournament meeting: 1974 World Cup - Brazil 0 - 0 Scotland; 1982 World Cup - Brazil 4 - 1 Scotland; 1990 World Cup - Brazil 1 - 0 Scotland; 1998 World Cup - Brazil 2 - 1 Scotland
🍺 Health Secretary Neil Gray has said the Scottish Government will work with licensing boards to make sure fans can “enjoy the celebration” during the World Cup next summer. - Neil Pooran, The Herald
🆚 Do you want a spreadsheet with all the dates, World Cup matches, venues, and kick-off times in both local and UK times? Yes? Well, Daniel Storey has created something you will be interested in. - View the spreadsheet here
🆕 Dumbarton have appointed Frank McKeown as their new manager.
The former Stranraer defender had been the previous manager Stevie Farrell’s assistant. - Dumbarton FC website
🏅 Partick Thistle’s Aidan Fitzpatrick was named William Hill Championship Player of the Month for November. - SPFL on X
🏅 Elgin City manager Alan Hale has been named November’s Glen’s Vodka League Two Manager of the Month. - SPFL website
⚽️ Callum McGregor’s winning goal for Celtic v St Mirren has been named the William Hill SPFL Goal of the Month for November. - SPFL on X
🏅 Hearts striker Georgia Timms has won November’s SWPL Player of the Month. Kilmarnock’s Abby Robinson has won the SWPL 2 award. - SWPL website
🔴 Aberdeen’s Gavin Molloy is to miss ‘six to eight weeks’ due to injury. - Ryan Cryle, The Press & Journal
✍️ Edinburgh City have signed forward Max Guthrie and defender Greig Allen.
Guthrie was most recently with Stenhousemuir briefly, while Allen was a player with Rangers B. - Edinburgh City on X
🔴 Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack has called for VAR checks to last no longer than 60 seconds.
He said: “If they can’t make a decision within 60 seconds, the on-field decision should be upheld.
“However, if the inconsistency of decision-making continues, we should suspend it indefinitely until such times as it can be consistently relied upon.” - Tom English, BBC
⚽️ George Hirst was on the scoresheet for Ipswich Town in their EFL Championship 3-0 win over league leaders Coventry City.
➡️ There were only two games in the Breedon Highland League at the weekend due to the quarter finals of the R Davidson Highland League Cup.
Huntly drew 2-2 with Forres Mechanics, and Keith beat Deveronvale 2-0. - view the Highland League table
In the Highland League Cup, Banks o’Dee, Formartine United, and Turriff United all progressed to the semi-finals. Brechin City v Nairn County was postponed.
➡️ In the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League, league leaders Clydebank were beaten 4-1 away to Caledonian Braves.
Bonnyrigg Rose beat Linlithgow Rose 2-1 away to move to within one point of Clydebank. - view the Lowland League table here
☔️ Tranent v Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Third Round has been postponed for the third time. The game was to be played tonight after being postponed again on Saturday; however, torrential rain has had a detrimental effect on the drainage at Forrester Park, and the game is now rescheduled for Wednesday.
Up until postponing the original Inverness cup tie, the Lowland League club haven’t had to postpone a game at home since 2019. - Paul Chalk, The Press & Journal
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
No senior Scottish football fixtures today 👎
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Is Tranent vs ICT not tonight?