⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 10th April 2025
Melissa Andreatta named new SWNT manager. SPFL fixture day details announced. Cerny given formal warning. Lewis Ferguson out for three weeks.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #34: Jimmy McGrory once scored eight goals in a Scottish top flight game for Celtic (9-0 v Dunfermline Athletic 1928). It is still a British top-flight record.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Formartine United 2 - 0 Nairn County
Huntly 0 - 1 Fraserburgh
Keith 1 - 4 Strathspey Thistle
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
East Kilbride 0 - 2 Linlithgow Rose
plus results in the West of Scotland League, North Caledonian League and South of Scotland - view all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
🦘 Melissa Andreatta is the new Scotland Women’s National Team manager.
The Australian, who was assistant with the Australian Women’s National Team and had been in charge of Brisbane Roar, will join from May on a four-year contract. Her first game in charge will be at home to Austria in the UEFA Nations League on the 30th of May. - Amy Canavan, BBC
🗓️ The SPFL fixture release day will be Friday 20th June with the fixtures published at 9am.
The new season will kick off on the weekend of 1st - 3rd August. - SPFL website
🤕 Lewis Ferguson is set for three weeks on the sidelines for Bologna. Ferguson picked up a thigh strain on Monday. - Matthew Elder, The Scotsman
🏅 Clyde’s Martin Rennie has been named as the William Hill League Two Player of the Month for March.
📝 Falkirk’s Alfredo Agyeman has signed a two-year contract extension.
He follows Gary Oliver and Tom Lang in signing new contracts at the club. - Falkirk FC website
⚠️ Vaclav Cerny has been given a formal warning by the Scottish FA for spraying a water bottle at Celtic fans last month. - Andy Coyle, STV
🏥 Bournemouth confirmed that Ryan Christie underwent a successful surgical procedure and is now in a period of recovery.
🤝 Dundee and Rangers have begun talks about a fee for Lyall Cameron.
22-year-old Cameron signed a pre-contract agreement with the Ibrox club and both teams are keen to avoid a tribunal. - George Cran & Laura Devlin, The Courier
🔵 St Johnstone’s Head of Youth Academy Alistair Stevenson will step down at the end of June. - St Johnstone website
1️⃣8️⃣ Charlie Mulgrew’s resignation from Kelty Hearts was the 18th SPFL managerial departure this season.
This handy Pie and Bovril graphic details how long every SPFL club has had their manager. - Pie and Bovril on X
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SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA Europa League Quarter-Final First Leg
Rangers v Athletic Club (8pm - live on TNT Sports 2 )
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