⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 15th January 2026
Hearts beat St Mirren. Celtic beat Falkirk. Signings for Rangers, Dundee, Dundee United and Kelty Hearts. Josh McPake wins Championship Player of the Month.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 149
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #229: Up until this season, the Scottish Cup Second Round was the furthest Camelon Juniors had ever reached in the competition. They face Elgin City in the fourth round this weekend, the same club who beat them in the second round in the 2022-23 season.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Scottish Premiership
Falkirk 0 - 1 Celtic
Heart of Midlothian 2 - 0 St Mirren
🏆 Scottish Gas Women’s Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Stirling University 0 - 19 Heart of Midlothian
➡️ South of Scotland Football League
Dalbeattie Star 15 - 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
NEWS
⚽️ Hearts maintained their six-point lead at the top of the Premiership despite going down to ten men in the first half against St Mirren. Beni Baningime was shown a straight red at 0-0, but goals from Lawrence Shankland and Tomas Magnusson in the second half secured the win.
Celtic moved level on points with Rangers in second following their 1-0 win at Falkirk. Benjamin Nygren’s first-half goal was enough, although Falkirk had multiple chances to score. - view the Premiership table here
✍️ As reported yesterday, Hearts announced a pre-contract agreement with Ugandan international Rogers Mato.
However, his North Macedonian club, FK Vardar, tried to claim that they had agreed a deal with MLS side Sporting Kansas City, and Mato would be agreeing terms with them. Unfortunately for the Macedonians, this is not how pre-contract agreements work, and the MLS club wished Mato well on his move to Hearts. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
🔵 Rangers have signed full-back Tuur Rommens from Belgian club Westerlo.
The 22-year-old has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Ibrox. - Andy Coyle, STV
🔵 Rangers have also agreed a deal with Wolfsburg to bring Danish winger Andreas Skov Olsen to Ibrox. - Martin McMillan, The Herald
✍️ Dundee made a double signing yesterday, with defender Brad Halliday signing on a permanent deal from Bradford City and midfielder Joel Cotterill on loan from Swansea City. - George Cran, The Courier
🟠 It was a busy day in Dundee as neighbours Dundee United were also active in the transfer market. Wingback Neil Farrugia has joined from Barnsley on a deal until 2028. - Dundee United website
📝 Arbroath have extended Dapo Mebude’s contract at the club until the end of the season. - Arbroath FC on X
🏅 St Johnstone’s Josh McPake has won the William Hill Championship Player of the Month for the third time this season. - St Johnstone website
🎱 A reminder that the KDM Evolution Trophy Quarter-Final and Semi-Final draws are today at 1pm. You can watch live on the SPFL YouTube channel. - SPFL website
⚽️ Scott McTominay had a goal disallowed for the narrowest of offsides in Napoli’s 0-0 home draw with Parma yesterday.
📺 Talking of VAR, this weekend’s Scottish Cup Fourth Round tie between Livingston and St Mirren will not have any video assistant referees. Since the game is not televised live, the clubs took the option to proceed without it. - PA Media, STV
🩼 Former Dunfermline Athletic striker Lewis McCann has broken his leg while playing for Fleetwood Town. - Fleetwood Town on X
😬 Polepark AFC, an amateur team in Dundee, has folded after being expelled from the Chamber Practice Dundee Saturday Morning Football League over allegations that they were paying players. - Andrew Robson, The Courier
✍️ Latest transfers:
Permanent Signings
Arran Pettifer - Arbroath to Kelty Hearts - Kelty Hearts on X
Brad Halliday - Bradford City to Dundee - Dundee FC website
Neil Farrugia - Barnsley to Dundee United - Dundee United website
Tuur Rommens - K.V.C Westerlo to Rangers - Andy Coyle, STV
Loan Signings
Joel Cotterill - Swansea City to Dundee - Dundee FC website
Loan Extensions
Adam Emslie - Ross County to Cove Rangers - Cove Rangers on X
End of Loans
Taylor Sutherland - returns to Dunfermline Athletic from Clyde - Clyde FC on X
Tommy Goss - returns to Annan Athletic from East Fife - Annan Athletic website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ South of Scotland Football League
Wigtown & Bladnoch v Stranraer (8pm)
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