⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 19th June 2025
Rangers, Hibs and Dundee United in European draws. Signings for Killie, St Mirren, Ayr, Arbroath and Inverness.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #84: Scotland reached the final of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2006, losing 2–1 to Spain - Graham Dorrans scored for Scotland. The starting line-up in the final: Andrew McNeill, Andrew Cave-Brown, Scott Cuthbert (c), Jamie Adams, Lee Wallace, Simon Ferry, Greg Cameron, Charles Grant, Ryan Conroy, Michael McGlinchey, Calum Elliot.
NEWS
🆚 Rangers, Hibernian, and Dundee United were all involved in European qualifying draws yesterday.
Rangers will face Panathinaikos in Champions League Second Round Qualifying. The first leg is at Ibrox on July 22nd.
Hibernian will face Danish side Midtjylland in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. The first leg is away in Denmark.
Dundee United have been drawn against UNA Strassen of Luxembourg in the Conference League Second Qualifying Round. United are at home in the first leg. - BBC
🔵 Scott Tiffoney has signed for Kilmarnock after rejecting a new contract at Dundee. - Kilmarnock FC website
⚫️ St Mirren have signed former Aberdeen player Jayden Richardson from Boreham Wood. - St Mirren website
🗳️ Tony Bloom’s bid for a 29% stake in Hearts was formally passed at a general meeting at Tynecastle. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
✍️ Arbroath have signed Aaron Muirhead on a one-year deal after he left Partick Thistle. - Arbroath FC on X
They also signed Craig Watson following his departure from Airdrieonians. - Arbroath FC on X
⚪️ Patrick Reading might have made the move from Somerset to Firhill earlier in the week, but now Stuart Bannigan has gone in the opposite direction.
Bannigan, who has played more than 400 times for Partick Thistle, has signed for Ayr United. - Ayr United website
🔵 Joe Chalmers has returned to Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a one-year deal. - Inverness Caledonian Thistle website
🏥 John Souttar underwent a hernia operation last week but is on track to return to training ahead of Rangers’ Champions League qualifier against Panathinaikos. - Ewan Paton, The Herald website
🔎 St Mirren have appointed John Park as their new Head of Recruitment and Emerging Talent with Martin Foyle leaving the club to join Carlisle United.
Park was most recently Head of Recruitment at Blackburn Rovers and has spent time at Celtic and Rangers. - St Mirren website
👋 Motherwell Assistant Manager Ahmet Koc has left the club following the arrival of new manager Jens Berthel Askou.
Koc joined the club alongside Michael Wimmer in February. - Motherwell FC website
🏟️ The Annan Athletic Supporters Club has started a campaign to raise £10,000 to install a digital scoreboard at Galabank. - Annan Athletic website
🏟️ East of Scotland Football League side Edinburgh CSC have had their dugouts demolished by vandals. - Edinburgh CSC on X
🆕 Hibernian revealed their 150th anniversary home shirt yesterday.
🆕 St Mirren also revealed their new home shirt.
🆕 Ayr United unveiled their new away shirt.
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