⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 1st May 2025
SWPL round-up. PFA Manager of the Year nominees announced. Halliday and Ward sign contract extensions at Motherwell. Paatelainen new Sporting Director at The Spartans. Kilmarnock win Youth Cup.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #49: Between 1920 and 1924, Scotland and the other three home nations withdrew from FIFA due to having issues with playing ex-enemy countries from the First World War.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 Scottish FA Youth Cup Final
Dundee 0 - 2 Kilmarnock
➡️ SWPL 1
Celtic 2 - 1 Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian 2 - 0 Motherwell
Montrose 4 - 0 Queen’s Park
Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Dundee Untied
Rangers 0 - 1 Glasgow City
Spartans 1 - 1 Aberdeen
plus results in the West of Scotland League, East of Scotland League and cup football - view all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
🏅 The PFA Manager of the Year nominations were announced yesterday. - BBC
PFA SPFL Manager of the Year
Brendan Rodgers (Celtic)
David Gray (Hibernian)
John McGlynn (Falkirk)
PFA SWPL Manager of the Year
Grant Scott (Hibernian Women)
Jo Potter (Rangers Women)
Leanne Ross (Glasgow City)
Paul Brownlie (Motherwell Women)
➡️ Glasgow City beat Rangers 1-0 at Ibrox in a pivotal game in the SWPL title race. With leaders Hibernian beating Motherwell 2-0, Rangers are five points behind. City are second, three points behind. There are four games left to play. - view the SWPL table
🆕 Mixu Paatelainen has been unveiled as Sporting Director at League Two side The Spartans. - The Spartans website
🔴 Clyde revealed last night that they will play at New Douglas Park again next season after a period of uncertainty about their future in Hamilton. - Clyde FC website
🏆 The Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Final details have been confirmed.
The men’s final will kick-off at 3pm on Saturday 24th May. The women’s final will kick-off at 2pm the following day. - Scottish FA website
🔴 Aberdeen have received 20,000 tickets for the Scottish Cup Final. This is their largest allocation for a final in recent years and it was only agreed after the club committed to underwriting the cost of any unsold tickets. - Aberdeen FC website
📝 Andy Halliday and Calum Ward have signed one-year contract extensions at Motherwell. - Motherwell FC website
🏆 Kilmarnock were crowned Scottish FA Youth Cup winners at Hampden Park last night after beating Dundee 2-0.
📝 Peterhead co-managers Jordon Brown and Ryan Strachan have signed three-year contract extensions. - Peterhead FC website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ North Region SJFA - McBookie.com Premier League (Tier 6)
Islavale v Bank’s o’Dee Juniors (7.30pm)
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