⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 24th April 2025
Olusanya leaves St Mirren for MLS. Rangers appoint new Sporting Director. Fiona Brown to retire. Ayr reveal new home kit.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #44: Theo Snelders was the first non-Scottish player to win the PFA Scotland Player of the Year award in 1989 while at Aberdeen.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ GreenVersity West of Scotland Premier Division (Tier 6)
Auchinleck Talbot 2 - 1 Drumchapel United
Largs Thistle 1 - 3 St Cadoc’s
Shotts Bon Accord 4 - 0 Johnstone Burgh
🏆 SPFL Reserve Cup Final
Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 1 Kilmarnock
plus results in the West of Scotland League, East of Scotland League, East of Scotland League Cup, North Region, South of Scotland League and youth football - view all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
✍️ St Mirren forward Toyosi Olusanya has joined MLS club Houston Dynamo for a six-figure fee.
Olusanya joined the Buddies in 2022 from Middlesbrough. The 27-year-old scored eight goals this season. - Peter Cassidy, STV
🆕 Kevin Thelwell will be Rangers’ new Sporting Director. He will join the Ibrox club from Everton in the summer, where he is currently Director of Football. - BBC
🟠 Scotland international and Glasgow City forward Fiona Brown will retire from football at the end of the season. The 30-year-old ruptured her ACL last April - the fourth of her career.
Fiona has won 61 caps for Scotland. - Glasgow City FC website
🏅 The PFA Player of the Year nominations for the Championship, League One and League Two have been revealed. - Matthew Elder, The Scotsman
Championship:
Brad Spencer (Falkirk)
Calvin Miller (Falkirk)
Jay Henderson (Ayr United)
Robbie Muirhead (Livingston)
League One:
Fraser Fyvie (Cove Rangers)
Fraser Taylor (Arbroath)
Mitchel Megginson (Cove Rangers)
Scott Stewart (Arbroath)
League Two:
Alan Trouten (East Fife)
Andrew McCarthy (Peterhead)
Andy Munro (East Fife)
Cieran Dunn (Peterhead)
🆕 Ayr United are the first SPFL club to reveal their new home shirt for next season.
🔴 Hamilton Academical have officially lodged their appeal against their 15-point deduction.
The Scottish FA are set to hold the hearing before the last round of Championship fixtures next Friday. - Ian Collin, The Courier
🔵 Rangers and the consortium currently in talks to takeover have issued a joint statement on the progress. - Sahil Jaidka, Sky Sports
"Rangers and its existing controlling shareholders are in productive conversations with the two lead members of the Consortium, Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises Global Football Group, about the potential for the Consortium to acquire control of the club and to inject additional capital.
"These discussions reflect a shared recognition of the importance of Rangers FC's long-term direction, ambitions and management."
↔️ Oli Burke is on the move again. The 28-year-old has turned down a contract offer at current club Werder Bremen and it is widely reported in the German media he is to join Union Berlin. - Matthew Elder, The Scotsman
⚽️ Che Adams scored for Torino last night in their 2-0 win over Udinese.
The Turin club currently sit 10th in Serie A.
⚽️ Max Johnston was also on the scoresheet last night. He scored for Sturm Graz in a 2-1 defeat to fellow title challengers Austria Wien.
The goal was his first for the club.
🏆 Dunfermline Athletic won the SPFL Reserve Cup for the second year running. They beat Kilmarnock Reserves 2-1 at New Central Park.
😢 East of Scotland side Sauchie Juniors announced the sad passing of their midfielder Brian Morgan. - Sauchie Juniors on X
🔵 Rangers have confirmed they will be moving away from Castore to Umbro as their shirt suppliers starting next season. - Robbie Hanratty, Glasgow Times
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