⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 25th September 2025
Celtic draw with Crvena Zvezda away. Wins for Edinburgh City and Hamilton Academical in the KDM Evolution Trophy. Premier Sports Cup Semi-Final fixture details announced.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #154:
Forfar Athletic were the first ever winners of the newly created fourth tier (known as the Third Division at the time) in the 1994/95 season.LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 UEFA Europa League – Matchday 1
Crvena Zvezda 1 - 1 Celtic
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy – League Phase
Edinburgh City 2 - 1 Celtic B
Hamilton Academical 3 - 1 St Mirren B
plus results in the North of Scotland Football League. View all the results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
🟢 Celtic drew 1-1 with Crvena Zvezda in their opening UEFA Europa League match.
Kelechi Iheanacho put Celtic in front after coming on as a half-time substitute but the Serbians equalised 10 minutes later to share the spoils. Celtic face Braga at home next Thursday.
🏆 There were wins for Edinburgh City and Hamilton Academical in the KDM Evolution Trophy last night.
Edinburgh have now won four games out of four so far and have qualified for the next round. - view the KDM Evolution Trophy league phase table
🆚 The Premier Sports Cup Semi-Finals fixture details have been confirmed.
St Mirren take on Motherwell on Saturday, 1st November at 5.30pm. Celtic face Rangers on the Sunday at 2pm. Both matches are at Hampden Park. - SPFL website
🚀 Jordan Alonge’s goal for Inverness Caledonian Thistle is the pick of the bunch from the midweek KDM Evolution Trophy action.
What a hit!
⚖️ Former St Johnstone and St Mirren defender Shaun Rooney has been cleared of assaulting a teenage girl in a Glasgow city centre chip shop in September 2024.
Rooney left St Mirren in October 2024 and currently plays for Fleetwood Town in EFL League Two. - BBC
🏆 The Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Second Round draw will take place on Sunday at 5pm. Scott Arfield will be joining Gordon Duncan for the draw on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
The winners of this weekend’s 30 first-round ties will be joined by the 10 William Hill League Two clubs in round two. - Scottish FA website
🆕 The latest Scotland Women’s Under-17 squad has been announced. They take on hosts Poland, England, and Montenegro as they try to qualify for the UEFA Women’s Under-17 European Championships in Northern Ireland. - Scottish FA website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA Europa League – Matchday 1
Rangers v Genk (8pm - live on TNT Sports 2)
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