⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 26th February 2026
Raith Rovers to meet Inverness in the KDM Evolution Trophy Final. Double-injury blow for Hearts. Craig Gordon a doubt for upcoming Scotland games.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #259: Falkirk hold the record for most Scottish Challenge Cup Trophy wins - four
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy Semi Final
Airdrieonians 1 - 1 Raith Rovers (Raith Rovers won 5-3 on penalties)
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Buckie Thistle 0 - 3 Brechin City
Formartine United 1 - 0 Deveronvale
Strathspey Thistle 3 - 2 Rothes
Wick Academy P - P Forres Mechanics
plus matches in the West of Scotland Football League, Midlands League and North of Scotland Football League. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
🏆 Raith Rovers will face Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the KDM Evolution Trophy Final. Dylan Easton opened the scoring for Raith before Jake Hastie scored an 88th-minute equaliser.
The two clubs were due to face each other in the 2020 final, but ended up sharing the trophy due to the COVID pandemic.
➡️ Following last night’s wins for Brechin City and Formartine United, the gap at the top of the Breedon Highland League is now just three points. Both Brechin and Formartine have two games in hand over leaders Brora Rangers. - view the Highland League table
🏥 Hearts have been hit by a double-injury blow.
Record signing Ageu, who has barely featured this season, will miss the rest of the campaign. He requires surgery on a thigh injury.
Defender Stuart Findlay will miss up to six weeks after coming off against Falkirk on Saturday.
It was also announced that Craig Gordon is a doubt for the upcoming Scotland friendlies. - Brian McLauchlin, BBC
🔵 St Johnstone have sold Aaron Essel to Sacramento Republic FC for an undisclosed fee. The defender made 18 appearances for the Perth side after joining in 2024. - St Johnstone website
⚫️ Dunfermline Athletic co-owner James Bord’s consortium, which was looking to buy Sheffield Wednesday, has withdrawn from the process. - Rob Dorsett, Sky Sports
🆕 The Scotland Women’s Under-17 squad for the upcoming qualifiers has been announced. - Scottish FA website
📻 Clyde 1 Superscoreboard announced a live show in the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow on Wednesday, 3 June.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 107
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA Europa League Play Off Round - Second Leg
VFB Stuttgart (4) v (1) Celtic (5.45pm - live on TNT Sports 2)
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