⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 5th February 2026
Wins for Rangers, Falkirk and Hibernian. A June Bank Holiday has been confirmed to mark the World Cup. Signings for Peterhead, The Spartans, East Kilbride and Forfar Athletic.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #244: In 1977, Clydebank bolted wooden bench seating to their Kilbowie Park's terraces to reduce the capacity to under 10,000 to avoid having to comply with expensive safety legislation.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Premiership
Aberdeen P - P Celtic
Dundee P - P Motherwell
Hibernian 3 - 2 Dundee United
Livingston 1 - 2 Falkirk
Rangers 5 - 1 Kilmarnock
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Banks o’ Dee 0 - 0 Rothes
Buckie Thistle P - P Brechin City
Deveronvale 2 -1 Strathspey Thistle
Inverurie Loco Works P - P Fraserburgh
Nairn County 2 - 1 Brora Rangers
Turriff United P - P Huntly
Wick Academy P - P Forres Mechanics
plus matches in the East of Scotland Qualiyfing Cup and Southern Counties FA Challenge Cup. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
⚽️ Rangers moved to within three points of leaders Hearts last night after beating Kilmarnock 5-1 at Ibrox. It was a nightmare start for Killie. They conceded a penalty and had Dom Thompson sent off after just four minutes.
Rangers had five different scorers: James Tavernier, Bojan Miovski, Andreas Skov Olsen, Oliver Antman, and Mikey Moore. Greg Kiltie scored the Kilmarnock goal. - view the Premiership table
⚽️ Marvin Bartley got off to a losing start as Livingston manager. Falkirk beat Livi 2-1 at the Set Fare Arena.
Kyrell Wilson and a first goal for Louie Marsh had Falkirk two up at the break. Livingston pulled one back via Connor McLennan, but it wasn’t enough. Falkirk are now eight points clear of seventh-placed Aberdeen. - view the Premiership table
⚽️ Hibernian beat Dundee United 3-2 at Easter Road. There were four goals in the last 16 minutes.
Martin Boyle had put Hibs one up, but Ross Graham equalised in the 74th minute. Max Watters scored seven minutes later to put United 2-1 ahead. However, a Ross Graham own goal in the 89th minute and a winning goal by debutant Ante Suto in the 93rd minute won the points for the hosts. - view the Premiership table
🔝 Nairn County put a cat amongst the pigeons in the Breedon Highland League title race last night. An 89th-minute winner from Calum Mackay gave Nairn a 2-1 home win over title-chasing Brora Rangers.
Rothes made it back-to-back draws with a surprising 0-0 draw away to Banks o’Dee. Deveronvale beat Strathspey Thistle 2-1 in the only other game to survive the weather. - view the Highland League table
🗓️ A one-off bank holiday has been confirmed in Scotland for Monday, 15th June. The holiday will mark Scotland men’s return to the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 28 years. - Calum Loudon, STV
🔵 Peterhead have signed left-back Henry James and forward Mackenzie Ross on loan from Hearts. - Peterhead FC website
🔴 League Two leaders The Spartans have signed Steven Lawless. The 34-year-old was released by Partick Thistle on Monday. - The Spartans website
✍️ East Kilbride brought in another young player to K-Park. They have signed 19-year-old midfielder Kerr Robertson on loan from Greenock Morton. - East Kilbride on X
✍️ Forfar Athletic signed two new players yesterday. They signed Aron Lynas after the full-back left Dumbarton. - Forfar Athletic website
They also signed midfielder Aiden Haddow on loan from Hearts. - Forfar Athletic website
🗣️ Hearts manager Derek McInnes has said he doesn’t think James Wilson’s move to Tottenham Hotspur was the right one for him.
McInnes said, “I don’t think it’s the right move for him. Ultimately, it’s academy football and I think he’s better than that. But it was something James wanted to do.” - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
🏟️ Lowland League club Clydebank have been awarded £240,000 from the UK Government’s Pride in Place fund. The Bankies are looking to improve Holm Park to help them gain a Scottish FA Bronze Licence that would allow them to play in the SPFL if they managed to get promoted.
They will be using the funds to upgrade the pitch, floodlighting, and install a stand-alone referee facility.
🤣 After selling out his first Stand Up For Scottish Football show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, James Gardner is putting on a second show at The Social Hub. - get your tickets here
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 128
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
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