⚽ The Kick-Off | Thursday 6th March 2025
Livingston and Raith Rovers draw. Celtic and Rangers League Cup allocations cut. Scottish FA part of wider bid for 2035 Women's World Cup. John Swinney not sympathetic to lifting alcohol ban.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #9: The 1987 Scottish Cup Final between St Mirren and Dundee United was the last Scottish Cup Final when all of the players and both managers were all Scottish.
Latest Scottish Football Results
➡️ William Hill SPFL Championship
Livingston 0 - 0 Raith Rovers
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Brora Rangers 1 - 0 Nairn County
Deveronvale 0 - 3 Brechin City
Formartine United 1 - 0 Lossiemouth
Fraserburgh 6 - 1 Rothes
Huntly 1 - 1 Banks O’ Dee
Strathspey Thistle 1 - 4 Buckie Thistle
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
Celtic B 5 - 1 Broomhill
🏆 UEFA Women’s Under-17 EURO Qualifier Round Two
Scotland 2 - 2 Slovakia
Plus results in the West of Scotland League and East of Scotland Qualifying Cup. - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
News
↕️ Livingston are in third place in the Championship on goal difference following their 0-0 draw with Raith Rovers last night. Raith Rovers closed the gap on Partick Thistle in fourth to four points. - View the Championship league table here
🔝 There were wins for Brora Rangers and Brechin City at the top of the Breedon Highland League last night. Ray McKinnon’s first game in interim charge of Brechin saw them win 3-0 away at Deveronvale. It took a Connor Bunce penalty for Brora to get the win against Nairn County. - View the Highland League table here
🔝 Lewis Dobbie scored four goals in Celtic B’s 5-1 win over bottom-side Broomhill. The win puts Celtic back to the top of the Lowland League by one point over East Kilbride. - View the Lowland League table here
✂️ The SPFL will cut Celtic and Rangers’ ticket allocations by 500 the next time the clubs reach the latter stages of the Premier Sports Cup at Hampden.
Motherwell received a suspended punishment after they were found to be guilty of a single breach. - Andy Coyle, STV
Rangers released a short statement following the announcement outlining that they have consistently communicated with fans that using pyrotechnics is unacceptable and warned them that it could have led to sanctions. - Rangers website
🌍 The Football Associations of Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Wales will collectively submit an expression of interest to FIFA for the United Kingdom to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2035. - Scottish FA website
🍺 Following Tuesday’s news that Police Scotland were open to discussions on lifting the alcohol ban in Scottish football, First Minister John Swinney has said he is “not sympathetic” to allowing alcohol at football games. - Craig Paton & Neil Pooran, The Herald
📺 The SWPL has announced the first Scottish Power Women’s Premier League games for broadcast post-split. - SWPL website
💷 Raith Rovers have revealed a profit of £48,295 for the 12 months to the end of May last year. The club posted a profit despite expenditure increasing by £583,516. - Iain Collin, The Courier
⛔️ Seven Greenock Morton fans have been banned from football grounds in Scotland following anti-social behaviour and unacceptable conduct at Morton games. - Greenock Morton website
🏴 The Scotland Under-17 squad has been announced for the UEFA League B Round Two games this month. Brian McLaughlin’s young side will face North Macedonia, Romania and Liechtenstein with all games at Broadwood. - Scottish FA website
🏴 The women’s Scotland Under-17s were held to a 2-2 draw by Slovakia in their final round of EURO Qualifiers today. Scotland still have games against France and Wales to play if they want to secure qualification for May’s finals in the Faroe Islands.
🏆 The draw for the semi-finals of the Scottish Gas Men's and Women's Scottish Cup will take place during BBC Scotland’s coverage of Livingston v St Johnstone on Monday evening. - Scottish Cup on X
Scottish Football Fixtures Today
➡️ UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 FIRST LEG
Fenerbahçe v Rangers (5.45pm - live on TNT Sports 2)