⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 11th March 2025
St Johnstone through. Scottish Cup Semi-Final draws. Proposed restructure of Tier 5. Bonnyrigg Rose sack Calum Elliot. Ryan Gauld out of Scotland games.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #12: The first goal scored by a professional footballer in a top-level match using Adidas Predator boots was by John Collins for Celtic in April 1994 vs. Rangers.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Quarter-Final
Livingston 0 - 1 St Johnstone
🏆 Scottish FA Youth Cup Semi-Final
St Mirren 0 - 2 Dundee
NEWS
🏆 Graham Carey scored a wonder goal for St Johnstone to knock Livingston out of the Scottish Cup. - watch the goal on the Scottish Cup Instagram
🏆 The Men’s Scottish Cup Semi-Final draw was made last night.
Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen
St Johnstone v Celtic
Ties to be played the weekend of 19th and 20th April at Hampden Park. - BBC
🏆 The Women’s Scottish Cup Semi-Final draw was also made last night.
Glasgow City v Motherwell
Rangers v Aberdeen
Ties to be played the weekend of 26th and 27th April at Hampden Park. - BBC
🏗️ There are plans on the table to restructure tier five of Scottish Football. The proposal is to introduce a third league into tier five to reflect the geography of Scotland better.
The new structure would have the Highland League, a 16-team Lowland League East and a 16-team Lowland League West. - Callum Law, Press & Journal
🤕 Ryan Gauld has been ruled out for a ‘few weeks’ and will miss Scotland’s UEFA Nation League play-offs v Greece. - Robbie Chalmers, Football Scotland
🚪 League Two bottom-side Bonnyrigg Rose have sacked manager Calum Elliot. - Bonnyrigg Rose website
📈 Rangers issued 26.7m new shares in February as confirmed in Companies House paperwork.
20p was paid for each share at a total of £5.3m. - David Irvine, Glasgow Times
🏟️ In the latest board update released by Falkirk, the club have updated their fans on several different things including:
There is an increased likelihood of beginning a ‘dispute resolution process’ in their joint battle on the decision to ban artificial surfaces in the SPFL Premiership.
They are in the process of scoping out the implementation of safe standing in the Kevin McAllister stand.
The board is actively consulting various parties about building a new East Stand at the Falkirk Stadium. - Falkirk FC website
🥇 Celtic’s Maria McAneny won the February SWPL Player of the Month award. Ayr United’s Natasha Donaghy won the SWPL 2 award. - SWPL website
📻 It was an incredible milestone for BBC Radio Scotland presenter Richard Gordon last night, as he presented Sportsound for the 4000th time.
🏆 Dundee are through to the Scottish FA Youth Cup Final following their 2-0 win away to St Mirren. The under-18 side will now face Kilmarnock Under-18s in the final.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ William Hill SPFL Championship
Queen’s Park v Partick Thistle (7.45pm)
➡️ William Hill SPFL League One
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Stenhousemuir (7.45pm)
Kelty Hearts v Cove Rangers (7.45pm)
➡️ William Hill SPFL League Two
Elgin City v The Spartans (7.45pm)
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
Broomhill v Heart of Midlothian B (7.45pm)
🏆 Lowland League Cup Semi-Finals
Bo’ness United v Tranent (7.45pm)
Linlithgow Rose v East Kilbride (7.45pm)
Plus fixtures in the East of Scotland League and Qualifying Cup, SPFL Reserve League and the Stirlingshire Cup Final. - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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