⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 16th September 2025
Top-flight attendances significantly higher per capita than rest of Europe for third year in a row. Both Dundee clubs appeal red cards.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #147:
Aberdeen and Celtic are the only two Scottish Premiership clubs never to play outside of the top flight. Aberdeen have spent 114 seasons and Celtic 129 seasons in the top flight.NEWS
👏 A new UEFA report has revealed that for the third year in a row, football fans across Scotland have recorded significantly higher top-flight attendances per capita than any other league in Europe.
Add in the rest of the SPFL and the full Scottish pyramid, and Scottish football is in rudimentary health when it comes to attendances. - SPFL website
⛔️ Dundee and Dundee United have submitted appeals against the red cards they received at the weekend.
Dundee’s Yan Dhanda was sent off against Motherwell, and United’s Vicko Sevelj was shown a red at Easter Road on Sunday. - Andy Coyle, STV
🚀 This is one of the best free kicks you will see for a good while. Check out the incredible strike from the weekend by Elgin City’s Kane Hester.
✍️ Former Rangers youth player Archie Stevens has signed for Arsenal after a successful trial.
The winger was on loan at Dunfermline Athletic last season but was released by the Glasgow club during the summer. - Stewart Wilson, Rangers Review
📺 Peterhead v Queen of the South in League One on Saturday, October 18, has been moved to a 5.45pm kick-off for live coverage on BBC Alba. - SPFL website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Park’s Motor Group Lowland League
Civil Service Strollers v Heart of Midlothian B (7.45pm)
plus fixtures in the East of Scotland League and Club Academy Scotland. View all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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