⚽ The Kick-Off - Tuesday 17th February 2026
Livingston re-sign Joel Nouble. Lee Ashcroft signs a contract extension at Partick Thistle. Women's Scottish Cup Semi-Final draw. Invergordon win North Caledonian League.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #252: Dunfermline Athletic are the only club not to be awarded a penalty in the SPFL so far this season. (via The Courier)
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🤝 Under-16 International Friendly
Scotland 1 - 0 Wales
NEWS
🦁 Livingston made their 26th signing of the season yesterday. Joel Nouble has returned to the club until the end of the campaign.
The 30-year-old scored 12 times in 94 appearances for Livi, as well as having a loan spell at Arbroath. - Livingston FC website
📝 Motherwell goalkeeper Matty Connelly has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2026/27 season, with the club holding the option of a further year. - Motherwell FC website
📝 Partick Thistle captain Lee Ashcroft has signed a one-year contract extension at Firhill. - Partick Thistle website
🆚 Glasgow City will face Celtic in the semi-finals of the Scottish Gas Women’s Scottish Cup. Rangers will take on either Dundee United or Montrose in the other semi.
Ties will be played the weekend of 2nd and 3rd May.
🏅 Stenhousemuir’s Matty Aitken has been named William Hill League One Player of the Month for January. - SPFL on X
🏟️ Aberdeen have replaced a section of their 18-yard-box at the Merkland Stand end ahead of tomorrow night’s Scottish Cup rearranged home game against Motherwell. - Ryan Cryle, The Press & Journal
🔴 Alfie Bavidge has reportedly been told by Aberdeen that his contract will not be renewed at the end of the season.
The 19-year-old has scored 18 goals while on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle this season. - The Press & Journal
🆕 Gary Caldwell has been appointed the new head coach of Wigan Athletic.
The former Scotland defender had been in charge of fellow League One club Exeter City. - Wigan Athletic website
⚽️ Aaron Hickey played the full game of Brentford’s 1-0 FA Cup away win at Macclesfield last night. His cross was turned into his own net by a Macclesfield defender to send the Premier League club through.
Tommy Conway was also in action last night. He played 81 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 3-1 defeat to league leaders Coventry City.
🏆 Congratulations to Invergordon FC, who won the North Caledonian League at the weekend (tier six). They are the first team in the men’s pyramid to be crowned champions this season.
The Highlands club has won all 16 league games they have played so far this season in the 12-team league. If they can obtain a Scottish FA licence this year, they will be eligible for promotion to the Highland League.
The Highland League is still to determine whether, if eligible, they would need to play a play-off against the bottom club or would go straight up to replace the departing Brechin City. - view the North Caledonian League
🔝 While Invergordon have cruised to the title, things are a lot tighter across the tiers above.
SPFL Premiership: two points between first and second
SPFL Championship: five points
SPFL League One: five points
SPFL League Two: one point
Highland League: six points
Lowland League: five points
🤕 Erin Noble, a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde, is researching how virtual reality can be used to assess brain health and sport-related concussion.
She is looking for healthy volunteers aged 18-80, who have never played professional sport, to take part in one of her virtual reality studies. With concussion being such a topical issue in football, she is hoping her work can push forward how it’s understood and assessed. - You can get more information and sign up here
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 116
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Fifth Round
Dundee United v The Spartans (7.45pm)
➡️ William Hill Championship
Greenock Morton v Dunfermline Athletic (7.45pm)
➡️ William Hill League One
Cove Rangers v Montrose (7.45pm)
Hamilton Academical v East Fife (8pm)
➡️ William Hill League Two
Elgin City v East Kilbride (7.45pm)
Stirling Albion v Clyde (7.45pm)
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy Quarter Final
St Johnstone v Ayr United (7.45pm - match being played at the Falkirk Stadium)
🏆 Lowland League Cup Quarter Finals
Broxburn Athletic v Cumbernauld Colts (7.45pm)
Civil Service Strollers v Tranent (7.45pm)
Linlithgow Rose v Clydebank (7.45pm)
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