⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 19th August 2025
Aberdeen sign Lazetić. Motherwell sign Callum Hendry. Doak joins Bournemouth. Morecambe sack Derek Adams.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #127:
Queen's Park, Rangers, Heart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle, Renton, Cowlairs, Third Lanark, and Gretna have all participated in the FA CupNEWS
🔴 Aberdeen have signed Serbian Under-21 international Marko Lazetić from AC Milan on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. - Paul Third, The Press & Journal
✍️ Motherwell have signed forward Callum Hendry from MK Dons for an undisclosed fee.
The 27-year-old left St Johnstone for Salford City before joining MK Dons. He has signed a two-year contract at Fir Park. - Andy Coyle, STV
🍒 Ben Gannon Doak has signed for Bournemouth from Liverpool.
The Scotland International has moved for £20m plus add-ons and has signed a five-year deal.
The 19-year-old wishes to be known as Gannon Doak to reflect both his parents’ names. - Matthew Elder, The Scotsman
🏟️ The Scotland Under-21s qualifier against Gibraltar on Friday, 9th October, will take place at Dens Park in Dundee. - Scotland National Team on X
👋 Morecambe have sacked Derek Adams. The troubled club were acquired by The Panjab Warriors consortium over the weekend.
They have yet to start their National League campaign. Their first three games were postponed following suspension by the league. - Morecambe FC website
🗣️ Rangers manager Russell Martin has dismissed rumours that Nicolas Raskin has requested a transfer. - Ewan Paton, The Herald
🔵 Interim chief executive Charlie Christie has told fans in attendance at an Inverness Caledonian Thistle Supporters Trust meeting that the League One club have been in discussions with Celtic and two other unnamed clubs about a co-operation agreement. - Will Clark, The Inverness Courier
📺 Cove Rangers v Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Saturday, 13th September, will now kick off at 5.45pm after being selected for live television coverage by BBC Alba. - SPFLnews on X
👕 Dunfermline Athletic’s new ‘Skids’ third shirt has become their biggest-selling kit in recent history. - Dunfermline Athletic website
📖 The new issue of Nutmeg Magazine is out soon. The quarterly magazine is full of Scottish football stories, and issue 37 includes a feature on Lennon Miller. - check it out here
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND FIRST LEG
Rangers v Club Brugge (8pm - Live on Amazon Prime Video)
➡️ PARKS MOTOR GROUP LOWLAND LEAGUE
Albion Rovers v Broxburn Athletic
Berwick Rangers v Civil Service Strollers
Bo’ness United v Tranent
Bonnyrigg Rose v Cumbernauld Colts
Caledonian Braves v East Stirlingshire
Celtic B v Gretna 2008
Clydebank v University of Stirling
Heart of Midlothian B v Gala Fairydean Rovers
Linlithgow Rose v Cowdenbeath
(all 7.45pm kick-offs)
Plus fixtures in the North of Scotland League, East of Scotland Football League, and the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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