⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 1st April 2025
Dundee post £2.8m loss. Brian Graham and Mark Wilson to remain in interim charge. Livingston on the verge of new owners. Alfie Bavidge to miss remainder of the season.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #27: The largest top flight away win was Airdrieonians 1 - 11 Hibernian in 1959.
NEWS
📊 Dundee lost £2.76m during the 2023/24 season, as posted in their latest annual accounts. The club cited increased costs, including an increased playing budget on their return to the Premiership, increased staffing costs and work to refurbish the Dens Park pitch. - George Cran, The Courier
📊 Dundee weren’t the only club to post losses last season. Ayr United lost £187,000 taking total club losses to £1.7m. The club is dependent on director loans of £585,000. - Kieran Maguire on X
🟡 Brian Graham and Mark Wilson will remain in interim charge of Partick Thistle until the end of the season.
The pair stepped up after Kris Doolan was sacked in February. Thistle look set to make the play-offs. - Andy Coyle, STV
🤕 Inverness Caledonian Thistle have confirmed they will be without on-loan striker Alfie Bavidge for the remainder of the season. The 18-year-old suffered a hamstring injury against Stenhousemuir at the start of March.
Bavidge had scored six goals in 10 appearances since joining from Aberdeen in January. - Will Clark, Inverness Courier
💰 Livingston are on the verge of new ownership. The club are entering a “period of exclusivity” ahead of a proposed takeover by overseas investors. - Andy Coyle & Jamie Borthwick, STV
📺 Partick Thistle v Falkirk has been moved for live BBC Scotland coverage. The match will now take place on Friday 25th April. - SPFL website
🔵 Rangers CEO Patrick Stewart and other members of the senior management team will host a fans’ forum in three weeks. It will be the first time a sitting Rangers CEO will head up one of these meetings. - Josh McCafferty, Rangers Review
🏆 Whitburn Junior FC will play in the Scottish Cup for the first time after winning the Cup Winners Shield at the weekend. They beat Lochar Thistle 4-2 and will enter the Preliminary Round. The club are looking to gain their Scottish FA Club Licence and have created a gofundme page to raise money to help achieve this. - visit their gofundme page
🏗️ Ardeer Thistle are planning major works to their ground and are on the look out for anyone that can help. - Ardeer Thistle on X
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
Albion Rovers v Linlithgow Rose (7.45pm)
Plus fixtures in East of Scotland cups and South of Scotland League. - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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