⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 20th May 2025
Dundee sack Tony Docherty. McInnes unveiled at Hearts. Scotland squad announced. St Johnstone release 16 players. Glen's SPFL Managers of the Seasons revealed. Scottish FA post record turnover.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #62: Seven different grounds have hosted a Scottish Cup Final - Hampden Park, Hamilton Crescent, Cathkin Park, Kinning Park, Ibrox, New Logie Green and Celtic Park.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 East Region League Cup Top Half Group A
Lochee Harp 2 - 4 East Craigie
NEWS
🚪 Dundee have sacked Tony Docherty and his coaching staff.
Docherty was appointed in 2023 and guided Dundee to sixth in his first season and tenth this season. - BBC
🏴 Steve Clarke has named his Scotland squad for the upcoming friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein. There is a first call-up for Hibernian’s Kieron Bowie. - Scottish FA website
🆕 Derek McInnes has been unveiled as the new Head Coach of Heart of Midlothian. - Heart of Midlothian website
🏅 The Glen’s Manager of the Season awards for the SPFL lower leagues have been announced. - SPFL website
Championship: John McGlynn (Falkirk)
League One: David Gold and Colin Hamilton (Arbroath)
League Two: Jordon Brown and Ryan Strachan (Peterhead)
🔵 St Johnstone have released 16 players following relegation to the Championship.
Amongst those released are Barry Douglas, Benjamin Kimpioka, Cammy McPherson, Graham Carey, Max Kucheriavyi, Nicky Clark and Stevie May. - St Johnstone website
🏟️ Dundee are expected to face a £10,000 bill for the damage their fans caused at McDiarmid Park on Sunday.
Not only will St Johnstone possibly have to replace the damaged goal posts, they have to replace over 30 broken seats, remove graffiti around the ground and fix the damage in the toilet areas. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier
⚽️ The Scotland Women’s Under-23 squad has been named for the upcoming friendly double-header v Iceland. - Scottish FA website
🔵 The Scottish FA Compliance Officer is set to review comments made by Rangers TV co-commentator and former player, John Brown, during their live coverage of Sunday’s match against Hibernian.
Brown said the decision not to award Rangers a goal when the ball appeared to cross the line was ‘corrupt’.
A Rangers spokesperson said: “In a season where Rangers have been on the receiving end of several major officiating errors, frustration is entirely understandable. The idea that spontaneous remarks could warrant disciplinary action is excessive, surprising and inconsistent.” - David Irvine, Rangers Review
🔵 Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s joint administrators, BDO, have confirmed that the meeting to vote on a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) has been delayed by two weeks.
BDO has stressed that the delay should not be cause for concern and good progress is still being made. - Andrew Henderson, Inverness Courier
💷 The excellent Scotland’s Coefficient substack has put together a comprehensive article on the breakdown of SPFL prize money distribution.
⚽️ The third annual Scottish FA Week of Football kicked off yesterday.
They're calling on all the amazing community clubs, volunteers, players, coaches, families and everyone who makes Scottish football at all levels so special to get involved and help them shine a spotlight on the incredible work happening across the game. - Scottish FA website
😂 Talking of annual events. Scottish football content creator, Old Firm Facts, has published his yearly Alternative Scottish Football Awards.
If you want a laugh and a reminder of the madness this season, then check them out here.
🏆 The Serie A title will be decided on Friday night.
Napoli v Cagliari and Como v Inter Milan will kick-off at 7.45pm UK time. You can see if Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour will be lifting the trophy live on TNT Sports.
💷 The Scottish FA posted a record turnover of £78.72m last year.
Helped by UEFA EURO 2024 participation, the figure is a £21.6m increase on 2023. - Brian McLauchlin, BBC
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ North Region - McBookie Premier Division (Tier 6)
Culter v Ellon United (7.30pm)
Maud v Dyce (7.30pm)
plus fixtures in the North Region play-offs - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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