⚽ The Kick-Off - Tuesday 21st April 2026
Ayr United reveal next season's home shirt. Michael Stewart ban fallout continues. St Johnstone can win Championship title tonight. Peebles Rovers resign from East of Scotland League.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #292: Gala Fairydean applied to join the Scottish Football League in 1966, 1994, 2000 and 2002, but were unsuccessful on each occasion.
NEWS
🆕 Ayr United are the first SPFL club to reveal their new home shirt for next season.
🙃 The fallout from the Scottish FA banning Michael Stewart from Hampden has continued.
The Scottish Senior Football Referees’ Association released a statement yesterday morning, ultimately supporting the action by the Scottish FA.
Michael Stewart subsequently hit out at the ban, branding it “petty and pathetic”. - Mark Hendry, The Herald
🗣️ The Scottish FA released a statement regarding Linlithgow Rose and the Pyramid Play-Off.
They said: “As noted by the club, they did not obtain the requisite Bronze-level club licence owing to six variances in the criteria confirmed by the Scottish FA Licensing Committee on March 31.
They applied to the SPFL Board for a period of grace until June however, this was rejected, as it would have meant Brora Rangers and/or Edinburgh City potentially losing their opportunity to participate in next season’s SPFL to a club that was not compliant with SPFL Membership Criteria.” - Scottish FA website
🔵 3000 St Johnstone fans are expected at East End Park tonight as the Perth club looks to secure the Championship title. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier
🏰 Edinburgh Castle was illuminated to mark ScottishPower renewing their partnership with the SWPL for another three years. - SWPL website
📝 Stenhousemuir midfielder Finn Robson has signed a one-year contract extension. - Stenhousemuir FC website
🔵 Rangers captain James Tavernier has confirmed he hasn’t been offered a new contract as of yet. - BBC
🏟️ Peebles Rovers have officially resigned from the East of Scotland Football League. The Borders club decided against taking part in this year’s second division after failing to find an alternative ground by last summer’s deadline, which meant they would automatically be relegated to the third division.
They have now resigned completely, with a club spokesman saying: “It is with great disappointment that we’ve had to tender our resignation from the EoSFL.
“With no leeway being given on the requirement for a permanent perimeter fence and with proposed costings completely prohibitive, we have been left with nowhere to turn to preserve the short-term future of Peebles Rovers.”
They have insisted they are not folding the club as they look to work more closely with the town’s youth club, Peebles FC. - Darin Hutson, Southern Reporter
🎙️ Continuing the non-league theme, if you would like to learn more about Highland League club Nairn County, their history, heritage, and what the club has been up to off the pitch including how they achieved record kit sales, give the Football Heritage podcast a listen. It features your favourite daily email’s creator.
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