⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 5th August 2025
Hearts beat Aberdeen. Rangers sign Oliver Antman. Hearts sign Tomas Bent Magnusson. Leanne Crichton appointed Rangers Women Head Coach. European Play-Off draws made.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #117: The first match played under modern floodlights in Scotland was a friendly at Ochilview Park between Stenhousemuir and Hibernian in 1951.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP
Heart of Midlothian 2 - 0 Aberdeen
NEWS
🔝 Hearts kicked off their Premiership campaign with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen at Tynecastle.
A Graeme Shinnie own goal and a Stuart Findlay header secured the win.
🏆 Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian, and Rangers found out their prospective European play-off opponents. - BBC
UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round
Celtic v Kairat Almaty (KAZ) vs ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
RB Salzburg (AUT) or Club Brugge (BEL) v Rangers or Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
UEFA Europa League Play-Off Round
Aberdeen v FCSB (ROU) or Drita (KOS)
UEFA Conference League Play-Off Round
Dundee United or SK Rapid Wien (AUT) v AIK Stockholm (SWE) or ETO FC Györ (HUN)
Hibernian or FK Partizan (SRB) v AEK Larnaca (CYP) or Legia Warsaw (POL)
🔵 Glasgow City assistant coach Leanne Crichton has been appointed the new head coach of Rangers Women. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times
✍️ Hearts have signed Icelandic midfielder Tomas Bent Magnusson on a three-year deal from Valur FC.
The 22-year-old went straight into last night’s squad for Hearts’ win over Aberdeen. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
🔵 Rangers have signed 23-year-old winger Oliver Antman from the Dutch side Go Ahead Eagles.
The Finnish international has signed a four-year contract at Ibrox. - Calum Loudon, STV
✍️ Partick Thistle have signed Celtic B right-back Ben McPherson on a season-long loan.
🟢 Hibernian have sold Australian defender Lewis Miller to Blackburn Rovers for a deal worth up to £1.5m. - John Greechan, Edinburgh Evening News
✍️ Scotland defender Ryan Porteous has signed for LAFC in the MLS from Watford.
The 26-year-old has signed a three-year contract with an option for a fourth year. - LAFC website
🔴 Hamilton Academical chairman Jock Brown released a statement yesterday via the Accies website, blasting the protest held by fans ahead of their League One game with Montrose.
A significant number of Hamilton fans have disputed the version of events in the statement, claiming there was no police intervention and the protest was peaceful.
The Accies Supporters Association released their statement late last night in response. - Hamilton Academical website
🔵 Rangers duo Thelo Aasgaard and Hamza Igamane won’t feature in tonight’s UEFA Champions League First Leg Qualifier against Viktoria Plzen due to injury. - David Irvine, Rangers Review
🏃 Former St Johnstone midfielder Cammy MacPherson is set to go on trial with Raith Rovers. - Eric Nicholson, The Courier
🌎 The Scottish FA have published an explainer on how 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying works. - Scottish FA website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG
Rangers v Viktoria Plzen (7.45pm - Live on BBC Scotland)
Plus fixtures in the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup, North of Scotland League, and CAS Elite Under-19 League . View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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