⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 6th May 2025
The weekend fallout continues. Rory McAllister signs for Formartine in the Highland League. Aberdeen sell out Scottish Cup Final allocation.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #52: Aberdeen (1985) was the last team outside Celtic and Rangers to win the top division title. The current 40-year run is the longest period of dominance in Scottish football history. The previous longest was 27 years between 1904 and 1931.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ GreenVersity West of Scotland Premier Division (Tier 6)
Beith Juniors 1 - 2 Cumnock Juniors
St Cadoc’s 1 - 0 Largs Thistle
plus cup and youth results - view all the results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
✍️ SPFL Lower League legend Rory McAllister has signed for Highland League side Formartine United after leaving Peterhead.
The 37-year-old has scored more than 250 league goals in his career. He is only the third player to achieve that feat since the Second World War. Ally McCoist and Gordon Wallace are the other two. - Callum Law, The Press & Journal
🎟️ Saturday’s Pyramid Play-Off First Leg between East Kilbride and Bonnyrigg Rose has sold out.
🚔 The fallout from the weekend’s fixtures continues.
The police are investigating the banner displayed by Rangers fans depicting Graeme Souness aiming a shotgun. - David Irvine, The Herald
Police are also investigating a video of a Celtic fan appearing to mock the Ibrox disaster. - Callum Loudon, STV
Aberdeen have apologised to a St Mirren fan with additional support needs after they were targeted by a “totally unacceptable” chant by some Aberdeen fans. Police are also investigating. - BBC
🏆 Aberdeen have sold out their Scottish Cup Final ticket allocation.
The club had made financial guarantees to the Scottish FA to ensure they received 20,000 tickets.
🧵 Ahead of the play-offs starting tonight, relive the fun, funny and outright bizarre moments from the William Hill SPFL Championship season in this X thread by Robbie Weir. - read the thread here
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ William Hill Scottish Premiership Play Offs Quarter Final - First Leg
Partick Thistle v Ayr Unired (7.45pm - live on BBC Scotland)
➡️ William Hill Scottish Championship Play Offs Semi Final - First Leg
Queen of the South v Cove Rangers (7.45pm)
Stenhousemuir v Airdrieonians (7.45pm)
➡️ William Hill Scottish League One Play Offs Semi Final - First Leg
Edinburgh City v East Fife (7.45pm)
Elgin City v Annan Athletic (7.45pm)
plus fixtures in the West of Scotland League, East of Scotland League, North Region and cup - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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