⚽ The Kick-Off - Wednesday 11th March 2026
Queen's Park beat Ayr United. Wins for Peterhead, Dumbarton and Annan Athletic. Hibernian post a £5.8m loss. Manager of the Month Awards announced. Special Kick-Off event announced.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #268: Horror author Stephen King mentioned Buckie Thistle in his 2020 book If It Bleeds. He also sent Buckie two copies of the book to be auctioned to help raise funds.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Championship
Ayr United 1 - 2 Queen’s Park
➡️ William Hill League One
Peterhead 3 - 1 Alloa Athletic
➡️ William Hill League Two
Annan Athletic 2 - 1 Elgin City
Dumbarton 2 - 0 Stranraer
➡️ Park’s Motor Group Lowland League
Celtic B 6 - 0 Civil Service Strollers
🏆 Lowland League Cup Quarter Final
Cumbernauld Colts 4 - 1 Linlithgow Rose
plus matches in the West of Scotland Football League, East of Scotland League and and East of Scotland Qualifying Cup. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
⚽️ Queen’s Park have moved level on points with Ayr United after beating them 2-1 at Somerset Park last night.
Michael Ruth scored an 87th-minute winner for The Spiders. Queen’s Park are now two points from the promotion play-offs and seven points clear of the relegation play-offs. - view the Championship table
⚽️ Peterhead are just two points behind Queen of the South in fourth place after their 3-1 win over third-placed Alloa Athletic. The Blue Toon also have a game in hand over Queens.
It was a blow for Alloa’s title hopes. They remain six points behind Inverness, having played a game more. - view the League One table
⚽️ Second-bottom Dumbarton have found a bit of form at the right time. The Sons have won their last two matches and are undefeated in their last four.
Fourth-placed Stranraer have lost their last two, including last night’s 2-0 defeat.
Annan Athletic scored an 82nd-minute winner to beat Elgin City. - view the League Two table
🟢 Hibernian posted a loss of £5.84 million in their latest accounts. The Edinburgh club did receive record revenues of £16.8 million. - Patrick McPartlin, Hibs Observer
🏅 The remaining Glen’s Vodka Manager of the Month awards for February were announced.
Premiership: Jens Berthel Askou (Motherwell)
Championship: Stuart Kettlewell (Ross County)
League One: Andy Graham (Alloa Athletic)
🔵 Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker Alfie Bavidge was named the William Hill League One Player of the Month for February. - SPFL website
⚽️ George Hirst found the net for Ipswich Town again last night in their 3-3 draw with Stoke City. The striker scored his ninth goal of the season and his third off the bench in his last five games.
🔴 Clyde FC and the Clyde Community Foundation have been in talks about taking on the Stepford Football Centre in Easterhouse.
Easterhouse-based charity FARE has announced that Stepford Football Centre, which it currently leases from Glasgow City Council, will become available for new custodians.
If successful, Clyde would build a compact stadium around the existing pitch, marking a return to playing in Glasgow. - Clyde FC website
🏟️ Easterhouse FA have also expressed an interest in taking over the running of Stepford.
📺 Stirling Albion’s matchday radio commentator, George Loudon, is looking for help with his dissertation.
He is conducting a survey about the rising costs of football streaming. - Help him out here
⚖️ Gary Deans, former chairman of Falkirk, has been placed on the sex offenders register after possessing images and videos featuring child sexual exploitation, as well as a video showing an adult engaging in sexual activity with a dog. - BBC
⚽️ Former Hibernian manager and Scotland international Colin Calderwood has been put in interim charge of EFL League One club Northampton Town after they sacked Kevin Nolan.
Calderwood is the club’s Technical Director. - BBC
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 94
THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL KICK-OFF WORLD CUP QUIZ
Monday 1st June 2026
Hosted by Rory Hamilton
Arrival from 6pm for a 6.45pm start
The Clubhouse, Princes Square, Glasgow
£10 per person - maximum team size of five.
By the start of June, World Cup fever will be ramping up, and what better way to add to the excitement than The Scottish Football Kick-Off World Cup Quiz?
Hosted by none other than commentator Rory Hamilton, expect general World Cup knowledge rounds, a Scotland at the World Cup round, and much more.
There will be prizes for the top five teams.
Please purchase for all your team at the same time. The maximum team size is five.
If you would like to attend but don’t have a team, you can purchase a single entry, and you will be placed into a team with other single entrants.
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SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Clachnacuddin v Brechin City (7.30pm)
Formartine United v Lossiemouth (8pm)
Keith v Inverurie Loco Works (8pm)
Strathspey Thistle v Buckie Thistle (8pm)
Turriff United v Banks o’ Dee (8pm)
🏆 Lowland League Cup Semi-Final
Gala Fairydean Rovers v Tranent (7.45pm)
plus matches in the West of Scotland Football League, Midlands League and various non-league cups. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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