⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 12th March 2025
Midweek action round-up. Scotland squad announced. St Johnstone give Celtic three stands. Rangers obtain a loan from Macquarie Bank.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #13: Since the Second World War, there have been nine men's players to make their Scotland debut at the age of 18. Denis Law, Willie Henderson, Willie Johnston, Paul McStay, Garry O'Connor, Danny Wilson, Kieran Tierney, Oli Burke and Ben Doak.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ William Hill SPFL Championship
Queen’s Park 0 - 2 Partick Thistle
➡️ William Hill SPFL League One
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 -1 Stenhousemuir
Kelty Hearts 0 - 4 Cove Rangers
➡️ William Hill SPFL League Two
Elgin City 0 - 2 The Spartans
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
Broomhill 1 - 1 Heart of Midlothian B
🏆 Lowland League Cup Semi-Finals
Bo’ness United 0 - 0 Tranent (Bo’ness win 3-1 on penalties)
Linlithgow Rose 1 - 2 East Kilbride
Plus results in the East of Scotland League and Qualifying Cup, SPFL Reserve League and the Stirlingshire Cup Final. - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
🆕 The Scotland squad for the UEFA Nations League play-offs against Greece has been announced. Motherwell’s Lennon Miller and Hearts’ James Wilson, both 18, got their first call-ups. Kieran Tierney is back in a Scotland squad for the first time since going off injured against Switzerland at EURO 2024. - Scottish FA website
🤔 Of those missing, Steve Clarke confirmed that George Hirst missed out on a call-up to this Scotland squad due to a hold-up in his paperwork and Angus Gunn is injured again. Kevin Nisbet was picked over Lawrence Shankland due to his goalscoring form. - Matthew Elder, Scotsman
👋 Steve Clarke says there is a 75 per cent chance he will leave his role after the 2026 FIFA World Cup. - Sky Sports
🟡 Logan Chalmers and Alex Jakbuiak scored as Partick Thistle beat Queen’s Park at Hampden. Thistle are now seven points clear in fourth. - view the Championship table
2️⃣ Cove Rangers moved above Stenhousemuir into second place on goal difference following their 4-0 win away to Kelty Hearts. Stenhousemuir lost 4-1 in Inverness.
Cove and Stenhousemuir are five points behind leaders Arbroath with eight games remaining. - view the League One table
⚫️ Elgin City’s poor run of form continues following their 2-0 defeat at home to The Spartans.
They have lost seven games in a row and are now only in the play-off spots on goal difference over The Spartans. - view the League Two table
↕️ Broomhill have moved off the bottom of the Lowland League following their 1-1 draw with Heart of Midlothian B. Gala Fairydean Rovers now sit bottom. - View the Lowland League table
🏟️ St Johnstone have given Celtic three stands for the potential title decider on Sunday 6th April.
The Perth club consulted fan groups before making the decision. They also said that the financial benefits of doing it for this game were factored into the reasoning. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier
🙌 There will be a Denis Law tribute Tifo ahead of Scotland v Greece at Hampden.
The Scottish FA are looking for volunteers to assist with the set-up on the morning of Sunday 23rd March. - Fraser Clarke, Football Scotland
🏴 An 89th-minute winner for France helped secure their qualification for the UEFA Women’s Under-17 Championships, which will be played in the Faroe Islands. Scotland equalised in the 77th minute before losing 2-1 and missing out on the finals.
🗣️ Queen of the South have issued a statement asking fans not to overstep the mark following personal abuse directed at their management team and staff. - Queen of the South website
🏦 Rangers have obtained a bank loan from Macquarie Bank secured against future receivables. According to documents filed with Companies House, future transfer fees will be directed to the bank, although the nature of these is unspecified. - Robbie Hanratty, Glasgow Times
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Forres Mechanics v Huntly (8pm)
Strathspey Thistle v Clachnacuddin (8pm)
🏆 Morrisons Motors Aberdeenshire Shield Final
Formartine United v Fraserburgh (8pm at The Haughs, Turriff)
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