⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 12th November 2025

Barry Robson sacked by Raith Rovers. Scottish FA don't consider Hamilton owner and director to be 'fit and proper'. Claudio Braga wins player of the month.

Nov 12, 2025

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📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #188: 
Jim Weir is the only person to manage all four Angus clubs - Arbroath, Brechin City, Forfar Athletic, and Montrose

LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS

🏆 KDM EVOLUTION TROPHY - LEAGUE PHASE

Alloa Athletic 4 - 4 Clyde
Annan Athletic 6 - 0 Kilmarnock B
Cove Rangers 1 - 2 Forfar Athletic
Dumbarton P - P Stenhousemuir
East Fife 3 - 0 Edinburgh City
East Kilbride 2 - 0 Celtic B
Elgin City 3 - 1 Dundee B
Hamilton Academical 3 - 0 Rangers B
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 - 0 Dundee United B
Kelty Hearts 0 - 1 Heart of Midlothian B
Montrose P - P Hibernian B
Queen of the South 3 - 1 Motherwell B
Stirling Albion 2 - 1 Peterhead
Stranraer 2 - 0 St Mirren B
The Spartans 5 - 2 Aberdeen B

NEWS

👋 Barry Robson has been sacked by Raith Rovers after a poor run of form. Assistant manager Andy Kirk has also been relieved of his duties. - Alan Temple, The Courier

Paul Hanlon has been made interim player-manager. - Iain Collin, The Courier

🔴 The Scottish FA has written to Hamilton Academical to notify that, following investigation, neither Seref Zengin nor Gerry Strain are considered ‘fit and proper’.

“The club has been directed by the Board to take all steps necessary to ensure its compliance with the foregoing determination. Should it fail to do so, the club may face disciplinary proceedings and sanctions under and in accordance with the Judicial Panel Protocol.” - BBC

🚔 Police Scotland is investigating alleged fraud at Hamilton. Enquiries have been ongoing since a report was received by the police in May this year. - Andy Coyle, STV

🔵 St Johnstone are set to introduce a safe-standing section at McDiarmid Park later this season. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier

🏟️ Scotland v Denmark on Tuesday has officially sold-out. - Scotland National Team on X

🏆 Inverness Caledonian Thistle have topped the KDM Evolution Trophy League Phase with six wins out of six. The League One club beat Dundee United B last night 6-0.

It was another bad night for the B teams. Of the nine that played, only Hearts B avoided defeat. They beat Kelty Hearts 1-0. After six rounds of fixtures, all eight teams that will be eliminated from the league phase will be B teams.

Celtic B, and either Hearts B or Hibernian B will be in the draw for the next round after finishing 21st and 22nd.

Dundee B, Kilmarnock B, and Rangers B finished the league phase with zero points.

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir and Montrose v Hibernian B were postponed. - view the KDM Evolution Trophy League Phase table

🎱 The draw for the round of 32 for the KDM Evolution Trophy will be rescheduled following the postponement of games due to the weather.

Round of 32 ties are still scheduled for the midweek of December 9/10. - SPFL website

🏅 Hearts forward Claudio Braga has been named Player of the Month for October. - SPFL website

🏆 The draw for the semi-final of the Sky Sports Cup was made yesterday. Hibernian will take on Glasgow City, and Celtic will face Rangers.

The semi-finals will be played on or before Sunday, 1st February. - SWPL website

🆕 Partick Thistle Women have appointed Gary Holt as their new manager after it was announced that David Elliot had left the club earlier in the day. - Partick Thistle website

📺 Fixture information for six Premiership matches has been published, including the latest live broadcast matches and rearranged dates for the matches postponed due to the Premier Sports Cup. - SPFL website

🙁 Dunfermline Athletic’s head scout for the UK and Ireland, Gary Kirk, has suddenly passed away while on match duty down south.

Gary was a widely respected figure in Scottish football. He had previously been part of Craig Levein’s backroom staff at Hearts, Leicester City, and Dundee United. - Sean Hamilton, The Courier

🔙 Plymouth have appointed Derek Adams as their new director of football. Adams recently left Morecambe and managed the EFL League One club between 2015 and 2019. - BBC

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY

🏆 UEFA Women’s Europa Cup – Round of 16 - First Leg

Glasgow City v Sporting CP (7.35pm)

🏆 UEFA Under-19 European Championship Qualifying

Latvia v Scotland (10am)

➡️ Breedon Highland League

Wick Academy v Clachnacuddin (8pm)

🏆 Morrisons Motors Aberdeenshire Shield – Quarter Final

Buckie Thistle v Deveronvale (8pm)
Fraserburgh v Hermes (8pm)
Inverurie Loco Works v Keith (8pm)

plus fixtures in the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup and Midlands League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixture website