⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 16th April 2025
Dumbarton look to exit administration. Rangers Women, Celtic Women and Glasgow City eyeing new stadium share. Charlie Mulgrew 'embarrassed' by his time at Kelty.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #38: Four Scottish players have won a UEFA Champions League winners' medal: Paul Lambert, Darren Fletcher, Andy Robertson and Billy Gilmour.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ East of Scotland Premier Division
Dunbar United 2 - 1 Musselburgh Athletic
St Andrews United 0 - 1 Jeanfield Swifts
➡️ North Region SJFA - McBookie.com North Premier League
Banks o’Dee Juniors 1 - 4 Stonehaven
Islavale 2 - 2 Hermes
plus results in the West of Scotland League, East of Scotland League, Glasgow Cup and King’s Cup - view all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
💷 Dumbarton's administrators say there is a proposal on the table that can see the club return to solvency. - Andy Coyle, STV
🏟️ Celtic Women, Rangers Women and Glasgow City have entered discussions about a new shared stadium.
Talks are at a tentative stage on a stadium with a capacity of up to 5000 and a 4G pitch. - Stephen McGowan, Glasgow Times
⚽️ John McGinn scored for Aston Villa last night in the Champions League.
Villa were 5-1 down on aggregate after 27 minutes in the second leg but scored three goals to get to within a goal of taking it to extra time.
😰 Charlie Mulgrew admitted he was ‘embarrassed’ by his time in charge of Kelty Hearts. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times
🏟️ Giffnock SC, Scotland’s biggest grassroots club, has completed the build of two new full-size astroturf pitches at GSC Auldhouse on Glasgow’s Southside.
These complement the four grass pitches they already have.
🥇 Kirsty Howat has won SWPL Player of the Month for March. Howat scored four goals last month for Rangers Women.
Hamilton Academical’s Sophie Townsley won the SWPL 2 award. - SWPL website
🆚 The Scotland Women’s Under-16 squad for their upcoming UEFA Development tournament has been announced. - Scottish FA website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ SWPL 1
Celtic v Hibernian (7.15pm)
Glasgow City v Rangers (7.35pm - live on BBC Alba)
Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell (7.45pm)
Montrose v Aberdeen (7.45pm)
Queen’s Park v Partick Thistle (7.45pm)
Spartans v Dundee United (7.45pm)
plus fixtures in the Midlands League, South of Scotland League, West of Scotland League, East of Scotland League and various cups - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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