⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 17th December 2025
Hamilton Academical deducted a further nine points. Inverness beat Dumbarton 9-0. Lewis Morgan moves to San Diego FC. Nick Walsh promoted to UEFA's Elite category of referees.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 178
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #213: Clyde manager Darren Young has won League Two as manager of two different clubs: Albion Rovers (2014/15) and Stirling Albion (2022/23)
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy – Round of 32
Cove Rangers 1 - 2 Partick Thistle
Dumbarton 0 - 9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Elgin City 2 - 3 East Fife
Heart of Midlothian B 0 - 1 St Johnstone
Montrose P - P The Spartans
Queen of the South 4 - 3 Dunfermline Athletic
Queen’s Park 2 - 1 Clyde
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
Gretna 2008 4 - 5 Celtic B
➡️ East of Scotland League First Division
Tynecastle A - A Leith Athletic
NEWS
🔴 Hamilton Academical have been deducted a further nine points by the SPFL.
The League One club received the point deduction because they did not have a bronze licence. The SPFL had given them multiple deadline extensions to comply.
Hamilton have now dropped to eighth in the table, four points above bottom Kelty Hearts.
Accies have been deducted 15 points in total this season so far, and 30 points this calendar year. - SPFL website
🏆 Inverness Caledonian Thistle were the biggest winners in the KDM Evolution Trophy last night, with Alfie Bavidge scoring four in their 9-0 away win at Dumbarton.
The margin of victory is Inverness’ biggest ever win in any of the three main cup competitions or league.
Queen of the South beat Dunfermline Athletic 4-3. The Doonhamers were 4-1 up before a Barney Stewart double set up a nervy finish.
The last 16 draw is:
Airdrieonians v Montrose or The Spartans
Arbroath v East Fife
Ayr United v Stranraer
Queen’s Park v Forfar Athletic
Partick Thistle v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Raith Rovers v Queen of the South
Stirling Albion v Stenhousemuir
St Johnstone v Ross County
The Montrose v The Spartans match has been rearranged for Monday after it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
🔵 Kilmarnock have announced the signing of Estonian defender Michael Schjønning-Larsen.
The 24-year-old left back will join the Rugby Park club on January 1. - Calum Loudon, STV
✍️ San Diego FC have signed Lewis Morgan from New York Red Bulls. The 29-year-old Scotland international signed for New York in 2022, having previously begun his MLS career with Inter Miami in 2020.
The former St Mirren and Celtic winger missed most of this campaign with injury. - MLS website
🌍 Nick Walsh has been promoted to the Elite Category of UEFA Referees.
With only 35 referees across Europe included in this group, he will have the opportunity to referee at the very highest level of the game on an international stage. - Scottish FA website
⭐️ St Mirren’s Jonah Ayunga has been named the star man in the SPFL Team of the Week.
⚫️ Dunfermline Athletic owner James Bord is believed to be one of the final three bidders for EFL Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.
The club administrators are reported to have set a price tag of approximately £30 million. - Alan Temple, The Courier
🟢 Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy has confirmed striker Kelechi Iheanacho has suffered another hamstring injury. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times
⚽ Former Motherwell and Celtic midfielder David Turnbull scored in Cardiff City’s 3-1 Carabao Cup defeat to Chelsea last night.
🆕 Scottish manager Steve Evans has been named the new manager of EFL League Two club Bristol Rovers until the end of the season.
The vastly experienced Evans has over 1000 games as a manager under his belt, including over 700 matches in the EFL. - Bristol Rovers website
🌎 FIFA announced yesterday that 10% of participating nations’ allocation tickets are available for $60.
The new Supporter Entry Tier allocation has been taken from what was previously the cheapest category of World Cup tickets available to participating nations.
The key details are that there is no additional tickets. The most expensive tickets haven’t been reduced, and for Scotland games, there are only approximately 400 available per match.
FIFA has also said they have removed the refund administrative fee for fans who apply for their country’s games through to the final, should their team not make it all the way. - Mandeep Sanghera & Dan Roan, BBC
🎟️ Open Goal is returning to the OVO Hydro for another live show.
Their Scotland Summer Kick-Off Party on Friday, 22nd May, will feature special guest Ally McCoist. Pre-sale begins today with the general sale starting on Friday. - Open Goal on X
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ William Hill Scottish Premiership
Dundee United v Celtic (8pm - live on Sky Sports)
🏆 Morrisons Motors Aberdeenshire Shield – Semi Final
Deveronvale v Aberdeen (8pm)
Plus East of Scotland League, South of Scotland League, and North Caledonian matchers. See all the fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixture website.
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