⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 21st May 2025
Rangers release Hagi, Lawrence and Balogun. Dundee United release players. Falkirk announce the return of their academy. Nisbet's goal voted goal of the season. Hanley a free agent this summer.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #63: Willie Maley has won the most Scottish Cups as a manager. He won 14 as Celtic manager between 1899 and 1937.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ North Region - McBookie Premier Division (Tier 6)
Culter 1 - 0 Ellon United
Maud 2 - 2 Dyce
plus results in the North Region play-offs - view all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
🔵 Leon Balogun, Ianis Hagi and Tom Lawrence will leave Rangers at the end of their contracts this summer. - Rangers website
🟠 Dundee United have released Tony Watt, Declan Gallagher, Ross Docherty, Louis Moult, David Babunski and Allan Campbell following the end of the season. - Dundee United website
🔵 Greenock Morton have granted Partick Thistle permission to speak to manager Dougie Imrie. - Christopher Dodds, Greenock Telegraph
🔵 Meanwhile Morton’s transfer ban has been lifted by FIFA. - Greenock Morton website
🚔 A 31-year-old man has been charged by police after Jack Mackenzie was hit by a chair at Tannadice on Saturday. - BBC
👶🏼 Falkirk are relaunching their academy for next season. They closed it in 2017 as part of cost-cutting measures. Chief Executive Jamie Swinney said as part of the announcement that “the cost of re-establishing the Academy at CAS Performance Level is £320,000”. - Falkirk FC website
🆓 Grant Hanley has been released by Birmingham City after joining the club on a short-term deal in January.
Birmingham have also announced that Kieran Dowell and Ben Davies have returned to Rangers after the end of their loans. - Birmingham City website
📝 Mick Kennedy, Simon Ferry and the rest of the East Kilbride FC backroom team have signed contract extensions following their promotion to League Two on Saturday.
🏆 Aberdeen have received a small allocation of additional Scottish Cup Final tickets from the Scottish FA. - Aberdeen FC website
⚪️ Ayr United have released Robbie Mutch, Frankie Musonda and Max Guthrie. They are currently in discussions about new contracts with Connor McLennan, Anton Dowds, Mikey Devlin and George Stanger. - Ayr United website
⚫️ Jake Dolzanski and Dajon Golding have left Elgin City at the end of their contracts. - Elgin City website
✍️ The Spartans have signed goalkeeper Paddy Martin from relegated Bonnyrigg Rose. - The Spartans website
🏅 Kevin Nisbet’s goal for Aberdeen against Hibernian has been named the William Hill SPFL Goal of the Season.
🔝 Culter are the last team in the Scottish football pyramid to win their league.
They won the North Region McBookie Premier Division last night. Unfortunately, they are not eligible for promotion to the Highland League as they do not possess a Scottish FA Club License.
All teams who won their leagues at tier six below the Highland League (Invergordon, Dundee North End and Culter) were not eligible for promotion this season.
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 Cree Lodge Cup Final
Dalbeattie Star v Lochar Thistle (7.30pm)
🏆 East Region SJFA Bottom Half League Cup Final
Coupar Angus v Dundee St James (7pm)
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