⚽ The Kick-Off - Wednesday 25th February 2026
Dundee United and Aberdeen draw. St Johnstone and Partick Thistle concede late equalisers. Goals for Lyndon Dykes, George Hirst and Oli McBurnie.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #258: Of the 30 SPFL clubs in the Championship and below, seven sides have played top-flight football since 1996. Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers, Ross County and St Johnstone.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Premiership
Dundee United 0-0 Aberdeen
➡️ William Hill Championship
Dunfermline Athletic 2-2 Partick Thistle
Queen’s Park 1-1 St Johnstone
➡️ William Hill League Two
Dumbarton 0-0 Clyde
Elgin City 3-0 Edinburgh City
Stirling Albion 2-0 Annan Athletic
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy Semi Final
Ayr United 1-2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
🏆 Lowland League Cup Quarter Final
Linlithgow Rose 1-1 Clydebank (Linlithgow Rose won 3-0 on penalties)
plus matches in the West of Scotland Football League and North of Scotland Football League. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
0️⃣ Aberdeen v Dundee United was non-eventful, finishing all square, and we will never speak of it again.
United remain seventh, nine points behind sixth-placed Falkirk. Aberdeen are one point behind in eighth. - view the Premiership table
⚽️ There was late drama in the Championship as both St Johnstone and Partick Thistle conceded added-time equalisers.
Queen’s Park are now only two points behind fifth-placed Raith Rovers. - view the Championship table
➡️ After not winning in League Two since November, Elgin City have now won two games in a row. They ran out comfortable winners over bottom side Edinburgh City. Russell Dingwall opened the scoring with a goal from the halfway line.
Clyde missed their chance to go second after drawing 0-0 with second-bottom Dumbarton. - view the League Two table
🏆 Inverness Caledonian Thistle are the first team to secure their place in the KDM Evolution Trophy Final. Jordan Alonge scored twice as Inverness beat Ayr United 2-1 at Somerset Park.
They will face either Airdrieonians or Raith Rovers, who play tonight.
❓ Is Oli McBurnie now in with an outside chance of being included in the next Scotland squad? He scored his 14th goal of the season for Hull City last night as the Tigers beat Derby County 4-2. He is the second-top goal scorer in the Championship.
Lyndon Dykes got his second goal for Charlton Athletic in their 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion.
George Hirst was also on the scoresheet last night. He came off the bench to score Ipswich Town’s second goal in their 2-0 win away at Watford.
⚫️ Dunfermline Athletic have signed Motherwell goalkeeper Aston Oxborough on loan. - Dunfermline Athletic website
🔵 The good news for Kilmarnock fans is that Tyreece John-Jules has signed a new deal at the club.
The bad news for Kilmarnock fans is that he will miss the rest of the season due to injury. - Kilmarnock FC website
🔴 St Mirren were successful in appealing Richard King’s sending off from the weekend.
Celtic were unsuccessful with Auston Trusty’s appeal. The defender will now miss the next three league games after being sent off against Hearts this season.
🏥 East Fife’s Jess Norey will miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. - East Fife website
📝 Annan Athletic manager Wullie Gibson has signed a contract extension that keeps him at Galabank until the summer of 2028. - Annan Athletic website
🔵 Greenock Morton midfielder Kerr Robertson has signed a one-year contract extension at Cappielow. - Greenock Morton website
🌎 After the usual scaremongering with these sorts of things, it has been confirmed that Scotland fans will have no issues wearing sporrans to World Cup games this summer. - Mark Walker, The Herald
⚽️ Think you can name every Scottish top-flight manager since 2000? - Narey’s Toepoker has created this Sporcle quiz. More than 1000 people have already given it a go. - let us know how you get on
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 108
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy Semi Final
Airdrieonians v Raith Rovers (7.30pm - live on BBC Alba)
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Buckie Thistle v Brechin City (8pm)
Formartine United v Deveronvale (8pm)
Strathspey Thistle v Rothes (8pm)
Wick Academy v Forres Mechanics (8pm)
plus matches in the West of Scotland Football League, Midlands League and North of Scotland Football League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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