⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 26th February 2025
Celtic beat Aberdeen 5-1. SWNT lose to Netherlands. Wins for Livingston, Hamilton and Airdie in the Championship. Arbroath go back to top of L1. Ian Gordon wipes £7m loss at Hibs.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #3: Stirling Albion were the first ever Scottish League side to play home games on an artificial surface.
Latest Scottish Football Results
🏆 UEFA Women’s Nations League Group A1
Scotland 1 - 2 Netherlands
➡️ SPFL Premiership
Celtic 5 - 1 Aberdeen
➡️ SPFL Championship
Airdrieonians 1 - 0 Raith Rovers
Hamilton Academical 1 - 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Livingston 3 - 2 Greenock Morton
➡️ SPFL League One
Arbroath 2 - 1 Kelty Hearts
➡️ SPFL League Two
The Spartans 1 - 1 Forfar Athletic
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
Broomhill p - p Heart of Midlothian B (Waterlogged Pitch)
Plus results in the West of Scotland League, North Region Premier League and Club Academy Scotland Elite League - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
News
☘️ Celtic bounced back from Saturday’s defeat to Hibs with a convincing 5-1 win over Aberdeen at Celtic Park. Goals from Daizen Maeda, Jota, Callum McGregor and Yang gave the home side the three points. Shayden Morris got Aberdeen’s goal. - View the Premiership league table here
🏴 It was back-to-back defeats for Scotland Women’s National Team in the UEFA Nations League. The Netherlands won 2-1 at Hampden. Emma Lawton had SWNT ahead at the break before the visitors scored twice in the second half to take the three points.
Scotland play Germany in a double-header in April. The home game is taking place at Tannadice on Friday 4th April. - Watch the goals via the BBC
↕️ Airdrieonians closed the gap to seven points at the bottom of the Championship with a 1-0 win over Raith Rovers and Hamilton Academical beating Dunfermline Athletic by the same score line. The Diamonds are now undefeated in five league games.
Second-placed Livingston kept the pressure on Falkirk with a 3-2 win over Morton. - View the Championship league table here
🔝 It is now seven games without a win for Kelty Hearts as Arbroath went back to the top of League One with a 2-1 win at Gayfield. - View the League One table here
↕️ Forfar followed up Saturday’s win with a 1-1 draw away to The Spartans. They have closed the gap at the bottom of League Two on Bonnyrigg Rose to six points with a game still in hand. - View the League Two table here
🟢 Hibs owner Ian Gordon has confirmed he will foot the bill for the club’s £7.2m loss. He also reiterated his and the family’s commitment to the Easter Road club. - Mark Atkinson, The Scotsman
🤝 Aberdeen midfielder Jamie McGrath has signed a pre-contract agreement with Hibernian on a four-year-deal. Aberdeen put out a statement saying they had offered a contract and both parties wanted him to stay at Pittodrie but they weren’t willing to put a four-year-deal on the table.
McGrath is out injured for the rest of the season and has now played his last game for the Dons. - Sean Wallace, Press and Journal
🤕 Cammy Devlin will still be missing for Hearts this week after complaining about headaches following his concussion in the St Mirren Scottish Cup game. - Barry Anderson, Edinburgh Evening News
🏥 Joe Newell is set for another couple of weeks on the sidelines for Hibernian. Joe has picked up an additional injury to the groin issue that has kept him out since 29th January. - STV
➡️ Aaron Muirhead has moved on loan to Arbroath from Partick Thistle for the remainder of the season. - Partick Thistle website
👋 Dapo Mebude has left Dunfermline for a loan move to Bulgarian top-flight club Septemvri Sofia. - Iain Collin, The Courier
😬 Ryan Christie came off injured for Bournemouth last night after just 26 minutes. After the match manager Andoni Iraola said Ryan had been managing a groin issue this season but that ‘this was something different’ and will need to be assessed.
Bournemouth lost 2-1 away to Brighton & Hove Albion. - BBC Radio Solent
⚽️ Scotland striker Tommy Conway scored for Middlesbrough last night. Conway scored the Championship’s side third goal in a 3-1 away win at Stoke.
The win ended a five-match losing run for Boro. - Gideon Brooks, BBC
☘️ The Green Brigade issued an apology to fellow Celtic fans following recent incidents. - David Irvine, The Celtic Way
👏 St Johnstone recognised long-term fan Stewart Falconer after he was named Scottish Football Supporters’ Association Fan of the Year.
Stewart was nominated for the award after helping a blind Hibs fan who was trying to attend a match at McDiarmid Park, his dedication to going to support the club while living with an advanced terminal cancer and donating to the foodbank collections every game. - Selena Jackson, STV
Scottish Football Fixtures Today
➡️ SPFL Premiership
Dundee United v Hibernian (7.45pm)
Heart of Midlothian v St Mirren (7.45pm)
Kilmarnock v Rangers (8pm - Live on Sky Sports)
Motherwell v Dundee (7.45pm)
St Johnstone v Ross County (7.45pm)
📺 Premiership highlights on BBC One Scotland at 10.40pm
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Clachnacuddin v Huntly (8pm)