⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 26th March 2025
Livingston beat Falkirk. Scotland Under-21s suffer heavy defeat to Iceland. Scotland Under-17s win their group. Rangers issue lifetime bans.
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #23: The fastest hat trick in Scottish football belongs to Tommy Ross. He scored a hat trick in 90 seconds for Ross County v Nairn County in 1964. This was also a long-time the world record.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Scottish Championship
Greenock Morton 3 - 3 Raith Rovers
Livingston 1 - 0 Falkirk
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Keith 3 - 2 Nairn County
➡️ Parks Motor Group Lowland League
Civil Service Strollers 1 - 2 East Kilbride
🤝 Under-21 International Friendly
Scotland Under-21s 1 - 6 Iceland Under-21s
🏆 UEFA Under 17 Championship – League B
Scotland 8 - 0 Liechtenstein
Plus results in the West of Scotland League, North Region League, cup and youth games. - view all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
➡️ Livingston sparked a bit of life into the Championship title race after Andrew Shinnie’s late winner gave Livi a 1-0 win over Falkirk.
The West Lothian club closed the gap to eight points with a game in hand.
Raith Rovers scored a last-minute equaliser to draw 3-3 with Morton. Rovers had raced into a 2-0 lead early in the first half. - view the Championship table
🔝 In the Parks Motor Group Lowland League, East Kilbride took another step to winning their second successive title with a 2-1 win away to Civil Service Strollers. - View the Lowland League table
😬 Scotland Under-21s suffered a 6-1 friendly defeat to Iceland in Spain. Sheffield United’s Ryan One scored the only goal for Scotland. Manager Scot Gemmill described the loss as “embarrassing” and highlighted a worrying lack of depth at youth level.
Gemmill’s side begin their UEFA Under-21 European Championship qualification campaign in September away to the Czech Republic. - David Irvine, The Herald
8️⃣ Scotland Under-17s faired better at Broadwood yesterday. Brian McLaughlin’s side beat Liechtenstein 8-0 to top their UEFA League B group ahead of Romania.
Goal scorers for Scotland were Cameron Williams (Liverpool), Cole Burke (Kilmarnock), Fletcher Boyd (Aberdeen) and Brodie Dair (Fulham).
🏟️ Rangers have been fined and served with a suspended closure of the Copland Road stand following the banner displayed at the recent Fenerbahçe game.
The Ibrox club issued a statement saying they are in the process of issuing lifetime bans for those responsible.
They also stated that the groups responsible for setting off pyrotechnics at their recent game against Celtic will be directly impacted by the reduction of 500 tickets for their next Hampden fixture in the latter stages of the Premier Sports Cup. - Rangers website
💶 Celtic were fined €9000 by UEFA for fans blocking passages in their first leg against Bayern Munich at Celtic Park. They also received a €10,000 fine for delaying the kick-off in the second half in Munich. Brendan Rodgers was also served a suspended one-match ban as a result of the delay. - Robbie Hanratty, The Herald
🔵 Zurab Amirian has left his position as Head of Academy Football at Rangers after 14 months in the role. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times
⚫️ Neil Lennon admitted to having doubts about taking over at Dunfermline Athletic but was persuaded by the club’s US-based owners. - Peter Cassidy, STV
📉 The key details of Kilmarnock’s 2025 AGM were posted by the club. The headlines included a £974,000 financial loss for the year ending 31 May 2024.
Strong season ticket sales and merchandise turnover growth were highlighted. - Kilmarnock FC website
🏆 Heart of Midlothian announced they sold 10,000 Scottish Cup Semi-Final tickets within the first hour of them going on sale yesterday. The Jambos face Aberdeen at Hampden.
🪧 Several Celtic supporters’ groups are coming together this weekend ahead of their match against Hearts to protest against Police Scotland. - Ryan McGinlay, The Celtic Way
✍️ Ross County goalkeeper Jordan Amissah has signed a new two-year deal with the club. - Ross County website
🏆 The Scottish FA Youth Cup Final between Dundee and Kilmarnock will take place at Hampden on Wednesday 30th April. The final between the two under-18 sides will kick off at 7.20pm and will be live on BBC Scotland.
Kilmarnock last reached the final in 2004 while Dundee haven’t played in the final since 1999. - Scottish FA website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Huntly v Brora Rangers (8pm)
Strathspey Thistle v Brechin City (8pm)
Plus fixtures in the West of Scotland League, East of Scotland League and Scottish Junior Cup. - view all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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