⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 26th November 2025
Motherwell beat Hibs. Partick Thistle go joint-top with St Johnstone. Alloa and Inverness draw. World Cup pots confirmed. Raith Rovers appoint Dougie Imrie. Scott McTominay scores for Napoli.
🌎 Days until the World Cup: 197 ⏳ Days until the World Cup draw: 9
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #198: Motherwell's record transfer fee is £500,000 for John Spencer from Everton in 1999
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Scottish Premiership
Motherwell 2 - 0 Hibernian
➡️ William Hill Scottish Championship
Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Dunfermline Athletic
➡️ William Hill Scottish League One
Alloa Athletic 1 - 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
NEWS
⚽️ Motherwell beat Hibs 2-0 at Fir Park last night. The Steelemen raced into a two-goal lead midway through the first half before Grant Hanley received a 34th-minute straight red for the visitors.
Motherwell have moved up to fourth. - view the Premiership table
🔝 Partick Thistle have moved level on points with St Johnstone at the top of the Championship. Aidan Fitzpatrick got the only goal of the game in their 1-0 home win over Dunfermline Athletic. - view the Championship table
⚽️ Alloa Athletic and league leaders Inverness Caledonian Thistle shared the points in Clackmannanshire.
Cameron O’Donnell got the Alloa goal. Luis Longstaff had opened the scoring for the visitors. - view the League One table
🌎 FIFA has confirmed the pots for next Friday’s World Cup draw in Washington DC.
As expected, Scotland is in pot three. All play-off teams are in pot four. Despite some wild rumours in the past week, Scotland can draw any team from pot one.
While the date and order of games will be known when the draw is made, the venues and kick-off times will not be confirmed until Saturday, 6 December. - Dale Johnson, BBC
🆕 Raith Rovers have appointed Dougie Imrie as their new manager. Imrie departs fellow Championship club Greenock Morton after nearly four years at Cappielow.
Imrie, who is the Kirkcaldy club’s fourth permanent manager in the last 16 months, will be joined in the dugout by Andy Millen. His first match in charge will be Saturday’s Scottish Cup Third Round home tie against Alloa Athletic. - Iain Collin, The Courier
⚽️ Scott McTominay loves scoring on a Tuesday night.
The Napoli man opened the scoring for the Italian club in their x-x win over Qarabag in the UEFA Champions League last night.
In case anyone is on Harvey Barnes watch, he scored again for Newcastle last night. He opened the scoring away to Marseille in the Champions League. Newcastle went on to lose 2-1.
⭐️ Falkirk’s Calvin Miller was voted the star man in the SPFL Team of the Week. - SPFL website
🔵 Rangers have begun a feasibility study on expanding Ibrox and making matchday experience improvements. - Rangers website
🧨 The SPFL Trust has launched an education programme to raise awareness amongst football fans of the dangers of pyrotechnics.
The pilot project is aimed at fans who have previously used pyrotechnics at matches, or younger supporters who may benefit from educational advice on the risks surrounding these devices.
The course has been funded by the SPFL, Scottish FA, and Scottish Government.- Andy Coyle, STV
🍺 Ross County Chief Executive Steven Ferguson has put his support behind the permanent reintroduction of alcohol sales in Scottish football. - Paul Chalk, The Press & Journal
🟢 The Celtic AGM results were confirmed yesterday, days after Friday’s meeting that came to an abrupt end.
All resolutions to reappoint existing board members passed by a 99 percent majority. The two resolutions put forward by the Celtic Trust were voted down by a 98 percent majority. This was a call for a review of football, financial, and strategic matters over five years, and a vote of no confidence in the board. - Ewan Paton, The Celtic Way
🆚 The fixture details for the last 32 of the KDM Evolution Trophy have been confirmed by the SPFL. All ties will take place on Tuesday, 9th December, with a 7.45pm kick-off. - SPFL website
🏆 If you happen to be in and around Methil tomorrow night, there is a special Scottish Cup event happening.
This is your chance to get up close with the prestigious Scottish Cup trophy as well as participate in a Q&A and get a free drink. Not bad for £2. - get your tickets here
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA Women’s Under-19 European Championship Qualifying
Scotland v Norway (3.30pm - live on Scotland National Team YouTube)
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Huntly v Deveronvale (8pm)
plus UEFA Youth League and West of Scotland Football League matches. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixture Website.
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