⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 27th August 2025

Celtic beaten on penalties by Kairat Almaty. KDM Evolution Trophy round-up. Signings for Motherwell and Dundee. Scotland Under-21 squad announced.

Aug 27, 2025

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📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #133: 
The 1987 Scottish Cup Final between St Mirren and Dundee United was the last Scottish Cup Final when all of the players and both managers were all Scottish.

LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS

🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND SECOND LEG

Kairat Almaty 0 - 0 Celtic (0-0 on aggregate - Kairat Almaty won 3-2 on penalties)

🏆 KDM EVOLUTION TROPHY LEAGUE PHASE - MATCHDAY TWO

Alloa Athletic 2 - 3 St Mirren B
Annan Athletic 1 - 3 Stenhousemuir
Cove Rangers 1 - 0 Dundee B
Dumbarton 1 - 0 Heart of Midlothian
East Fife 3 - 2 Kilmarnock B
East Kilbride 3 - 1 Motherwell B
Elgin City 3 - 1 Dundee United B
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 - 1 Aberdeen B
Kelty Hearts 0 - 1 Celtic B
Montrose 1 - 0 Forfar Athletic
Queen of the South 3 - 1 Clyde
Stirling Albion 3 - 1 Hibernian B
Stranraer 4 - 1 Rangers B
The Spartans 1 - 1 Peterhead

NEWS

🟢 Celtic will be playing in the UEFA Europa League after losing on penalties to Kairat Almaty in the Champions League Play-Off. After the game finished goalless, Adam Idah, Luke McCowan, and Daizen Maeda all missed penalties.

🏆 Stranraer and Inverness Caledonian Thistle were the biggest winners in the KDM Evolution Trophy last night. Stranraer beat Rangers B 4-1, and Inverness beat Aberdeen B by the same score line. Chanka Simba scored a hat-trick for the Highland club.

Celtic B and St Mirren B were the only B sides to win. Celtic beat Kelty Hearts 1-0 away, and St Mirren beat Alloa Athletic 3-2 at the Indodrill Stadium. - view the group phase table here

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🆕 Scot Gemmill announced his Scotland Under-21 squad for the upcoming qualifiers against Czechia and Portugal.

Scotland gets their qualifying campaign underway in the Czech Republic next Friday. - Scottish FA website

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✍️ Motherwell have signed Oscar Priestman from Western Sydney Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.

He is the third Western Sydney player to make the move to Scotland this summer after Nicolas Milanovic joined Aberdeen and Zac Sapsford joined Dundee United. - Motherwell FC website

✍️ Dundee have signed Scottish midfielder Ethan Hamilton from Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee.

The 26-year-old began his career in the Manchester United academy and has spent his career to date in the English Football League. - George Cran, The Courier

⬆️ In perhaps the least surprising news of the week, John Roberston has been appointed as Interim Manager at Ross County following Don Cowie’s departure. - Ross County on X

🔵 After missing training yesterday, Hamza Igmane is set to leave Rangers and join Lille after the French club met the release clause in the striker’s contract. - Andy Coyle STV

⚫️ Jim Leishman has been appointed as chairman of Dunfermline Athletic. Previous chairman David Cook will continue in his role of Chief Executive. - Iain Collin, The Courier

✍️ EFL League Two side Fleetwood Town have signed former Dunfermline Athletic striker Lewis McCann. - BBC

⚽️ In the Carabao Cup Second Round last night, Ryan Hardie scored his first goal for Wrexham in the Welsh side’s 3-2 win over Preston North End. Liam Lindsay was on the scoresheet for Preston.

Ryan Fraser scored for Southampton in their 3-0 away win at Norwich City.

Aaron Hickey played 59 minutes in Brentford’s 2-0 win away at Bournemouth. Ryan Christie and Ben Gannon Doak both played in the game. Gannon Doak was substituted at half-time.

Kevin Nisbet started in Millwall’s 2-1 win over Coventry.

Lyndon Dykes started for Birmingham City in their 1-0 home defeat to League One Port Vale.

📺 The BBC has announced it will be showing tomorrow’s second leg of FCSB v Aberdeen live on BBC Scotland. - BBC

📆 Queen’s Park v Partick Thistle on Saturday, 6 September has been postponed due to international call-ups for Thistle. - SPFL website

⭐️ Here is your SPFL Team of the Week.

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⚽️ Scotland is currently participating in the second stage of the Homeless World Cup.

After winning all four games in the first stage, they beat the Kyrgyz Republic 5-4 and drew 6-6 with Chile yesterday. Up next are games against Norway, Denmark, and Northern Ireland. - Follow updates via Street Soccer Scotland on Instagram

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY

🏆 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND SECOND LEG

Club Brugge (3) v (1) Rangers (8pm - Live on TNT Sports)

🏆 UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND - SEMI FINALS

Champions Path

Fortuna Hjorring v Hibernian Women (7.30pm, match being played in Cyprus - Live on BBC iPlayer)

League Path

Glasgow City v Austria Vienna (8pm - match being played in Austria)