⚽ The Kick-Off | Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Stuart Armstrong signs for Aberdeen. Celtic sign Iheanacho. Jimmy Bone passes away. Hibs confirm signing of Daniel Barlaser. Adam Forrester returns to St Johnstone on loan.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #138:
Scotland's results have followed the same pattern at each of the last three men's major tournaments we have qualified for.
Lost the first game (2024: Germany, 2020: Czech Republic, 1998: Brazil)
Drawn the second game (2024: Switzerland, 2020: England, 1998: Norway)
Lost the third game (2024: Hungary, 2020: Croatia, 1998: Morocco)LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ PARKS MOTOR GROUP LOWLAND LEAGUE
Berwick Rangers 2 - 0 Heart of Midlothian B
Bonnyrigg Rose 1 - 1 Albion Rovers
Caledonian Braves 3 - 0 Gretna 2008
Clydebank 2 - 0 Bo’ness United
Cumbernauld Colts 0 - 2 Cowdenbeath
Tranent 1 - 0 East Stirlingshire
🏆 NORTH OF SCOTLAND CUP SEMI-FINAL
Forres Mechanics 2 - 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Plus results in the East of Scotland Football League. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
NEWS
🔴 Aberdeen completed the signing of Stuart Armstrong on a free transfer late last night.
The 33-year-old Scotland international midfielder has signed a two-year deal at Pittodrie. Armstrong’s most recent club was Sheffield Wednesday. - Aberdeen FC website
🟢 Celtic have signed Kelechi Iheanacho on a one-year deal after his Sevilla contract was terminated on Tuesday. The 28-year-old spent part of last season on loan at Middlesbrough. - Celtic FC website
🟢 Hibernian confirmed the signing of defensive midfielder Daniel Barlaser on a season-long loan from Middlesbrough. - Hibernian FC website
😢 Jimmy Bone has sadly passed away at the age of 75.
Jimmy had played for the likes of Partick Thistle, St Mirren, and Heart of Midlothian before going on to manage several clubs, including Arbroath and East Fife. - Peter Cassidy, STV
🔙 Hearts boss Derek McInnes confirmed that defender Adam Forrester will return to St Johnstone on loan.
The Tynecastle club had originally recalled the right-back after an injury to Christian Borchgrevink. - Eric Nicolson, The Courier
➡️ Clydebank closed the gap to Linlithgow Rose at the top of the Park’s Motor Group Lowland League to one point after their 2-0 home win over Bo’ness United.
East Stirlingshire nearly moved off the bottom of the table but conceded with the last kick of the game to lose 1-0 away to Tranent. Gretna 2008 who are second bottom lost 3-0 away defeat to Caledonian Braves. - view the Lowland League table
🏆 Highland League side Forres Mechanics have reached their first cup final since 2011 after beating Inverness Caledonian Thistle in their North of Scotland Cup Semi-Final. They’ll face the winner of tonight’s Clachnacuddin v Ross County semi.
⭐️ Here is your SPFL Team of the Week. East Kilbride’s Cami Elliot was named the star man for his four goals against Forfar Athletic at the weekend.
✍️ For those interested in how many players each Premiership club signed in the transfer window, here are the numbers courtesy of Nareystoepoker on X:
Livingston: 16
Dundee Utd: 14
Rangers: 14
Kilmarnock: 13
St Mirren: 13
Aberdeen: 12
Motherwell: 12
Dundee: 11
Heart of Midlothian: 11
Celtic: 10
Falkirk: 8
Hibernian: 7
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UNDER-19 INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT - SLOVENIA NATIONS CUP
Slovenia v Scotland (1pm)
➡️ PARKS MOTOR GROUP LOWLAND LEAGUE
Gala Fairydean Rovers v Broxburn Athletic (7.45pm)
🏆 NORTH OF SCOTLAND CUP SEMI-FINAL
Clachnacuddin v Ross County (8pm)
🏆 EVENING EXPRESS ABERDEENSHIRE CUP SEMI-FINAL
Buckie Thistle v Aberdeen (8pm)
Huntly v Formartine United (8pm)
Plus fixtures in the East of Scotland Football League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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