⚽ The Kick-Off - Wednesday 4th February 2026
St Mirren beat Hearts. Ross County beat Queen's Park. Airdrieonians into KDM Evolution Trophy Semi-Final. Signings for Aberdeen & East Kilbride. Danilo and Peter Ambrose head out on loan.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #243: Dundee United’s record sale is £4m for Duncan Ferguson in 1993
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Premiership
St Mirren 1 - 0 Heart of Midlothian
➡️ William Hill Championship
Queen’s Park 0 - 1 Ross County
🏆 KDM Evolution Trophy Quarter Final
Arbroath 2 - 2 Airdrieonians (Airdieonians won 5-3 on penalties)
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Formartine United P - P Lossiemouth
🏆 Lowland League Cup First Round
Bo’ness United 2 - 3 Tranent
🏆 East of Scotland Qualifying Cup Quarter Final
Bonnyrigg Rose 3 - 1 Armadale Thistle
NEWS
🔝 Hearts’ title challenge suffered a bump last night. Miguel Freckleton scored an 88th-minute winner for St Mirren in Paisley to snatch the win. The Buddies hadn’t won in seven league games until last night.
Craig Halkett was sent off for a denying a goalscoring opportunity in the first half. The centre half will now miss the Edinburgh derby next weekend. - view the Premiership table
⚽️ Uche Ikpeazu scored on his debut for Ross County to send the Dingwall side back up the A9 with three points and back off the bottom of the table.
The 1-0 win over Queen’s Park was enough to move into ninth, one point above the Spiders. - view the Championship table
🏆 Airdrieonians will face Raith Rovers in the semi-final of the KDM Evolution Trophy after knocking out Arbroath on penalties.
✍️ Transfer deadline day might have been on Monday, but it hasn’t stopped clubs snapping up free agents.
Aberdeen have signed former Scotland Under-21 centre-back Tom McIntyre on a short-term contract following his release by Portsmouth. - Aberdeen FC website
East Kilbride signed 19-year-old Jackson Mylchreest after he was released by St Johnstone. - East Kilbride on X
🔵 Rangers forward Danilo has joined Dutch side NEC Nijmegen on loan until the end of the season. The Eredivisie club have an option to buy. - Ewan Paton, The Herald
🔴 Aberdeen striker Peter Ambrose has joined Hungarian side Diósgyőri VTK on loan. - Aberdeen FC website
🦌 Ross County have released Gary Mackay-Steven and Nicky Clark. Both players joined in the summer but have been deemed surplus to requirements by manager Stuart Kettlewell. - Ross County website
🔵 Rangers have sold 18-year-old academy player Chris Eadie to Sheffield United. The attacker spent the first half of this season on loan at Stirling Albion. - Stewart Wilson, The Herald
🔴 Hamilton Academical have appointed Darian MacKinnon as their manager on a permanent basis. - Hamilton Academical website
🙋♂️ Steve Clarke has asked Harvey Barnes if he will accept a Scotland call-up for next month’s friendlies and World Cup squad. - Luke Edwards, The Telegraph
🆕 Brian McLaughlin has named his Scotland Under-17 squad for the upcoming friendlies against Norway and Poland in Spain. Promising Rangers youngster Kyle Glasgow has been included. The 15-year-old is also eligible for Portugal and was in their Under-16 squad recently. - Scottish FA website
🤕 Aberdeen’s Mat Knoester will be ‘unavailable for the short to medium term’ following the serious injury he sustained against Kilmarnock. - Aberdeen FC website
⛔️ Both St Mirren and Dundee United were unsuccessful in their red card appeals yesterday.
⚪️ Edinburgh City defender Lewis McArthur has left the club. - Edinburgh City on X
📹 Lowland League club Broxburn Athletic are running a GoFundMe to replace their stolen VEO equipment. - Broxburn Athletic GoFundMe page
✍️ Narey’s Toepoker on X has listed the number of loans at each Premiership club.
✍️ For those who like a bit of SPFL player nostalgia, here are a few names from the past that made transfer moves down south in the past few days.
One-time Ross County forward Davis Keillor-Dunn signed for Wrexham from Barnsley.
Joe Aribo joined Leicester City on loan from Southampton.
Patrick Roberts signed for Birmingham City permanently from Sunderland.
Former Aberdeen loanee Alfie Dorrington signed for League Two Salford City on loan.
Leo Hjelde, who was a Celtic academy player and spent time on loan at Ross County, joined Sheffield United on loan from Sunderland.
Ex-Motherwell striker Devante Cole moved to Luton Town from Port Vale.
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 129
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ William Hill Premiership
Aberdeen v Celtic (8pm - live on Sky Sports Football)
Dundee v Motherwell (7.45pm)
Hibernian v Dundee United (7.45pm)
Livingston v Falkirk (7.45pm)
Rangers v Kilmarnock (7.45pm)
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Banks o’ Dee v Rothes (8pm)
Buckie Thistle v Brechin City (postponed)
Inverurie Loco Works v Fraserburgh (8pm)
Nairn County v Brora Rangers (8pm)
Turriff United v Huntly (8pm)
Wick Academy v Forres Mechanics (8pm)
plus matches in the East of Scotland Qualiyfing Cup and Southern Counties FA Challenge Cup. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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