⚽ The Kick-Off - Wednesday 8th April 2026
Dunfermline beat Ayr 3-0. Cove beat Montrose 3-2. Post-split Premiership fixtures confirmed. Player of the month awards for Barney Stewart and Kieran Shanks. Green Brigade suspension lifted.
📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #283: A young Colin Hendry was named man of the match as Dundee beat Hearts 2–0 in the final game of the 1986 season - the game that handed the title to Celtic on goal difference.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Championship
Ayr United 0 - 3 Dunfermline Athletic
➡️ William Hill League One
Montrose 2 - 3 Cove Rangers
➡️ Park’s Motor Group Lowland League
Albion Rovers 1 - 0 East Stirlingshire
Berwick Rangers 0 - 0 Tranent
Celtic B 1 - 3 Linlithgow Rose
plus matches in the West of Scotland Football League, East of Scotland League, South of Scotland League and regional cups. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
⚫️ Dunfermline Athletic have all but secured their play-off spot following their 3-0 away win in Ayr last night. Josh Cooper, Chris Kane, and Keith Bray got the goals. George Finney was sent off for the home side.
The Pars are 10 points clear of the four teams tied on 36 points below them. There are just five games to go. - view the Championship table
🔵 Cove Rangers won an entertaining game at Links Park. Montrose had come from one down to lead 2-1 before Mitch Megginson and Adam Emslie scored to win the much-needed three points.
Cove have moved into seventh and are six points clear of ninth-placed Hamilton Academical. - view the League One table
🌹 Linlithgow Rose moved second and one point behind Lowland League leaders Clydebank after their 3-1 win away at Celtic B last night.
With just two games left, only two points separate Clydebank and Bonnyrigg Rose in third. - view the Lowland League table
⚽️ Southampton striker Ross Stewart was amongst the goals again last night. He came off the bench to score in Southampton’s 5-1 win away at Wrexham. Unfortunately for Stewart, it looks like it could all be coming a bit too late for him to make the World Cup squad, barring injuries to Steve Clarke’s regular picks.
Hosted by none other than commentator Rory Hamilton, expect general World Cup knowledge rounds, a Scotland at the World Cup round, and much more.
🆚 The post-split Premiership fixtures were confirmed by the SPFL yesterday. - SPFL website
Given there were plenty of grumblings on X and Clyde Superscoreboard about the fixtures, this SPFL Q&A is worth reading.
🏅 Falkirk’s Barney Stewart was named the William Hill Premiership Player of the Month for March. - SPFL website
🏅 Peterhead striker Kieran Shanks was named William Hill League One Player of the Month for March. - SPFL on X
⚽️ The SPFL team were busy folk yesterday. They also announced Forfar Athletic’s Blair Alston as the William Hill Goal of the Month winner. A lovely goal.
🔁 Jodi McLeary has been brought into the Scotland Women’s National Team, with Maria McAneny dropping out. - Scotland National Team on X
🟢 Celtic have lifted the suspension of the Green Brigade, starting with this Saturday’s home game against St Mirren. - BBC
🗣️ Following imagery that circulated on social media of racist graffiti and vandalism at Firhill following the KDM Evolution Trophy Final, Raith Rovers issued a statement saying, “We are appalled by this behaviour and condemn it in the strongest possible terms.
We will be speaking with Partick Thistle and the SPFL tomorrow to investigate and identify those involved.” - Raith Rovers website
🆙 After Blackburn United beat Edinburgh South in the East of Scotland First Division, Armadale Thistle sealed promotion to the Premier Division last night.
🔝 Brechin City can win the Breedon Highland League tonight if they beat Brora Rangers in Brora. If not, it comes down to the final game on Saturday. Brechin are currently three points ahead of Brora, but Brora have a marginally better goal difference. - view the Highland League table
👏 Pollok United in Glasgow have been named the best grassroots football club in Europe. - BBC
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 66
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ Breedon Highland League
Brora Rangers v Brechin City (8pm)
Formartine United v Banks o’ Dee (8pm)
Nairn County v Fraserburgh (8pm)
Turriff United v Inverurie Loco Works (8pm)
➡️ Park’s Motor Group Lowland League
University of Stirling v Caledonian Braves (7.45pm)
plus matches in the North of Scotland League, West of Scotland Football League, Midlands League, and South of Scotland League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
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Errata - I believe the fixtures listed as William Hill League 1 are actually part of the Breedon Highland League