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⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 10th March 2025
Weekend round up. Scotland on free-to-air. New deal for McGlynn at Falkirk. Dumbarton admin update. Gilmour starts again. Christie may need surgery in the summer.
Mar 10
➡️ Random Scottish Football Fact #11: Only two clubs from outside the top division have won the Scottish Cup. East Fife (1938) and Hibernian (2016).THE WEEKEND ROUND UP
🏆 Scottish Cup
Men’s: There were 11 goals scored across the first three quarter-finals. Hearts beat Dundee 3-1 at Tynecastle on Friday night, Aberdeen beat Queen’s Park 4-1 on Saturday and Celtic beat Hibs 2-0 yesterday. The draw for the semi-finals takes place after Livingston v St Johnstone tonight.
Women’s: Aberdeen, Motherwell, Rangers and Glasgow City are all in tonight’s semi-final draw after their wins yesterday. The draw takes place at half-time of the Livingston v St Johnstone match tonight.
➡️ SPFL Championship
Falkirk now have a six-point lead at the top of the Championship. They won 1-0 at home to Dunfermline while Ayr United lost 2-1 at Greenock Morton. Airdrieonians bounced back from their midweek defeat to beat Hamilton 2-1. The Diamonds are seven points behind Dunfermline in 9th and eight behind Hamilton in 8th with eight games to play. - View the full league table.
➡️ SPFL League One
Arbroath, Stenhousemuir and Cove Rangers kept up their title challenges with wins. Arbroath beat Alloa Athletic 3-2, Stenhousemuir won 2-0 away at Annan and Cove beat Queen of the South 3-1 at home. Inverness moved out of the bottom two for the first time since their 15 points deduction. A 94th-minute winner away to Dumbarton moved the Highland side into 8th. They are only six points behind 5th-placed Kelty Hearts, who drew 0-0 with Montrose. - View the full league table.
➡️ SPFL League Two
Forfar Athletic moved off the bottom of the table following their 1-0 win away to Elgin City. Bonnrigg Rose are now bottom after losing 1-0 at home to Edinburgh City. The Rose have only picked up one point in their last six games. At the top, East Fife extended their lead to three points following their 2-1 win away at Clyde and Peterhead’s 0-0 draw with Stranraer. Spartans and Stirling Albion couldn’t be separated in Edinburgh. Their 0-0 draw moves them both to within three points of the play-offs. - View the full league table.
NEWS
📺 Scotland games will be on free-to-air television following an announcement that the BBC has picked up the rights.
The BBC will show all the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers plus the two play-off games against Greece this month. - Scottish FA website
📝 John McGlynn and his assistant Paul Smith have signed contract extensions until 2029 with Championship leaders Falkirk. - Falkirk FC website
🥇 The SPFL announced the remaining February Player of the Month awards on Friday. Montrose player Owen Stirton, who is on loan from Dundee United, won League One Player of the Month. Edinburgh City’s Ouzy See won the League Two award. - SPFL website
📁 Dumbarton’s administrators provided an update on the current situation with the administration-hit club.
They are currently having detailed discussions with 14 parties and hope to announce a preferred bidder in a few weeks. - Dumbarton FC website
🔙 Brentford manager Thomas Frank has suggested that Aaron Hickey could make a matchday squad in April. The young fullback has been out of action for 17 months with injury. - Robbie Chalmers, Football Scotland
🏥 Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola said that Ryan Christie may need surgery in the summer. Christie has been suffering from a ‘chronic’ groin problem and the club is dealing with it on a day-to-day basis. - BBC
🇮🇹 Both Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay started for Napoli for the second week in a row.
Gilmour played the full 90 minutes, while McTominay was substituted in the 86th minute. Napoli beat Fiorentina 2-1 and remain in second, one point behind Inter Milan.
©️ Lewis Ferguson stepped up his return to full fitness by playing all of Bologna’s 2-1 away win over Hellas Verona. Bologna sit sixth, two points behind the Champions League places.
⚽️ Che Adams was on the scoresheet for Torino at the weekend. Adams scored Torino’s second in a 2-2 draw away at Parma. The Turin club currently sit 11th in Serie A.
🩼 Ryan Gauld had to be taken off in the 19th minute for the Vancouver Whitecaps after going down with a knee injury. It remains to be seen if it will be an injury that keeps him out for any time. - MLS website
📉 Cowdenbeath lost nearly £20,000 in 2023/24, taking total losses over the years to £250,000. Football finance expert Kieran Maguire posted that the club is technically insolvent and needs the continued support of directors and supporters to keep trading. - Kieran Maguire on X
🏴 Amy Sharkey and Cara Gray scored to give Scotland Women’s Under-17s a 2-0 win over Wales in their round two qualifier. Their final game is against hosts France on Tuesday. - Scotland NT on X
📝 Hibernian goalkeeper Jordan Smith has signed a new deal. Smith initially signed a two-year deal when he joined in the summer but this has now been extended until 2028. - Patrick McPartlin, Hibs Observer
🔝 The Highland League title race took another turn at the weekend. Brechin City moved joint-top with Brora Rangers following their 1-0 win at home to Turriff United and Brora’s 3-2 defeat away to Buckie Thistle. The two sides face each other in Brora on Saturday. - View the full Highland League table
🔝 In the Lowland League, East Kilbride moved back to the top of the league with a convincing 7-1 win at home to struggling Gala Fairydean Rovers. Second-place Celtic B could only draw 0-0 away to Berwick Rangers. - View the full Lowland League table
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Quarter-Final
Livingston v St Johnstone (7.45pm - live on BBC Scotland)
🏆 Scottish FA Youth Cup Semi-Final
St Mirren v Dundee (7pm)
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