Scottish Football

^ Most clubs used to treat this cup like an extra friendly before the League Cup matches the following week. It is first time that most clubs have taken it seriously.

^ would be a shame if SPFL's latest bright idea of dropping the Top 6 Under 20's teams into this tournament meant some lower league clubs go back to treating it an extra friendly if the above change comes to pass

Ayr will be a battle zone when Rangers come down for the next round of the Petrofac cup... I'm a Celtic fan from Killie living in Ayr... no fuckin hiding place :/

Bet Scottishbloke was over moon when he heard they had signed a dutchman called Sneijder pity its his brother Rodney

Aberdeen have lost 2-1 away to Kairat with Kenny McLean getting Aberdeen goal in 69 mins after 2 1st half goals for Kairat

Hearts got League Cup matches started at home to Arbroath who shocked the home crowd by taking a 40th min lead through David Gold
3 second half goals by Hearts by McGhee(57) and Sow(60, pen 61) seemed to have settled the match only for Grehan to score to make it 3-2 in 85 mins, to set up a tense finish until 3rd minute of injury time when an Arbroath player put through his own net to make it 4-2 to Hearts

Took Kilmarnock over an hour to have a shot against Dundee who won 4-0. Partick Thistle somehow kept a clean sheet at Hamilton!

East Fife won 4-3 on penalties after Dumbarton missed 3 penalties in a row from 3-1 up in shootout

Dunfermline humped Cowdenbeath 5-1.

Ross County asking for clarification as to why Willie Collum didn't sent off Craig Gordon for last man tackle on Irvine as Celtic won 2-0

Hamilton 0 Partick 0

Dundee top of the league?

For Nostagelic Scottish football fans Sportscene: 40 years is on BBC 1 Scotland tonight(Saturday) at 10.20pm

One of the clips shown as a teaser with Inverness Thistle V Falkirk Scottish Cu tie which due to the weather took 6 and a half weeks to get match on

Hearts eventually won 4-3 in return to Scottish Premiership over St Johnstone and a late Kenny McLean goal settled New Firm derby in Aberdeen's favour