Scottish Football

Dunfermline showed clinical touch missing last week at Brechin, to beat Stranraer 6-1 with Cardle hat trick and 2 for El Bahktaoui with Brad McKay scoring the other Pars goal. Peterhead won 4-1 at home to Brechin City with McAllister hat trick and Shan Sutherland goal.

Rangers took another step to return to Premiership with 1-0 win against St Mirren, Forrester with goal 4 mins from end. Hibs title challenge took another hit as they lost 3-2 at Dumbarton to go 11 points behind with 10 games to go.
Elgin beat East Fife to go back top of League 2. Berwick beat Montrose 1-0 and Queens Park beat East Stifling3-0 to open up gap at bottom to 5 points with East Stirling having game in hand

Dundee Utd great escape still on with 3-0 win at Ross County, gap down to 8 points on Kilmarnock with United having game in hand

Aberdeen missed chance to reduce Celtic gap to 4 with home draw with St Johnstone

In Premiership, Kilmarnock lost 2-0 to Ross County, Hearts beat Inverness CT 2-0, Dundee Utd could cut gap to Kilmarnock to 5 points with game in hand if they can beat Aberdeen tomorrow night?

In Championship, Rangers won 2-0 against Raith, Queen of The South beat Hibs 1-0, Falkirk drew 0-0 at St Mirren, gap at top is 14 points.
In League 1, Ayr beat Cowdenbeath 4-1, Albion drew with Stenhousemuir 1-1 and Brechin kept their hopes of escaping relegation alive with a 4-0 win over Forfar Athletic to cut gap at bottom to 4 points.
In League 2 East Stirling beat Clyde 1-0 to close gap to 2 points behind Berwick Rangers

amazing result for Brechin, really

ditto East Stirling

Rangers should clinch promotion by the end of this month

Celtic drew 0-0 with Dundee, Aberdeen beat Dundee Utd 1-0 to close gap to 4 points. Patrick Thistle beat St Johnstone 2-1

Dunfermline beat Stenhousemuir 5-0 and with Peterhead drawing with 1-1 at Albion Rovers, increase advantage to 10 oints with chance to increase it on Tuesday to 13 with 8 games left. Brechin who could have gone 10 points adrift had they lost to Forfar on Tuesday with wins over Forfar 4-0 and Ayr 1-0 are 1 point behind Forfar and 4 behind Cowdenbeath at bottom of League One.

Rangers beat Dundee 4-0 and 10 Men Dundee Utd won 3-2 over Ross County in Scottish Cup Q/Final ties.
In Championship Raith won 4-3 over St Mirren and Falkirk and Livingston won 2-0 over Alloa and Dumbarton respectively.

East Fife won top of table clash 3-1 at Elgin, Montrose beat East Stirling 4-2, while Berwick drew 0-0 with Queens Park and Stirling beat Arbroath 1-0

Hamilton lost to Motherwell, which is a letdown.

East Stirling losing is even more so, because Montrose are the sort of team we ought to be beating if we're going to get off the bottom of the table. Had we done so, there would be just 2 points separating the bottom 4 teams. As it is, we're still 3 behind Berwick

Eddie Wolecki Black, the Airdrie manager took ill during half time break at their game at Cowdenbeath. He was taken to Kirkcaldy hospital and is stable. Initial reports were he might had suffered stroke but these have not been confirmed. Club statement says he is in stable condition in hospital and thanks both their phsyio and Cowdenbeath's medical staff for their quick actions.

Tests have confirmed he suffered a stroke and he has been transferred to specialist stroke central at hospital in Edinburgh.

Best wishes go to him and his family.

Celtic beat Morton 3-0 and Hibs and Inverness CT drew 1-1 in Scottish Cup Quarter Finals.

Apparently Rangers face Celtic in Semi final, with Dundee Utd V Hibs/Inverness CT in other Semi final

After last week's triumphant result against Clyde, this week East Stirling got stuffed 3-0 at home by them, and Berwick beat Arbroath pretty heavily too, leaving us 5 points adrift at the bottom, with 8 games left

Aberdeen managed a win, though, to keep the dream alive.

Dunfermline drew 1-1 with Albion Rovers and with Ayr beating Stenhousemuir 4-1 means we are 11 points in front with 8 games left. Airdrie drew 1-1 with Forfar. Elgin went back top of League 2 with 2-1 win over Stirling Albion