When the 2025/26 SPFL fixtures are released for the Scottish Premiership, Championship, League One and Two
Hampden chiefs will release the full set of fixtures for all four leagues this week
The long wait is almost over as clubs and fans up and down the country prepare to discover what lies ahead in 2025/26.
Last season already seems like a distant memory and now we have a new campaign on the horizon which promises to bring plenty of thrills and spills.
Celtic completed back-to-back Doubles but fell at the final hurdle in their pursuit of a Treble as Aberdeen ended their 35-year wait for Scottish Cup glory at Hampden.
Success-starved Rangers endured another trophyless year but with American owners now in the building and Russell Martin at the helm, a new era begins at Ibrox.
Hibs finished best of the rest and have the bragging rights in Edinburgh as city rivals Hearts were consigned to a miserable bottom six finish.
But with managerial veteran Derek McInnes now in the hotseat at Tynecastle, the Jambos will be expected to compete for third spot this season.
St Johnstone and Ross County both dropped out of the top-flight as Falkirk and Livingston secured promotion from the Championship - and their priority will be ensuring survival.
It's all set up to be another rollercoaster season and here, Record Sport tells you all you need to know ahead of SPFL fixture release day.
When are the 2025/26 fixtures released?
The fixtures for all four leagues will be released on Friday, June 20 at 9am.
Where can I see the 2025/26 fixtures?
Regardless of who you support, you can access your club's 2025/26 fixture list right here on Record Sport from 9am.
When does the 2025/26 season start?
The Premiership, Championship, League 1 and League 2 will all kick off on the weekend of August 1-3.
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'Getting to the top, you're exploring what works for you, and to stay at the top, you have to keep adapting and get the balance right. 'I've learned so much over the past three years and now, I've got a real wealth of knowledge about what works for me and what doesn't. Each year, I up my level of professionalism and improve the way I live my life, the way I train and the way I race.' 'I've built off last year and I feel the strongest I've ever been. I'm working on my speed now so I think it's going to end up with some pretty awesome performances.' (Image: Getty Images) The 27-year-old from Edinburgh has evolved into one of the faces of track and field. His world 1500m title in 2023, which was bookended by Olympic bronze and Olympic silver in 2021 and 2024 is, to date, the high point of Kerr's career and kick-started a rivalry with the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen which brought an audience to the sport whose attention had been captured by the back-and-forth between the pair. 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That's a pretty tough standard to meet and it's one I'm not going to meet every year because I'm a human being. 'When you set those standards, you have to be strict with yourself but I love what I do and if I wasn't getting paid to do it, I would still do it because I'm so curious to see how far I can push my body and see if I can keep putting on these performances in high-pressure environments.' (Image: Getty Images) Kerr has raced six times so far this year, all of which have been at Grand Slam Track meets. The new venture, set up by Olympic running great, Michael Johnson, was developed with the aim of revitalising athletics and bringing it to a new, wider audience. Kerr has been one of the most prominent faces in Grand Slam Track this season and on the track, the Scot certainly lived up his billing, winning his first Grand Slam Track title at the second meet in Miami last month with impressive performances over both 1500m and 800m (and taking home $100,000 as a result) while at the most recent meet in Philadelphia, Kerr produced one of the most thrilling performances of the weekend with his aforementioned surge from sixth place to first in the 1500m. This race in particular highlighted one of the major selling points of Grand Slam Track which is that athletes will be racing to beat each other rather than merely chasing fast times, which is what, to it's detriment, the sport has widely focused upon in recent years. Grand Slam Track has lofty aspirations to change the face of athletics and while not all of the initial aims have been fulfilled, Kerr retains the belief that it's been, and will continue to be, a very good thing for the sport. 'The first meet was the first meet. We weren't sure how it was going to go and in some respects, the organisers wanted it to be the Super Bowl but that's very hard to do,' he says. 'What was so awesome about it, though, is that it was continually being tweaked to make it better. And as athletes, we had an awesome time. We got treated like professionals and we raced against the best athletes in the world, which I really liked. 'Recently, we've been running time trials a lot and I wouldn't say that becomes boring but it is very difficult physically and mentally to keep running like that. In the 1500m at Grand Slam Track, we provided some really great entertainment and that's what people like watching. 'So I feel like Grand Slam track is on a really good trajectory, and I'm excited to see how it looks next season.' A sizeable bump in the road for Grand Slam Track has been the cancellation of the fourth and final meet, which had been scheduled for next weekend in LA. It is, says founder Michael Johnson, a 'business decision' and while many have used the meet's cancellation as a stick with which to beat the project, Kerr feels none of that pessimism. 'There's always going to be positives and negatives at the start of every new venture and Grand Slam track is just trying to find its way. And actually, I think dropping LA this season is the right decision,' he says. 'It's easy for audiences to sit and critique but I feel like Grand Slam Track was good because it was improving with each meet. 'There's always going to be some negatives around a decision like the one to cancel LA but, at the end of the day, they want to put on the best track meets in the world and elevate the sport, which can only be a good thing.' The cancellation of next week's event means Kerr's competitive appearances will be sparse between now and the World Championships in Tokyo in September, at which he'll be defending his world 1500m title. 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Kerr has been one of the most prominent faces in Grand Slam Track this season and on the track, the Scot certainly lived up his billing, winning his first Grand Slam Track title at the second meet in Miami last month with impressive performances over both 1500m and 800m (and taking home $100,000 as a result) while at the most recent meet in Philadelphia, Kerr produced one of the most thrilling performances of the weekend with his aforementioned surge from sixth place to first in the 1500m. This race in particular highlighted one of the major selling points of Grand Slam Track which is that athletes will be racing to beat each other rather than merely chasing fast times, which is what, to it's detriment, the sport has widely focused upon in recent years. Grand Slam Track has lofty aspirations to change the face of athletics and while not all of the initial aims have been fulfilled, Kerr retains the belief that it's been, and will continue to be, a very good thing for the sport. 'The first meet was the first meet. We weren't sure how it was going to go and in some respects, the organisers wanted it to be the Super Bowl but that's very hard to do,' he says. 'What was so awesome about it, though, is that it was continually being tweaked to make it better. And as athletes, we had an awesome time. We got treated like professionals and we raced against the best athletes in the world, which I really liked. 'Recently, we've been running time trials a lot and I wouldn't say that becomes boring but it is very difficult physically and mentally to keep running like that. In the 1500m at Grand Slam Track, we provided some really great entertainment and that's what people like watching. 'So I feel like Grand Slam track is on a really good trajectory, and I'm excited to see how it looks next season.' A sizeable bump in the road for Grand Slam Track has been the cancellation of the fourth and final meet, which had been scheduled for next weekend in LA. It is, says founder Michael Johnson, a 'business decision' and while many have used the meet's cancellation as a stick with which to beat the project, Kerr feels none of that pessimism. 'There's always going to be positives and negatives at the start of every new venture and Grand Slam track is just trying to find its way. And actually, I think dropping LA this season is the right decision,' he says. 'It's easy for audiences to sit and critique but I feel like Grand Slam Track was good because it was improving with each meet. 'There's always going to be some negatives around a decision like the one to cancel LA but, at the end of the day, they want to put on the best track meets in the world and elevate the sport, which can only be a good thing.' The cancellation of next week's event means Kerr's competitive appearances will be sparse between now and the World Championships in Tokyo in September, at which he'll be defending his world 1500m title. On his schedule between now and his world title defence is only the London Athletics Meet next month and the British Championships in August. This will, he is confident, ensure he's in the best possible shape both physically and mentally when he arrives in Tokyo later in the season. 'The year is planned out to make sure I'm at my best for Tokyo and that's all on track,' he says. 'My sessions are coming together and everything else is coming together too so I can't complain with where I'm at. Things are going to plan as of right now and the aim is absolutely to retain my world title.'
The National
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Another thing both Smith and Ayr have had to deal with this summer has been their management team being linked with just about every vacancy in Scotland, bar the one at Ibrox, of course. What added fuel to that fire was an emotional post-match interview after the defeat to Thistle at Somerset, where a clearly seething Brown blasted that he didn't recognise his team, accused his players of not even trying to win the game, and said he would have to think about his future. That may have set alarm bells ringing among the support, but Smith was confident that a bit of distance would result in some perspective being applied, and Brown returning laser-focused on bettering their efforts next season. 'I think Scott's interview was taking a bit out of context if I'm honest with you,' he said. 'Things have calmed down and we've reflected on what I look at as a really successful season for a variety of reasons. (Image: SNS Group) 'Off the park, we had the new stand opening, and it did exactly what we designed it to do. We smashed the hospitality last year with record numbers. So, that was good, and there are lots of other off the park infrastructure projects we're working on too. 'The academy stuff that we're doing in the community was really good, and then you come to the team. 'When we do our board meetings, we break the season down into quarters and Scott gets the stats, and the first three quarters were amazing. The last quarter, we kind of fell off a cliff a wee bit, and we all recognised that. Read more: 'So, whilst that was disappointing, it was still our highest points tally in The Championship, so that's a real great stat in itself. 'I think there was a lot of good to come out of last season. The fan numbers were up, we played some really good football, and I think everybody recognises that the last quarter wasn't brilliant. 'It's been a tough couple of months, but still it was a really successful season, and I think the relationship I've got with Scott is stronger than ever. 'If I'm honest, I don't feel any pressure about Scott and Steven potentially leaving. They get linked with every job really, but every conversation I've had with them, there's no short-term approach to it. It's all long-term. 'I think what we've given them and what they've given us really complements each other as a club and as people, and I'm not sure you would get that everywhere. "We've not quite thrown them the keys and said get on with running the football club, but what we have done is said look, you know we'll obviously do checks and balances and all that kind of stuff, but the style of play, recruitment, training days, all that kind of stuff, how we're going to run the catering and all that, it's your call. 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Moving the club on to bigger and better things, both on and off the park, has been Smith's mission statement since he took the helm four and a half years ago now. And looking to the setbacks of the recent past, particularly the poor form he references in the final quarter of the season, has helped both him and Brown to understand how they can avoid similar pitfalls next term. Recruitment has been going at a steady clip, with experience at the level being one of the main qualities that Ayr have been looking to bring into the club. While the likes of Mikey Devlin have left, seasoned campaigners like David Mitchell, Shaun Want, Liam Dick and Stuart Bannigan have been brought in, and Smith believes their Championship know-how could be key. 'I think resilience in the squad in The Championship is really important,' he said. 'We lost that in the last quarter, and actually all the defensive frailties coincided with when Mikey Devlin got injured and stopped playing for the season. 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'I think it's important that the women and girls find a home, because at the moment they play in East Ayrshire. No disrespect to East Ayrshire, but that's not where Ayr United are from, so if we can get the home games in next to the stadium that'd be great. And the academy having a base for their games there as well would be really important too. 'We've got lots of other things going on too. There's lots of tie-in with South Ayrshire Council that we can do on the park as well, so actually the first team training there is probably a tiny percentage of what it's going to actually deliver when we get around to getting it built.' Such projects are, Smith believes, a key factor in fostering trust between the fanbase and the board, showing evidence that they are constantly looking to take the club forward. 'For some reason there's a lot of tyre kickers in football, and I've never really understood why,' he said. 'People come into clubs and say they're going to do x, y and z and don't deliver anything, and they haven't got the money to deliver what they say. 'I've never really understood why that is, but it happens a lot, so I think people seeing progress year on year in terms of infrastructure and progression up the league and stuff like that is really important, and it maintains the buzz, it maintains the numbers coming into the stadium. 'If I'm honest, I do think we're probably one of the best run football clubs in Scotland, and we run it like a business. We know when to invest and when not invest. 'I think the fans appreciate progress, but they also appreciate the way I'm trying to do it. People keep saying to me, if you build it, they will come, and I suppose that there's a little bit of that in there. 'When I took over four and a half years ago, there wasn't a huge amount of expectation around Ayr United other than staying in The Championship. Fast forward four years, we've got The Hub, we've got a big shiny new car park, we've got a new stand, we've bought the land behind the ground, and it comes with expectation. 'The expectation is that we'll be in the playoffs every year and vying up the top end of the league, but I like that challenge, it's good. 'Community buy-in has been brilliant. The stuff that the academy do is utterly fantastic and we complement that as a football club with as much as we can do as well. 'I do feel we're in a really privileged position as owners and directors and people who run a football club, and I don't think I really understood until I got heavily involved about how much of a focal point it is in the community. 'It means the world to an awful lot of people this football club, and it's not just what's on the park.' Smith knows personally, in fact, the power that Ayr United have to impact the lives of their supporters. 'My dad unfortunately has got Lewy body dementia,' he said. 'He's in a nursing home now, but before that, I was taking him to our Ayr United Memories events that our academy run, and they're fantastic. 'You get 80, 90 people there at some of them, and it is people who just want to relive parts of their youth and chat about games and chat about history. But for us and others, from a family point of view, you kind of get your dad back or your mum back for a little bit during those conversations. 'I've seen it first-hand how important the community stuff is, so we do embrace it, and we do try and do as much as we possibly can.' The focus then is on creating more of those memories for the current and future generations of Ayr United supporters, with Smith hoping this can be the season where his beloved team finally break back into the topflight for the first time since 1978. And not only that, make a real go of it once they get there. 'Infrastructure wise, there's absolutely no reason why we wouldn't be able to cope with the step up,' he said. (Image: Ross MacDonald - SNS Group) 'I genuinely think a lot of the Premiership teams would really enjoy their day down at the seaside. We market ourselves as Scotland's best away day, coming down to Somerset and standing behind the goals, and when it's packed it's an old-fashioned atmosphere and it's fantastic. It doesn't take 30,000 people for it to feel busy and intense, it takes maybe 8,000 people to feel that. 'And I think we could make a fist of it. Budgets would change and stuff like that, but we have got some really good quality football players under contract already and I have to say, most of them have bought into what we're trying to do. So, I think we would make a fist of it, I really do. 'I hope my legacy at the football club will be Ayr United in the Premiership, and lots of infrastructure improvements.' Over to you, Broony.
