Mark Walker
1289 articles
Freelance Scottish Football journalist for all newspapers. Former Racing Post Scottish Football Correspondent and long-suffering Aberdeen fan.
1289 Tips by Mark Walker:
Posted on: 03 Oct 2025
Hearts‘ bandwagon has been picking up momentum all season and it’s time to jump on board for Saturday night’s huge Edinburgh derby against Hibs. Derek McInnes has been understandably trying to play down any talk of a title challenge and rightly so, given we are six games into a 38-game season. But there’s something about this Hearts side he has […]
Posted on: 26 Sep 2025
Edinburgh City are currently sitting in bottom place of the Scottish football ladder, but they can win on Saturday. The capital side are only in tenth place in League Two because of a 15-point deduction for financial problems imposed on them. If it weren’t for that, they’d be challenging for the title alongside Spartans and East Kilbride and they have […]
Posted on: 19 Sep 2025
Hibs seldom have problems finding the net and they look a real value bet to score at least twice on Saturday at crisis club Rangers. Just about the last team Rangers would want to play in the Premier Sports Club quarter finals on Saturday night are David Gray’s entertaining outfit who love a goal or two. Rangers’ horror show of a […]
Posted on: 18 Sep 2025
Aberdeen put their league struggles to one side as they try to return to Hampden when they face Motherwell on Saturday for a place in the League Cup semi finals.
Posted on: 12 Sep 2025
Aberdeen have endured a nightmare start to the season, but they can kickstart their season by beating Livingston at Pittodrie at a stand-out evens. The Dons enjoyed a fantastic summer basking in the glory of ending their 35-year wait for a Scottish Cup triumph when they famously beat Celtic on penalties at Hampden. But that seems like a long time […]
Posted on: 11 Sep 2025
Hibs and Dundee United have both made decent starts to the season and they meet in an intriguing Saturday night showdown in the capital.
Posted on: 29 Aug 2025
Hearts have enjoyed more noise surrounding them than for decades this season as their lofty ambitions of winning the league were unveiled by Tynecastle investor Tony Bloom. And they can put to bed any notion of their bubble bursting after a ropey couple of weeks by winning at Livingston at 23/20 with McBookie.com. Under new boss Derek McInnes, Hearts started […]
Posted on: 29 Aug 2025
Dundee and Dundee United face off in the first Dundee derby of the season at Dens Park with both sides seemingly evenly matched.
Posted on: 21 Aug 2025
Caley Thistle were stunned by Stenhousemuir last week, but they can prove that was a blip by winning at Montrose. The Highland club have come through last season’s off-field trials and tribulations after they entered administration and the club’s future looks much brighter now after exiting it in the summer. And the feel-good factor continued at the start of the […]
Posted on: 21 Aug 2025
Celtic were frustrated in midweek by Kariat Almaty and now face Livingston on Saturday ahead of their marathon trip to Kazakhstan for the second leg.
Posted on: 14 Aug 2025
Dumbarton have had a ropey few years to put it mildly, but they are on the rise at The Rock and they look a solid shout to pile on the misery to Elgin City this week. The Sons started the season at minus five points after going into administration last term where they also lost 15 points, which effectively relegated […]
Posted on: 12 Aug 2025
Dundee United once famously knocked Rapid Vienna out of the quarter finals of the European Cup at home 41 years ago and they meet again in the Europa Conference League after a 2-2 draw in Austria.
Posted on: 08 Aug 2025
Dundee United earned an impressive draw in Europe away at Rapid Vienna in midweek and face a Hearts side who ave big ambitions this season.
Posted on: 07 Aug 2025
Dunfermline have big ambitions after confirming the appointment of Neil Lennon for the new campaign again and they really should be looking to get three points for their first home league game of the season against Airdrie. The Pars were held to a goalless draw last week at Morton, but they were left kicking themselves after missing plenty of chances […]
Posted on: 07 Aug 2025
Livingston and Falkirk were both promoted last season and meet on Saturday in West Lothian after both sides drew their opening league games last week.
Posted on: 07 Aug 2025
St Mirren and Motherwell faced Celtic and Rangers in their opening league games last week and now face each other in a Paisley showdown this weekend.
Posted on: 05 Aug 2025
Hibs face a daunting task in the Europa Conference League against Partizan Belgrade in the third qualifying riund first leg in Serbia.
Posted on: 02 Aug 2025
Scottish Cup winners Aberdeen kick off the season with a trip to a new-look Hearts side at Tynecastle, where they have a dreadful recent record.
Posted on: 31 Jul 2025
Hamilton Accies have had a summer from hell and start life in League One after their relegation. Yet despite their many off-field issues, they still have the nucleus of a good squad and look too strong for Montrose at 20/21 with McBookie.com. Accies were hit with a transfer embargo for the season this week, which has come on top of […]
Posted on: 31 Jul 2025
A much-changed Kilmarnock side under new management welcome promoted Livingston to Ayrshire for the opening Premiership game of the season.
Posted on: 31 Jul 2025
Chesterfield are one of the favourites to win League Two and begin their campaign with a home game against Barrow.
Posted on: 31 Jul 2025
Relegated Cambridge United begin life in League Two with a visit from Cheltenham Town with expectations high for Neil Harris’ home side for the campaign.
Posted on: 23 May 2025
Celtic aim to try and cement another treble on Saturday and face a horribly out-of-form Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Final which looks like it could be a mismatch. While Celtic enjoyed a relaxing few weeks leading up to the Hampden showpiece occasion, with the title wrapped up many moons ago, the Dons have been in a downward spiral of […]
Posted on: 16 May 2025
Dundee need a point to all but guarantee their survival, but bitter rivals – relegated St Johnstone – may not be in a charitable mood on Sunday.
Posted on: 16 May 2025
Ross County need to beat Motherwell at home and hope relegated St Johnstone do them a favour by beating Dundee if they are to avoid their third play off in a row.