Freelance Scottish Football journalist for all newspapers. Former Racing Post Scottish Football Correspondent and long-suffering Aberdeen fan.
661 Tips by Mark Walker:
Posted on: 12 Dec 2025
Motherwell have been firm favourites with punters this season and continue to be ahead of the layers. And they look a tremendous price at 29/20 with McBookie.com to land a festive flutter when they face a struggling Dundee United side. Jens Berthel Askou’s side sit proudly in third place in the Premiership and it’s no exaggeration to say they could […]
Posted on: 05 Dec 2025
STENHOUSEMUIR have once again over-performed this season and they look a tasty price to get the better of crisis club Hamilton Accies at 7/4 with McBookie.com. The Lanarkshire club’s many problems reached a new low last week as they were turfed out of the Scottish Cup at neighbours Airdrie in a 4-0 hammering. That saw manager John Rankin quit after […]
Posted on: 28 Nov 2025
IT’S Scottish Cup week and there’s usually a gem or two in there for punters with plenty of unknown quantities coming up against the bigger teams. But instead of looking for an upset, Annan Athletic look a solid bet at evens with McBookie.com to see off Highland League Buckie Thistle at home. The Moray outfit have been one of the […]
Posted on: 21 Nov 2025
Motherwell have suffered something of a blip in recent weeks, but they can get back to winning ways with a win at out-of-form Kilmarnock. The Fir Park side suffered a shock hammering from St Mirren at Hampden in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final. However, they didn’t seem to be feeling too many ill-effects about that defeat in their next game […]
Posted on: 07 Nov 2025
Spartans put down a real marker in League Two last week with a statement win over big-spending East Kilbride. And they look a solid bet at 21/20 with McBookie.com to keep up their good work by winning at Forfar Athletic. The capital side stormed six points clear at the top of the league with a 2-1 win against EK – […]
Posted on: 31 Oct 2025
Hibs will still be kicking themselves after they failed to get anything from Rangers in midweek, but they can make up for it by winning at Livingston. David Gray’s side had arguably the better chances at Easter Road and also missed a late penalty as Rangers ran out 1-0 winners. Hibs have probably underachieved so far this season after last […]
Posted on: 28 Oct 2025
IT’S a full midweek Scottish Premiership card and Kilmarnock look the pick of the bunch to beat freefalling Aberdeen at Rugby Park. The Dons looked like they had turned the corner after two league wins against Dundee and St Mirren after a nightmare start to the campaign. But the Scottish Cup winners have reverted to type with a pair of […]
Posted on: 24 Oct 2025
Ayr United suffered a midweek blip, but they can put it right with a win at struggling Queen’s Park at 10/11. Scott Brown enjoyed plenty of wonderful memories at Hampden and he will take his Honest Men just along the road on Saturday. And Brown’s boys can get the job done at Lesser Hampden. They went down to a 2-1 […]
Posted on: 16 Oct 2025
Motherwell have been one of the real surprise packets this season and they look a solid bet at home to see off Falkirk. New Fir Park boss Jens Berthel Askou’s appointment was not universally met with approval by the Well punters, but they are all full-on converts now after witnessing just what he wants his side to do. They are […]
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.