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Key context: <p>⚽ Updates on the Saturday afternoon football action<br>⚽ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/live">Live scoreboard</a> | <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/premierleague/table">Tables</a> | <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/10/premier-league-top-scorers-2026-27-race-for-golden-boot">Top scorers</a> | <a href="mailto:scott.murray.casual@theguardian.com">Email Scott</a></p><p><strong>Voluntary Scotland correspondent Simon McMahon gets in touch:</strong> “Hi Simon,” he writes. Hello! “Game of the day in Scotland is at a beautifully sunny McDiarmid Park in Perth where a resurgent Dundee United, having moved into the top six after winning their last two games, face St Johnstone. The Saints themselves have started well after gaining promotion last season, and sit above United on goal difference, so it should be a cracker. The other 3 o’clock kick offs are Aberdeen v St Mirren, Hibs v Falkirk and Kilmarnock v Motherwell. Rangers go to Dundee tonight in the evening kick off while league leaders/crisis club Celtic welcome Hearts tomorrow.”</p><p><strong>It’s all over at the Hill Dickinson,</strong> where Chelsea have wrapped up a 2-0 win. It’s Chelsea’s first Premier League clean sheet since they beat Brenford at home by the same scoreline exactly and to the day nine months ago.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/17/manchester-city-v-ipswich-brentford-v-liverpool-and-more-football-clockwatch-live">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.