There are an abundance of key fixtures coming thick and fast.
Starting with Brechin v Darvel in the Scottish Cup tonight, there is live action every day this week with a full fixture card in the Premiership across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before Championship action on Friday night.
The coming weeks will shape the season ahead and see key plot lines develop across the leagues.
It is consequence of the winter break in the top-flight. Teams are required to cram plenty of games in across December and a couple of weeks in January.
At the same time the transfer window opens with clubs keen to do business.
Scroll down and click through for all the latest news and transfer speculation from around the SPFL and Scottish football.
9. Diouf signed to wind Celtic up
Former Celtic ace Alan Thompson has claimed the only reason Rangers signed El Hadji Diouf was to wind up their rivals. The Senegalese forward had spat at a Celtic fan when a Liverpool player a few years before being signed by the Ibrox side. Thompson said: “ The guy had been with some good clubs but in my opinion the only reason Rangers brought him in on loan was to wind the Celtic fans up. He was brought in by Rangers for the shock value.” (Scottish Sun) Photo: SNS Group Sammy Turner