⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 30th July 2026
Dundee United sign winger Daniel Bennie. Rangers sell Oliver Antman. Dundee United and Clyde enter co-op agreement. Kilmarnock and Queen of the South renew theirs. Shankland made Rangers captain.
Random Scottish Football Fact #359:
Under Mick Kennedy’s stewardship, East Kilbride have beaten opposition from a higher division in cup competitions (excluding penalty shootouts) on eight occasions.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ LOWLAND LEAGUE WEST
Beith Juniors 2 - 2 Cumnock Juniors
Gretna 2008 3 - 0 Newton Stewart
Johnstone Burgh 2 - 0 Troon
Renfrew 1 - 4 Pollok
➡️ LOWLAND LEAGUE EAST
Dunipace 1 - 2 Lochee United
East Stirlingshire 3 - 3 Brechin City
🏆 EVENING EXPRESS ABERDEENSHIRE CUP FIRST ROUND
Banks o’ Dee 5 - 1 Dyce
Buckie Thistle 0 - 3 Formartine United
Hall Russell United 0 - 7 Fraserburgh
Plus results in the West of Scotland and East of Scotland Football Leagues. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
LATEST NEWS
🏆 Dundee United have signed QPR winger Daniel Bennie on a season-long loan.
The 20-year-old, who has played at youth level for Australia, is also eligible to play for Scotland. - Dundee United website
🔵 Rangers announced the sale of Oliver Antman to Anderlecht last night. It is being reported that the Ibrox club received more than £4 million for the Finnish international after signing him for £3.5 million last summer. - Stewart Wilson, The Herald
🔵 Inverness Caledonian Thistle have signed midfielder Roddy MacGregor on a two-year deal. The 24-year-old came through the ranks at the Highlands club before signing for Queen’s Park in 2024. - Inverness Caledonian Thistle website
🤝 Dundee United have entered a co-operation agreement with League Two club Clyde. Jack Anderson, Jamie Forrest and Keir Gilligan have all made the move to the Bully Wee. - Clyde FC website
🔵 Kilmarnock and Queen of the South extended their co-operation agreement into a second season. Mitchell Spence and Aaron Davis have made loan moves as part of the agreement. - Queen of the South website
✍️ St Mirren have sold Tunmise Sobowale to Irish club Shamrock Rovers. The wing-back joined the Buddies last summer but only made eight appearances, seven of which were from the bench. - St Mirren website
🌍 Scottish FA Chief Executive Ian Maxwell and President Mike Mulraney will join an emergency meeting organised by UEFA today to discuss Gianni Infantino’s and FIFA’s plans to create a subsidiary FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) which would be responsible for the sale of FIFA’s commercial rights with the operational delivery of its tournaments.
UEFA has already pushed back on the proposal after it was revealed that 20% of the new subsidiary would be bought by private investors, led by the brother of Donald Trump’s brother-in-law.
FIFA president Infantino has said that if voted through, every association that is a member of FIFA will receive £30 million but has set a deadline of September 19 to access an initial £20 million. - Kevin Scott, STV
The Association of Tartan Army Clubs has written an open letter to Ian Maxwell asking for it to be opposed. - Association of Tartan Army Clubs website
⚽ Pollok made it two wins from two in the Lowland League West last night. The Glasgow Southside club beat Renfrew 4-1 away. Johnstone Burgh got their league campaign under way with a win at home to Troon.
Brechin City started life in the Lowland League East with a 3-3 away draw with East Stirlingshire. The former Highland League club had been 3-1 up before being pegged back. - view the Lowland League tables here
🟢 Celtic will face one of the following clubs in the UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round.
LASK (AUT), Viking (NOR), AGF (DEN) or Sabah (AZE), Kairat Almaty (KAZ) or Levski Sofia (BUL), NK Celje (SLO) or Ararat-Armenia (ARM). - John McGinley, The Celtic Way
🍺 St Johnstone have been granted a licence to sell alcohol at Sunday’s home Premiership match against Kilmarnock. Alcohol sales will be from 1pm to 1.45pm and during the 15-minute half-time interval at the rear of the East Stand and from two designated areas within the concourse.
The Perth side will now submit plans to secure licences for matches across the whole season. - St Johnstone website
🔵 Lawrence Shankland was announced as the new Rangers captain yesterday. - Matthew Fulton, STV
📺 KDM Evolution Trophy League Phase matches East Kilbride v Celtic B on Tuesday, 22nd September and Queen of the South v Rangers B on Saturday, 26th September have been selected for live coverage on Premier Sports. - SPFL website
🆚 The SPFL’s Score Predictor game is back for the new season with various prizes on offer. - SPFL website
🗳️ Nominations for the 2026 Scottish FA Grassroots Awards close tomorrow. - Scottish FA website
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND - SECOND LEG
Havnar Boltfelag (0) v (2) Motherwell (6pm - live on Premier Sports 1)
Hibernian (0) v (2) FC Malisheva (8pm - live on SolidSport)
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