⚽ The Kick-Off - Wednesday 12th August 2026
Robbie Ure signs for Sevilla. Signings for Airdrieonians, Alloa, East Kilbride and Kelty Hearts. KDM Evolution Trophy round-up. Youssef Chermiti suffers ACL injury.
Random Scottish Football Fact #368:
Hibs have won at Ibrox for the first ever time in three consecutive seasons - via Scotland’s Coefficient
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 KDM EVOLUTION TROPHY LEAGUE PHASE - MATCHDAY ONE
Alloa Athletic 2 - 1 Stranraer
Banks o’ Dee 1 - 5 Peterhead
Berwick Rangers 3 - 4 Heart of Midlothian B
Bonnyrigg Rose 1 - 0 Annan Athletic
Clachnacuddin 5 - 0 Dundee United B
Clyde 1 - 4 St Mirren B
Clydebank 4 - 0 Hibernian B
Dumbarton 1 - 3 Airdrieonians
East Fife 2 - 2 The Spartans
East Kilbride 5 - 3 Kilmarnock B
Edinburgh City 3 - 1 Cowdenbeath
Elgin City 1 - 2 Ross County
Forfar Athletic 0 - 3 Aberdeen B
Formartine United 4 - 1 Dundee B
Gala Fairydean Rovers 0 - 4 Rangers B
Kelty Hearts 4 - 3 Motherwell B
Montrose 2 - 0 Fraserburgh
Queen of the South 4 - 0 Cumbernauld Colts
Stirling Albion 4 - 2 Cove Rangers
Plus matches in the North of Scotland Football League, East of Scotland League, West of Scotland Football League and South of Scotland League. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
LATEST NEWS
🏆 Highland League club Clachnacuddin were the biggest winners in the first round of KDM Evolution Trophy league-phase matches last night. The Inverness side beat Dundee United B 5-0. Lowland League West club Clydebank also racked up a big win against a B team; the Bankies beat Hibernian B 4-0, while Formartine United beat Dundee B 4-1.
Clyde found themselves down to nine men after just 14 minutes at home to St Mirren B. The young Buddies went on to win 4-1, although it took them until the 53rd minute to open the scoring and Clyde still managed to equalise.
Greg Binnie scored a hat-trick of penalties within nine first-half minutes to put his Berwick Rangers side 3-1 up against Heart of Midlothian B. Hearts would eventually win 4-3.
Other notable scorelines included Peterhead beating Banks o’Dee 5-1 away, Bonnyrigg Rose beating Annan Athletic 1-0, Aberdeen B beating Forfar Athletic 3-0 and Stirling Albion beating Cove Rangers 4-2.
✍️ Sevilla confirmed the signing of Scottish striker Robbie Ure from Swedish league leaders IK Sirius for an initial fee of £5.5m.
The 22-year-old signed a five-year contract with the La Liga club. - Calum Loudon, STV
♦️ Airdrieonians have signed Raith Rovers winger Lewis Gibson on a permanent deal. The 21-year-old spent part of last season on loan at Montrose. - Airdrieonians website
🐝 Former Dundee United youth player Brandon Forbes has joined Alloa Athletic after he left Norwich City at the end of his contract. The 20-year-old midfielder signed for the Canaries two years ago. - Alloa Athletic website
✍️ Bolton Wanderers have signed 29-year-old Scottish striker Ryan Hardie from fellow EFL Championship side Wrexham on a season-long loan. - BBC
✍️ East Kilbride signed 18-year-old forward Nathan Lawson following a successful trial after he left Motherwell. - East Kilbride on X
They then announced he will be loaned out to League Two Kelty Hearts for the season. - Kelty Hearts website
✍️ Kelty Hearts also signed Ayr United winger Jamie Hislop on loan. - Kelty Hearts website
🔵 Rangers were dealt two injury blows yesterday. Youssef Chermiti will be out for a “significant period of time” with an ACL injury he sustained against Hibs on Sunday. - Calum Loudon, STV
And Tuur Rommens is set to be out for several weeks with a groin strain. - Joshua Barrie, Rangers Review
🆚 Rangers will face Georgian club Iberia 1999 in the UEFA Europa League Play-Off Round if they can overturn their 2-1 first leg defeat to Jagiellonia Białystok.
🔚 Scotland Under-17 Head Coach Brian McLaughlin has left the Scottish FA. Brian led the Under-17s to two UEFA European Under-17 Championships and was the Scottish FA Performance School Manager. - Scottish FA website
📺 The SPFL has launched a new live domestic streaming player which will see the league produce and broadcast Championship, League One and Two matches outside blocked hours on behalf of clubs on a pay-per-view basis.
A 24-hour pass will cost £10.99. - SPFL website
📺 The SPFL also announced Greenock Morton v Livingston and Queen’s Park v Ayr United have been selected for live BBC Scotland coverage in September. - SPFL website
🚗 Parking fines on Dundee and Dundee United matchdays have spiked 66% after new parking measures were introduced. - Logan Hutchison, The Courier
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🏆 KDM EVOLUTION TROPHY LEAGUE PHASE - MATCHDAY ONE
Hamilton Academical v Celtic B (7.45pm)
🏆 EVENING EXPRESS ABERDEENSHIRE CUP FIRST ROUND
Deveronvale v Turriff United (8pm)
Huntly v Stonehaven (8pm)
Inverurie Loco Works v Elgin City (8pm)
Plus matches in the North Caledonian League, Midlands League, East of Scotland League, West of Scotland Football League and South of Scotland League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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