⚽ The Kick-Off - Wednesday 15th July 2026
Premier Sports Cup round-up. Hibernian make double signing. St Mirren sign Sule. Signings for several lower league clubs. Aberdeen and Cove Rangers renew co-operation agreement.
Random Scottish Football Fact #348:
At the age of 15, Marcello De Barros became the youngest player ever to play for St Mirren at the weekend.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
🏆 Premier Sports Cup Group Stage
Group A:
Brora Rangers 0 - 2 Aberdeen
Kelty Hearts 0 - 2 Queen’s Park
Group B:
Montrose 1 - 0 Dundee United
The Spartans 1 - 3 Stirling Albion
Group C:
Cove Rangers 3 - 2 East Kilbride
Dunfermline Athletic 4 - 1 Dumbarton
Group D:
Annan Athletic 0 - 5 Dundee
Clyde 1 - 0 Airdrieonians
Group E:
Brechin City 0 - 2 Livingston
Forfar Athletic 0 - 4 Partick Thistle
Group F:
East Fife 2 - 0 Greenock Morton
Linlithgow Rose 0 - 2 St Johnstone
Group G:
Edinburgh City 2 - 0 Alloa Athletic
Falkirk 0 - 1 Ayr United
Group H:
Elgin City 1 - 3 Peterhead
Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Raith Rovers (Kilmarnock won the bonus point with a 4-2 win on penalties)
View Tuesday’s pre-season results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
LATEST NEWS
🏆 PREMIER SPORTS CUP GROUP STAGE
Five clubs beat teams from a higher division last night.
Montrose caused the biggest upset of the night. They beat Dundee United 1-0 thanks to a first-half Graham Webster goal.
East Fife compounded Greenock Morton’s early-season woes with a 2-0 win. Ayr United beat Falkirk 1-0 away. The Bairns missed a late penalty.
League One Clyde beat Championship Airdrieonians 1-0. Edinburgh City beat Alloa Athletic 2-0 at home.
Raith Rovers held Kilmarnock to a 0-0 draw at Rugby Park.
Dundee were the biggest winners last night. They have now scored nine goals in two games after beating Annan Athletic 5-0.
Partick Thistle have gone one better and scored 10 goals in two games. They beat Forfar Athletic 4-0 away.
Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Livingston all won 2-0 away to non-league opposition.
View the Premier Sports Group Stage tables
🟢 Hibernian made a double signing yesterday.
Adam Mayor, a 21-year-old wing-back, was signed on a permanent deal from Millwall for an undisclosed fee. - Hibernian website
Striker Nathan Lowe joined on a season-long loan from Stoke City. - Hibernian website
⚫ Eseosa Sule has joined St Mirren on a three-year deal from West Bromwich Albion. The 20-year-old striker had his loan spell at Motherwell last season cut short by injury after just three games. - St Mirren website
♦️ Airdrieonians have signed former Greenock Morton midfielder Kian Taylor. - Airdrieonians website
🔵 Peterhead signed young defenders Benny-Jackson Luyeye and Tobias Davies-Browne on permanent deals after impressing on trial. - Peterhead FC website
✍️ League One Alloa Athletic were very busy with signings yesterday.
The Wasps signed 22-year-old goalkeeper Lawton Green. The New Zealander was at Queen of the South last season.
Central defender Joe Ellison joined after leaving St Johnstone’s academy at the end of the season. Former Kilmarnock youth midfielder Grant Marchant also joined.
Rangers’ highly-rated 16-year-old midfielder Kyle Glasgow joined on loan as part of the co-operation agreement between the clubs. - Alloa Athletic website
🤝 Aberdeen and Cove Rangers renewed their co-operation agreement. Joseph Teasdale returns to Cove on loan and is joined by defender Dylan Ross. - Cove Rangers website
✍️ Annan Athletic have signed 20-year-old attacking midfielder Lennon Connolly after a successful trial. - Annan Athletic website
🔴 Clyde announced the signing of midfielder Bruce Strachan. The 19-year-old was at East Kilbride during the second half of last season. - Clyde FC website
✍️ Dumbarton re-signed Celtic goalkeeper Aidan Rice. The 20-year-old was on loan at The Rock last season and went straight into their Premier Sports Cup line-up against Dunfermline Athletic. - Dumbarton FC website
🔴 The Spartans have brought full-back Matthew Mudie to the club on loan from Dundee United. - The Spartans website
🟢 Celtic forward Shin Yamada has joined Belgian side OH Leuven on a season-long loan. - Celtic FC on X
🆕 Falkirk released their new away shirt.
🆕 As did Celtic.
🆕 Dunfermline Athletic launched their new home shirt.
🔴 Hamilton Academical vice-captain Kyle MacDonald has signed a new three-year deal. - Hamilton Academical website
🦁 Livingston announced that their stadium will once again be named Home of the Set Fare Arena for the season ahead after renewing the sponsorship agreement. - Livingston FC website
👕 About 58,000 fake football shirts were seized by Edinburgh City Council’s Trading Standards team. The shirts were worth an estimated £5.5 million. - BBC
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
🆚 Pre-Season Fixtures include:
Colony Park v Formartine United (7.30pm)
Dalbeattie Star v Abbey Vale (8pm)
Deveronvale v Maud (7.30pm)
Huntly v Dyce (7.45pm)
Irvine Meadow XI v Auchinleck Talbot (7.30pm)
Pollok v Petershill (7.30pm)
Renfrew v St Mirren XI (7.30pm)
Tranent v Falkirk XI (7.30pm)
Turriff United v Bridge of Don Thistle (8pm)
View Wednesday’s pre-season fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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