The draw has been made for the group phase of next season's Scottish League Cup.

Linlithgow Rose "are not eligible to participate in" this season's SPFL pyramid play-offs, meaning Brora Rangers will take on Edinburgh City in the final.

Your club-by-club guide to the January 2026 transfers in Scotland's fourth tier.

Championship leaders St Johnstone suffer a shock Scottish Cup defeat at home to Cove Rangers, non-league Auchinleck Talbot and Camelon also record surprise wins, while John Rankin quits as Hamilton Academical manager after an eventful third round.

St Johnstone will face Cove Rangers in the third round of the Scottish Cup while Partick Thistle will visit Forfar Athletic.

Edinburgh City say they will appeal against a 15-point deduction by the Scottish Professional Football League after a provisional liquidator was appointed in respect of the League 2 club on July 22.

Uche Ikpeazu scores a late St Johnstone winner and Ross County also win narrowly in the third round of Premier Sports Cup group fixtures.

The Scottish League Cup starts its 80th year on Friday, but what are the strange rules and most intriguing match-ups of this season's group stage?

Heart of Midlothian's new manager Derek McInnes will face Neil Lennon's Dunfermline Athletic in the group stage of the 2025-26 League Cup.

Airdrieonians' bid to stay in the Scottish Championship got off to the perfect start as they defeated Stenhousemuir 3-1 in their play-off first leg, while Cove Rangers and Queen of the South played out a stalemate.

The final play-off spots have been decided in the Scottish Professional Football League's three lower divisions on a dramatic final day of the regular season.