2025-26 Scottish Cup, Round Two

There have been five or six clubs named Clydebank over the course of history. One of them merged with East Stirlingshire in 1964. East Stirlingshire and Clydebank met in a friendly on July 1st, 2023 (above). Today they meet in Round Two of the Scottish Cup. Source.

St Johnstone visit Cappielow. St Johnstone sit atop the Championship with 24 points. Morton occupy seventh place with 11 points. These two teams played to a 1 – 1 draw on August 30th.

This is St Johnstone’s first visit to Cappielow in almost exactly ten years. The last time was a League Cup quarter-final match on October 27th, 2015, which St Johnstone won. [There was a friendly in 2019.]

[Morton 0 – 4 St Johnstone]

The other Championship matches:
Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Ayr United (October 21)
Airdrieonians 0 – 4 Dunfermline Athletic (October 21)
Airdrie sacked their manager after that result.
Airdrieonians (10th) [1 – 0] Arbroath (3rd)
Queen’s Park (8th) [0 – 0] Ayr United (4th)
Raith Rovers (6th) [2 – 0] Partick Thistle (2nd)
Ross County (9th) [3 – 2] Dunfermline Athletic (5th)

Other matches:
Odd 1 – 7 Lillestrøm (October 22)
Locomotiv Tbilisi 0 – 1 Meshtakhe (October 21)
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo [0 – 1] Mito HollyHock (tomorrow)
Mjondalen [1 – 1] Odd
Hertha BSC [1 – 0] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Bonar Bridge [2 – 4] Golspie Sutherland
Rutherglen Glencairn [0 – 1] Largs Thistle
Greenock [0 – 3] Lesmahagow
Port Glasgow [4 – 4] Ardeer Thistle
Lipno Stęszew [2 – 0] Kluczevia Stargard

Hamilton Academical have been issued a 6-point deduction in League 1 and a 1-point deduction in the Challenge Cup league phase after having been found guilty of financial tricks during their earlier signing embargo.

Sheffield Wednesday filed for administration Thursday.

League of Ireland promotion playoffs, leg one:
UCD 0 – 1 Bray Wanderers (yesterday)

Scottish Cup, Round Two:
Bo’ness Athletic (EP) 0 – 2 Linlithgow Rose (LL) (yesterday)
Formartine United (HL) 0 – 2 Buckie Thistle (HL) (yesterday)
Clydebank (WP) [3 – 1] East Stirlingshire (LL) Upset
Camelon (EP) [1 – 0] Johnstone Burgh (WP)
Tranent (LL) [3 – 0] Dundee North End (ML)
Banks o’ Dee (HL) [4 – 0] Fraserburgh (HL)
Clachnacuddin (HL) [2 – 0] Sauchie (EP)
Clyde (L2) [2 – 3] Annan Athletic (L2)
Edinburgh City (L2) [1 – 0] University of Stirling (LL)
Caledonian Braves (LL) [3 – 4] Stirling Albion (L2)
Stranraer (L2) [4 – 0] Glenafton Athletic (WP)
Musselburgh Athletic (EP) [1 – 2] Forfar Athletic (L2)
Elgin City (L2) [2 – 1] Deveronvale (HL)
Dumbarton (L2) [2 – 0] Tayport (ML)
The Spartans (L2) [2 – 1] East Kilbride (L2)
Nairn County (HL) [1 – 2] Turriff United (HL)
Wick Academy (HL) [1 – 1] Benburb (W1) [Benburb win on PK] Upset
Cumbernauld Colts (LL) [0 – 2] Bonnyrigg Rose (LL)
Auchinleck Talbot (WP) [3 – 1] Gretna 2008 (LL) Upset
Brechin City (HL) [3 – 1] Dundonald Bluebell (EP)

Scottish Junior Cup, Round Three:
Cambuslang Rangers [2 – 5] West Calder United
Finnart [0 – 6] Armadale Thistle

SWF League Cup, R2 (tomorrow):
Morton Women [2 – 8] Dryburgh Athletic

2025-26 UEFA Europa League, league phase, matchday 3 (October 23):
Brann 3 – 0 Rangers
Rangers are 36th out of 36 in the Europa League league phase table.
Celtic 2 – 1 Sturm Graz

2015-26 UEFA Conference League, league phase, matchday 2 (October 23):
AEK Athens 6 – 0 Aberdeen
Aberdeen are 36th out of 36 in the Conference League league phase table.
Shkëndija 1 – 0 Shelbourne
Shamrock Rovers 0 – 2 Celje

2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, group stage, matchday 3:
Ulsan HD 1 – 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (October 21)
Shanghai Port 0 – 2 Machida Zelvia (October 21)
Gangwon 4 – 3 Vissel Kobe (October 22)

2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, group stage, matchday 3:
Gamba Osaka 3 – 1 Nam Định (October 22)

WE League Cup, group stage, matchday 1:
Omiya Ardija 3 – 0 Elfen Saitama

Football Times Cup, R1:
Halkirk United vs Fort William [postponed]
Inverness Athletic [1 – 0] Invergordon

Canadian Premier League playoffs:
HFX Wanderers 2 – 2 York United (York win on PK) (October 22)
Wanderers parted company with head coach Patrice Gheiser following this defeat.
Forge [1 – 2] Atlético (tomorrow)
Cavalry [4 – 1] York United (tomorrow)

Historical matches:
1890/10/25 2nd Morton 7 – 3 2nd Kilbirnie (Sc 2nd XI Cup R3)
1890/10/25 Thistle 5 – 2 Morton
1930/10/25 Clyde 1 – 0 Morton
1952/10/25 Morton 4 – 1 Stenhousemuir
1980/10/25 St Mirren 1 – 1 Morton

SFL results 1890-91:
1890/10/25 Third Lanark 5 – 3 St Mirren
1890/10/25 Cowlairs 1 – 6 Dumbarton
1890/10/25 Hearts 8 – 1 Vale of Leven
1890/10/25 Abercorn 1 – 5 Celtic

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