The people of Linlithgow celebrate victory in the 1965 Junior Cup. Source.
It’s the 2026-27 League Cup group stage. Linlithgow Rose visit Cappielow. This is the first ever competitive match between these two clubs.
Linlithgow were 2025-26 Lowland League champions, but they were denied a spot in the pyramid playoffs for lack of a bronze license. The SPFL has gotten serious about keeping substandard parks out of its circuit, having learned from Bonnyrigg Rose and their cambered pitch.
Linlithgow Rose are four-time winners of the Scottish Junior Cup. Last weekend they won the East of Scotland Cup, aka City Cup, beating The Spartans 3 – 0. Gordon Herd has been their manager since 2021.
Morton have signed Australian striker Jayden Gorman, late of Dubai FC. And 18-year-old midfielder Joey O’Toole from Jersey. [Sam Murdoch has been recalled from Annan Athletic.]
The objective in the group stage is to win your group, or else to be one of the three best second-place finishers, which usually involves earning 9 points with a good goal difference. In the present era Morton have advanced to the next round four times in ten attempts, twice without having beaten the group’s Premiership side.
Group F matches today:
Morton [0 – 1] Linlithgow Rose
Inverness CT [1 – 1] East Fife [ICT win on PK]
St Johnstone are off.
Group F standings after these matches:
Other matches: Oakley United 1 – 1 St Andrews United (friendly) (July 7)
Blantyre Victoria 3 – 1 Carluke Rovers (friendly) (July 8)
Irvine Victoria 0 – 0 Greenock Juniors (friendly) (July 8)
Largs Thistle 2 – 2 Kilmarnock U19 (friendly) (July 8)
HFX Wanderers 1 – 3 Toronto FC (friendly) (July 9) Because they’re both out of the Canadian Championship.
Kilsyth Rangers 4 – 1 Kilsyth Athletic (friendly) (yesterday)
Babelsberg [1 – 4] St Pauli (friendly)
Dumbarton [0 – 4] St Mirren (at Coatbridge)
Pumpherston [0 – 4] Carluke Rovers (friendly)
Broxburn Athletic [1 – 2] Clydebank (friendly)
Largs Thistle [3 – 1] Thornton Hibs (friendly)
Port Glasgow [3 – 3] Neilston (friendly)
Cambuslang Milan AFC [0 – 3] Greenock High School Former Pupils AFC
Scrosoppi [2 – 1] Sudbury Cyclones
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth [2 – 1] BTOP Hokkaido (tomorrow)
Malmö [4 – 0] Göteborg (tomorrow)
Montreal Roses [1 – 0] Halifax Tides (tomorrow)
Ti-Cats [7 – 38] Saskatchewan Roughriders (tomorrow)
Stirlingshire Cup final (July 7):
Stenhousemuir 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic
Canadian Championship, QF, leg 1:
CS Saint-Laurent 1 – 1 Forge (July 8)
Vancouver Whitecaps 4 – 1 Cavalry (July 8)
Vancouver FC 1 – 2 CF Montréal (July 8)
Supra 3 – 1 Atlético Ottawa (July 8)
Canadian Championship, QF, leg 2:
CF Montréal [2 – 1] Vancouver FC (July 12) [CF Montréal advance.]
Forge [2 – 1] CS Saint-Laurent (July 12) [Forge advance.]
Cavalry [1 – 1] Vancouver Whitecaps (July 13) [Whitecaps advance.]
The Ottawa/Supra game will be played August 11.
CS Saint-Laurent’s captain is Cédric Toussaint, formerly of York United, Pacific FC and Grulla Morioka.
2026-27 UEFA Champions League, 1QR, leg 1 (July 7):
Floriana (Malta) 2 – 0 Shamrock Rovers
Tre Fiori (San Marino) 0 – 1 Larne
Sabah (Azerbaijan) 2 – 0 The New Saints
2026-27 UEFA Europa League, 1QR, leg 1 (July 9):
CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) 3 – 2 Derry City
2026-27 UEFA Conference League, 1QR, leg 1 (mostly July 9):
Bohemians 2 – 0 St Joseph’s (Gibraltar)
Glentoran 1 – 2 RFS (Latvia)
Kalju (Estonia) 1 – 0 Linfield
Caernarfon Town 0 – 5 Levadia Tallinn (Estonia)
Connah’s Quay Nomads 0 – 0 Ballkani (Kosovo) (July 8)
Penybont 0 – 1 FC Santa Coloma (Andorra)
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