Buckie Thistle versus Brechin City in 2023. Source.
It’s the Scottish Cup, Round One, in which the ten survivors of the preliminary rounds join up with teams from the Highland League and Lowland Leagues East and West. Stonehaven and Penicuik Athletic have been in it since Preliminary Round One, making this the fourth match in the cup for each.
Of the thirty fixtures, twenty are between clubs from the same tier, five between clubs from the same league. Cumnock and Auchinleck Talbot played each other in last year’s cup. Largs Thistle and Troon appear for the first time.
Scottish Cup, Round 1:
Cumnock (LW) 2 – 0 Auchinleck Talbot (LW) (yesterday)
Beith (LW) [0 – 3] Huntly (HL)
Bo’ness United (LE) [3 – 2] Irvine Meadow XI (WoSPrem)
Bonnyton Thistle (WoS1) [2 – 0] East Stirlingshire (LE) Upset
Brechin City (LE) [2 – 2] Buckie Thistle (HL) [Brechin win on PK]
Caledonian Braves (LW) [4 – 0] Fraserburgh (HL)
Civil Service Strollers (LE) [0 – 2] Formartine United (HL)
Clachnacuddin (HL) [2 – 0] Bonnyrigg Rose (LE)
Cowdenbeath (LE) [4 – 0] Berwick Rangers (LE)
Deveronvale (HL) [2 – 3] Troon (LW)
Dunipace (LE) [5 – 2] Preston Athletic (EoSPrem)
Forres Mechanics (HL) [0 – 1] University of Stirling (LE)
Gala Fairydean Rovers (LE) [0 – 1] Largs Thistle (LW)
Haddington Athletic (EoSPrem) [0 – 2] Cumbernauld Colts (LW)
Hill of Beath Hawthorn (LE) [2 – 0] Glasgow University (WoS2)
Keith (HL) [2 – 1] Stonehaven (NoSPrem)
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy (WoSPrem) [1 – 1] Banks o’ Dee (HL) [Banks o’ Dee win on PK]
Linlithgow Rose (LE) [0 – 1] Clydebank (LW)
Lochee United (LE) [3 – 2] Inverurie Loco Works (HL)
Musselburgh Athletic (LE) [2 – 1] Lossiemouth (HL)
Nairn County (HL) [0 – 1] Gretna 2008 (LW)
Newton Stewart (LW) [1 – 3] Johnstone Burgh (LW)
Penicuik Athletic (EoSPrem) [3 – 1] Kilwinning Rangers (LW) Upset
Pollok (LW) [4 – 1] Albion Rovers (LW)
Renfrew (LW) [3 – 2] Broxburn Athletic (LE)
Rothes (HL) [0 – 9] Brora Rangers (HL)
Strathspey Thistle (HL) [3 – 2] Dalbeattie Star (LW)
Tayport (Mid) [3 – 0] Wick Academy (HL) Upset
Threave Rovers (WoS1) [3 – 2] Invergordon (HL) Upset
Tranent (LE) [3 – 1] Turriff United (HL)
Meanwhile in the Championship Morton host Raith Rovers. Raith are second in the division with 14 points. Morton are tenth with 1 point.
Ian Murray has been sacked, about two months too late. Michael O’Halloran and Gary Miller will run the bench today.
The last Morton player to score against Raith Rovers was Nathan Shaw, April 11th.
[Morton 1 – 2 Raith Rovers. Garrity scored for the Ton.]
The other Championship matches:
Livingston (3rd) [1 – 2] Ayr United (8th)
Partick Thistle (4th) [3 – 0] Arbroath (6th)
This is the first ever A Ton of Snow Championship Super Cup, between the winners of the 2025-26 Championship League Cup (Partick Thistle) and Consolation Cup (Arbroath).
Dunfermline Athletic [1 – 4] Aberdeen (friendly)
Other matches:
Ti-Cats 34 – 16 Ottawa (yesterday)
Vonds Ichihara [1 – 0] Grulla Morioka
Dumbarton [2 – 1] Forfar Athletic
Greenock Juniors [0 – 1] Knightswood
Carluke Rovers vs Vale of Leven [postponed]
St Andrews United [3 – 4] Jeanfield Swifts
Forge [3 – 3] HFX Wanderers [Halifax goals by Pierre, Mackenzie and Ciccarelli.]
Halifax Tides [0 – 0] Calgary Wild
Elfen Saitama [2 – 1] JEF United Chiba (WE League Cup) (tomorrow)
Maruyasu Okazaki [1 – 2] ReinMeer Aomori (tomorrow)
Inverness CT [0 – 3] Morton Women (League Cup) (tomorrow)
West of Scotland League Cup, R2 (selected):
Port Glasgow [1 – 0] Forth Wanderers
Women’s Canadian Championship QF (tomorrow):
AFC Toronto [2 – 1] Vancouver Rise
UEFA Nations League:
Scotland 0 – 3 Switzerland (September 29)
North Macedonia [0 – 2] Scotland (today)
J League Cup, R2 (September 29):
Fukushima United 0 – 7 Mito HollyHock
Historical matches:
Scottish Alliance, October 3, 1891:
Linthouse 6 – 0 Morton
Northern 0 – 1 Thistle
Partick Thistle 5 – 0 Cathcart (Glasgow Cup R1 replay)
East Stirlingshire 7 – 2 King’s Park (Sc Cup PR2 replay)
21st Royal Scots Fusiliers 1 – 2 Ayr (Sc Cup PR2 replay)
Scottish Federation, October 3, 1891:
Albion Rovers 7 – 5 Clydebank
Burnbank Swifts 5 – 2 Pollokshaws
Falkirk 2 – 4 Arthurlie
Hurlford 6 – 0 Motherwell
Wishaw Thistle 3 – 1 Glasgow Wanderers
Cowlairs 4 – 4 Royal Albert (Sc Cup PR2 replay) (both advanced)
Kilmarnock Athletic 2 – 2 Stevenston Thistle (Sc Cup PR2 replay) (both advanced)*
Ayrshire League, October 3, 1891:
Beith 2 – 1 Ayr Parkhouse
Mauchline 1 – 3 Monkcastle
Newmilns 14 – 1 Irvine
Kilmarnock Athletic 2 – 2 Stevenston Thistle (Sc Cup PR2 replay) (both advanced)*
*same match
