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There have been sharp lessons to learn - but Corey O'Donnell says his loan at Albion Rovers will boost his chances of making the grade at Motherwell.

Albion Rovers boss Brian Reid insists talk of a League Two play-off slot is premature, and his side are focused on tonight’s visit to Stenhousemuir.

Red-hot Albion Rovers provided the Bonfire Night fireworks as they thumped Edinburgh City 4-0 at Ainslie Park, and boss Brian Reid says they were due a win like that.

It’s derby day at Forthbank on November 6 as Stirling Albion begin this month's fixtures with a home game against Stenhousemuir.

Livingston Women’s defender Ali Strike admits she has no idea why she was far enough up the park to score twice on Sunday.

Stirling Albion manager Kevin Rutkiewicz felt a draw was a fair result after watching his side extend their unbeaten run to seven matches on Saturday.

CCTV footage of a missing Scots dad has emerged as his family are 'desperate to get him home'.

Stirling Albion boss Kevin Rutkiewicz has been awarded the League 2 Glen’s Manager of the Month Award for September.

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Ayr United will progress to the last 16 of the Premier Sports Cup after being awarded three points in their final group game.Saturday's scheduled game at home to Falkirk has been axed due to a Covid outbreak among the Bairns squad.A number of Paul Sheerin's squad returned positive tests yesterday, causing the cancellation of their tie last night at Edinburgh City.And with a large amount of the Falkirk squad deemed as close contacts of those who have tested positive, the decision has been taken to also forfeit Saturday's game at Ayr.That means United will finish top of Group E on 10 points and proceed to the knockout stages.An SPFL spokesman said: “Consistent with previous announcements in respect of similar issues in the group stage of this

Ayr took control of Group E in the Premier Sports Cup tonight.The striker's fine finish from just inside the box - his first goal for United - headlined a hard working display from David Hopkin's men, who were well worthy of their three points.The Honest Men looked comfortable for large parts of this clash against the newly relegated Lanarkshire side and moved to the top of the group ahead of Saturday's final game at home to Falkirk.Hopkin had stuck with the same starting XI that swept past Edinburgh City last week.That meant another start for Charlie Albinson in goal as Aidan McAdams nears a return from his groin injury, while ex-Hamilton man Markus Fjortoft made the bench.

SPFL - warning that clubs who voted against their inclusion this week have set the Scottish game back. The latest proposal for the B teams to join League 2 in 2022/23 was torpedoed before it even went to an official vote this week.

Ayr side after they got their Premier Sports Cup campaign back on track.Tomi Adeloye's double and a late strike from Andy Murdoch sealed a comfortable win over Edinburgh City as fans returned to Somerset Park last night.And a second clean sheet in two games confirmed that Hopkin's new look side are taking shape.The boss said: "We started the game well and should have scored after 30 seconds, which set the tone."I thought the whole team was magnificent for the 90 minutes."I was delighted with some of the play."We've been creating chances in pre season so it was nice to see some goals."We challenged the boys at half time to keep a clean sheet and go out and score a few more so it was a pleasing night all round."And on another night we'd have

after the pair had trained with the club in recent weeks.Reid is delighted to get them on board and they both made their first outings for the club in the weekend’s NL Cup, which saw Rovers finish third in an event Clyde won and also included Airdrie and Cumbernauld Colts.Rovers get the competitive action underway on Saturday when they host Ayr in the Premier Sports Cup Group E opener.However, ex-Hearts star Ryan Stevenson and defender Aldin El-Zubaidi won’t be ready for that and face a race to be fit for their League Two opener on July 31 at home to Edinburgh City.Reid explained: “We signed Charlie Reilly and Max Wright so they are two good additions and I think they’ll really help us in the season ahead.“They will play a big part for us

The Cliftonhill side were drawn in Group E alongside Ayr United, Falkirk, Edinburgh City and close rivals Hamilton.The Coatbridge side were set to play Accies last season but the cup clash was cancelled due to a Covid outbreak but Rovers boss Reid is relishing the looking forward to the rematch this season."We had Hamilton last year albeit we never played them due to the Covid situation," Reid said."It's a test for us because they're in a higher division than us but so is every team in our group besides Edinburgh who have a good budget."We played Ayr United last season too plus Falkirk and Edinburgh City are both decent teams."It's a decent draw but every group would have been tough because there is Premiership, Championship and League One

Inverness in the League Cup for the third year in a row as the groups are decided. The tournament, renamed the Premier Sports Cup from this year on, gets under way on the weekend of July 10, the day before Euro 2020 concludes.

Dumbarton manager Jim Duffy, who has been impressed with the midfielder since he joined his side on loan in March. The 20 year old has made 14 appearances for the Sons so far, including turning out in their two crucial semi-final playoff ties with Stranraer that put them halfway towards securing their League One status ahead of next week’s deciders with Edinburgh City.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.John Steele has said it is ‘critical’ fans are able to return to Sons matches next season.Yesterday (Tuesday) it was confirmed that up to 500 people will be able to return to grounds for the first time in 15 months in time for next week’s play-off final between Dumbarton and Edinburgh City, with chairman Steele highlighting the importance of crowds to lower league sides.He said: “It is now critical that we get fans back in – from a financial perspective and also for the wellbeing of the club in the community.“Without spectators in reasonable numbers then, like all clubs, we start to wither.“We’ve got to redress that and it’s critical that spectators come back to

Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.Stirling Albion's play-off hopes ended on Tuesday when wins for Elgin City and Stranraer over Queen's Park and Edinburgh City sealed their spots in the end-of season finale.Elgin will meet Edinburgh in home-and-away fixtures on Saturday, May 8 and Tuesday, May 11 but Stranraer will have to wait to see whether they meet Clyde or Dumbarton with the Bully Wee needing a win over East Fife on Thursday to send the Sons into the play-offs..A win in their final fixture at home to Stranraer would have sealed their spot but they needed a 93rd-minute equaliser from substitute Declan Byrne to keep their hopes alive after Darryl Duffy headed the visitors in front in the last

Lewis Kidd is at Albion Rovers, Darren Smith is at Edinburgh City, and Paul Paton is currently starring for Airdrie.Aitken admits he might lose some of those players because they might want to stay – or clubs may want to keep them.He said: “That was always a gamble [that they might not want to come back], and it’s also the case that the other clubs might want them, and they’re obviously higher up in the leagues than what we are.“The players all went out into a higher league, that will attract attention, like Steven Bell, for example, who has been outstanding at Partick Thistle.“The feedback is that since he’s been in the team they’ve started doing really well."Kyle Hutton is doing really well, Lewis Kidd has had good reviews as well.

it's time for his side to start picking up points, and hoped that would start against Annan.Reid kept faith with the same line-up that lost to Edinburgh City in midweek.Annan boss Peter Murphy made three changes to the side that crashed out of the Scottish Cup second round against Formartine United.Goalkeeper Alex Mitchell replaced Brian Kinnear, while Mark Docherty and Anderson came in for Kyle Fleming and Max Wright.Rovers had a decent chance in five minutes when Callum Wilson won a free kick against Jordon Lowdon just outside the box, but David Cox's put-in was well blocked and eventually cleared by Annan.Annan were awarded a rare indirect free kick for a pass back in 10 minutes, Tony Wallace played it back to Aiden Smith, and his low