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BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Dunfermline Athletic v Stirling Albion
Update: Date: 90'+5 Title: Post Content: Match ends, Dunfermline Athletic 2, Stirling Albion 0. Update: Date: 90'+5 Title: Full Time Content: Second Half ends, Dunfermline Athletic 2, Stirling Albion 0. Update: Date: 90'+4 Title: Post Content: Goal! Dunfermline Athletic 2, Stirling Albion 0. Rory Macleod (Dunfermline Athletic) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. Update: Date: 90'+3 Title: Post Content: Penalty Dunfermline Athletic. Chris Hamilton draws a foul in the penalty area. Update: Date: 90'+3 Title: Post Content: Penalty conceded by Callum Crane (Stirling Albion) after a foul in the penalty area. Update: Date: 90'+1 Title: Post Content: Corner,Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Kyle Banner. Update: Date: 90'+1 Title: Post Content: Keith Bray (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Update: Date: 90'+1 Title: Post Content: Foul by Ross Cunningham (Stirling Albion). Update: Date: 90' Title: Post Content: Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. Update: Date: 86' Title: Booking Content: Callum Crane (Stirling Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 86' Title: Post Content: Kane Ritchie-Hosler (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing. Update: Date: 86' Title: Post Content: Foul by Callum Crane (Stirling Albion). Update: Date: 85' Title: Booking Content: Kane Thomson (Stirling Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 85' Title: Post Content: Kieran Ngwenya (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing. Update: Date: 85' Title: Post Content: Foul by Kane Thomson (Stirling Albion). Update: Date: 84' Title: Post Content: Attempt missed. Kane Ritchie-Hosler (Dunfermline Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Update: Date: 82' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Kieran Ngwenya replaces Ewan Otoo. Update: Date: 82' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Chris Hamilton replaces Connor Young. Update: Date: 80' Title: Booking Content: Kyle Banner (Stirling Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 80' Title: Post Content: John Tod (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
BBC News
7 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Dunfermline target Rangers' Munn
Dunfermline Athletic have targeted a loan deal for Rangers 19-year-old Mason Munn as head coach Neil Lennon seeks goalkeeper competition. (Record), externalNewcastle United are expected to choose Nottingham Forest chief football officer Ross Wilson as their preferred candidate to be their new sporting director, a role the Scot previously had with Rangers. (The Athletic - subscription required), externalRead Thursday's Scottish gossip
Scotsman
23-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hearts report and player ratings v Dumbarton: New signing debuts, injury and Premier Sports Cup seeding
Hearts coasted into the Premier Sports Cup knockout phase with four wins from four group matches after beating Dumbarton. A 4-0 result at Tynecastle Park took the Edinburgh club through after previous Group E victories against Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical and Stirling Albion. The final round of group ties take place this weekend so Hearts must wait to confirm if they have earned a seeding place for the last-16. However, 12 points from 12 and a goal difference of plus-15 means they are highly likely to be one of eight seeded sides in Sunday's draw. Their scoring form has been notable throughout this League Cup section with four goals registered against every opponent. An injury to centre-back Frankie Kent was the only negative on a balmy summer's evening in Gorgie. With midfielder Beni Baningime and right-back Christian Borchgrevink already sidelined, another fitness issue is something McInnes could have done without. Lawrence Shankland, Michael Steiwender Alexandros Kyziridis and Claudio Braga scored to complete a resounding month for Hearts under new management. There was also a debut for new Albanian winger Sabah Kerjota, who completed his move to Scotland from Italian Seie C side Sambenedettese on Tuesday. Head coach Derek McInnes has instilled an attacking mindset with goals from various areas of the team. A more stern examination of their credentials will come in the opening Premiership match against Aberdeen a week on Monday, but Hearts are certainly playing with confidence under McInnes. League Two Dumbarton arrived at their Premiership hosts knowing they were already eliminated from this tournament. As expected, Hearts dominated possession and hemmed the visitors in their own half when play commenced. They were playing a new 3-4-1-2 system with midfielders Sander Kartum and Blair Spittal as wing-backs. It took less than 17 minutes for a breakthrough when Stephen Kingsley found space for a precise deep cross which Shankland stooped to head past the Dumbarton goalkeeper Shay Kelly. Frankie Kent would have made it 2-0 but miscued his effort following a corner, allowing Kelly to save on the goal line. As home pressure continued, albeit in a fairly languid opening period, Dumbarton centre-backs Mark Durnan and Morgyn Neill found themselves repeatedly heading balls clear inside their own penalty area. The part-time side did break forward just before half-time for a 25-yard attempt by midfielder Scott Honeyman which Hearts goalkeeper Ryan Fulton held. Hearts made time for a second goal just before the interval. Kartum's corner landed near the six-yard line and Steinwender appeared to get a touch to force it over the goal line. If that should have made the locals more comfortable, the away side had other ideas when play restarted as Scott Tomlinson drifted inside from the right to shoot against the crossbar. Normal service was resumed on 52 minutes, though, when substitute Kyziridis exchanged passes with Shankland and meandered through the visiting defence to prod the third goal into the far corner of Kelly's net. McInnes had reverted to a more orthodox 4-4-2 set-up for the second half, which suited Spittal as he became a wide-left midfielder again. His exquisite reverse pass through to James Wilson 66 minutes created a clear opening for the teenager, but he lingered too long and Docherty recovered with a challenge to stifle the opportunity. Hearts' fourth goal did arrive after 72 minutes and again Kyziridis was involved. His well-timed pass allowed Cammy Devlin to cut the ball back from the touchline and give Braga a straightforward close-range finish. Kerjota entered the fray to loud applause and, although not fully fit, will have appreciated the opportunity of a Tynecastle bow. He wanted to get involved in front of a new group of fans, but the sight of Kent going off injured on 85 minutes was a concern. He appeared to tweak a groin and was replaced quickly by Stuart Findlay. Here are the Hearts player ratings from Tynecastle: 1 . GK: Ryan Fulton 6/10 One save in the first half from Honeyman, saw the ball rattle his bar from Tomlinson after the break. | SNS Group Photo Sales 2 . RCB: Michael Steinwender 8/10 A good 90 minutes for the Austrian who didn't put a foot wrong and claimed the second goal. | SNS Group Photo Sales 3 . CB: Frankie Kent 7/10 Strolled through the night in defence and was always a threat at set-pieces. | SNS Group Photo Sales 4 . LCB: Stephen Kingsley 8/10 Fine assist for the opening goal. Got forward repeatedly to angle dangerous crosses into the Dumbarton box. Needed the game time. | SNS Group Photo Sales
Daily Record
23-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Stirling boss finds the positives for group stage finale after Hearts rout
The final game of the group stage in the Premier Sports Cup awaits against Dunfermline Athletic - as the Binos look for some momentum ahead of the League Two curtain-raiser. Stirling Albion boss Alan Maybury admits his side were on the end of a harsh lesson as Hearts swept to victory in front of the TV cameras, but he believes lessons can be taken as the league kick-off looms. The Binos were never in the game against Derek McInnes's slick Jambos, with three first-half goals putting an end to the contest before a second of the game for Craig Halkett sealed a comfortable 4-0 winning margin for Hearts. It leaves Stirling pointless after their opening trio of games in Premier Sports Cup Group E ahead of Saturday's trip to Dunfermline Athletic to round out their group campaign. Dubliner Maybury - who turned out 112 times for the Gorgie club in his playing career - bemoaned his side's lack of positivity in a first half display where they barely moved up the pitch. But he said their second-half improvement gives some hopeful points for the weeks and months ahead. Maybury said: 'You're fearing the worst in the first half when they were playing really well; it was another change in shape which maybe didn't help and opened up some gaps but we quickly went back to what we normally do. 'They got their tails up and you're hoping to catch them on a bad day, but they've got the new manager to impress and we felt their pressure in the first half. 'We tried to be positive in the second half and where we were a little cautious in the first half, we managed to get our shape a little better and frustrate things. 'We're in a game we're not going to win by that stage, but we'll learn more from that second half than we will most games in the season. 'Hearts hemmed us in, but we gave away three goals from set pieces today which are preventable, giving the ball away in the middle of the pitch and that is punished as well so those are things we need to be better at. 'They can say they took the foot off the gas off the second half - and I'd probably agree - but I'm more concerned with my own team having a better mentality and trying to be positive.' Albion once again rotated their side for the contest as the search for valuable minutes in the legs ahead of the season opener at Edinburgh City on August 2 appears on the horizon. The Stirling gaffer hopes playing against a top side which includes several Scotland internationals will offer key points to learn from for some of the Binos' young talents - including midfielder Cooper Knox, who started the match. Maybury added: 'It will be a valuable lesson for the young boys in particular; a top team who don't take too many touches, move it quick and physically stronger, there are so many things to be learned and it's nothing complicated, doing the simple things well every time. 'I recognise my goalkeeper played well and they could have scored more goals, but we let in preventable goals and that's what we want to take out of these games if we're not winning them, playing in the manner we want to and you could see that in the second half.'
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic
Update: Date: 90'+3 Title: Post Content: Match ends, Dumbarton 0, Dunfermline Athletic 4. Update: Date: 90'+3 Title: Full Time Content: Second Half ends, Dumbarton 0, Dunfermline Athletic 4. Update: Date: 90'+2 Title: Post Content: Attempt missed. Andrew Tod (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Update: Date: 90'+2 Title: Post Content: Delay over. They are ready to continue. Update: Date: 90'+1 Title: Post Content: Delay in match because of an injury Andrew Tod (Dunfermline Athletic). Update: Date: 90'+1 Title: Post Content: Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time. Update: Date: 90' Title: Post Content: Keith Bray (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Update: Date: 90' Title: Post Content: Foul by Mark Durnan (Dumbarton). Update: Date: 89' Title: Booking Content: Thomas Falconer (Dumbarton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 89' Title: Post Content: Andrew Tod (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing. Update: Date: 89' Title: Post Content: Foul by Thomas Falconer (Dumbarton). Update: Date: 87' Title: Post Content: Alfons Amade (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Update: Date: 87' Title: Post Content: Foul by Aron Lynas (Dumbarton). Update: Date: 84' Title: Post Content: Andrew Tod (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Update: Date: 84' Title: Post Content: Foul by Carrick McEvoy (Dumbarton). Update: Date: 83' Title: Post Content: Attempt missed. Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner. Update: Date: 83' Title: Post Content: Corner,Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Thomas Falconer. Update: Date: 81' Title: Post Content: Delay over. They are ready to continue. Update: Date: 80' Title: Post Content: Delay in match because of an injury Josh Cooper (Dunfermline Athletic). Update: Date: 80' Title: Post Content: Foul by Kai Kirkpatrick (Dumbarton).
