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League Cup - Season Opener The 2026/2027 competitive season kicks off with a home fixture in the Premier Sports Cup, group F. It's not an event we have put all our eggs in the one basket over the last few seasons but I'm sure we will give it a go. Group F consists of the Caley Jags along with Premiership St Johnstone, Championship Morton, League1 East Fife and Linlithgow Rose from the fifth tier in the Lowland League East. East Fife managed to avoid relegation from League1 last season including
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East Fife League Cup 11thJune2026

League Cup - Season Opener

The 2026/2027 competitive season kicks off with a home fixture in the Premier Sports Cup, group F. It's not an event we have put all our eggs in the one basket over the last few seasons but I'm sure we will give it a go. Group F consists of the Caley Jags along with Premiership St Johnstone, Championship Morton, League1 East Fife and Linlithgow Rose from the fifth tier in the Lowland League East.
East Fife managed to avoid relegation from League1 last season including a hard fought 1-1 draw with the Caley Jags in the penultimate game of last season. Dick Campbell remains in charge. The loss of Michael Mackenna will be a blow to them but Mamadou Bah has signed a new deal at Bayview, as has David Wilson and Reis Peggie. The experienced Pat Slattery is also backalong with Liam Newton and Kieran Millar and in 38 year old Derek Gaston they have a vastly experienced man between the sticks. (see more at foot of preview)
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Match/Ticket/Bus/Info
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***From the start of the 2026/27 season, the club will be operating a fully cashless/card only payment system at the Sarens PSG Stadium.
This will apply to:
All Kiosks
The Ticket Window
The Kingsmills Hospitality Bar
Bar 94
Club Car Parks
From this point forward, cash will no longer be accepted at any of these locations. The Club Shop will continue to accept £££cash£££ for a limited period following the start of the season.
Thank you in advance for your co-operation. If you have any questions or require assistance, please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of the team, who will be happy to help.
BAR 94
Bar 94 will open at 1200, with last orders at 1430 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1445).
The bar reopens at full time, when the Man of the Match presentation will take place.
GETTING TO THE GAME
Stagecoach Service Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415.
Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800.
The bus fare is £2 single (contactless payments or cash accepted), and Over 60 / Disabled and Under 22 Concession passes are valid, giving free travel on the service to passholders.
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With this being our last squad out in our final pre-season fixture at Cove, I would imagine our Starting XI will come from these players. New signings for this season are Graeme Shinnie, Noa Boutin, Ryan Duncan, Morgan Bates and Hamzad Kargbo along with the Alfie Twins back on loan from Aberdeen. Offski went Chanka Zimba, Oscar MacIntyre, Jake Davidson, Ross Millen and Mitchell Robertson. What a bonus it is to have the likes of Liam Sole, Remi Savage, Paul Allan and Luis Longstaff staying on and these guys will be crucial to our success this season in what will be as always a very tough Championship.

Please note, tickets will be available in the Main Stand only now.

🎟️ Adults: £15, Over 65: £10, 16 and Under: £6 - TICKETS HERE
🆕 Cashless/Card Only Stadium payment system
🚗 North and South Car Parks Open
🛍️ Club Shop & Reception open 10am - KO
🍺 Bar 94 open from 12pm
🚌 Stagecoach Service Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415. Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800.
We had mixed success in our pre-season games:
23.06.2026/19:30, 3-1 Nairn County (A): Testimonial
⚽ Hamzad Kargbo (T20), Paul Allan, Luis Longstaff
Nairn goal: Former Caley Jag Calum Mackay
27.06.2026/13:00, 3-1 Clachnacuddin (A): Friendly
⚽ Paul Allan, Dan Mackay (T14), Shae Keogh
Clach Goal: Mikey Mackenzie
Next game was also at Clach's ground, Grant Street, against Ross County due to more preparatory work being done at the Caledonian Stadium ahead of the new season. Least sais about that one the better but we were thrashed
04.07.2026/13:00, - Ross County(@ Grant Street): 0-4
⚽ County: Chin, Lindsay, Emslie & Phillips
07.07.2026/19:00, - Cove Rangers(A): Last pre-season game at Cove Rangers ended in a 1-4 win for the Caley Jags
⚽ Trialist (no 14 Dan Mackay), Ryan Duncan, Morgan Bates and Hamzad Kargbo gave us the win in our final pre-season match. Destiny Oladipo scored a solo goal foe Cove Rangers.
East Fife managed to avoid relegation from League1 last season including a hard fought 1-1 draw with the Caley Jags in the penultimate game of last season. Dick Campbell remains in charge. The loss of Michael Mackenna will be a blow to them but Mamadou Bah has signed a new deal at Bayview, as has David Wilson and Reis Peggie. The experienced Pat Slattery is also backalong with Liam Newton and Kieran Millar and in 38 year old Derek Gaston they have a vastly experienced man between the sticks.
Here is there end of season release regarding player contracts:
Under Contract for the 2026/27 Season
Nathan Austin
Jack Healy
Adam Laaref
Matty Rollo
Cammie Ross (new signing)
Returning to Parent Clubs Following Loan Spells
Ruairidh Adams (Dundee United)
Sam Culbert (Livingston)
Myles Gaffney (Annan Athletic)
Lewis Latona (Livingston)
Freddie Rowe (Dunfermline Athletic)
Leaving the Club Following the Expiry of Their Contracts
Omar El Harek
Dennis Halliday
Robbie Hemfrey
Joe Halsey
Seff Kyam
Connor McManus
Gregor Nicol
Destiny Oladipo
Shea Scally
Alan Trouten
May 18th: Discussions remain ongoing with other members of last season’s squad, and further updates will be provided in due course.

By tm4tj · 1 hour ago1 hr
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The point i am making - as BC seems confused on my earlier post - is that Balogun's card being suspended (which it should not have been once the decision was made) has made a mockery of every other red card whether it was deserved (like Quansah's), or whether it was deemed worthy of a review. This precedent (or should it be president) now gives anyone the ability to question almost any card and ask for it to be suspended rather than automatically applied and that is fundamentally wrong.
The ref calls the red card, and at this level it goes to VAR. It's not 100% perfect, but it's what we have. It is upheld or overturned on the field. Decision made. End of story. Player knows he is out for the next game at a minimum.
In the following days the disciplinary committee can look at it and determine the ref got it right or wrong. Again, not a perfect system, but it's what we have. They can choose to increase the automatic 1 game suspension (as they did with Quansah), or they drop it back to a yellow if they feel the ref got it wrong (which they didn't do in either case). However, the act of suspending a card is unheard of and let's be honest, was it on anyone's radar until this happened?
Personally, I have never heard of this happening before at almost any level. Even the 1962 card for Garrincha, which is the only other example cited in almost 200 World Cup red cards, was not suspended, a ban was simply not imposed. At that time, there was no automatic suspension like there is now, but a disciplinary committee chose to issue a warning rather than a match suspension after alleged pressure from the country leaders of each team in the match. [full story here and its quite interesting: https://fansided.com/soccer/bribery-secret-calls-and-a-vanishing-witness-inside-world-cup-red-card-fifa-actually-reversed].

By Scotty · 5 hours ago5 hr
World Cup

Quansah went in studs first, his foot was halfway up shin level before he reached the ball, and if you can see his leg "bouncing" off the ball then you're a better man than I! One replay angle even suggests that he positively, actively planted his studs into the guy's leg - see at 0:17 in the video below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cp8rrwk5624o

By snorbens_caleyman · 6 hours ago6 hr
World Cup

I can't make head nor tail of it. Both were deserved red cards. Neither intended to do what happened. Both were "out of control". Both (unwittingly) endangered their opponent - Balogun turning over the ankle as he couldn't halt his momentum and Quansah's leg bouncing up off the top of ball. I really struggle to see how they can be viewed differently from a punishment perspective.

By The Hammer · 7 hours ago7 hr
ICT FC Confirmation Statement on Companies House website

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Clearing the decks....

By CELTIC1CALEY3 · 8 hours ago8 hr

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