Your club-by-club guide to the summer 2026 transfers in Scotland’s third tier.

Airdrieonians

In: John Rankin, head coach (Ayr United); Ewan Simpson, midfielder (Aston Villa); Jamie Sneddon, goalkeeper (Falkirk); Henry James, defender (Heart of Midlothian); Matty Yates, forward (Linfield); Sam Fisher, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Dapo Mebude, forward (Arbroath); Liam McLeish, forward (Queen’s Park).

Loan in: Ruairidh Adams, goalkeeper (Dundee United).

Out: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, head coach; Chris Mochrie, midfielder (St Mirren); Aaron Reid, forward (Crusaders); Charlie Telfer, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Euan Henderson, forward (Partick Thistle); Dom Thomas, forward (Hamilton Academical); Lewis Strapp, defender (Ross County); Jamie Barjonas, midfielder (Montrose); Sean McGinty, defender (Montrose); Rhys Armstrong, midfielder (East Kilbride); Cammy Cooper, forward (Annan Athletic); David Hutton, goalkeeper (retired); Dean McMaster, midfielder; Jake Hastie, forward; Alex King, midfielder; Lewis McGrattan, midfielder; Aidan Wilson, defender.

Loan ended: Owen Stirton, forward (Dundee United); Sam Cleall-Harding, defender (Dundee United); Harry Stone, goalkeeper (Heart of Midlothian); Charlie McArthur, defender (Newcastle United); Scott Constable, defender (Dundee United).

Alloa Athletic

In: Flynn McCafferty, midfielder (Falkirk); Ross Stewart, goalkeeper (Queen of the South); Josh Walker, forward (Elgin City).

Out: Conor Sammon, forward (retired); Kalvin Orsi, forward (Hamilton Academical); Reece Mullen, midfielder (Caledonian Braves); David McKay, defender (The Spartans); Daniel Church, defender; Tochukwu Ogayi, goalkeeper; Andy Clarke, midfielder.

Loan ended: Calum Adamson, midfielder (Rangers); Josh Gentles, forward (Rangers); Callum Burnside, forward (Rangers); Lewis Stewart, forward (Rangers); Charlie Dewar, defender (Dundee United); Liam McFarlane, goalkeeper (Heart of Midlothian).

Cove Rangers

In: Aaron Fraser, midfielder (Aberdeen); Tristan Stephen, forward (Aberdeen); Victor Enem, defender (Arbroath); Jordan White, forward (Ross County); Destiny Oladipo, forward (East Fife); Max Berry, midfielder (Peterhead); Mark Souter, defender (Inverurie Locos).

Out: Declan Glass, midfielder (Montrose); Mitch Megginson, forward (Peterhead); Blair Yule, midfielder (Peterhead); Grady McGrath, forward (Banks O’Dee); David Eguaibor, forward; Justin Eguaibor, defender; Mackenzie Strachan, midfielder.

Loan ended: Lewis O’Donnell (Dundee United); Lewis Carrol, defender (Aberdeen); Cooper Masson, midfielder (Aberdeen); Joseph Teasdale, forward (Aberdeen); Adam Emslie, midfielder (Ross County).

Loan out: Jack Robertson, goalkeeper (Banks O’ Dee).

East Fife

In: Derek Gaston, goalkeeper (Stirling Albion); Myles Gaffney (Annan Athletic, loan to permanent); Cammie Ross, forward (Bonnyrigg Rose); Tom Milne, defender (St Andrews United); Tyrell Skeen-Hamilton, forward (Chasetown).

Out: Michael McKenna, midfielder (Arbroath); Destiny Oladipo, forward (Cove Rangers); Connor McManus (Kelty Hearts); Alan Trouten, midfielder (Benburb); Omar El Harek, midfielder; Dennis Halliday, forward; Robbie Hemfrey, goalkeeper; Joe Halsey, defender; Seff Khyyam, forward; Gregor Nicol, forward; Shea Scally, midfielder.

Loan ended: Ruairidh Adams, goalkeeper (Dundee United); Sam Culbert, forward (Livingston); Lewis Latona, midfielder (Livingston); Freddie Rowe, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic).

East Kilbride

In: Owen Calder, defender (Hibernian); Andrew Kyle, defender (Celtic, loan to permanent); Shay Kelly, goalkeeper (St Mirren); Chris McKenna, defender (Hailstorm); Rhys Armstrong (Airdrieonians); Ally Spalding, midfielder (Arbroath); Craig McGuffie, midfielder (Peterhead); Aaron Steele, defender (Peterhead); Finlay Gray, midfielder (Stenhousemuir); Euan Ross, midfielder (Queen of the South); Malik Zaid, midfielder (Edinburgh City, undisclosed); Darragh O’Connor, defender (York City).

Out: Rhys Breen, defender (Portadown); John Robertson (Raith Rovers); Jordan McGregor, defender (Edinburgh City); Jack Leitch, midfielder (Edinburgh City); Lewis Dobbie, forward (Stranraer); Lewis Spence, midfielder (Dumbarton); Joe Morrison, goalkeeper (Elgin City); Timam Scott, forward (Clyde); Erik Sula, defender (Caledonian Braves); Jackson Mylchreest, forward (Bo’ness United); Bruce Strachan, midfielder.

Loan ended: Bobby McLuckie, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Sam Young, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Connor Young, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Kerr Robertson, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Craig Hepburn, goalkeeper (St Johnstone).

Hamilton Academical

In: Andy Ryan, forward (Larne); Dom Thomas, forward (Airdrieonians); Aaron Comrie, defender (Greenock Morton); Cameron Blues, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Fergus Owens, defender (Greenock Morton); Taylor Sutherland, forward (Montrose); Kalvin Orsi, forward (Alloa Athletic).

Out: Kevin O’Hara, forward (Larne); Oli Shaw, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Kayden Aitken, midfielder; Ben Reilly, defender; Zak Flatman, defender; Cole Stirling, midfielder; Finlay Cameron, midfielder.

Loan ended: Kai Smutek, defender (Heart of Midlothian); Zander Hutton, defender (Rangers); Ewan Simpson, midfielder (Aston Villa); Campbell Forrest, midfielder (Motherwell); Gregor Crookston, defender (Heart of Midlothian).

Loan out: Neil Stafford, goalkeeper (Forfar Athletic).

Montrose

In: Shaun Byrne, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Sean McGinty, defender (Airdrieonians); Jamie Barjonas, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Declan Glass, midfielder (Cove Rangers); Flynn Duffy, defender (Peterhead).

Out: Taylor Sutherland, forward (Hamilton Academical); Craig Brown, midfielder (Stirling Albion, undisclosed); Evan Towler, defender (Elgin City); Kerr Waddell, defender (Dundee North End); Ross Matthews, goalkeeper (Dundee North End, loan to permanent, undisclosed); Terry Masson, midfielder (retired); Andrew Steeves, defender.

Loan ended: Harry Sharp, goalkeeper (Dundee); Callum Sandilands (Heart of Midlothian); Gus Stevenson (Heart of Midlothian); Euan Glasgow, defender (Heart of Midlothian); Tommy North, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Lewis Gibson, forward (Raith Rovers).

Peterhead

In: Mitch Megginson, forward (Cove Rangers); Blair Yule, midfielder (Cove Rangers); Lewis McKelvie, goalkeeper (Dundee); Robel Teklemichael, midfielder (unattached).

Loan in: Zak To, midfielder (Aberdeen); Jack Searle, midfielder (Aberdeen); Lewis Carrol, defender (Aberdeen).

Out: Kieran Shanks, forward (Ayr United, undisclosed); Max Berry, midfielder (Cove Rangers); Craig McGuffie, midfielder (East Kilbride); Aaron Steele, defender (East Kilbride); Flynn Duffy, defender (Montrose); Oliver Colloty, forward (Elgin City, loan to permanent); Rob Jones, forward; Caleb Goldie, defender.

Loan ended: Mackenzie Ross, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Henry James, defender (Heart of Midlothian); Lewis McKelvie, goalkeeper (Dundee).

Queen of the South

In: Nicky Clark, manager (player to player/manager); Trevor Carson, goalkeeper (Dundee); Zander MacKenzie, defender (Partick Thistle, loan to permanent); Christopher McQueen, defender (Edinburgh City).

Out: Peter Murphy, manager; Mikey Hewitt, defender (Portadown); Reece Lyon, midfielder (Ayr United); Ross Stewart, goalkeeper (Alloa Athletic); Jordan Allan, forward (Stirling Albion); Euan Ross, midfielder (East Kilbride); Matty Douglas, defender (Workington); Brennan Dickenson, midfielder; Lawton Green, goalkeeper.

Loan ended: Jamie Sneddon, goalkeeper (Falkirk); Cole Burke, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Kian Leslie, forward (Kilmarnock); Callum Penman, defender (St Mirren); Menzi Mazwi, midfielder (Birmingham City); Seb Mason, forward (Carlisle United).

Ross County

In: Brian Graham, forward (Falkirk); Bradley Wade, goalkeeper (Ballymena United); Richard Chin, forward (Raith Rovers, undisclosed); Chris Hamilton, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic); Lewis Strapp, defender (Airdrieonians); Jack Turner, midfielder (Woking); Luke McCarvel, forward (Kelty Hearts); Lewis Reid, defender (Stranraer, undisclosed).

Out: Noah Chilvers, midfielder (Oldham Athletic, undisclosed); Arron Lyall, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Ben Crompton, defender (Kidderminster Harriers); Jordan White, forward (Cove Rangers); Uche Ikpeazu, forward; Declan Gallagher, defender; Alex Iacovitti, defender; Jay Henderson, midfielder; Ross Laidlaw, goalkeeper.

Loan ended: Trevor Carson, goalkeeper (Dundee); Sean Mackie, defender (Falkirk); Ryan Duncan, defender (Aberdeen); James Scott, forward (St Mirren); Miller Thomson, forward (Dundee United); Levis Pitan, defender (Piast Gliwice); Kaedyn Kamara, midfielder (Preston North End); Jayden Carbon, forward (Middlesbrough).