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

Arbroath

In: Andy Winter, forward (Livingston); Michael McKenna, midfielder (East Fife); Scott McGill, midfielder (Stenhousemuir); Brody Paterson, defender (Kelty Hearts); Stuart Morrison, defender (Forfar Athletic, undisclosed).

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Loan in: Cormac Daly, forward (Heart of Midlothian).

Out: Harry Cochrane, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Jack Wilkie, defender (Livingston); Dapo Mebude, forward (Airdrieonians); Victor Enem, defender (Cove Rangers); Ally Spalding, midfielder (East Kilbride); Aaron Muirhead, defender (Annan Athletic); Ross Callachan, midfielder.

Loan ended: Findlay Marshall, midfielder (Aberdeen); Aidan Nesbitt, midfielder (Falkirk); Jacob MacIntyre, defender (Hibernian); Tom Lang, defender (Falkirk); Luke Kenny, defender (St Mirren); Lewis Gillie, defender (Hibernian).

Ayr United

In: Gary Naysmith, manager (Stenhousemuir); Leon King, defender (Rangers, loan to permanent); Ben Summers, midfielder (Celtic, loan to permanent); Luke McBeth, defender (Partick Thistle, undisclosed); Ross Taylor, forward (Stenhousemuir, undisclosed); Kieran Shanks, forward (Peterhead, undisclosed); Reece Lyon, midfielder (Queen of the South).

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Loan in: Harry Stone, goalkeeper (Heart of Midlothian); Owen Stirton, forward (Dundee United).

Out: John Rankin, interim manager (Airdrieonians); Lucas McRoberts, forward (Bangor); George Oakley, forward (Raith Rovers); Ben Dempsey, midfielder (Partick Thistle); David Mitchell, goalkeeper (Queen’s Park); Scott Tomlinson, midfielder (Dumbarton); David Craig, midfielder (Dumbarton); Curtis Main, forward; Anton Dowds, forward; Stuart Bannigan, midfielder.

Loan out: Kenzie Mitchell, midfielder (Auchinleck Talbot); Ollie Ecrepont, goalkeeper (Auchinleck Talbot).

Dunfermline Athletic

In: Aston Oxborough, goalkeeper (Motherwell, loan to permanent, undisclosed); Kian Corbally, midfielder (Ballymena United, undisclosed); Musa Dibaga, goalkeeper (Crusaders, undisclosed); Luke Robinson, defender (Wigan Athletic); Oli Shaw, forward (Hamilton Academical).

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Loan in: Sam Cleall-Harding, defender (Dundee United).

Out: Matty Todd, midfielder (St Johnstone); Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen, defender (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed); Sam Young, defender (Stenhousemuir); Chris Hamilton, midfielder (Ross County); Sam Fisher, defender (Airdrieonians); Keiran Ngwenya, defender; Deniz Mehmet, goalkeeper; Tashan Oakley-Boothe, midfielder; Ewan Otoo, defender; Kane Ritchie-Hosler, forward; Liam Hoggan, defender.

Loan ended: Graham Carey, midfielder (Livingston); Olly Thomas, forward (Bristol City); Freddie Turley, defender (Derby County).

Greenock Morton

In: Jayden Gorman, forward (Dubai City); Bobby McLuckie, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Harry Cochrane, midfielder (Arbroath); Grant Savoury, midfielder (Queen’s Park); Brian Kinnear, goalkeeper (Clyde); Laiith Fairnie, defender (Eastbourne Borough); Joey O’Toole, midfielder (Jersey Bulls).

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Loan in: Callum Sandilands, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian).

Out: Zak Delaney, defender (Raith Rovers); Aaron Comrie, defender (Hamilton Academical); Cameron Blues, midfielder (Hamilton Academical); Kian Taylor, forward (Airdrieonians); Fergus Owens, defender (Hamilton Academical); Ali Crawford, midfielder; Nathan Shaw, midfielder; Owen Moffat, midfielder; Zak McKay, midfielder.

Loan ended: James Storer, goalkeeper (Wolverhampton Wanderers); Reuben Lopata-White, defender (Leeds United); Murray Johnson, goalkeeper (Hibernian); Curtis Main, forward (Ayr United); Arron Lyall, midfielder (Ross County).

Loan out: Sam Murdoch, goalkeeper (Annan Athletic).

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle

In: Graeme Shinnie, midfielder (Aberdeen); Kerr Smith, defender (Aston Villa); Ryan Duncan, midfielder (Aberdeen); Noa Boutin, defender (Bournemouth); Liam Sole, midfielder (Livingston, loan to permanent); Hamzad Kargbo, forward (Maidstone United).

Loan in: Alfie Bavidge, forward (Aberdeen); Alfie Stewart, midfielder (Aberdeen); Morgan Bates, forward (Swansea City).

Out: Ross Millen, defender (Raith Rovers); Sam Nixon, defender (Brora Rangers); Robbie Thompson, midfielder (Strathspey Thistle); Oscar MacIntyre, defender; Jake Davidson, midfielder; Chanka Zimba, forward; Matthew Strachan, defender; Ben Gardiner, forward; Jack Walker, defender.

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Loan ended: Alfie Stewart, forward (Aberdeen); Mitchell Robertson, defender (Celtic); Ben Brannan, defender (Kilmarnock); Kieron Willox, midfielder (Stoke City).

Loan out: Jake Rodgers, midfielder (Brora Rangers); James Clark, defender (Brora Rangers); Archie Kerr, defender (Brora Rangers).

Livingston

In: Glenn Whelan, head coach; Liam Polworth, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Sam Nicholson, midfielder (Motherwell); Bradly van Hoeven, forward (Motor Lublin); Besir Iseni, defender (Dukagjini); Cammy Palmer, midfielder (Glentoran); Joe Boggan, forward (Blackburn Rovers); Tyrese Sinclair, forward (York City); Jack Wilkie, defender (Arbroath); Jordan Doherty, defender (Raith Rovers).

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Out: Marvin Bartley, head coach (Stenhousemuir); Lewis Smith, forward (Aberdeen, undisclosed); Tete Yengi, forward (Machida Zelvia, loan to permanent, undisclosed); Jannik Wanner, forward (St Polten); Dan Finlayson, defender (St Johnstone); Danny Wilson, defender (Sporting Club Jacksonville); Andy Winter, forward (Arbroath); Liam Sole, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, loan to permanent); Jamie Smith, goalkeeper (Kelty Hearts); Scott Arfield, midfielder; Mo Sylla, midfielder; Joel Nouble, forward; Barrie McKay, forward; Jeremy Bokila, forward; Andrew Shinnie, forward; Samson Lawal, midfielder; Graham Carey, midfielder; Lewis Latona, midfielder; Codi Stark, defender.

Loan ended: Alex Tamm, forward (Olimpija Ljubljana); Macaulay Tait, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian).

Partick Thistle

In: Oisin Smyth, midfielder (St Mirren, loan to permanent); Ethan Ingram, defender (Dundee, loan to permanent); Josh Clarke, goalkeeper (Celtic, loan to permanent); Ben McPherson, defender (Celtic, loan to permanent); Ben Dempsey, midfielder (Ayr United); Seb Drodz, forward (Queen’s Park); Euan Henderson, forward (Airdrieonians).

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Loan in: Liam McFarlane, goalkeeper (Heart of Midlothian).

Out: Logan Chalmers, forward (St Johnstone); Luke McBeth, defender (Ayr United, undisclosed); Scott Martin, midfielder (Queen’s Park, loan to permanent); Kyle Turner, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Zander MacKenzie, defender (Queen of the South, loan to permanent); Dan MacKay, forward; Che Campbell, midfielder; Luis Cameron, goalkeeper.

Loan ended: Fraser Taylor, midfielder (St Mirren).

Loan out: Josh Clarke, goalkeeper (Doncaster Rovers); Liam Rooney, defender (Clyde).

Queen’s Park

In: Jack Hamilton, forward (Raith Rovers); David Mitchell, goalkeeper (Ayr United); Scott Martin, midfielder (Partick Thistle, loan to permanent).

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Loan in: Ben Brannan, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Aiden McCallion, midfielder (Rangers); Lewis Stewart, forward (Rangers).

Out: Calum Ferrie, goalkeeper (Kilmarnock, undisclosed); Harris Afzal, defender (Southampton, undisclosed); Henry Fieldson, defender (St Mirren); Grant Savoury, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Seb Drodz, forward (Partick Thistle); Liam McLeish, forward (Airdrieonians); Timam Scott, forward (East Kilbride); Jamie Bradley, midfielder (Clyde); Ricky Waugh, midfielder (Edinburgh City); Roddy MacGregor, midfielder; Niko Ujdur, defender; Leo Clark, midfielder; Michael Collie, midfielder; Connor Falls, forward; Leo Fisher, defender; Sam MacLachlan, midfielder; Daniel Matheson, midfielder; Mason Davies, forward.

Loan out: Josiah Sowa, forward (Dumbarton); Archie Aitchison, goalkeeper (Gretna 2008).

Raith Rovers

In: George Oakley, forward (Ayr United); Kyle Turner, midfielder (Partick Thistle); Charlie Telfer, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Zak Delaney, defender (Greenock Morton); Arron Lyall, midfielder (Ross County); Ross Millen, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); John Robertson, forward (East Kilbride).

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Loan in: Luke Armstrong, goalkeeper (Cardiff City).

Out: Aidan Glavin, goalkeeper (Linfield); Jordan Doherty, midfielder (Livingston); Jack Hamilton, forward (Queen’s Park); Richard Chin, forward (Ross County, undisclosed); Shaun Byrne, midfielder (Montrose); Calum Hannah, defender (Kelty Hearts); Josh Mullin, midfielder (Stirling Albion); Ross Matthews, midfielder (Bentleigh Greens); Logan Raeside, midfielder.

Loan ended: Ewan Wilson, defender (Motherwell); Paul Nsio, midfielder (Rangers); Andrew Winter, forward (Livingston); Innes Cameron, forward (Barrow); Darragh O’Connor, defender (York City).

Stenhousemuir

In: Marvin Bartley, manager; Scott Bright, defender (St Johnstone); Sam Young, defender (Dunfermline Athletic).

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Loan in: Callum Penman, defender (St Mirren); Lewis Hodgkiss, midfielder (St Mirren); Gus Stevenson, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian); Matthew Gillies, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian).

Out: Gary Naysmith, manager (Ayr United); Ross Taylor, forward (Ayr United, undisclosed); Scott McGill, midfielder (Arbroath); Finlay Gray, midfielder (East Kilbride); Kelsey Ewen, defender (retired).

Loan ended: Olly Whyte, midfielder (Motherwell); Kane Ritchie-Hosler, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Zeke Cameron, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic).