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

Annan Athletic

In: Aaron Muirhead, defender (Arbroath); Cammy Cooper, forward (Airdrieonians); Ally Roy, forward (Dumbarton); Lennon Connolly, forward (Clyde); Kirk McKnight, midfielder (Stranraer); Corey O’Donnell, forward (Stranraer); Brannan McDermott, defender (Glenafton Athletic); Daniel Martins, defender (Caledonian Braves).

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Loan in: Sam Murdoch, goalkeeper (Greenock Morton).

Out: Myles Gaffney (East Fife, loan to permanent); Tommy Goss, forward (Threave Rovers); Paul McGowan, midfielder; Joel Mumbongo, forward; Ryan Muir, defender; Euan Deveney, defender; Gio Clarke, goalkeeper.

Loan ended: Timam Scott, forward (Queen’s Park); Josiah Sowa, forward (Queen’s Park); Darryl Carrick, defender (Queen’s Park).

Clyde

In: Jamie Bradley, midfielder (Queen’s Park); Timam Scott, forward (East Kilbride); Bruce Strachan, midfielder (East Kilbride); Nathan Cannon, forward (Forfar Athletic, loan to permanent); Lewis Lovering, midfielder (Troon); Thomas Cruden, forward (St Cadoc’s).

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Loan in: Jay Hogarth, goalkeeper (Falkirk); Liam Rooney, defender (Partick Thistle).

Out: Jay Hogarth, goalkeeper (Falkirk); Brian Kinnear, goalkeeper (Greenock Morton); Tommy Robson, defender (Dumbarton); Robbie Leitch, midfielder (Edinburgh City); Liam Scullion, midfielder (Elgin City); Lennon Connolly, forward (Annan Athletic); Mouhamed Niang, midfielder; Ross Lyon, defender; Shay Nevans, forward.

Loan ended: Aiden McGinlay, forward (Queen’s Park).

Dumbarton

In: Connor Campbell, defender (Rangers); Scott Tomlinson, midfielder (Ayr United); David Craig, midfielder (Ayr United); Tommy Robson, defender (Clyde); Lewis Spence, midfielder (East Kilbride); Deryn Lang, forward (Stranraer); Hayden McSpadyen, midfielder (Forth Wanderers).

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Loan in: Aidan Rice, goalkeeper (Celtic); Josiah Sowa, forward (Queen’s Park).

Out: Shay Kelly, goalkeeper (East Kilbride); Ally Roy, forward (Annan Athletic); Adam Livingstone, defender (Forfar Athletic); Gordon Walker, defender (Kelty Hearts); Morgyn Neill, defender (Elgin City, loan to permanent); Mark Durnan, defender (Johnstone Burgh); Brett Long, goalkeeper (Johnstone Burgh); Oluwatobi Joseph, defender; Jack Duncan, forward; Aaron Brown, forward.

Loan ended: Alexander Smith, midfielder (Rangers); Scott Tomlinson, midfielder (Ayr United).

Edinburgh City

In: Ricky Waugh, midfielder (Queen’s Park); Jack Leitch, midfielder (East Kilbride); Robbie Leitch, midfielder (Clyde); Jordan McGregor, defender (East Kilbride); Shea Dowie (Gala Fairydean Rovers); Cammy McKinley, forward (Tranent); Chris McGinn, defender (Civil Service Strollers, undisclosed); Josh Grigor, defender (Tranent); Lennon Walker (Caledonian Braves).

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Out: Malik Zaid, midfielder (East Kilbride, undisclosed); Christopher McQueen, defender (Queen of the South); Christopher McQueen, Olly McDonald, forward.

Loan ended: Divine Iserhienrhien, forward (Airdrieonians); Cole Williams, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Dylan Williams, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Erik Sula, defender (East Kilbride); Shea Dowie, goalkeeper (Gala Fairydean Rovers).

Loan in: Tommy North, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Stanley Wilson, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian).

Elgin City

In: Keiron Willox, forward (Stoke City); Joe Morrison, goalkeeper (East Kilbride); Evan Towler, defender (Montrose); Oliver Colloty, forward (Peterhead, loan to permanent); Liam Scullion, midfielder (Clyde); Matty Grant, defender (Stranraer); Morgyn Neill, defender (Dumbarton, loan to permanent).

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Loan in: Aaron Cummings, midfielder (Aberdeen); Bradley Chikomo, forward (Aberdeen).

Out: Allan Hale, manager; Josh Walker, forward (Alloa Athletic); Thomas McHale, goalkeeper (Nairn County); Ryan Sargent, midfielder (Fraserburgh); Josh O’Connor, forward (Berwick Rangers); Connall Ewan, defender (Brora Rangers); Matthew Cooper, defender; Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia, midfielder; Oliver Kelly, goalkeeper.

Loan ended: Dylan Ross, defender (Aberdeen); Alisdair Spalding, midfielder (Arbroath); Robbie Thompson, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle).

Forfar Athletic

In: Adam Livingstone, defender (Dumbarton); Aaron Arnott, midfielder (Kelty Hearts); Adam Brown, midfielder (Stirling Albion).

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Loan in: Neil Stafford, goalkeeper (Hamilton Academical).

Out: Stuart Morrison, defender (Arbroath, undisclosed); Nathan Cannon, forward (Clyde, loan to permanent); Lewis Lorimer (Banks O’Dee, undisclosed).

Loan ended: Mason Munn, goalkeeper (Rangers); Cormac Christie, forward (Rangers); Aiden Haddow, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian); Scott Bright, defender (St Johnstone); Jake Sutherland, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Matthew Strachan, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle).

Kelty Hearts

In: Jamie Smith, goalkeeper (Livingston); Callum Hannah, defender (Raith Rovers); Brody Paterson, defender (Arbroath); Connor McManus, midfielder (East Fife); Ryan Shanley, forward (Stirling Albion); Gordon Walker, defender (Dumbarton); Kallum Higginbotham, forward (Bonnyrigg Rose); Finn Moffett, forward (University of Stirling).

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Out: Luke McCarvel, midfielder (Ross County); Aaron Arnott, midfielder (Forfar Athletic); Murray Thomas, defender (Stirling Albion); Kyle Gourlay, goalkeeper (Brechin City); Arran Pettifer, midfielder.

Loan ended: Jack Wyllie, defender (Rangers); Cooper Masson, midfielder (Aberdeen); Sam Fisher, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Cameron Cooper, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Alasdair Davidson, defender (Dunfermline Athletic).

Loan out: Grant Leitch, midfielder (Berwick Rangers).

The Spartans

In: Mackenzie Ross, forward (Heart of Midlothian); David McKay, defender (Alloa Athletic); Ben Heal, midfielder (University of Stirling).

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Loan in: Matthew Mudie, defender (Dundee United).

Out: Callum Booth, defender (retired); Kevin Waugh, defender (Stirling Albion); Josh Laing, defender (Bonnyrigg Rose); Kieren Watson, defender (Bonnyrigg Rose); Mackenzie Scott, forward (Bonnyrigg Rose); Steven Lawless, midfielder; Given Ndlovu, forward; Sam Coats, midfielder; Paul Watson, defender; James Clare, defender; Adam Meek, goalkeeper.

Loan ended: Kenzi Nair, defender (Heart of Midlothian); Jake Davidson, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle).

Stirling Albion

In: Steven Whittaker, manager (Ayr United); Josh Mullin, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Barry Hepburn, forward (Manningham United); Craig Brown, midfielder (Montrose, undisclosed); Jordan Allan, forward (Queen of the South); Murray Thomas, defender (Kelty Hearts); Kevin Waugh, defender (The Spartans); Andrew McNeil, goalkeeper (Brechin City).

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Out: Derek Gaston, goalkeeper (East Fife); Ryan Shanley, forward (Kelty Hearts); Adam Brown, midfielder (Forfar Athletic); Harley Ewen, defender (East Stirlingshire); Kyle Scott, defender (Sauchie); Dale Hilson, forward; Cooper Knox, midfielder; Mackenzie Carse, midfielder; Corey Thomson, forward; Aaron Weir, midfielder; Aidan Cannon, midfielder.

Loan ended: Arran Kerr, defender (Rangers); Connor Campbell, defender (Rangers); Harry Welsh, forward (Dundee United); Billy Hutchison, midfielder (St Mirren); Dylan Wells, forward (Motherwell); Caleb Goldie, defender (Peterhead).

Stranraer

In: Dean Clelland, forward (Hibernian, loan to permanent); Dom Plank, forward (Heart of Midlothian, loan to permanent); Murray Binnie, forward (St Johnstone); Lewis Dobbie, forward (East Kilbride); Connor Cameron, defender (Renfrew); Aaron Healy, forward (Arthurlie); Mark McLuckie, defender (Bo’ness United).

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Loan in: Archie Traynor, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Lewis Gillie, defender (Hibernian); Zach Bruce, midfielder (Hibernian).

Out: Lewis Reid, defender (Ross County, undisclosed); Deryn Lang, forward (Dumbarton); Corey O’Donnell, forward (Annan Athletic); Kirk McKnight, midfielder (Annan Athletic); Matty Grant, defender (Elgin City); Sallu Turay, forward (Linlithgow Rose); Lewis Hunter, midfielder (Caledonian Braves); Tommy Sharp, midfielder; Sean Docherty, defender; Ryan Edgar, forward; Robbie Foster, forward; Kirk McKnight, defender.

Loan ended: Lyndon Tas, goalkeeper (Heart of Midlothian); Matthew Gillies, defender (Heart of Midlothian); Joe McGrath, defender (Hibernian).