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Scotsman
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
What channel is Hearts v Dumbarton? TV and live stream details for Premier Sports Cup clash
How to watch Hearts v Dumbarton Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Hearts conclude their Premier Sports Cup group stage campaign when they host Dumbarton at Tynecastle Park on Wednesday. Derek McInnes' side boast an 100 per cent record so far in the competition and already have one foot in the last 16 after comfortable victories over Dunfermline, Hamilton Accies and Stirling Albion, scoring four goals on each occasion. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Hearts need only draw with the Sons, who were relegated from League One last season after receiving a 15-point deduction for entering administration, to secure top spot in Group E and place in the hat for the next round but anything other than a home victory over part-time opponents would be a setback for McInnes after what has been a largely positive start to his reign. Dumbarton have three points from two matches thus far after following a 1-0 win over Stirling Albion with a 4-0 defeat by Dunfermline. Heart of Midlothian host Dumbarton in the Premier Sports Cup on Wednesday. (Photo by Mark Scates / SNS Group) | SNS Group Hearts v Dumbarton match details The Premier Sports Cup Group E fixture takes place at Tynecastle Park on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Kick-off is 7.45pm. Hearts v Dumbarton TV channel The match is not being shown on TV, but will be available to watch online (see below). Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Hearts v Dumbarton live stream The match will be shown live on the Premier Sports website and app, which requires a subscription. Details on how to subscribe can be found here. Hearts v Dumbarton team news Hearts will be without Christian Borchgrevink after the Norwegian right-back suffered a hamstring injury against Stirling. Craig Gordon and Jamie McCart also remain sidelined. New signing Sabah Kerjota could make the squad, although Derek McInnes admitted the Albanian winger needs time to get up to speed. Dom Docherty and Adam Livingstone return from injury for Dumbarton meaning that Brett Long remains the only absentee.
Scotsman
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hearts team v Dumbarton: Plenty changes for final Premier Sports Cup tie in predicted XI
Derek McInnes leads Hearts into their final Premier Sports Cup Group E fixture tonight against Dumbarton at Tynecastle Park. Victory will secure the Edinburgh club a seeding berth for the last-16 of the competition following comfortable wins over Dunfermline, Hamilton and Stirling Albion. The head coach is likely to again make several changes to his starting line-up after Saturday's 4-0 victory at Forthbank. League Two Dumbarton should not provide an overly stern test for Hearts, who are preparing for the Scottish Premiership kick-off in less than two weeks' time.
Scotsman
a day ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hearts' plan for Finlay Pollock as the club explain the midfielder's situation
New SPFL season brings hope after youngster's loan move in 2024/25 Sign up to our Hearts newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Finlay Pollock today received reassurance that he is in Hearts' plans this season as he recovers from hamstring surgery. Head coach Derek McInnes explained the midfielder's situation to the Edinburgh News after watching him on loan at Raith Rovers last season. Pollock is one of the most promising youngsters to emerge from the Riccarton youth academy in recent years but persistent injury problems prevented him establishing a first-team place. He was loaned to East Fife in 2022 and spent all of last season on loan in Kirkcaldy, playing 25 times and scoring six goals. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad His campaign ended prematurely in April when a hamstring tear required an operation and he returned to Hearts, where he signed a contract extension until 2027. The 21-year-old is now working on fitness as he aims to join first-team training sessions under McInnes. Hearts intend to keep him with the senior squad this season as McInnes admitted he liked what he saw of the player last term. 'Finlay has still to tick a lot of boxes with the medical team. He is still about two to three weeks away from joining in with me,' explained the head coach. 'He hasn't trained with us yet, he's still with the medical team. He has still to do his high-speed running, his maximum output running. This week is a big week for him in terms of getting through that. Once he can tick that box this week, I think maybe he's about 10 days away from starting to get slowly integrated with us through training. 'For full training, I still think he's two to three weeks away. Obviously, I watched a bit of Raith last season and I enjoyed watching Finlay. We'll look to try and have him as part of the squad. That's the intention.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Premier Sports Cup and SPFL Premiership games on the horizon Hearts are preparing for their final Premier Sports Cup Group E tie against League Two Dumbarton at Tynecastle Park on Wednesday evening. McInnes will again look to utilise his squad and give game time to some players who were not involved in Saturday's 4-0 win at Stirling Albion. A win over Dumbarton would complete a 100 per cent record and earn Hearts a seeding for the knockout round. McInnes explained the value of winning as the new Premiership season looms with an opening game against Aberdeen at Tynecastle on Monday, 4 August. 'I think building momentum is important,' he said. 'People say to me: 'Oh, that first game proper against Aberdeen.' These are proper games in the League Cup and we're trying to demonstrate that. The only downside about the League Cup games coming quickly is the fact that you can't play two and three friendly games a week and utilise the full squad. This is the biggest squad I've ever had to work with. 'Normally, when you're playing pre-season games, you can get 11 on and 11 off, or you can arrange another game the next day and you've got a totally different team to play 90 minutes. When the League Cup comes you can't be too frivolous with it all or underplay it. You've got to be ready and you've just got to sometimes make sure you pick out a strong team.'
BBC News
4 days ago
- 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).
BBC News
15-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Key step forward' as St Mirren confirm player development partnerships
St Mirren have announced strategic partnerships with League Two side Dumbarton and Lowland League club Clydebank as part of the Scottish FA's new cooperation initiative was passed earlier this year to help improve player development in Scotland by providing more opportunities for young Mirren say the system allows them to "place a maximum of three players, who are eligible to play for Scotland and are under the age of 21, on a cooperation list". These players are then able to move freely between St Mirren, Dumbarton and part of the agreement, Buddies youngsters Carrick McEvoy, Thomas Falconer and Theo McCormick have all joined Dumbarton, while Billy Hutchison will link up with Mirren manager Stephen Robinson said: "I firmly believe in the loan system to develop our young players and something that hindered that previously was not being able to bring them back at certain stages or leaving yourself short in numbers."With the cooperation agreement, we are able to get them into men's football to develop under other coaches. Hopefully, we can also help the coaches and the clubs they are going to. It will be a great benefit for both parties."St Mirren chief operating officer Keith Lasley added: "As per the Scottish FA's transition report, it has been shown, as a country, that we need to try and produce more young footballers for the national team."From a club point of view, it's something we want to do as well. We see these cooperation agreements as a key step forward in allowing us to be more strategic in our planning and think long-term rather than what has been traditionally a short-term, reactive process."
