Scottish Football

St Johnstone battered Inverness CT and will stay in the top flight after all.

Football returned with the first group games of the League Cup

Annan Athletic won at Queen of the South 3-2, Buckie Thistle drew with Ross County 1-1 and Arbroath beat St Mirren 1-0 in notable results.

Dundee beat Hamilton 2-0 and Dunfermline won 2-0 away to East Fife

Bloody hell, plus ca change.

In League Cup group action after 3 matches. Aberdeen look to have qualified for Group A,

Kilmarnock and Parrick Thistle should qualify from Group B,

Ross County and Dunfermline should qualify from Group C

Falkirk should qualify from Group D with Hibs hopes hanging by a string after they lost the penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw with Morton where they missed all 4 penalties in their last game

The winner of Arbroath or Airdrie should qualify from Group E

Annan have qualified unbeaten in Group F, StJohnstons could still qualify if they beat Ayr United.

Inverness look to have qualified from Group G

Dundee look to have qualified from Group H with the winner of Hamilton v Queens Park likely to join them

Highland and Lowland Leagues started Saturday. Fort William seem to have been relegated. Or been Kevorkianed.

East Stirling find themselves in a division which now includes Hearts B, and an odd number of teams - 19. What dipstick let that one pass?

E Stirling finally got a match, which they drew.

Cowdenbeath's chances of a quick return have started with 2 defeats out of 2.

Motherwell out of Europe at the hands of the fearsomely titanic, er, Sligo Rovers.

Hamilton finished with 9 men but held Morton to a draw. East Stirling got a draw as well.

But Dunfermline got a win.

East Stirling lost to fellow strugglers Cumbernauld Colts last night and drop into the bottom 4.

Dundee United v AZ Alkmaar live on BBC Scotland 8pm kickoff

Dundee Utd let themselves down in Europe.

Dunfermline 3 wins out of 3.

Kelty Hearts and Cove Rangers finding things tougher so far this year.