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D&K Lafferty Cup 2026 Round-up

The Oban Saints preseason tournament sponsored by D&K Lafferty Contractors defied miserable weather conditions to produce an excellent day of football at Mossfield Stadium and Oban Lorne Rugby Club last Saturday 4th July. The 30th playing of Oban Saints flagship event once again welcomed a large crowd of locals and visitors who were treated to a high standard of football despite the decidedly soggy conditions. The hosts were joined on this occasion by cup holders Kilmarnock a

Awards Night 2026

Oban Saints Amateur Football Club held their annual awards night at Glencruitten Golf Club on the evening of Saturday 27th June where refreshments and a buffet kept the large turnout of players, management, committee members and supporters suitably fed and watered for the presentation and fund-raising race night. Club Secretary David Buchanan extended a warm welcome to everybody who had come along to support what has become an extremely important event on the Club's calendar

Saints At The Double

Saturday 13th June 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Oban Saints 3 - 0 FC Pather Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Kevin McIntyre Saints' Captain Scott Maitland lifts the Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership trophy The Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership season concluded at Oban High School last Saturday 13th June where Oban Saints faced strongly fa

Saints Victorious In M&M Trophy Final

Saturday 30th May 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy & McIntyre Trophy Final Oban Saints 2 - 1 AFC Chryston Hamish B. Allan Stadium 69 Toryglen Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1HZ Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Kevin McIntyre Assistant Referee Mr Will Gracie Assistant Referee Mr Kane Maxwell Fourth Official Mr James McNeil Oban Saints McAvoy and McIntyre Trophy Winners 2026 Following their Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy and McIntyre Trophy

Saints Advance To M&M Trophy Final

Saturday 23rd May 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy & McIntyre Trophy Semi-Final Oban Saints 4 - 1 Knightswood Hamish B. Allan Stadium 69 Toryglen Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1HZ Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Derek Dempster Assistant Referee Mr Will Gracie Assistant Referee John Hodge Oban Saints confirmed their place in the final of the Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy and McIntyre Trophy with a hard-fought victory over Knightswood at

Saints Confirm M&M Trophy Semi-Final Place

Saturday 2nd May 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy & McIntyre Trophy Group A Oban Saints 1 - 1 Nethercraigs Saints win 4 - 3 on penalty kicks Glencruitten 2 Mossfield Avenue Oban Argyll PA34 4EH Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Jimmy Litster Oban Saints confirmed their place in the semi-finals of the Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy and McIntyre Trophy thanks to a penalty shoot-out victory over Nethercraigs at Glencruitten last Saturday 2

Cinema Cup Exit For Saints

Saturday 18th April 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Cinema Cup Quarter Final Oban Saints 0 - 3 FC Pather Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 1.00pm Referee Mr Kevin McIntyre Oban Saints nine-game unbeaten run finally came to an end last Saturday 18th April with defeat at the hands of West of Scotland Amateur Cup semi-finalists FC Pather. The Wishaw men capitalised on missed Saints' chances to end the home side's interest

Saints Edge Ten-Goal Thriller

Saturday 11th April 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy & McIntyre Trophy Group One Oban Saints 6 - 4 AFC Chryston Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Jimmy Litster Oban Saints welcomed AFC Chryston to Oban High School last Saturday afternoon 11th April for a third encounter of the season. Saints had narrowly edged the previous home and away league fixtures and were rightly anticipating another tight

Saints Make Sweet Start To M&M Trophy Campaign

Saturday 28th March 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy and McIntyre Trophy Group One Dunblane Soccer Club 0 - 3 Oban Saints Dunblane High School Old Doune Road Dunblane FK15 9EW Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Pat O'Donnell Oban Saints kicked off their Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association McAvoy and McIntyre Trophy campaign at Dunblane High School last Saturday afternoon 28th March. Saints had suffered a heavy reverse at the hands of hosts Dunblane

Carrick Park Cracker

Saturday 21st March 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership AFC Chryston 1 - 3 Oban Saints The Carrick Park Carrick Place Glenboig ML5 2QS Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr John Cairney Last Saturday 21st March Oban Saints made their final away trip of the Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership season when they travelled to Carrick Park, Glenboig to face AFC Chryston. With both clubs still very much involved in the league title race there wa

Saints Prevail In Plean

Saturday 7th March 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Plean AFC 2 - 4 Oban Saints The Balfour Centre Balfour Crescent Plean FK7 8DS Kick-off 2.15pm Referee Mr. Stephen Rae Oban Saints maintained their interest in the Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership title race by taking full points in last Saturday's encounter with Plean AFC. The tight, bumpy grass surface at the Balfour Centre ensured flowing football was in short supply a

Saints and Stirling University Fire Blanks

Saturday 28th February 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Oban Saints 0 - 0 Stirling University Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Pat O'Donnell Oban Saints winning streak stuttered to an end at Oban High School last Saturday 28th February with a goal-less draw against fellow Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership title aspirants Stirling University. Although not the outcome

Saints Tame The Pumas

Saturday 14th February 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Cinema Cup Fourth Round Cumbernauld Pumas 0 - 5 Oban Saints Riverbank Community Hub Sykeside Road Coatbridge ML5 4PG Kick-off 1. 15 pm Referee Mr Mark Daly Oban Saints progressed to the last eight of the Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Cinema Cup with a convincing win over a young Cumbernauld Pumas side at Riverbank Community Hub, Coatbridge last Saturday afternoon. A first-half brace from

Saints Put Four Past The Students At Stirling University

Saturday 7th February 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Stirling University 0 - 4 Oban Saints University of Stirling Airthrey Road Stirling FK9 4LA Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Matthew Denne Four goals inside the opening half hour gave Oban Saints full points in last Saturday's Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership encounter with league leaders Stirling University. The D&K Lafferty Contractors and MKM Oban Building Supplies spons

Millar Brace Helps Saints To Three More League Points

Saturday 31st January 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Oban Saints 3 - 1 Dunblane SC Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr Kevin McIntyre Oban Saints secured back-to-back league victories for the first time this season at Oban High School last Saturday 31st January. The victory avenged the previous heavy reverse at the hands of Dunblane SC back in September and kept alive Saints' hopes of chall

Oban High Fives

Saturday 24th January 2026 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Oban Saints 5 - 0 Plean AFC Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 1.00pm Referee Mr Donald McCallum With their interest in this season's national and regional cups now at an end, Oban Saints returned to league business on Saturday 24th January when they welcomed first time visitors Plean AFC to Oban High School. Glencruitten 2 has still not fully recovered f

Saints Come Up Short In The Scottish Cup

Saturday 10th January 2026 Scottish Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup Competition 5th Round Oban Saints 0 - 4 Shortlees Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 2.20pm Referee Mr Stuart MacDonald Oban Saints were denied a place in the last sixteen of the Scottish Amateur Cup at a soggy Oban High School last Saturday by old foes Shortlees. The Kilmarnock men took full advantage of their numerical advantage, following a very harsh dismis

Five Star Saints Reach Scottish Cup Fifth Round

Saturday 13th December 2025 Scottish Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup Competition 4th Round Replay Oban Saints 5 - 1 Kilbarchan Thistle Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 1.30pm Referee Mr David Dixon Last Saturday at a very wet and windy Oban High School Oban Saints final outing of 2025 saw the home side storm into the fifth round of the Scottish Amateur Cup with a convincing fourth round replay victory over a stubborn Kilbarch

Cup Thriller At Miller Street

Saturday 6th December 2025 Scottish Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup Competition Fourth Round Kilbarchan Thistle 2 - 2 Oban Saints King George V Playing Fields Miller Street Johnstone PA5 8HP Kick-off 1.30pm Referee Mr David Dixon Oban Saints let a two-goal lead slip through theirs fingers in the mud at Miller Street, Johnstone last Saturday afternoon to leave their place in the fifth round of the Scottish Amateur Cup hanging in the balance. First half strikes from

Saints Earn Top Marks At Larbert High School

Saturday 29th November 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Cinema Cup Second Round Stenhousemuir Foundation 1 - 10 Oban Saints Larbert High School Carrongrange Avenue Stenhousemuir FK5 3BL Kick-off 12.30pm Referee Mr Pat O'Donnell Oban Saints earned top marks at Larbert High School last Saturday afternoon with a convincing performance to ease past Stenhousemuir Foundation and secure a place in the third round of the Scottish Premier Football Association Cinema

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Winning In The Rain the Oban Saints AFC Blog first launched on Blogger on 6th May 2013 and has now moved to it's own dedicated website. Match previews and reports including photographs will appear here. All opinions are those of the blog author and not those of the Club.

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