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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

Determined Saints Make Cup Progress

Saturday 16th November 2025 Scottish Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup Competition 3rd Round Replay Tollcross 0 - 1 Oban Saints Glasgow Club Crownpoint 183 Crownpoint Road Glasgow G40 2AL Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr John Campbell Oban Saints progressed to the fourth round of the Scottish Amateur Cup after a solitary Connor Moore strike finally saw off the challenge of dogged opponents Tollcross. Following a goalless draw in Oban two weeks earlier, the third-round repl

Scottish Cup Stalemate

Saturday 1st November 2025 Scottish Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup Competition 3rd Round Oban Saints 0 - 0 Tollcross Oban Community Sports Field 3G Soroba Road Oban Argyll PA34 4JB Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr John Campbell Goalkeepers Graham Douglas and Kevin Rutherford were the stars of the show at Oban High School last Saturday afternoon where both produced vital saves to keep the score-line blank and force a Scottish Amateur Cup third round replay in Shettleston

Missed Chances Prove Costly In Wishaw

Saturday 25th October 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership FC Pather 3 - 1 Oban Saints Wishaw Sports Centre Alexander Street Wishaw ML2 0HQ Kick-off 2.00pm Referee Mr John Cairney Oban Saints looked to bounce back from the previous week's disappointing West of Scotland Cup exit when they returned to Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership business last Saturday afternoon. However, despite a marked improvement in performance against

Early West of Scotland Exit For Lacklustre Saints

Saturday 18th October 2025 West of Scotland Amateur Cup 2nd Round Oban Saints 1 - 4 Vale of Leven AFC Glencruitten 2 Mossfield Avenue Oban Argyll PA34 4EH Kick-off 2. 00pm Referee Mr Jimmy Litster Oban Saints returned to action at Glencruitten last Saturday following a three week lay-off when they welcomed Vale of Leven AFC in the West of Scotland Amateur Cup. Saints' last outing was a convincing away win against Blantyre Soccer Academy in the same competition however the lon

Saints Turn On The Style At The Palace

Saturday 20th September 2025 West of Scotland Amateur Cup First Round Blantyre Soccer Academy 21's 0 - 9 Oban Saints Oban Community...

Torrential Rain Can't Dampen Saints' Spirits

Saturday 13th September 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Oban Saints 3 - 1 AFC Chryston Oban Community...

Saints Slump To Defeat In Dunblane

Saturday 6th September 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Dunblane Soccer Club 5 - 1 Oban Saints Dunblane...

Solid Foundation But Shaky Superstructure

Saturday 23rd August 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Stenhousemuir Foundation 1 - 4 Oban Saints Larbert...

Indecision Is Final

Saturday 16th August 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Oban Saints 2 - 4 Steins Thistle Glencruitten 2...

Saints In Five Star League Curtain Raiser

Saturday 10th August 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Oban Saints 5 - 1 Forth and Kerse Glencruitten 2...

Honours Even At The Foot Of The Ben

Tuesday 29th July 2025 Preseason Friendly Fort William 4 - 4 Oban Saints Lochaber High School Camaghael Fort William Inverness-shire PH33...

Saints Left To Rue Missed Chances

Saturday 26th July 2025 Preseason Friendly Oban Saints 3 - 5 Rhu Glencruitten 1 Glencruitten Drive Oban Argyll PA34 4EB Kick-off 1.00pm...

Saints Outshine Star

Saturday 12th July 2025 Preseason Friendly Oban Saints 4 - 1 Lochgilphead Red Star Mossfield Stadium Mossfield Avenue Oban Argyll PA34...

D&K Lafferty Cup 2025 Round-up

The Oban Saints preseason tournament sponsored by D&K Lafferty Contractors defied the heavy rain in the days leading up to the event and...

Awards Night 2025

Oban Saints Amateur Football Club held their annual awards night at The View last Friday night where refreshments and a buffet preceded...

Curtain Descends On Season 2024/25

Saturday 31st May 2025 Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association Premiership Castlemilk Community 2 - 0 Oban Saints Barlia Football...

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