St Johnstone crash out as Dundee Utd squeeze through - League Cup round-up

St Johnstone crash out as Dundee Utd squeeze through - League Cup round-upImage source, SNSImage caption, East Fife's penalty shoot-out win sent St Johnstone out of the League CupPublished1 minute agoSt Johnstone crashed out the Premier Sports Cup thanks to East Fife's dramatic stoppage-time equaliser, but Premiership rivals Dundee United squeezed through after Montrose blew their chance at home to Spartans.Montrose only required a point to progress to the last 16 as Group B winners, but the League 1 side lost 2-0 to visitors from the division below.St Johnstone needed a win to have at least a chance of progressing as one of the best runners-up but end up finishing third behind Inverness Caledonian Thistle and East Fife, who also fail to make the knock-out stage.Aberdeen, Ayr United, Kilmarnock, Ross County and Stenhousemuir join United and Caley Thistle as group winners.Dundee and Partick Thistle also go through as two of three best-placed runners-up.The final group winner and best runner-up will be decided on Sunday.St Mirren will win Group C if they avoid defeat at home to Dunfermline Athletic.If Dunfermline win, they are guaranteed to go through as group winners or in second as they would have a better goal difference than Queen's Park.Premier Sports Cup - Draw enough for Kilmarnock, St Johnstone miss out, Stenhousemuir win groupWho has your Premiership club brought in & let go this summer?Published3 hours agoScottish sides in Europe postpone league matchesPublished1 day agoGroup AKevin Nisbet, with his sixth goal of the group stage, opened the scoring for Aberdeen against fourth-tier Kelty Hearts with his third spot kick of the season after just two minutes.The striker then set up Kjartan Kjartansson for the second, with Toyosi Olusanya firing the third just after the break.Michael Ruth's early penalty gave Queen's Park the lead at home to third-tier Queen of the South, Tyrece McDonnell fired the second, with Ben Johnstone replying...