SPFL Championship Transfers 14/15

I thought it might be an idea to track who's signed who in the Championship. I'm sure there's more but here's what I can remember/find on the SPFL website. Rumours are welcome but I'll put them in this post when the transfer is confirmed.

Alloa
Mark Docherty (Stranraer)
David Weatherston (Stirling)

Cowdenbeath
Sean Higgins (Stenhousemuir)

Hearts
Soufian El Hassnaoui (Sparta)
Margaro Gomis (Dundee United)
James Keatings (Hamilton Accies)

Queen of the South
John Baird (Raith)
Lewis Kidd (Celtic)

Raith
Craig Barr (Airdrie)
Kevin Cuthbert (Hamilton)
Christian Nade (Dundee)
Martin Scott (Livingston)

The Rangers
Darren McGergor (St. Mirren)
Kenny Miller (Vancouver Whitecaps)

Pinned.

Had completely forgotten all about Craig Barr signing for Raith. Their transfer 'policy' if you like is an utter embarrassment. Complete diddy club inaw.

Raith have signed Christian Nade

Not an incoming transfer but Kane Hemmings has signed for Barnsley.

Cowdenbeath are going to seriously struggle.

CruijffTurn wrote:Not an incoming transfer but Kane Hemmings has signed for Barnsley.

That's good news, with us losing McNulty I really didn't want Cowden holding onto Hemmings.

EdinburghLivi wrote:Cowdenbeath are going to seriously struggle.

I think we will too but that news has cheered me up.

Cowden have lost 40 goals with both Hemmings and Stewart leaving. They scored 50 across the whole team in the Championship last season. So far they've replaced those goals with Sean Higgins who scored 9 in 30 for Stenhousemuir last season. I'd be very worried if I was Cowden fan right now.

CruijffTurn wrote:Cowden have lost 40 goals with both Hemmings and Stewart leaving. They scored 50 across the whole team in the Championship last season. So far they've replaced those goals with Sean Higgins who scored 9 in 30 for Stenhousemuir last season. I'd be very worried if I was Cowden fan right now.

Cowden fans are a deluded bunch though, they prob think they'll be challenging for a top 4 spot.  

Is there any news on where Stewart is headed? Would take him at Livi.

ETA: See he's signed for Dundee, that'll be that then.

I'd take Wedderburn but he's been offered an extension at Cowden.

Ideally I'd like to see us get someone who is cheap but just good enough to keep us in the league. There is zero point in us building a squad capable of challenging the big 3. We might as well just build a squad that keeps cost to an absolute minimum so that we can actually reap the rewards of those clubs being in the league. An 8th place finish would suit me.

Scott Taggart has signed for Dumbarton

I've buggered off to Spain, so I'll update the first post when I get back I the 3rd.

Few more signings over the past few days:

Alloa
Greig Spence (Raith Rovers)

Dumbarton
David van Zanten (St Mirren)

Hearts
Neil Alexander (Crystal Palace)
Alim Öztürk (Trabzonspor)

Raith
Rory McKeown (Kilmarnock)
Mark Stewart (Derry City)

The Rangers
Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock)

Queen of the South
James Fowler (Kilmarnock)

Be nice to see our team added to the list when I return from Corfu - I'll be supporting them now!

St Mirren have just raided League One for 3 new signings, and a 4th from Dumbarton.

Jordan Kirkpatrick -Alloa CM (good signing, surprised Hoppy didn't go for him tbh)
The 2 Ross Stewart's- Albion Rovers GK/Striker (looked decent players against us)
Gregor Buchanan- Dumbarton CB (good player from what I remember)

4 good signings for St Mirren

Not sure if its worth starting a new thread for this season, but here's the list right now as far as I know.

Brechin City

In:

Out:


Dumbarton

In:

Out: Robert Thomson (Greenock Morton), Andrew Stirling (Queen of the South), Sam Stanton (Hibernian, loan expired), Daniel Harvie (Aberdeen, loan expired), Lewis Vaughan (raif, loan expired), Ross McCrorie (Rangers, loan expired), Joe Nuttall (Aberdeen, loan expired), Donald McCallum (released), Garry Fleming (released), Mark Docherty (released), Tom Lang (Stranraer), Alan Martin (Queen of the South), Gregor Buchanan (St Mirren)


Dundee United

In: James Keatings (Hibernian), Billy King (Hearts)

Out: Alex Nicholls (Barnet, loan expired), Thomas Mikkelsen (Odense Boldklub, loan expired), Tony Andreu (Norwich City, loan expired), Simon Murray (Hibernian)


Dunfermline Athletic

In: Paul Allan (Fife Elite Football Academy), Jean-Yves M'voto (raif)

Out: Gavin Reilly (Hearts, loan expired), Paul McMullan (Celtic, loan expired), John Herron (Blackpool, loan expired), Ben Richards-Everton (released), Euan Spark (released), Lewis Spence (released), Robbie Crawford (released), Reece Duncan (released), Evan Horne (St Mirren), Johnny Galloway (released), David Hutton (released), Callum Fordyce (Queen of the South), Michael Moffat (Ayr United), Andrew Geggan (Ayr United)


Falkirk

In:

Out: Danny Rogers (Aberdeen, loan expired), Luke Leahy (released), Robert McHugh (released), Fraser Aird (released), David McCracken (released), Kyle Johnson (released), Cameron Eadie (released), Lewis McMinn (released)


Greenock Morton

In: Robert Thomson (Dumbarton)

Out: Thomas Orr (released), John Mitchell (released), Alex McWaters (released), Jamie Lindsay (Celtic, loan expired), Aiden Nesbitt (Celtic, loan expired), Luke Donnelly (Celtic, loan expired), Lawrence Shankland (Aberdeen, loan expired), Bryn Halliwell (Gartcairn, loan expired), Kudus Oyenuga (released), Jon Scullion (released), Conor Pepper (released), Jamie McDonagh (released)


Inverness Caledonian Thistle

In:

Out: Greg Tansey (Aberdeen), Jamie McCart (Celtic, loan expired), Billy McKay (Wigan, loan expired), Billy King (Hearts, loan expired), Larnell Cole (Fulham, loan expired)


Livingston

In: Scott Robinson (East Fife), Ross Brown (East Fife)

Out: Liam Kelly (Rangers, loan expired), Nikolay Todorov (Hearts, loan expired), Jordan Sinclair (released), Morgyn Neill (Stranraer)


Queen of the South

In: Andrew Stirling (Dumbarton), Callum Fordyce (Dunfermline Athletic), Alan Martin (Dumbarton)

Out: Joe Thomson (Celtic, loan expired), Connor McManus (Celtic, loan expired), Dominic Thomas (Motherwell, loan expired), James Atkinson (released), Jamie Hamill (Stranraer), Chris Higgins (Ayr United), Andy Dowie (released), Scott Hooper (released), Dale Hilson (released), Steven Rigg (released), Owen Moxon (released), Dean Brotherston (released), Aidan Smith (released)


St Mirren

In: Evan Horne (Dunfermline Athletic), Cammy Smith (Aberdeen), Ross Stewart (Albion Rovers), Jordan Kirkpatrick (Alloa Athletic), Ross Stewart* (Albion Rovers), Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton)

Out: Cammy Smith (Aberdeen, loan expired), Rory Loy (Dundee, loan expired), Craig Storie (Aberdeen, loan expired), Billy O'Brien (Manchester City, loan expired), Harry Davis (Crewe Alexandra, loan expired), Ben Gordon (released), Andy Webster (released), Jordan Stewart (released), Stevie Mallan (Barnsley), Kyle Hutton (released)

*Not a typo, they've signed both Ross Stewarts from AR

Morton with 5 loan players, 3 from Celtic, mini Celts.

Dumbarton with 5 loan players too, is there an actual limit how many loan players you can have?

*Edit. Just did a google search and on the SPFL website I got this:

It will now be permitted for an SPFL club to lend a maximum of two players to another SPFL club, so long as the receiving club plays in a different division (higher or lower division).
Loans between SPFL clubs in the same division continue to be restricted to one player from any one club.

Read more at http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/spfl-adjust-loan-rules/#WUWX3y6RjfXIoTQT.99

Interesting then, because according to LL's post Morton had 3 players from Celtic on loan and you're only allowed 2 from any one team in another league.

Think it's different for Development loans though, or probably something to do with their ages. Donnelly and Lindsay are 21, Nesbitt is 20 so maybe doesn't apply to players under 21.

Honestly not sure about loan rules though so might be talking out my arse.

Wasn't easy finding out about the limit of loan players to a club, kept on giving me links to above rule about only one player allowed from a team in your own division and two from a team in another division. Anyway, finally found out you can have as many loan players in your squad as you want but can only play 5 at a time.

Which begs the question... Why should we entertain the notion that we need the Development teams from Celtic & TCFKAR in the 4th tier of the SPFL?

Got a feeling Jack Ross will be joining Dundee shortly, despite St Mirren telling them to piss off and refusing them permission to talk to him. It is out there now and Ross will decide if he wants to stay or go, bigger team and higher league, supports Dundee too I think, more money as well, odds are stacked against St Mirren. Pisser for the players he's just signed though because a new manager might not want them.

Same thing happened with Ray McKinnon; Dundee United approached Raith, were told where to go, so he just resigned and went to United.


Brechin have signed Ryan McGeever from QP, turned us down because he wants to stay PT.