The 2026–27 season is Cove Rangers's fourth consecutive season in the third tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2022–23 season.
Season review On May 7th, Cove Rangers announced their retained list which saw Grady McGrath, Declan Glass, Justin Eguaibor and Mackenzie Strachan all leave the club. Lewis O'Donnell, Adam Emslie, Lewis Carrol, Joseph Teasdale and Cooper Masson all returned to their parent club.
On May 21, Cove announced a new 2-year contract for Balint Demus, and they also announced the signing of Victor Enem.
On May 26th, Cove announced the signing of Max Barry on a 2-year deal for free from Peterhead.
On June 6th, Cove announced that Blair Yule and Mitch Megginson would depart the club, both would end up joining fellow League 1 club Peterhead.
On June 10th, Cove extended the contracts of Ryan Harrington and Reuben McAllister for the 2026/27 season.
On June 19th, Cove extended the contracts of 3 youngsters, Jack Robertson, Mikey Milnes and Cole Donaldson for another season. Later that day Cove would announce that Paul Hartley had agreed a 3 year contract extension with the club.
1 day later on June 20th, Cove announced the signings off Aaron Fraser, Tristan Stephen and Mark Souter.
On June 21st, Cove announced that Arron Darge had agreed a contract extension keeping him at the club for another season and later that day they announced the signing of Destiny Oladipo.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Robbie Mutch GK 33 0 21 Balint Demus GK 50 1 Defenders 2 Layton Bisland DF 41 1 3 Victor Enem DF 0 0 5 Mark Souter DF 0 0 6 Liam Parker DF 70 1 7 Ryan Harrington DF 96 3 15 Arron Darge DF 109 3 Midfielders 10 Max Barry MF 0 0 11 Reuben McAllister MF 34 1 19 Cole Donaldson MF 7 0 20 Aaron Fraser MF 0 0 25 Mikey Milnes MF 4 0 Forwards 9 Destiny Oladipo FW 0 0 12 Chris Maguire FW 24 3 16 Edimond Oppong FW 0 0 17 Tristan Stephen FW 0 0 26 Jordan White FW 0 0 Loaned out 23 Jack Robertson GK 0 0 Players who left during the season
Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 21 May 2026 DF Victor Enem Unattached Free 26 May 2026 MF Max Barry Peterhead Free 20 June 2026 FW Tristan Stephen Aberdeen Free 20 June 2026 MF Aaron Fraser Aberdeen Free 20 June 2026 DF Mark Souter Inverurie Loco Works Free 21 June 2026 FW Destiny Oladipo East Fife Free 24 June 2026 FW Jordan White Unattached Free 12 July 2026 FW Edimond Oppong Unattached Free
Friendlies
Competitions Overview
League One
League table
Results summary
Scottish Cup
League Cup Group stage
Scottish Challenge Cup Group stage
Squad statistics Appearances
|colspan="14"|Loaned out:
|colspan="14"|Players who left Cove during the season:
Goal scorers
Rank Position Nation Squad number Name League One Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total1 FW9Destiny Oladipo101352 FW26Jordan White100343 MF11Reuben McAllister00101MF10Max Barry00101FW16Joseph Teasdale10001FW18Edimond Oppong10001FW17Tristan Stephen00011DF4Afonso Lindo10001DF15Arron Darge00011DF32Liam Parker00011DF7Ryan Harrington00011TOTALS5031018
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