A disappointing afternoon in Glasgow saw the Tigers slip to their first home defeat since October 2010 at the hands of the Scunthorpe Scorpions in the League Cup.
Western Commerical Glasgow Tigers 43 – Joe Screen 14 (5 rides), Mason Compton 5+1 (4), James Grieves 7 (4), Jayden O’Malley 2 (4), Josh Grajczonek 9 (5), Jade Mudgway 1+1 (3), Robert Ksiezak 5+1 (5).
Scunthorpe Scorpions 45 – David Howe 8+1 (5 rides), Thomas Jørgensen 7+2 (4), Josh Auty 12 (5), Michael Palm Toft 4+2 (4), Tero Aarnio 5 (4), Micky Dyer 3 (3), Ashley Birks 8+1 (5).
1: Jorgensen, Screen, Campton, Howe, 59.3 (3-3) (3-3).
2: Dyer, Ksiezak, Mudgway, Birks (fell, remounted, retired), 60.2 (3-3) (6-6).
3: Grieves, Auty, Toft, O’Malley, 59.9 (3-3) (9-9).
4: (Re-run) Grajczonek, Ksiezak, Aarnio, Birks (fell, remounted, retired), 60.6 (5-1) (14-10).
5: Howe, Jorgensen, Grieves, O’Malley, 59.5 (1-5) (15-15).
6: Screen, Aarnio, Campton, Dyer, 60.6 (4-2) (19-17).
7: (Re-run) Auty, Grajczonek, Toft, Mudgway, 59.1 (2-4) (21-21).
8: Birks, Campton, Jorgensen, Ksiezak, 60.7 (2-4) (23-25).
9: Grieves, Aarnio, O’Malley, Dyer (fell), 61.2 (4-2) (27-27).
10: Screen, Auty, Campton, Toft, 59.4 (4-2) (31-29).
11: Grajczonek, Howe, Jorgensen, Mudgway, 61.0 (3-3) (34-32).
12: Auty, Birks, Ksiezak, Grieves, 58.2 (1-5) (35-37).
13: Screen, Howe, Grajczonek, Aarnio, 60.0 (4-2) (39-39).
14: (Re-run) Birks, Toft, O’Malley, Ksiezak (fell, excluded), no time – awarded (1-5) (40-44).
15: (Re-run) Screen, Auty, Howe, Grajczonek, 59.9 (3-3) (43-47).