A brand new trophy will also be up for grabs as well as a record prize pot of £1.25million - an increase of more than 50 per cent on this year - with the tournament winners pocketing £150,000.

Nikolay Todorov's second-half penalty secures Airdrieonians' comeback win over Welsh champions The New Saints in the SPFL Trust Trophy final.

More Highland and Lowland League sides will take the place of English, Welsh and Irish clubs next season after a lucrative revamp of the SPFL Trust Trophy.