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Kelty Hearts0–3Inverness CT

2 Aug 2025Saturday, 2 August 2025 · 3pmNew Central Park, Kelty

Lineups

Kelty Hearts

Kelty Hearts · Starting XI

  • Corey Armour
  • Jack Brydon
  • Jack Wyllie
  • Brody Paterson
  • Scott Mercer
  • Cooper Masson
  • Aaron Arnott
  • Innes Murray
  • Robbie Cole
  • Luke Mccarvel
  • Craig Johnston

Kelty Hearts · Substitutes

  • Ryan Adamson
  • Clark Bexfield
  • Lewis Carrol
  • James Graham
  • Grant Leitch
  • Joseph Teasdale
  • Murray Thomas

Kelty Hearts · Subs used

  • Cooper Masson -> James Graham66′
  • Robbie Cole -> Joseph Teasdale75′
  • Scott Mercer -> Murray Thomas82′
  • Innes Murray -> Lewis Carrol82′

Kelty Hearts · Manager

  • Thomas O'Ware

Kelty Hearts · Cautions

  • Joseph Teasdale83′

Inverness CT

Inverness CT · Starting XI

Inverness CT · Substitutes

Inverness CT · Subs used

Inverness CT · Manager

Inverness CT · Cautions

Match report

Off to a Flyer at New Central Park Scott Kellacher was busy in the transfer market yesterday scooping up Alfie Bavidge, Chanka Zimba and Mitchell Robertson to bolster his squad for the new season in League1. However none of them started with Bavidge and Robertson on the bench. Calum MacLeod filled in at right back with Oscar McIntyre moving to his favoured left back slot. Paul Allan, Ross Millen and Adam MacKinnon missed out again. The Caley Jags gave everyone else a five point head start just to make it fair. Pretty decent of them to be honest....... or was…Read moreRead less
Off to a Flyer at New Central Park

Scott Kellacher was busy in the transfer market yesterday scooping up Alfie Bavidge, Chanka Zimba and Mitchell Robertson to bolster his squad for the new season in League1. However none of them started with Bavidge and Robertson on the bench. Calum MacLeod filled in at right back with Oscar McIntyre moving to his favoured left back slot. Paul Allan, Ross Millen and Adam MacKinnon missed out again. The Caley Jags gave everyone else a five point head start just to make it fair. Pretty decent of them to be honest....... or was it because of last seasons administration At the end of the day it was a comfortable away win for the Caley Jags with goals from Mckay, Longstaff and Wotherspoon.

We got season 25/26 off and running on the artificial surface at New Central Park, Kelty. It only took four minutes for the opening goal in League1 and it was our own Billy Mckay that scored it from the edge of the box after Joe Chalmers won the ball to assist Billy with his fine finish, curling the ball round the defender and into the bottom corner. Mind you, Ross Munro was the first keeper in action to deny Innes Murray a minute earlier. An Alfie Stewart corner found Danny Devine in the box but he headed over from close range. Midway through the half Liam Sole was denied by Corey Armour in goal and a couple of minutes later he saved from Mckay's close range header. Up the other end and Scott Mercer fired over following a corner and after half an hour there's not much between the sides. Stewart headed just wide of the top corner as the visitors looked to double their lead. We did double our advantage five minutes before the break when the creative genius of David Wotherspoon saw Armour save before he crossed in moments later to give Luis Longstaff the opportunity to head home. Joe Chalmers went close and Stewart brought out another save before the last action saw Murray's shot saved by Ross Munro

HALF TIME: 0-2

No changes at the break and five minutes in Chalmers shot over and Murray missed the target at the other end. Alfie Stewart struck a post but we would not be denied a third and Wotherspoon delivered it on the hour fighting for the ball before juggling and clipping it over the keeper. Only Spoony would do it in style like this, a sort of Spoonyerism. Longstaff shot over just after the goal. Dangerman Murray was unlucky as he fired over direct from a free kick, clipping the corner of the bar on its way as the visitors looked to get back into the game. Second half substitutions disrupted the flow and Alfie Bavidge replaced Mckay twenty minutes from the end. The visitors saw out the remainder of the game cutting our tally to minus two.

FULL TIME: 0-3

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