Inverness CT 1 - 1 Montrose

League - League 1
Saturday, August 17th, 2024, 3:00 PM at Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,902
Referee: Alastair Grieve
Inverness CT  Montrose

Goalscorers
Adam Mackinnon (63)
Kane Hester (20)

Team Managers
Duncan Ferguson Stewart Petrie

Starting Eleven
Musa Dibaga
Flynn Duffy
Remi Savage
Wallace Duffy
Jake Davidson
Daniel Devine
Adam Mackinnon
Keith Bray
Charlie Gilmour
Luis Longstaff
Billy Mckay
Cammy Gill
Andrew Steeves
Sean Dillon
Aiden Quinn
Callum Hannah
Terry Masson
Matheus Machado
Ryan Williamson
Blair Lyons
Kane Hester
Craig Brown

Substitutes
Martin MacKinnon
Jack Walker
Matthew Strachan
Calum MacKay
Calum MacLeod
Robbie Thompson
Shae Keogh
Adam Brooks
Cameron Ferguson
Ben Maciver-Redwood
Ross Matthews
Blair McKenzie
Ali Shrive
Craig Smith
Trialist A

Substitutions
Matthew Strachan for Flynn Duffy (46)
Calum MacLeod for Wallace Duffy (55)
Adam Brooks for Luis Longstaff (77)
Robbie Thompson for Jake Davidson (86)
Cameron Ferguson for Billy Mckay (86)
Ali Shrive -> Callum Hannah (58)
Blair McKenzie -> Terry Masson (58)
Trialist C -> Blair Lyons (70)
Ben Maciver-Redwood -> Kane Hester (70)
Craig Smith -> Matheus Machado

Bookings
Flynn Duffy (40)
Charlie Gilmour (45)
Matheus Machado (22)
Sean Dillon (34)
Terry Mason (38)
Andrew Steeves (72)
Craig Smith (87)

Red Cards
None. Sean Dillon (46)
Appearances & Goals To Date
Musa Dibaga (GK) 1 app (debut) -
Flynn Duffy 3 apps -
Remi Savage 24 apps1 goal
Wallace Duffy 105 apps5 goals
Jake Davidson 25 apps1 goal
Daniel Devine 220 apps8 goals
Adam Mackinnon 3 apps1 goal
Keith Bray 17 apps1 goal
Charlie Gilmour 41 apps2 goals
Billy Mckay 300 apps112 goals
Luis Longstaff 41 apps2 goals
Matthew Strachan (sub) 12 apps -
Robbie Thompson (sub) 16 apps -
Calum MacLeod (sub) 7 apps -
Cameron Ferguson (sub) 7 apps -
Adam Brooks (sub) 33 apps5 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Keith Bray (18 years 143 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (35 years 308 days)
Average Player Age:24 years 198 days
Domestic Players:6 (54.55 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Shae Keogh (17 years 133 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (35 years 308 days)
Average Player Age:22 years 175 days
Domestic Players:14 (70.00 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts
Musa Dibaga(Signed August 10th, 2024)

Milestones
Billy Mckay made his 300th competitive appearance for the Club.
Adam Mackinnon scored his first goal for the Club.

New Start Same Problems



The first game after the olde CEO was prized from his oligarchy bubble saw a decent crowd turn out in appreciation of the efforts of Alan Savage to right the wrongs. It won't happen overnight, but the first steps have been taken to put some life back into the ailing Caley Jags. On the park, Musa Dibaga replaced the injured Jack Newman in goal with emergency loan keeper from Clach Martin MacKinnon on the bench. Keith Bray kept his place with Adam Brooks on the bench. Montrose were the visitors and they are a more settled side although Michael Gardyne was suspended with former Inverness youth player Matheus Machado starting. Both teams were looking for their first win of the League campaign. Kane Hester scored after twenty minutes but on the interval Montrose were reduced to ten men when Sean Dillon was sent off. After the break it was one way traffic against the ten men and no surprise when Adam MacKinnon equalised. However the winning goal eluded us and it was a point apiece.

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It was an overcast, breezy and somewhat chilly afternoon with an Autumnal feel about it as the teams emerged from the tunnel, Inverness in their new strip, the visitors in white tops with black shorts. Prior to kick off Captain Billy Mckay was presented with a wee memento on reaching 300 appearances for the Caley Jags, not to mention his 112 goals for the club. The first action saw Keith Bray's shot deflected at the expense of a corner when he spun on the edge of the box and tried to get his shot away in the seventh minute. Twenty minutes in and what a finish for the opening goal. Former Elgin player Kane Hester opened the scoring with a tremendous strike into the top corner from a tight angle after his miscontrol seemed to deceive Danny Devine to give the visitors the early advantage. Machado was booked a minute later. Billy Mckay came close to levelling the scores after half an hour when Cammy Gill turned his shot across the keeper onto the post with his fingertips. It was a half littered with fouls and Luis Longstaff shot over ten minutes before the break. Sean Dillon headed over at the other end before he received a second yellow card for a late challenge on Billy Mckay. How dare he on his 300th appearance! That was on the interval to leave the visitors to face the second half a man short but a goal to the good.

HALF TIME: 0-1

Mathew Strachan replaced Flynn Duffy at the start of the second half and Gill denied Longstaff shortly after. The other Duffy was hooked for Callum MacLeod ten minutes into the half and Mckay was again foiled by Gill as he shot from inside the box. It was turning into a procession towards Cammy Gill and Longstaff and Gilmour had a go before Adam Mackinnon equalised just after the hour, drilling home from outside the box. He almost scored a second momnents later. Mckay would not find that elusive strike as Gill saved again and Gilmour was blocked before Davidson should have done better at the back post. MacKinnon had another couple of attempts ten minutes from the end and Mckay was denied for the 300th time by the keeper in the top corner. We plugged away until the end but try as we did, the winning goal eluded us and it ended all square.

FULL TIME: 1-1

Match report written by tm4tj



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Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Kelty Hearts 3 2 1 0 6 1 5 7
2. Queen of the South 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
3. Annan Athletic 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 6
4. Alloa Athletic 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 5
5. Dumbarton 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
6. Montrose 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
7. Stenhousemuir 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
8. Cove Rangers 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1
9. Arbroath 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1
10. Inverness CT 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 -13