Alloa Athletic 2 - 2 Inverness CT

League - League 1
Saturday, September 14th, 2024, 3:00 PM at Recreation Park, Alloa
Attendance: 778
Referee: George Calder
Alloa Athletic Inverness CT

Goalscorers
Conor Sammon (70)
Cameron Donnelly (73)
Daniel Devine (7)
Calum MacLeod (67)

Team Managers
Andy Graham Duncan Ferguson

Starting Eleven
Peter Morrison
Scott Taggart
Morgynn Neill
David McKay
Kane Thomson
Miko Virtanen
Steven Hetherington
Steven Buchanan
Cameron O'Donnell
Kevin Cawley
Luke Donnelly
Musa Dibaga
Wallace Duffy
Remi Savage
Jake Davidson
Daniel Devine
James Nolan
Adam Mackinnon
Calum MacLeod
Luis Longstaff
Adam Brooks
Billy Mckay

Bench
Tochukwu Ogayi
Andy Graham
Shay Nevans
Stefan Scougall
Conor Sammon
Jack Newman
Connall Ewan
Matthew Strachan
Robbie Thompson
Shae Keogh
Calum MacKay
Keith Bray
Cameron Ferguson

Substitutions
Conor Sammon -> Miko Virtanen (64)
Stefan Scougall -> Kevin Cawley (64)
Keith Bray for Billy Mckay (69)
Calum MacKay for James Nolan (82)
Cameron Ferguson for Adam Brooks (86)

Bookings
Miko Virtanen (54) Calum MacLeod (31)
James Nolan (78)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Musa Dibaga (GK) 5 apps -
Jake Davidson 29 apps1 goal
Daniel Devine 224 apps9 goals
Wallace Duffy 109 apps5 goals
Remi Savage 28 apps1 goal
Calum MacLeod 11 apps1 goal
James Nolan 3 apps -
Adam Mackinnon 7 apps2 goals
Billy Mckay 304 apps113 goals
Luis Longstaff 42 apps2 goals
Adam Brooks 37 apps7 goals
Keith Bray (sub) 19 apps1 goal
Calum MacKay (sub) 10 apps -
Cameron Ferguson (sub) 10 apps -

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Calum MacLeod (18 years 226 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (35 years 336 days)
Average Player Age:23 years 359 days
Domestic Players:5 (45.45 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Shae Keogh (17 years 161 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (35 years 336 days)
Average Player Age:22 years 66 days
Domestic Players:12 (63.16 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones
Calum MacLeod scored his first goal for the Club.

Wasps Buzzing



Inverness were without Charlie Gilmour, Flynn Duffy, Paul Allan, Ethan Cairns and Lewis Nicolson for the trip to Alloa although Jack Newman, Luis Longstaff and Keith Bray have returned to the squad after injury. Alloa have plenty experience in their ranks, notably Conor Sammon and Kevin Cawley and went in to this encounter off the back of a superb win over Partick Thistle last weekend in the Challenge Cup. Sammon started on the bench with Cawley joined by Luke Donnelly up front.Danny Devine gave Inverness an early lead with a tremendous birthday boy volley into the corner. Calum Macleod added a second but a few minutes later we were level when substitute Sammon and Luke Donnelly scored for the Wasps and despite a frantic last twenty minutes, that's how it ended.

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Once the early posturing was over, it was a birthday gift from Danny Devine as he lashed in the opening goal from twenty-two yards in the seventh minute to give the visitors the perfect start. What a strike from Danny into the corner off the post. Boom and Happy Birthday! Musa Dibaga saved from Cameron O'Donnell two minutes later at the expense of a corner and Billy Mckay put a header wide after fifteen minutes. Adam MacKinnon was denied by PJ mid-way through the half when the keeper parried his strike away for a corner. On the stroke of half time Adam Brooks went through at an acute angle but his effort was saved at the near post and Mckay was then blocked before MacKinnon shot over from a tight angle. Alloa were seeing plenty of the ball in the opening half but it was the visitors that went in at the break a goal to the good and good value for that lead. 

HALF TIME: 0-1

No changes at the interval and it was a lively re-start two minutes in when PJ had to deny Mckay from a tight angle. Following an Alloa corner, Big Musa had to deny Morgyn Neill and at the other end Calum MacLeod burst forward and saw his effort tipped onto the post before the rebound was cleared. Billy Mckay went close again after the hour before substitute Stefan Scougall forced Big Musa into a good save. A minute later MacLeod gave us some short lived breathing space following a swift break forward as he drilled the ball across the keeper into the bottom corner, however Conor Sammon quickly pulled a goal back with a great header three minutes later into the top corner finishing a well built move from back to front. Moments later it was all square when Donnelly looped a ball behind Dibaga after a long throw from Taggart and a touch from Sammon. Having been well in control we were now under the cosh but despite some hairy moments towards the end it finished all square.

FULL TIME: 2-2

Match report written by tm4tj



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