Inverness CT 3 - 0 Stirling Albion

Challenge Cup - Round 3
Saturday, September 7th, 2024, 3:00 PM at Caledonian Stadium
Referee: Ryan Lee
Inverness CT  Stirling Albion

Goalscorers
Adam Brooks (29)
Adam Brooks (38)
Adam Mackinnon (60)
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Team Managers
Duncan Ferguson Alan Maybury

Starting Eleven
Musa Dibaga
Connall Ewan
Wallace Duffy
Jake Davidson
Remi Savage
Daniel Devine
James Nolan
Adam Mackinnon
Calum MacLeod
Adam Brooks
Billy Mckay
Derek Gaston (GK)
Calum Crane
Ross McGeachie
Erik Šuľa
Aaron Weir
Adam Brown
Joshua Kerr
Ross Davidson
Ricky Waugh
Cameron McKinley
Alister Roy

Substitutes
Szymon Rebilas
Matthew Strachan
Calum MacKay
Shae Keogh
Robbie Thompson
Shae Keogh
Ben Corner
Cameron Ferguson
Bradley Dall
Samuel Featherstone
Harrison Howe
Cooper Knox
David McTavish
Lewis Milne

Substitutions
Calum MacKay for Billy Mckay (61)
Robbie Thompson for James Nolan (61)
Matthew Strachan for Daniel Devine (63)
Cameron Ferguson for Adam Mackinnon (73)
Shae Keogh for Jake Davidson (74)
Lewis Milne -> Aaron Weir (46)
Bailey Dall -> Callum Crane (66)
Cooper Knox -> Ross Davidson (66)
Harrison Howe -> Ricky Waugh (80)

Bookings
None. Erik Sula (41)
Alistair Roy (65)
Ricky Waugh (69)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Musa Dibaga (GK) 4 apps -
Daniel Devine 223 apps8 goals
Connall Ewan 2 apps -
Wallace Duffy 108 apps5 goals
Jake Davidson 28 apps1 goal
Remi Savage 27 apps1 goal
James Nolan 2 apps -
Adam Mackinnon 6 apps2 goals
Calum MacLeod 10 apps -
Billy Mckay 303 apps113 goals
Adam Brooks 36 apps7 goals
Matthew Strachan (sub) 13 apps -
Shae Keogh (sub) 5 apps -
Calum MacKay (sub) 9 apps -
Robbie Thompson (sub) 17 apps -
Cameron Ferguson (sub) 9 apps -

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Connall Ewan (18 years 185 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (35 years 329 days)
Average Player Age:23 years 185 days
Domestic Players:6 (54.55 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Shae Keogh (17 years 154 days)
Oldest Player:Szymon Rebilas (2026 years 43 days)
Average Player Age:22 years 102 days
Domestic Players:11 (61.11 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Trust Trophy Triumph



It's a couple of years since we edged past Stirling Albion in a Scottish Cup tie at the Caledonian Stadium and they were back today for a Challenge Cup 3rd Round tie against a Caley Jags club in crisis and ravaged by injury. Wallace Duffy was fit enough to start as did our two recent loan signings of James Nolan and Connall Ewan. In a first half dominated by the hosts, Adam Brooks scored twice to give the Caley Jags a comfortable lead at the interval. After the break Adam Mackinnon added a third after an hour with another deflected effort to kill the tie as Inverness cruised into the fourth round.

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Resplendent in our new away kit, Billy Mckay was first to make a keeper work when Derek Gaston saved his low effort. Inverness had a goal disallowed for offside before Adam Brooks backheeled to Mckay, but his shot from the edge of the box missed the target. Inverness had been knocking on the door in the opening stages and it was no surprise when Adam Brooks opened the scoring on the half hour after being fed through by Adam MacKinnon to slot behind the keeper. Musa Dibaga took a knock soon after but was able to continue after treatment as our medical staff held their breath. When Brooks was brought down 30yds out some ten minutes before the break, he took the kick himself and with the aid of a deflection the ball nestled behind Gaston for his second of the afternoon.

HALF TIME: 2-0

Lewis Milne replaced Aaron Weir at the break for the visitors. However, it was the hosts that added to their lead through Adam Mackinnon with deflection now topping the assist list after James Nolan's shot had been blocked. After a spate of substitutions the game became a bit more disjointed and Ally Roy brought a save out of Dibaga ten minutes from the end before shooting over moments later. Brooks failed to get his hat-trick as Gaston saved in the final minute and that was it for the first outing of the 30th Anniversary shirt.

FULL TIME 3-0

Match report written by tm4tj

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