East Kilbride 2 - 6 Inverness CT

League Cup - Group F
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025, 7:45 PM at K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride
Attendance: 568
Referee: Jamie McCunnie
East Kilbride Inverness CT

Goalscorers
Rhys Breen (17)
John Robertson (87)
Billy Mckay (25)
Paul Allan (48)
Luis Longstaff (51)
Calum MacLeod (54)
Luis Longstaff (57)
Alfie Stewart (62)

Team Managers
Mick Kennedy Scott Kellacher

Starting Eleven
Joe Morrison
David Ferguson
Rhys Breen (Trialist)
Reegan Mimnaugh
Magnus MacKenzie
Jack Healy
Jack Leitch
Lewis Spence
John Robertson
Keir Foster
Nathan Flanagan
Ross Munro
Remi Savage
Matthew Strachan
Daniel Devine
Calum MacLeod
Paul Allan
Alfie Stewart
Joe Chalmers
Liam Sole
Luis Longstaff
Billy Mckay

Bench
Luke Main
Erik Sula
Freddie Owens
James Lyon
Dean Clelland
Logan Ross
Sam Thompson
Archie Kerr
Sam Nixon
Shae Keogh
David Wotherspoon
Ben Gardiner
Robbie Thompson
Jordan Alonge

Substitutions
Erik Sula -> Reegan Mimnaugh (55)
James Lyon -> Lewis Spence (56)
Dean Cleland -> Jack Leitch (56)
Jordan Alonge for Paul Allan (61)
David Wotherspoon for Liam Sole (61)
Shae Keogh for Billy Mckay (75)
Sam Nixon for Joe Chalmers (76)
Robbie Thompson for Calum MacLeod (80)

Bookings
James Lyon (67) Liam Sole (5)
David Wotherspoon (80)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Ross Munro (GK) 3 apps -
Remi Savage 62 apps2 goals
Matthew Strachan 29 apps -
Daniel Devine 257 apps10 goals
Calum MacLeod 31 apps2 goals
Joe Chalmers 99 apps6 goals
Paul Allan 37 apps7 goals
Alfie Stewart 21 apps4 goals
Liam Sole 3 apps -
Luis Longstaff 68 apps7 goals
Billy Mckay 339 apps119 goals
Sam Nixon (sub) 2 apps -
Jordan Alonge (sub) 3 apps -
David Wotherspoon (sub) 14 apps5 goals
Shae Keogh (sub) 8 apps -
Robbie Thompson (sub) 39 apps -

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Alfie Stewart (18 years 361 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (36 years 282 days)
Average Player Age:25 years 312 days
Domestic Players:6 (54.55 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Archie Kerr (17 years 158 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (36 years 282 days)
Average Player Age:24 years 1 days
Domestic Players:14 (70.00 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

It's Raining Goals

Liam Sole started this one after a dazzling half hour display against St Johnstone and he made an immediate impact. He was booked in the 5th minute for alleged simulation. Billy Mckay turned on an Alfie Stewart ball but just missed the target early on. A trialist opened the scoring for the hosts after 17 minutes under a challenge from Danny Devine. Liam Sole blazed wide after a good run and Alfie Stewart was denied by Morrison before at the other end John Robertson clipped the post with an effort from distance that looped over the keeper before hitting woodwork. Inverness would not be denied though as Longstaff, Allan and Stewart combined brilliantly for Billy Mckay to nod in at the back post from Alfie's superb cross. Sole was then denied from a tight angle by keeper Morrison and with five minutes to the break dangerman Robertson went close at the opposite end. Almost another for Inverness but Alfie Stewart's shot bounced just wide after he was played through on goal but it was all square at the break in a game played at breakneck speed end to end.

HALF TIME: 1-1

No changes at the break, but a blistering start for the Caley Jags saw us take a one... two... three... four... five goal advantage. Firstly Paul Allan (48) squeezed his shot in from an impossible angle followed by Luis Longstaff (51) with a superb strike. A low Calum MacLeod shot ended up in the back of the net (54) before Longstaff (57) ended the ten minute scoring spree with a brilliant lob. Or so we thought.....Alfie Stewart added a sixth with a tremendous free kick into the corner from the right side of the box just after the hour. David Wotherspoon hit the post after coming on as a substitute for Liam Sole with Mathew Strachan's follow up saved by the keeper. A spate of substitutions followed with the tie secured and with a couple of minutes remaining John Robertson scored the second of the night for the hosts with a free kick. Still time for an effort or two at either end before the whistle as Inverness recorded an impressive away win to move into second in the Group F table.

FULL TIME: 2-6

Match report written by tm4tj