Kelty Hearts 0 - 3 Inverness CT

League - League 1
Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, 3:00 PM at New Central Park, Kelty
Attendance: 613
Referee: George Calder
Kelty Hearts Inverness CT

Goalscorers
None. Billy Mckay (4)
Luis Longstaff (38)
David Wotherspoon (60)

Team Managers
Thomas O'Ware Scott Kellacher

Starting Eleven
Corey Armour
Jack Brydon
Jack Wyllie
Brody Paterson
Scott Mercer
Cooper Masson
Aaron Arnott
Innes Murray
Robbie Cole
Luke Mccarvel
Craig Johnston
Ross Munro
Remi Savage
Oscar MacIntyre
Daniel Devine
David Wotherspoon
Calum MacLeod
Alfie Stewart
Joe Chalmers
Luis Longstaff
Liam Sole
Billy Mckay

Bench
Ryan Adamson
Clark Bexfield
Lewis Carrol
James Graham
Grant Leitch
Joseph Teasdale
Murray Thomas
Logan Ross
Jack Walker
Sam Nixon
Mitchell Robertson
Matthew Strachan
Robbie Thompson
Jordan Alonge
Alfie Bavidge

Substitutions
Cooper Masson -> James Graham (66)
Robbie Cole -> Joseph Teasdale (75)
Scott Mercer -> Murray Thomas (82)
Innes Murray -> Lewis Carrol (82)
Alfie Bavidge for Billy Mckay (69)
Jordan Alonge for David Wotherspoon (70)
Robbie Thompson for Liam Sole (82)
Matthew Strachan for Luis Longstaff (89)
Mitchell Robertson for Joe Chalmers (89)

Bookings
Joseph Teasdale (83) Daniel Devine (65)
Luis Longstaff (79)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Ross Munro (GK) 5 apps -
Daniel Devine 259 apps10 goals
Remi Savage 64 apps2 goals
Oscar MacIntyre 2 apps -
David Wotherspoon 16 apps7 goals
Calum MacLeod 32 apps2 goals
Alfie Stewart 23 apps4 goals
Joe Chalmers 101 apps6 goals
Luis Longstaff 70 apps8 goals
Liam Sole 5 apps -
Billy Mckay 341 apps120 goals
Matthew Strachan (sub) 31 apps -
Mitchell Robertson (sub) 1 app (debut) -
Jordan Alonge (sub) 5 apps -
Robbie Thompson (sub) 41 apps -
Alfie Bavidge (sub) 11 apps6 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Alfie Stewart (19 years 7 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (36 years 293 days)
Average Player Age:26 years 283 days
Domestic Players:6 (54.55 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Alfie Stewart (19 years 7 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (36 years 293 days)
Average Player Age:24 years 127 days
Domestic Players:13 (68.42 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts
Mitchell Robertson(Signed August 1st, 2025)

Milestones

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

Match report written by tm4tj



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Peterhead 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2. Queen of the South 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3. Alloa Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4. Stenhousemuir 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
5. Cove Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
6. Montrose 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
7. East Fife 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
8. Kelty Hearts 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
9. Inverness CT 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 -2
10. Hamilton Academical 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 -18