North of Scotland Cup Semi-Final


The Caley Jags had made it to the Semi-Final after putting six goals past Lossiemouth & Strathspey Thistle to face Forres Mechanics at Mosset Park after they had defeated Rothes 3-0 in the quarter final. Not such a strong line-up tonight for the Caley Jags which will make for a much more even game but another opportunity to see Chanka Zimba and what can Jordan Alonge can do against his former club.

There was an early goal and it came for the hosts after some poor defending with Lewis MacKenzie ending up scoring from a very tight angle in the fourth minute. The Caley Jags equalised just before half time when on the counter following a free kick in the Inverness half, Archie Kerr's cross was not dealt with by the defence and Chanka Zimba was able to tap in. Almost another for the Mechanics on the interval, MacKenzie went on a solo run into the visitors box but his shot was just wide of the mark.

HALF TIME: 1-1

Soon after the restart and with the Caley Jags showing a bit more urgency, Jordan Alonge rattled the bar but Adam MacKinnon couldn't get the rebound on target. Unfortunately we never seemed up for this one and on the hour an inviting cross in by Cohen Ramsay found the head of Calum Frame who flicked it into the far side of the net. That was the end of the scoring and the end of our involvement in the NoS Cup for this season.

Good luck to Forres in the final.

ICTFC Subs: Archie Beaton and Kenzie Harkness on, Chanka Zimba and James Clark off (74)

FULL TIME: 2-1

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Only Rebilas and Leo Walker are on the database therefore the rest of subs & substitutions will be shown here within the article.
Inverness Subs: Szymon Rebilas (GK), Leo Walker, Kenzie Harkness, Gavin Thomson, Jake Rodgers, Archie Beaton, Ellis Leighton.

Match report written by tm4tj