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Inverness CT -V- East Fife - League Cup - Preview

League Cup - Season Opener

The 2026/2027 competitive season kicks off with a home fixture in the Premier Sports Cup, group F. It's not an event we have put all our eggs in the one basket over the last few seasons but I'm sure we will give it a go. Group F consists of the Caley Jags along with Premiership St Johnstone, Championship Morton, League1 East Fife and Linlithgow Rose from the fifth tier in the Lowland League East.
East Fife managed to avoid relegation from League1 last season including a hard fought 1-1 draw with the Caley Jags in the penultimate game of last season. Dick Campbell remains in charge. The loss of Michael Mackenna will be a blow to them but Mamadou Bah has signed a new deal at Bayview, as has David Wilson and Reis Peggie. The experienced Pat Slattery is also backalong with Liam Newton and Kieran Millar and in 38 year old Derek Gaston they have a vastly experienced man between the sticks. (see full list at foot of preview)
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Match/Ticket/Bus/Info
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***From the start of the 2026/27 season, the club will be operating a fully cashless/card only payment system at the Sarens PSG Stadium.
This will apply to:
All Kiosks
The Ticket Window
The Kingsmills Hospitality Bar
Bar 94
Club Car Parks
From this point forward, cash will no longer be accepted at any of these locations.  The Club Shop will continue to accept £££cash£££ for a limited period following the start of the season.
Thank you in advance for your co-operation.  If you have any questions or require assistance, please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of the team, who will be happy to help.
BAR 94
Bar 94 will open at 1200, with last orders at 1430 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1445).
The bar reopens at full time, when the Man of the Match presentation will take place.
GETTING TO THE GAME
Stagecoach Service Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415.
Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800.
The bus fare is £2 single (contactless payments or cash accepted), and Over 60 / Disabled and Under 22 Concession passes are valid, giving free travel on the service to passholders.
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With this being our last squad out in our final pre-season fixture at Cove, I would imagine our Starting XI will come from these players. New signings for this season are Graeme Shinnie, Noa Boutin, Ryan Duncan, Morgan Bates and Hamzad Kargbo along with the Alfie Twins back on loan from Aberdeen. Offski went Chanka Zimba, Oscar MacIntyre, Jake Davidson, Ross Millen and Mitchell Robertson. What a bonus it was to have the likes of Liam Sole, Remi Savage, Paul Allan and Luis Longstaff staying on and these guys will be crucial to our success this season in what will be as always a very tough Championship.




Please note, tickets will be available in the Main Stand only now.

🎟️ Adults: £15, Over 65: £10, 16 and Under: £6 - TICKETS HERE
🆕 Cashless/Card Only Stadium payment system
🚗 North and South Car Parks Open
🛍️ Club Shop & Reception open 10am - KO
🍺 Bar 94 open from 12pm
🚌 Stagecoach Service Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415. Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800.
We had mixed success in our pre-season games:
23.06.2026/19:30, 3-1 Nairn County (A): Testimonial
⚽ Hamzad Kargbo (T20), Paul Allan, Luis Longstaff
Nairn goal: Former Caley Jag Calum Mackay
27.06.2026/13:00, 3-1 Clachnacuddin (A): Friendly
⚽ Paul Allan, Dan Mackay (T14), Shae Keogh
Clach Goal: Mikey Mackenzie
Next game was also at Clach's ground, Grant Street, against Ross County due to more preparatory work being done at the Caledonian Stadium ahead of the new season. Least said about that one the better but we were thrashed
04.07.2026/13:00, - Ross County(@ Grant Street): 0-4
⚽ County: Chin, Lindsay, Emslie & Phillips 
07.07.2026/19:00, - Cove Rangers(A): Last pre-season game at Cove Rangers ended in a 1-4 win for the Caley Jags
⚽ Trialist (no 14 Dan Mackay), Ryan Duncan, Morgan Bates and Hamzad Kargbo gave us the win in our final pre-season match. Destiny Oladipo scored a solo goal foe Cove Rangers.
East Fife managed to avoid relegation from League1 last season including a hard fought 1-1 draw with the Caley Jags in the penultimate game of last season. Dick Campbell remains in charge. The loss of Michael Mackenna will be a blow to them but Mamadou Bah has signed a new deal at Bayview, as has David Wilson and Reis Peggie. The experienced Pat Slattery is also backalong with Liam Newton and Kieran Millar and in 38 year old Derek Gaston they have a vastly experienced man between the sticks.
Here is there end of season release regarding player contracts:
Under Contract for the 2026/27 Season
Nathan Austin
Jack Healy
Adam Laaref
Matty Rollo
Cammie Ross (new signing)
Returning to Parent Clubs Following Loan Spells
Ruairidh Adams (Dundee United)
Sam Culbert (Livingston)
Myles Gaffney (Annan Athletic)
Lewis Latona (Livingston)
Freddie Rowe (Dunfermline Athletic)
Leaving the Club Following the Expiry of Their Contracts
Omar El Harek
Dennis Halliday
Robbie Hemfrey
Joe Halsey
Seff Kyam
Connor McManus
Gregor Nicol
Destiny Oladipo
Shea Scally
Alan Trouten
May 18th: Discussions remain ongoing with other members of last season’s squad, and further updates will be provided in due course.

By tm4tj in Previews 2026-27 ·

PRE-SEASON 2026-2027

We will add brief reports on here as and when we complete our pre-season fixtures.
We started with a testimonial at Nairn and followed that with a friendly at Grant Street against Clach.
23.06.2026/19:30, 3-1 Nairn County (A): Testimonial
⚽ Hamzad Kargbo (T20), Paul Allan, Luis Longstaff
Nairn goal: Former Caley Jag Calum Mackay
27.06.2026/13:00, 3-1 Clachnacuddin (A): Friendly
⚽ Paul Allan, Dan Mackay (T14), Shae Keogh
Clach Goal: Mikey Mackenzie
Next game is also at Clach's ground, Grant Street, against Ross County next Saturday due to more preparatory work being done at the Caledonian Stadium ahead of the new season.
04.07.2026/13:00, - Ross County(@ Grant Street): 0-4
⚽ County: Chin, Lindsay, Emslie & Phillips


07.07.2026/19:00, - Cove Rangers(A): Last pre-season game at Cove Rangers ended in a 1-4 win for the Caley Jags
Goals from Trialist (no 14 Dan Mackay), Ryan Duncan, Morgan Bates and Hamzad Kargbo give us the win in our final pre-season match.
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TESTIMONIAL FOR DYLAN MACLEAN, CALLUM MACLEAN & KENNY McKENZIE
T14 - Daniel Mackay.
T15 - Joseph Edward Walters
T20 - Hamzad Sayeed Kargbo
18' | 0-1 GOAL! T20 opens the scoring Clearance blocked and he scored with a near-post shot.
21' | 0-2 GOAL! Paul Allan scores after ball played through out wide which was cut back and slotted away.
34 | 0-2 Good move from Nairn County as Calum MacKay's effort comes off the post.
41’ | 1-2 Goal Nairn! Ball is won in the middle of the park by Kenny McKenzie and plays through Calum Mackay who puts it past the keeper.
45+| 1-2 Shae Keogh sees his effort held right on the stroke of half time
HALF TIME: 1-2
ICTFC Subs at the break: Ross Munro, Luis Longstaff and Liam Sole on Logan Ross, Shae Keogh and T14 off
47' | 1-2 Good ball from Adam Mackinnon finds T20 in the box but his effort is just over.
53' | 1-2 ICTFC Sub: Morgan Bates on, T20 off
63' | 1-3 GOAL! Luis Longstaff's free-kick finds the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
FULL TIME: 1-3
Looks like everybody got some game time.
NAIRN: Dylan Maclean, Jamie Carnihan, Leo Walker, Callum Maclean, Fraser Dingwall, Millar Gamble, Calum Mackay, Tyler Eadie, Paul Brindle, Jonathan Bain, Kenny McKenzie
SUBS: Kyle Jeffrey (GK), Kenny MacInnes, Angus Dey, Jake Thomson, Ben Barron, Ben Kelly, Adrian Voigt, Trialist
SUBS MADE: Ben Barron --> Paul Brindle (46), Adrian Voigt --> Jonathan Bain (46), Jake Thomson --> Callum Maclean (60), Angus Dey --> Calum Mackay (74), Ben Kelly --> Jamie Carnihan (74), Trialist --> Tyler Eadie (74), Kyle Jeffrey --> Dylan Maclean (81)
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Friendlies (3):
27.06.2026/13:00, 3-1 Clachnacuddin (A):
After the pyrotechnic display on Friars Bridge earlier in the day, this pre-season game got underway at Grant Street with Championship Caley Jags fielding a strong starting XI.
Here's the highlights lifted from X
6' | 0-0 First real chance of the match as Graeme Shinnie sees his effort from range bounce just wide. At the other end, Craig Lawrie sees his effort from range go just wide.
12' | 0-1 GOAL! We take the lead! Paul Allan's free-kick is swung in and looks to have gone straight in!
26' | 0-1 Noa Boutin sees his effort held by Mark Ridgers.
30' | 0-1 Boutin picks out Adam Mackinnon in the box but his effort is over and behind.
36' | 0-1 Ross Munro called into action as he saves Jordan MacRae's initial effort and follow-up header.
40' | 0-1 Luis Longstaff sees his effort from just outside the box held by Mark Ridgers
HALF TIME: 0-1
45' | 0-1 HT Subs for ICTFC: Logan Ross and Trialist (No 15) on, Ross Munro and Danny Devine off
51' | 1-1 Goal. Mikey Mackenzie equalises for Clach
61' | 1-1 ICTFC Subs: Trialist (No 14), Trialist (No 20), Alfie Bavidge on Morgan Bates, Liam Sole and Luis Longstaff off
73' | 1-1 Sam Thompson and Shae Keogh on, Adam Mackinnon and Paul Allan off
75' | 1-1 Noa Boutin picks out Shae Keogh but his effort is turned just wide.
82'| 1-2 GOAL! Trialist (No 14) gives us the lead! They can't kid us. It's our very own Dan Mackay.
85' | 1-3 GOAL! Shae Keogh makes it 3-1!
And that's how it finished...
FULL TIME: 1-3
ICTFC Substitutions:
46: Logan Ross and Trialist (No 15) on, Ross Munro and Danny Devine off
61: Trialist (No 14), Trialist (No 20), Alfie Bavidge on
Morgan Bates, Liam Sole and Luis Longstaff off
73: Sam Thomson & Shae Keogh on, Adam MacKinnon & Paul Allan off
Clach Starting XI
Mark Ridgers
Michael Finnis
Harry Nicolson
Ally Gillies
Kuba Leszczynski
Allan MacPhee
Mikey Mackenzie
Jordan Macrae
Craig Lawrie
Jacob Kerr



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04.07.2026/13:00, - Ross County (@ Grant Street):
Not good reading, but here it is...
This pre-season game was played at the neutral venue of Grant Street, Inverness as the Caledonian Stadium surface was still being treated ahead of new season.
A minutes applause was held prior to Kick-Off as a mark of respect for former Caley Jags director David Cameron who passed away earlier this week.
New signings Hamzad Kargbo & Ryan Duncan started in a reasonably strong line-up for the Caley Jags who still had T14 & T15 down as trialists but better known as Dan Mackay & T15
Noteworthy timeline events...
8' | Lindsay’s strike flies over the bar after nice work from Chin on the right wing.
10' | Chance for ICT from a free-kick but Akil Wright clears the danger.
29' | Emslie slices a strike wide as Graham collects the follow up, but Ross Munro collects his shot.
35' | Brian Graham has an effort cleared off the line after a great cross from Randall.
35' | GOALLLLLL COUNTY!! Richard Chin slams it home!!
40' | Chance for ICT but it is turned wide of the post after a good cut back.
HALF TIME 0-1
Time to go home now...
47’ | 0-1 Good move from ICT as Adam Mackinnon sees his effort go over the bar and behind.
51' | GOAAAAAALLL COUNTY! Jamie Lindsay fires home on the volley! What a hit!
53' | GOOOOOAALLLLL COUNTY! Adam Emslie slips it home after some brilliant work down the right from, Richard Chin!
An avalanche of substitutions around the hour mark slowed County down from scoring for a bit...
70’ | 0-3 Good ball from Luis Longstaff is headed over by Morgan Bates
76’ | 0-3 Luis Longstaff’s corner finds Shae Keogh in the box but his header is over the bar.
82’ | 0-3 Ross Munro produces a good save to keep out Kieran Phillips
86' | GOOOOOALLLL COUNTY! Keiran Phillips sprints through the defence and slots home!
FULL TIME: 0-4
We were Gudgied, time to go and hide for a day or two.
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07.07.2026/19:00, - Cove Rangers (A):
2 x Alfies starting Spoony & Chalmers turn up
Last pre-season game at Cove Rangers ended in a 1-4 win for the Caley Jags
Goals from Trialist (no 14 Dan Mackay), Ryan Duncan, Morgan Bates and Hamzad Kargbo give us the win in our final pre-season match.
Highlights picked off X
10' | 0-1 GOAL! Trialist No 14 Dan Mackay gives us the lead!
20' | 0-1 Good save from Logan Ross as he tips Trialist (No 14) for Cove's effort
22' | 1-1 GOAL! Destiny Oladipo uses his power & strength to equalise! After a delightful touch on the halfway line, Destiny holds off numerous challengers as he burst towards the Inverness goal before chopping inside and striking low past Ross with the aid of a deflection. A brilliant solo goal from the big man!
27' | 1-1 Spoony's corner finds Devine in the box but his header is over.
30' | 1-1 Good pass from Alfie Stewart finds Alfie Bavidge but his effort is saved by Robbie Mutch.
HALF TIME: 1-1
48' | 1-2 GOAL!! Great play from Ryan Duncan down the right as he drives into the box and fires it past Robbie Mutch.
55' | 1-2 Another great run from Oladipo shrugging off 3 players but his effort is saved by Logan Ross.
59' | 1-2 Joe Chalmers sees his effort from range saved by Robbie Mutch
64' | 1-3 GOAL! Morgan Bates heads in from close range!
72' | 1-3 Good ball in from Graeme Shinnie is headed over by Hamzad Kargbo
73’ | Chance for Cove to reduce the deficit. A slack pass from Ross falls kindly to Fraser, who drills a shot straight into the goalkeeper’s chest. The rebound drops to Stephen, who looks to place his effort into the corner, but Ross recovers brilliantly from his earlier mistake, producing an excellent save with his foot.
86' | 1-4 GOAL! Hamzad Kargbo heads in from close range as he finishes Liam Sole's cross!
That ended the scoring with everyone getting a run out.
FULL TIME: 1-4

By tm4tj in Reports 2026-27 ·

CTO - Player of the Year - 2025-2026

CTO Player of the Year
Oscar MacIntyre


Oscar has had a great season with us since signing from Hibs and has been a favourite with the fans.  He has scored 1 goal for the club in our 3-3 draw with Partick Thistle in the KDM Trophy (which we won on penalties) and picked up 5 yellow cards, in 37 appearances for the club.  Starting the season well he was then rotated with Mitchell Robertson, but was picking up votes in most games he played throughout the season.  Although he did not start on Saturday he came on as a sub for Danny Devine, no votes came his way but he had enough to win.
CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR

Player of the Year 2025-2026
Oscar MacIntyre 62 points
Alfie Stewart 57 points
Calum MacLeod 55 points
Remi savage 43 points
Paul Allan 32 Points
David Wotherspoon 28 points
Monthly Winners.
July - Calum MacLeod
August - Oscar MacIntyre
September - Paul Allan
October - Adam MacKinnon
November - Adam MacKinnon
December - Remi Savage
January - Alfie Stewart
February - Alfie Stewart
March - Jordan Alonge - Alfie Stewart
April - Remi Savage
May - Billy Mckay
Congratulations to Oscar as the CTO Player of the Year voted by you.  I along with many other fans hope he will sign on with the club for next season, including young Finlay MacLellan who picked up his autograph earlier in the season.

Thanks again for all your votes throughout the season and hope to keep it going in the next one.
CTO also thank IBM for all his hard work in keeping the PotY polls running throughout every season.
It's an interactive poll on CTO as fans post their own opinions on player performances (5-3-1 points) which gets totted up to determine who gets this accolade, and this year Oscar is your Man!
By IBM in News 2025-26 ·

Inverness CT 2-1 Hamilton - League 1 ***Champions***

🏆 League1 Champions 🏆

The Caley Jags are off to the Championship after beating Hamilton Accies 2-1 in front of over 5000 raucous fans at the Caledonian Stadium. An early strike from Captain Danny Devine in the third minute settled the nerves and an absolute club legend Billy Mckay added a second before half an hour to up the volume in the stadium. I spoke to Billy at East Fife and he assured me they would get the job done this week. What a legend.
Accies scored a late goal through Kevin O'Hara and we had an extra late drama when they were awarded a penalty. However Ross Munro pulled off a tremendous diving save to deny Oli Shaw and that was the cue for an enthusiastic but premature pitch invasion. About fifteen minutes later the game resumed for a handful of seconds before referee Chris Graham called a halt and the real pitch invasion started.
Credit to Stenhousemuir for giving it a real go all season, good luck in the play-offs.

Full report and match reaction tomorrow.
We have some celebrating to do now.
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 The Main Stand and the North Stand were packed out as the the teams took to the pitch for hopefully the final time this season. Would we take the game to Accies or would we play a cagey game like we did at East Fife the previous week? That question would be answered in the third minute when Captain Danny Devine crashed Paul Allan's corner kick high into the net in front of the Hamilton fans to set the scene for the afternoon with the home fans loving this early advantage. Inverness were in control of the early stages with the bulk of the game being played in the Accies third of the pitch with MacKinnon and Wotherspoon prominent and Billy Mckay rolling back the years as he buzzed around the front line. Alfie Bavidge was also running the channels and using his pace to good effect. Accies were restricted to shooting from range, not necessarily on target with Ross Munro idle for the most part. The pressure was mounting on the visitors with a number of blocked efforts keeping the score down, but nobody was on hand to stop club legend Billy Mckay scoring after great work on the left side through Wotherspoon and Mitchell Robertson whose cross into the box was finished by Billy, his 132nd goal for this club. That ramped up the volume in the stands, however we all held our breath when the ball got stuck under Devine's feet as he tried to get the ball back to Munro. Thankfully the keeper managed to get to the ball in the nick of time to dribble his way out of danger and keep us two ahead at the break. Alas Danny's game was over before the break as he was unable to continue after an earlier knock and he limped off to be replaced by Oscar MacIntyre with Robertson moving inside to centre back.
HALF TIME: 2-0
Accies looked sharper after a torrid first half and pressed Inverness higher up the park without really troubling Munro. We blocked a couple of attempts in the first few minutes of the second half as we seemed content to hold what we had and in truth, the game lost it's sparkle and deteriorated into a dire midfield battle. Ross Millen had an effort saved before the substitutes flowed from both sides. We did force four corners in quick succession but it ended with the ball holding up in the breeze and going behind. Millen hit a fierce shot just wide as we looked to kill off the game and the best chance of the second half saw Alfie Stewart head wide after a great ball in from the left. The game was untidy over the final fifteen minutes but there was late drama when Kevin O'Hara scored after we conceded one too many free kicks allowing Accies to get the ball into our box all too often for my liking. Ahh well, so be it. However, there was further drama when we were all waiting for the final whistle to blow. Millen was adjudged to have tripped Oli Shaw who took the spot kick himself. As befits champions, Ross Munro pulled off a great save to his right and that triggered a spontaneous pitch invasion from the over eager young team. It took a while to clear a thousand or so from the playing surface before the game restarted. It was barely worth restarting and the game was brought to a halt seconds later to start invasion number two, this time in earnest as jubilant fans celebrated on the park with players.
FULL TIME: 2-1
It's been a long season, coming from five points behind as we set out to win the title. Thirty-six League1 games later and add on four League Cup ties, two Scottish Cup ties and eleven KDM trophy games, it's been quite a journey. Not to mention seven pre-season encounters and a testimonial plus three North of Scotland Cup ties then it really has been a wonderful season after all the trauma we have come through under our previous failed regime.
Think that is 64 games negotiated and Previewed and Reported here on CTO.
Statue for Savage incoming.
Well done to everyone concerned at the club and to the fanbase for producing a brilliant atmosphere throughout our season, especially in the final game. The Supporters Bus organisers, the Wyness Shuffle podcasters, and a massive well done to George Moodie and Supporters Trust for the huge improvements in the matchday experience. No doubt I've missed some out, apologies for that, but a huge thanks on here to Scotty for keeping this site going and to IBM for keeping all the stats up to date. There's a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes on CTO and it really is much appreciated.
CHAMPIONS
🎥 Innes Mackay

Great wee double act 👏

ICTFC HIGHLIGHTS
 
 
Date:  02/04/2026  Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5029 Referee: Chris Graham 
 
Inverness CT: 2
Manager: Scott Kellacher
Lineup: Munro; Millen, Devine (McIntyre 49), Savage, Robertson, Allan, MacKinnon (MacLeod 72),
Stewart, Wotherspoon (Brannan 80), Bavidge, B Mckay (Zimba (80))
Subs (not used): Ross; Chalmers, Alonge, Willox, Longstaff. 
Scorers: Devine (3), B Mckay (26)
Booked: Bavidge (58)
Sent Off: none
Hamilton Accies: 1
Manager: Scott Kellacher
Lineup: Lane; Hutton, Smutek (Shiels 85), Kilday (Hendrie 84), Gallacher, McKinstry, Newbury,
Simpson (Crookston 68), O'Hara, MacDonald, Shaw 
Subs (not used): Cameron, Forrest, Morgan, Stafford
Scorers: O'Hara (85)
Booked: Hutton (77)
Sent Off: none

By tm4tj in Reports 2025-26 ·

Inverness CT -V- Hamilton Accies - League1 - Preview

It's not how we imagined it

Well, it's the scenario that no Caley Jags fan wanted. If we could have chosen one team to stroke off our last game of the season title deciding clash, Hamilton Accies would probably be the peoples choice. It doesn't bother me that we have had previous with Accies over the years regarding relegation, it's the fact that they are the form team in the league on three wins on the bounce and if you remove their 21 point deduction, they would be sitting third in the table on merit. Add in the factor that Accies need at least one point, dependant on another result, to have any hope of avoiding the relegation play-off but a better option for Accies is going for all three points. We are also well aware that they have top strikers in Oli Shaw and Kevin O'Hara and they are the third top scorers in the league with 53 goals behind us and Queen of the South. The other major stumbling block is our own form. We are hell bent on drawing our way to the title with four draws over the last six which has included playing teams in the relegation zone. Whilst we are unbeaten in the League over 17 games we could have been out of site long before now. Instead of that we have turned wins into draws and are paying the price for our failure to kill games off when well on top. That price is no finger nails left and confidence draining away from the park to the stands. Here's a thought to cheer us up. Our last defeat was 18 games ago when we lost 2-1 at Montrose. On Saturday Stenhousemuir visit Montrose looking to win the title
Apart from all that we have nothing to worry about!
Of the three previous meetings this season: We were blown away 3-1 at NDP on a miserable day during Storm Amy in October: Accies blew Inverness away with Amy spoiling our day. Goals from O'Hara, McDonald and Shaw were enough to win the three points and send Accies to the top of the table. Bavidge scored our counter but we dropped to third with Stenhousemuir second. We exacted revenge back in the Highlands before Xmas with a 4-0 thrashing of Accies. It was a convincing win for the table toppers with goals from Mitchell Robertson, Chanka Zimba, his 13th of the season, substitutes Alfie Bavidge and Billy Mckay. Boom! In the last meeting away at Broadwood an Alfie Bavidge goal separated the sides in a scrappy affair. At that stage, the Caley Jags moved 5 points ahead after beating Accies 1-0 thanks to Alfie Bavidge's first half header.


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Match/Ticket/Bar94/Bus/Info
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This was our squad that struggled on the artificial surface at Bayview. It took a brilliant strike from Billy Mckay to rescue a point in the 89th minute after Michael McKenna had given the Fifer's the lead shortly after the interval. That was goal No 131 for Billy and could prove to be his most crucial strike yet.
Last Six League1:
D D D W W D
Liam Sole has been struggling with a calf injury and has missed out recently. We badly need his pace up front in an attacking manner.
Bar 94 will open at 1200, with last orders at 1430 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1445).
The bar reopens at full time, when expect to be joined by some of the players.
Operated by Stagecoach, buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415.
Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800.
The bus fare is £2 single (contactless payments or cash accepted), and Over 60 / Disabled and Under 22 Concession passes are valid, giving free travel on the service to passholders.
Why not come down early, make a day of it, and wait to see the players after full time?

Accies are on a three game winning streak as they try to escape the relegation zone. To be honest it would be an unbelievable achievement should they escape after a 21 point deduction for gross mismanagement. We all know how that feels.
Last Six League1:
D L L W W W
Accies drew 2-2 at Cove before losing the next two at home to Kelty (1-2) and a 3-0 loss at Stenhousemuir. They have since made a sprint for the finishing line beating Alloa 1-0, Montrose 0-2 and last time out beating Peterhead 3-1. Those results have taken them close to safety and they sit one point below East Fife and three points below Cove Rangers but with a much better GD than both. All to play for at the bottom but it depends on the result at Cove v East Fife to determine their destiny combined with a result at Inverness other than a defeat.
Oli Shaw has scored three times over the last six games. He is the leading scorer in League1 with 19 goals. In comparison our best League scorers this season is Chanka Zimba with 11 and Alfie Bavidge with 10.
Steven Bradley will need rehab after picking up an injury at Montrose.
It will be some achievement should Accies avoid relegation, but to do that they need to not lose which is not in our best interest.



Inverness CT deducted 5 points as per SPFL rules on clubs suffering an insolvency event
Hamilton Academical deducted 6 points following breaches of multiple SPFL Rules. 
Hamilton Academical deducted 9 points following SPFL Disciplinary Tribunal. 
Hamilton Academical deducted 6 points following SPFL Disciplinary Tribunal 

Pos.

P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
1
Inverness CT*
35
20
11
4
58
23
35
66
2
Stenhousemuir
35
17
13
5
48
27
21
64
3
Alloa Athletic
35
15
8
12
49
34
15
53
4
Queen of the South
35
13
12
10
54
46
8
51
5
Peterhead
35
12
7
16
48
62
-14
43
6
Montrose
35
11
9
15
48
65
-17
42
7
Cove Rangers
35
9
10
16
41
44
-3
37
8
East Fife
35
9
8
18
34
61
-27
35
9
Hamilton Accies *
35
16
7
12
53
40
13
34

Kelty Hearts
35
5
11
19
31
62
-31
26


After tonight's final Championship games
Ross County Relegated - Airdrie in play-offs.

Semi-Final: 1st Leg Tue 5th May 19:45 4th in L1 v Airdrie
Semi-Final: 1st Leg Tue 5th May 19:45 3rd in L1 v 2nd in L1
Semi-Final: 2nd Leg Sat 9th May 15:00 Airdrie v 4th in L1
Semi-Final: 2nd Leg Sat 9th May 15:00 2nd in L1 v 3rd in L1
Final: 1st Leg Wed 13th May 19:45 Lowest remaining seed at home
Final: 2nd Leg Sat 16th May 17:30 Highest remaining seed at home

By tm4tj in Previews 2025-26 ·

East Fife 1-1 Inverness CT - League 1

Champagne on Ice

A sold out away crowd were on hand to see if the Caley Jags could secure promotion to the Championship at Bayview Stadium in the penultimate League fixture of the season. Hopes were high after last weeks results where Stenhousemuir lost at Cove Rangers and Inverness nervously scraped home against Kelty Hearts to open up a four point gap with just two games remaining. A few different permutations remain but it's going to the wire after a 1-1 draw at Bayview and Stenhousemuir beating Alloa 1-0.
It was a massive let down for the big away support who witnessed a disjointed scrappy performance by the Caley Jags against a team that were prepared to fight for the jerseys and deserved their point today whilst we fired high balls onto the head of Brian Easton as if he was a ball magnet. Michael MacKenna scored a simple knock in after our defence were easily opened up on the right side. We were second to every ball for 80 minutes, The introduction of some subs injected a bit more urgency but it took a superb strike from Billy Mckay to salvage an unlikely point in the final minute of the ninety after he chested the ball, spun round and shot early from the edge of the box to leave the keeper stranded as the ball rifled into the bottom corner. That was the solitary bit of quality on a day when we looked overawed and ordinary and the fans left the stadium shaking their heads.

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It started reasonably brightly for us in the opening minutes as Longstaff had an opportunity to cut into the box before Robbie Hemfrey saved from a tight angle. It was a bright afternoon with a hint of a stiff breeze on the park that often held long balls up long enough for defenders to get the easy pickings, and so it went on. Mamadou Bah headed over from a corner and the ever dangerous Michael McKenna saw Ross Munro save his header to the bottom corner. Chanka Zimba went down injured and to be honest might just as well have stayed on the ground for the rest of the half such was the impact he was having on procedings. Maybe the hosts saw this as an excuse to leave their players on the surface a la Fawlty Towers 'well you started it'. McKenna had another header saved by Munro ten minutes before the break and the 'injuries' continued to the interval in what had been a very poor half with chances at a premium.
HALF TIME: 0-1
The tempo upped at the start of the second half but it was the hosts that were looking livelier around the box with Munro the busier keeper, saving from Nathan Austin in the bottom corner. Oscar MacIntyre was blocked just as he offloaded a shot as he raced onto a ball on the edge of the box and minutes later East Fife went ahead. Good work or not so good defending, but the hosts did well to retain the ball on their left wing following a throw-in and Slattery's ball into the middle was knocked in by McKenna from ten yards to dent our ambitions. We could all see this coming thus far in the game and for the next twenty minutes it could have got worse. McKenna was denied by Munro as the Fifers broke forward, the keeper able to save comfortably in the end. The play was still being disrupted and more substitutes added to this but ultimately would throw us a get out of jail card right at the end. From this point onwards, we showed much more urgency with Wotherspoon and Billy Mckay now on the park although the bigger mystery was why was Zimba still on it (or was he? Maybe it was his destiny). Ross Munro pulled off a tremendous save to stop McKenna adding a second as he acrobatically tipped his effort over the bar. That was a crucial save by the keeper that kept us in the game. Hemfrey pulled off a TV save when substitute Adam MacKinnon's volley was bounced off the surface towards the top corner but the keeper had time to take the cigar out before diving and catching the ball with both hands, Thankfully for us, Zimba surfaced just in time to nod Paul Allan's lob towards the box onwards where the genius of Billy Mckay left the keeper rooted to the spot as his volley found the bottom corner from around twenty yards. Billy collected Chanka's backward head flick on his chest and his strikers instinct saw him swivel and volley as smooth as you like and for that we will be eternally grateful for Paul, Chanka and the predatory Billy Mckay. That goal alone might just be enough to save our season as a draw next week is another option to going straight up.
FULL TIME: 1-1
Make no bones about it, this was a dismal showing in a game that could have yielded the League1 title and with it promotion to the Championship. Instead of that we were dragged into a dogged battle against a team fighting for survival accompanied by some questionable tactical decisions to stay down injured at the drop of a hat. Nonetheless it worked as a disruptive influence on the game which killed any chance of a repeat of the flowing action we saw at Peterhead recently. Mind you, a lot of that was down to our own lack of tactical nous in launching numerous aimless balls forward to Brian Easton's head, a tactic that rightly saw him named man of the match.
East Fife are now set for a final day relegation play-off battle after Accies beat Peterhead but that point today for the Fifers gives them some hope going into the final games next week just one point ahead of Accies with Kelty Hearts now officially relegated.
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Pos
Team
Pld
Gd
Pts
1
ICTFC
35
35
66
2
Stenny
35
21
64
3
Alloa
35
15
53
4
QotS
35
8
51
5
P'Head
35
-14
43
6
Monty
35
-17
42
7
Cove
35
-3
37
8
E Fife
35
-27
35
9
Accies
35
13
34

Kelty
35
-31
26

 How important could this goal be.
A strike that rooted the keeper to the spot.

 
 
Date:  25/04/2026  Venue: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 1348 Referee: Alastair Grieve
 
East Fife: 1
Manager: Dick Campbell
Lineup: Hemfrey; Wilson, Bah, Munro, Easton, Peggie, Slattery (Scally 61), McManus,
Millar, McKenna, Austin (Oladipo 61), Culbert
Subs (not used):  Rollo; Gaffney, Halliday, Halsey, Healy, Latona, Rowe,
Scorers: McKenna (56)
Booked: Bah (87)
Sent Off: none
Inverness CT: 1
Manager: Scott Kellacher
Lineup: Munro; Millen (Wotherspoon 73), Devine, Savage, McIntyre (Robertson 64),
Longstaff (MacKinnon 58), MacLeod (Alonge 58), Allan, Stewart (B Mckay, 73), Bavidge, Zimba
Subs (not used): Ross; Brannan, Chalmers, Willox
Scorers: B Mckay (89)
Booked: Longstaff (57)
Sent Off: none

By tm4tj in Reports 2025-26 ·

East Fife -V- Inverness CT - League1

Is It Coming Home?

With the prospect of a title winning celebration happening this weekend, a big crowd is expected at Bayview Stadium, Methil. It's certainly not a formality by any means, however, there is a distinct possibility that something could happen and that will swell the crowd. East Fife have had to review their seating allocation to try and accommodate this surge in ticket sales and we are still waiting for further developments regarding ticket sales as of Monday at 21:00. It did open but sold out quickly and we now await more seating to be released by East Fife. A win for the Caley Jags will secure the title outright regardless of what Stenhousemuir do against Alloa Athletic. A draw might be enough but that depends on Stenhousemuir losing or at worst, drawing, something that is not a common occurrence at Ochilview this season. A defeat for both clubs hands Inverness the title and promotion. Defeat at Bayview takes it to the final day against Accies as long as Stenny get the win, and a draw at Stenny would probably suffice for us given our superior goal difference.
It's all ifs and buts at the moment.
It's only this season that our paths have crossed again after a 27 year hiatus in League games. We did have a League cup win over them in 2020 when Shane Sutherland scored the only goal of the game. We have been pretty dominant this season so far scoring nine goals and conceding one in the first meeting this season in a 4-1 win in the Highlands. Our overall Head 2 Head meetings with East Fife is good with 10 wins, two defeats and two draws in the 14 fixtures played since we first locked horns in a Scottish Cup tie in 1996. That one ended in a 1-1 draw: A team of volunteers cleared a 2 inch covering of snow to allow this game to go ahead. The first chance fell after 5 minutes to East Fife's Trinidadian Arnold Dwarika but Jim Calder saved his 25 yard drive. Two minutes later Calder touched a Robert Scott shot round the post. Five minutes later lain Stewart had the home fans roaring when he opened the scoring - a long pass from Graeme Bennett found Stewart with a little space on the right edge of the area and he chipped (surprise surprise) the ball over Lindsay Hamilton. It was nearly two in 15 minutes but Richard Hastings 30 yard free kick flew narrowly past the post. The home side had other first half chances through Stewart and Hercher and East Fife came close in 41 minutes when Calder touched away a David Beaton free kick. The home side continued to impress in the second half and had excellent chances through Teasdale and Hercher. In 78 minutes East Fife drew level - Alex Hamill slipped the ball to Dwarika on the right and without breaking stride he curled the ball into the top right-hand corner of the net from 25 yards. Caley Thistle fought back but could not find the net - their best effort was 6 minutes from time when a well timed tackle from John McStay foiled Alan Hercher. The home side were disappointed not to have held on to their lead and East Fife headed south greatly relieved.
<Both Reports by Ian Broadfoot>
The replay was also drawn 1-1 thanks to an injury time equaliser from Alan Hercher who cancelled out Scott's opener on 75m. A tremendous victory for Caledonian Thistle but only after an injury time equaliser in normal time and the drama of penalty kicks.
The match was played at a furious pace on a wet and windy evening and several hundred Inverness fans witnessed an historic victory. East Fife had the better of the first half as the visitors battled into the gales - the best chances for the home side fell to Mark Donaghy who hit it over the bar in 8 minutes and to player/manager Steve Archibald who did the same from 6 yards in 24 minutes. Caley Thistle dominated the penalty shoot out with the home players clearly very nervous. Iain Stewart, Mike Noble and Daisy Ross all scored for the visitors while East Fifes Allan hit it over the bar, Jim Calder saved from Hope and McStay scored.
At 3-1 Colin Mitchells penalty was saved by Hamilton but the match was over when Hutcheon hit the post. A superb night for Caley Thistle and a place in the last 16 of the Cup.
February 12th, 1996, 7:30 PM at Bayview Park, Methil:
Crowd: 1345
Those were the days with big names like Steve Archibald, Pele, Jim Calder, Iain Stewart
This one is filling up fast. Be there or be square.
⛔ As of Tuesday, our Allocation has been sold out ⛔
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Match/Ticket/Info
DIRECT LINK FOR AWAY TICKETS
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Last 4 games v E Fife. 3 this season and a L/Cup fixture 2020
3 - 0 (H)
2 - 0 (A)
4 - 1 (H)
1 - 0 (H)
Last Saturday's squad that squeaked through against Kelty Hearts. Paul Allan still claiming the goal but officially it's still an og credited to Alex Ferguson. We seem to be holding strong in the run in with two crucial wins at Peterhead and at home to Kelty after a run of three draws. A third win will see us Promoted as Champions in front of a big crowd at Bayview.
Last Six League1:
W D D D W W 
Admission Prices:
o Adults: £20
o Concessions: £16 [Over 65s and full-time students]
o Under 16: £5
o Parent & 1 Child: £23
o Parent & 2 Children: £25
There are no cash turnstiles at Bayview.
Disabled Supporters
Supporters requiring additional assistance should contact East Fife’s Disability Access Officer,
Stephen Mill ([email protected]) in advance of the match.

East Fife are still requiring points to be safe at the bottom end and with Accies having a vastly superior goal difference then every point is a prisoner for the Fifers. After three draws in a row, the last draw being a comeback point from 2-0 down v Stenny, they then lost 1-0 at Montrose but stunned Peterhead with a 2-1 win at Bayview before last weeks 2-0 defeat at Alloa.
Last Six League1:
D D D L W L
Nathan Austin helped our cause with the second comeback goal against Stenhousemuir. Sam Culbert on loan from Livingston has been on the scoresheet as well. He's one to watch, as is former Arbroath striker Michael McKenna.






Pos
Team
Pld
Gd
Pts
1
ICTFC
34
35
65
2
Stenny
34
20
61
3
Alloa
34
16
53
4
QotS
34
8
50
5
P'Head
34
-12
43
6
Monty
34
-17
41
7
Cove
34
-5
34
8
E Fife
34
-27
34
9
Accies
34
11
31
10
Kelty
34
-29
26

Sounds like a full squad for Fife

By tm4tj in Previews 2025-26 ·

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