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Raith Rovers 5-1 Inverness CT - League Cup

Over & Out

New Signing Oscar McIntyre went straight into the starting XI with Ross Millen, Calum MacLeod and Paul Allan missing from the midweek massacre at East Kilbride. David Wotherspoon also started but Billy Mckay was on the bench.
Both sides failed to qualify for the knockout stages despite Rovers trouncing the Caley Jags 5-1 at Stark's Park. Three goals in the first half from Dylan Easton (x2 one pen) and Jack Hamilton killed the contest with Wotherspoon getting a consolation before Easton completed his hat-trick once more from the spot and our misery was complete when Remi Savage knocked in an own goal off his back in stoppage time. Meh!
Raith Rovers, with nothing to play for were quick out of the blocks and were two ahead inside seven minutes. Dylan Easton with a quickfire brace, opening the scoring in the fourth minute with a half volley from the edge of the box and three minutes later converting a penalty after Longstaff upended Paul McMullan in the box. Liam Sole did put the ball in the net but was flagged offside after seventeen minutes. Oscar MacIntyre, not known for his goalscoring endeavours, went close from a tight angle but narrowly missed the target. The visitors were seeing plenty of the ball with half an hour gone, but it was the hosts who held a two goal advantage. They increased that ten minutes before the interval when Jack Hamilton scored a third shortly after Scott Brown went close. A Wotherspoon corner was whipped in and clipped a post, but that was as close as we came before Hamilton then fired a free kick wide with five minutes of the half remaining.
HALF TIME: 3-0 (ouch!)
No changes at the interval but Wotherspoon pulled a goal back on the hour off a Mathew Strachan cross from the left but five minutes later Easton completed his hat-trick from the spot again after handball by Savage. His day would get worse in stoppage time when the ball bounced off him into the net after Munro had parried an effort, although Raith are claiming it for Josh Mullin . Plenty of substitutions around the hour took the edge off the game with Raith in cruise control despite Wotherspoon's morsel of consolation on a day when both clubs left the competition. A couple of late bookings for the Thompson Twins. It must run in the family...
It would appear Remi Savage was at the end of the game for kicking the ball aggressively in the direction of the referee. However, similar to the ninety minutes, he missed. Not much he could have done about the penalty to be honest, but this will possibly mean he will miss the start of the league campaign against Kelty if it's seen as violent conduct. Otherwise it will mean he misses next League Cup game.
FULL TIME: 5-1 (sore one)
 
 Caley 100 on CTO: A big feckin OUCH! Thought Tuesday was going to be sign of things to come! Obviously not. Striker required! Apply ICT, Stadium road Inverness.
Robert: This may turn out to be a timely reality check and ensure we are focussed on hitting the ground running next Saturday at Kelty. Better to lose today, when our chances of qualifying were slim, than in a league game. But I agree, we do need to get a striker in or that could be our Achilles heel again.




No Listen! To be honest with you, we were sh!te...


 







 
Date:  26/07/2025  Venue: Stark's Park Attendance: 1032 Referee: Ross Hardie
 

Raith Rovers: 5 (five)
Manager: Barry Robson
Lineup:  Rae; Rowe (Mullin 59), Hanlon, Fordyce, Doherty, Brown, Byrne (Mathews 65 ),
Stevenson, McMullan Chin 59), Hamilton (Vaughan 59), Easton (Montagu 69)
Subs (not used):  Glavin; Gibson, Hannah, Raeside
Scorers: Easton (4, 7pen, 64pen), Hamilton (36), Savage (90+2 og)
Booked: none
Sent Off: none
Inverness CT: 1
Manager: Scott Kellacher
Lineup:  Munro; MacIntyre, Devine, Savage, Strachan, Sole (R Thompson 67), Chalmers (S Thompson 80),
Stewart (Gardiner 80), Longstaff (Kerr 67), Wotherspoon (Mckay 67), Alonge
Subs (not used): Ross; Nixon, Walker, Keogh,
Scorers: Wotherspoon (58)
Booked: Devine (67), S Thompson (86), R Thompson (89)
Sent Off: Savage (after final whistle)

By tm4tj in Reports 2025-26 ·

Raith Rovers-V- Inverness CT - League Cup

Losers Go Home Time

Not quite a winner takes all encounter as a draw would maybe suffice for us, but it's certainly a loser exits the League Cup competition kind of day. We had a smashing win at East Kilbride after a first half that gave little clue about what was to happen after the break. Five goals in a 14 minute spell ensured the points went North and the tie was over just after the hour. Raith lost 3-1 to St Johnstone which leaves them three points behind Inverness in the proverbial six-pointer with every goal having a two goal swing. We currently enjoy the advantage in Group F. At present four second placed teams are better off than us and four teams are on the same six points than us. Therefore it would appear that only a win will suffice for either team with Raith Rovers unlikely to progress either way.
Looking ahead to the Raith Rovers game, Scott Kellacher said
“We’re looking forward to it, we know it is going to be a real hard game. I was delighted with the performance against East Kilbride on Tuesday but we won’t get carried away and we’ll keep our feet on the ground.” “We know it’ll be a hard game against Raith Rovers, they have some great quality players that can hurt you at any time, so we need to be at our best. It’ll be the fourth team from the Championship we’ve played in the last month, which is good preparations for us going forward, we’ve learnt a lot from the games.” “I think we’re going in the right direction; we’re building a good squad but it is important we go down there and believe in ourselves, are ruthless in front of goal like we were on Tuesday and look to get a clean sheet too. Overall, we just need to go there and work hard.”  
Here's the format for this season's League Cup
The group stage will involve all 38 teams not involved in European competition, plus the winners of the Highland League and Lowland League. There will be eight groups of five teams playing each other once in a round-robin format, to take place across five July dates (16, 20, 23, 27 and 30) and will use the traditional three points for a win and one point for a draw model. Straight to penalties for the bonus point, Eight group winners and the three best runners-up progress to the second round, when they are joined by the five clubs competing in Europe, and revert to a traditional knockout format.
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Raith Rovers v ICTFC
Premier Sports Cup Group Stage
Saturday 26th July - 3pm kick-off - Stark’s Park
Ticket Info
Adult: £15 - Over 65: £10 - Under 16: £6
Disabled tickets are priced at the relevant age category but are entitled to a free carer. This can be purchased online or from the Ticket Office, however proof of entitlement needs to be shown at the turnstile on the way in.
Tickets available via FANBASE LINK
ICT Supporters Travel Club
The Travel Club are running a bus to this Saturday’s match against Raith Rovers which leaves the Stadium at 10am
Both picking up in Aviemore. £20 a seat. Book through the Travel Club’s Facebook or on 07462218717.
Table after Tuesday nights games
Pos
Team
Pld
Gd
Pts
1
St. J
3
5
9
2
ICTFC
3
5
6
3
E K
4
-1
6
4
Raith
3
0
3
5
Elgin
3
-9
😂
Here's our team lines from midweek where we thrashed East Kilbride 6-2 at the K-Park Stadium. A relatively tight first 45 ended at 1-1 with an opening goal for EK knocked in by Mr Trialist and Billy Mckay replying with a fine header off a superb cross from Alfie Stewart. No hint about what was about to happen. Within three minutes of the restart Paul Allan scored through the keeper from an impossible angle. That started the deluge. Luis Longstaff whipped one in before Calum MacLeod drill one behind the keeper from a tight angle again. Longstaff lobbed his second over the keeper and in off the post before Alfie Stewart rifled a free kick into the bottom corner to end the spree on 64 minutes. Robertson got a late consolation for EK after lots of substitutions disrupted the flow. Overall, a stunning performance from the Caley Jags whilst keeper Morrison might not want to watch the replays.
Scott Kellacher is still on the look out to increase his squad with back-up for Billy Mckay one of his priorities and more cover in defence.
Inverness fans will be situated in the North Stand, and these tickets will go on sale once the priority window has closed. RaithTV will provide live video coverage of this match to international subscribers.
Cash and card are accepted at the Ticket Office and kiosks. If you are unable to purchase online, please call the Raith on 01592 263514 or visit us during our office hours.
Looking suspiciously like Barry Robson's Raith Rovers have nicked one of our olde strips, this was their squad for Tuesday nights defeat in Perth where St Johnstone ran out 3-1 winners. Gullan and McPake had St Johnstone in control by five minutes after the break. Substitute Jack Hamilton halved the deficit before the hour but a late strike by Kirk secured the win with ten minutes remaining. The stats will show that Rovers got more shots away but it's goals that count and they went home pointless.
Raith started the campaign well with a healthy 5-1 win at Elgin. Easton (x2), Rowe, Vaughan and Mullin were the scorers. They were caught late in the fixture with East Kilbride, going down 4-2 in the space of six minutes after conceding three goals from the 88th minute for a surprise defeat with Rowe and Vaughan getting the goals. In midweek their consolation was netted by Jack Hamilton. According to Barry Robson, Raith were hard done by and should have had a couple of penalties. They were the better team for large parts of the game and his keeper never had a save to make.
Always did have a big chip on his shoulder 😭



Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC are delighted to announce the permanent transfer of defender Oscar MacIntyre from Hibernian FC, on an initial 1-year deal subject to SFA clearance.
Oscar, 20 years-old, is predominately a left back but can also play right back. He signed for the Hibernian Academy in 2019 from fellow Edinburgh side The Spartans. He signed his first professional contract with the Hibees in 2021 and he made his first team debut in May 2022.  
While at Hibs, Oscar had two loan spells with League One side Queen of the South both last season and previously for the first half of season 2023-24. He spent the second half of 2023-24 on loan at Annan Athletic. 



By tm4tj in Previews 2025-26 ·

East Kilbride 2-6 Inverness CT - League Cup

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
Raining Goals at the K Stadium
On CTO: ictchris summed up: Overall, a fantastic performance - the start of the second half we literally looked like we'd score every time we had the ball, and pretty much did just that. I lost count of our goals, not sure I've ever done that at a game before. I thought Longstaff was outstanding in that spell - scored twice, set up one and (I think) won the free kick for the sixth. Alfie Stewart also had a great game, he was all over the place, looking dangerous and using the ball well every time he had it. Paul Allan covered so much ground and was available all the time as well. Liam Sole had a good start - his booking by the ref, former Ross County player Jamie McCunnie for diving was ridiculous.
Superb result for the Caley Jags away from home. With St Johnstone beating Raith Rovers 3-1, that puts us in with a chance of progressing into the next stages of the League Cup.
We are away to Raith on Saturday in the proverbial winner takes all encounter. In saying that, a draw would be sufficient for us which might mean a more cautious approach to the tie. Bring it on!


Table after last nights games
Pos
Team
Pld
Gd
Pts
1
St. J
3
5
9
2
ICTFC
3
5
6
3
E K
4
-1
6
4
Raith
3
0
3
5
Elgin
3
-9
0












The Goals
No Listen!





 
Date:  22/07/2025  Venue: K-Park Stadium, East Kilbride Attendance: **** Referee: Jamie McCunnie
 
East Kilbride: 2
Manager: Mick Kennedy
Lineup:  Morrison; MacKenzie, 22, Ferguson, Mimnaugh (55), Spence (Lyon 56),
Leitch (Cleland 56), Flanagan, Healy, Foster, Robertson
Subs (not used):  Owens; Main,
Scorers: Devine (17 og)
Booked: Lyon (67)
Sent Off: none
Inverness CT: 6
Manager: Scott Kellacher
Lineup:  Munro; MacLeod (R Thompson 80), Devine, Savage, Strachan, Sole (Wotherspoon 61),
Allan (Alonge 61), Chalmers (Nixon 76), Stewart, Longstaff, Mckay (Keogh 75)
Subs (not used): Ross; Kerr, S Thompson, Gardiner
Scorers: Mckay (25), Allan (48), (51, 57), MacLeod (54), Stewart (62)
Booked: Sole (5), Wotherspoon (80)
Sent Off: none


By tm4tj in Reports 2025-26 ·

East Kilbride -V- Inverness CT

South West to East Kilbride

Coming down from the North, It's a first for the Caley Jags as they visit the K-Park Training Academy which has a capacity of 700 (400seated), situated in the St Leonards area of East Kilbride at Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QZ. It's a 3G synthetic surface so that might affect team selection. Inverness went down narrowly to a last minute goal at the weekend against St Johnstone having beaten Elgin City in our opening encounter. East Kilbride have been the shock troops in Group F so far. They led St Johnstone for fifty minutes before going down 3-1 in their first fixture. Their second game saw an astonishing comeback from the 88th minute when they had just gone 2-1 down to Raith Rovers. However, in a remarkable turnaround, they scored three goals over the next six minutes to take all three points in a 2-4 win at Starks Park. To prove it was no fluke, they then thumped Elgin City 1-4 on Saturday as they played their penultimate Group F fixture.
No Listen! Here's Scott Kellacher ahead of match
“We know we’re in for a real hard game, East Kilbride have made a great start and they’re desperate this season to go and win their league to get up. There’s a lot going on at their club and they are going in the right direction because their performances have been good.” “They have some cracking players there; Mick Kennedy and Simon Ferry are doing a great job. We’ve watched them a few times, the way they play the game is exciting so hopefully we’re in for a real good game tomorrow night.”
We’ll assess Ross Millen today, it’ll most likely be 50/50 for the game but if he’s feeling it we won’t be taking any chances with him. We can’t afford to have players out long term, so we have to look after them in the short term.”

East Kilbride v ICTFC ⚽
Premier Sports Cup Group Stage
Tuesday 22nd July, 7.45pm kick-off
Ross Commercial Finance Stadium
Calderglen Country Park
East Kilbride
G75 0QZ
Ticket Info 🎫 There will only be 290 tickets available for ICT fans
Tickets available from the following link via Fanbase for ICTFC supporters
Travel Club Info 🚍 The ICT Supporters Travel Club are running a bus to Tuesday’s match against East Kilbride, leaving the Caledonian Stadium at 2pm. Both picking up in Aviemore. £20 a seat. Book through the Travel Club’s Facebook or 07462 218717



EK's team -V- Elgin City last Saturday where they ran away with the game. Skipper Jack Leitch opened the scoring in the third minute and he added a second after 21 minutes before Elgin pulled one back from the spot on half time. Nathan Flannagan scored soon after the interval before John Robertson ended the scoring with nearly half an hour to go. A great start to life in with the big boys and I'm sure they will be knocking on the promotion door come the end of the season.
Former St Johnstone player John Robertson is the leading scorer in the League Cup this season with five goals from three games. Jack Leitch scored twice at Elgin. EK have scored nine goals in their three games.
Here's how they did it at Elgin!
Here's how we went down to St Johnstone.

Caley Jags starting XI and Subs in the defeat to St Johnstone. Ross Millen and Adam MacKinnon were missing through injury and that was likely our strongest available squad. Substitutes Liam Sole and Jordan Alonge put in a strong case for a start against East Kilbride with a powerful display and added some much needed pace and power to our attack. Liam Sole looks like he will scare the sh!t out of defenders this season. Already got his own song (Gold) after a couple of substitute appearances with his twinkle toes and attacking prowess. Not seen anything like him for years, certainly not in a Caley Jags top. Sensational! Good confident display between the sticks by Ross Munro. Our Achilles heel on Saturday through no fault of his own was probably Calum MacLeod having to fill in at right back. A fish out of water but he stuck manfully to the task. He is much more suited to being a powerful midfielder. Chin up, this could be your season. Alfie Stewart and Paul Allan did a power of work and the defence were strong until the 90th minute when Ikpeazu did what he does best. What a beast he is. If anything, Wotherspoon and Longstaff were posted missing in the first half which meant we surrendered possession too easily. I doubt we will underestimate EK and I'm sure Kellacher will be well aware of the dangers and implications of this tie.







By tm4tj in Previews 2025-26 ·

Inverness CT 0-1 St Johnstone - League Cup

Last gasp Saints
 
 Built like a heavyweight boxer, Uche Ikpeazu used his strength to turn and poke his shot behind Ross Munro to win this tie that was on a knife edge as we approached full time, just when we were all getting ready for a penalty kick shoot-out. St Johnstone had dominated possession in the opening 45' without threatening to run away with the game. Billy Mckay, looking suspiciously offside spurned an early chance for the hosts as the flag stayed down with keeper Toby Steward blocking the strikers effort from inside the box as he bore down on goal after slack defensive work by the visitors. Thereafter, the first half mainly belonged to St Johnstone's possession game but clear cut chances were at a premium. Best moment was Ross Munro acrobatically clawing away a header from Adama Sibideh and Jamie Gullan might have done better than blasting an effort over the bar as Saint's enjoyed the majority of the ball. After the break we looked more positive going forward, especially after the hour when Jordan Alonge and Liam Sole replaced Wotherspoon and Billy Mckay. Liam Sole is a bag of tricks with plenty of pace and he troubled the Perth defence, something we were unable to do often enough in the first half. Alfie Stewart saw his free kick from 25 yards tipped over the bar as we pressed for the opener. Desperate defending kept Sole at bay and just when penalties looked inevitable came the sucker punch from the big man. Sickener after we looked in control of the second half. Joe Chalmers almost sprung a surprise direct from the subsequent restart, the keeper back tracking to tip his on target shot from the halfway spot over the bar and Sole produced another dazzling run past dozens of players before his shot was deflected just wide. Alas, we just came up short in what turned into an entertaining game after a drab first half.
Full Time: 0-1
A tough one to take after competing well for long spells in the game. The introduction of Sole and Alonge gave us more energy and flair and we were unfortunate not to take advantage of that injection they gave us. St Johnstone did what they needed to do and got their reward right at the end.
The other game in our group saw East Kilbride beat Elgin City 1-4
Our two final games are both away ties at East Kilbride & Raith Rovers
Nobody said it would be easy.



Video highlights from Premier Sports TV

No, Listen... he went that way

Match reaction from CTO
tm4tj: Much livelier second half, especially when Sole and Alonge came on. Sole has been the most exciting player I have seen up here for a loooong time. He has plenty tricks in his bag and almost scored a sensational goal after beating abput nine players before his strike was deflected just wide. Strength was what got Perth their goal, nothing else. Excited for the season ahead with Sole ready to rip up League1. Alonge looks quality as well.
Hiro: Not much between the teams. I think we played some decent stuff, unlike under our previous manager it looks like there's a point to what we're doing. Shocking goal to give away, Danny will be really disappointed with that defending, fell for Ikpeazu's only trick.
Huisdean: As for the game, we were good in parts and probably deserved a draw. Still tend to overplay too much around the box though, please just shoot if the opportunity presents its self. Today was also a good workout in terms of fitness.
Doofers Dad: In general, I think we played pretty well today. Judging by the numbers of supporters who were standing in the main stand to applaud the team off the pitch at the end of the game, I would say most would agree with me.
 










 
Date:  19/07/2025  Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1585 Referee: Graham Grainger 

 Inverness CT: 0
Manager: Scott Kellacher
Lineup:  Munro; MacLeod, Devine, Savage, Strachan, Allan, Wotherspoon (Alogne 60), Chalmers
Longstaff (Corner 69), Stewart (Kerr 92), B Mckay (Sole)
Subs (not used):  Ross; R Thompson, S Thompson, Nixon, Keogh,
Scorers: none
Booked: none
Sent Off: none
St Johnstone: 1
Manager: Simo Valakari
Lineup:  Stewart; Tumilty, Diabate, Foulds, Boyes, Gullan (Svedberg 64), Sprangler (McAlear 65),
Holt, McPake (Steven 80), Kirk (Ikpeazu 80), Sibideh (Mallan (46))
Subs (not used): Baird; Bright, Franczak, Thomson
Scorers: Ikpeazu (90)
Booked: McAlear (73), Foulds (74)
Sent Off: none
By tm4tj in Reports 2025-26 ·

Inverness CT v St Johnstone - League Cup

St Johnstone League Cup

This will be a tough test for our new look squad against relegated St Johnstone who will be looking to bounce back to the Premiership after finishing bottom of the table last season and will fancy their chances of progressing out of the group stages in this League Cup encounter at the Caledonian Stadium. They had to battle hard to overcome East Kilbride in their opening Group F tie eventually sealing a 1-3 win over the new League2 side. Our opening fixture was in midweek where we edged out Elgin City with a hard fought but ultimately deserved 2-0 win over the Borough Briggs side. Early days yet with most teams still building up to the bigger challenges ahead with the League campaign getting underway in early August and teams looking to hit the ground running. Especially us as we start League1 at minus 5 points. Meh!
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The League Cup has not been a happy place for the Caley Jags in recent seasons but we got off to a winning start over Elgin City in midweek with Billy Mckay and Luis Longstaff the difference between the sides. Had Elgin not smacked the junction of post and bar it might have been different, but them's the breaks. Scott Kellacher was happy enough with the win and a clean sheet and more minutes in the legs.
No listen! Really pleased with the first half. Looking forward to a hard game this weekend against St Johnstone, it will be a difficult test.

Supporters Trust: St Johnstone: 1500 on Saturday 19 July: 🚍 & ⚽  & 🚍
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.
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 £2.70 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.

Here's our team that we had out in our first competitive game of the season after an indifferent pre-season. This will be fairly close to our strongest line-up available at present with players still to get up to speed and adjusting to pastures new. Ross Munro appears to be our number 1 keeper and seems decent. the back four of Millen, Devine, Savage and Strachan have those positions ring fenced. We have an abundance of midfielders and that is where selections will be easily rotated on a horses for courses basis. Allan, MacLeod, Chalmers and Wotherspoon are all accomplished players with new signings Alfie Stewart, Jordan Alonge and Liam Sole able and willing to step in seamlessly. Robbie Thompson is also still here and will be pushing for a start. Calum MacLeod looks likely to be the big breakthrough player this season. The experience and guile of David Wotherspoon as an attacking midfielder will be invaluable in assisting Billy Mckay and Luis Longstaff up front. Kell's has made no secret of the fact that he want Alfie Bavidge back here as well. What an asset that would be as goal scorers are in short supply at the Caledonian Stadium just now. In saying that, Mckay and Longstaff got the first half goals against Elgin that eased us to the three points.

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🍺 Bar 94 open from 12pm
🎟️ Tickets available from eticketing.co.uk/ictfc

This was the Super J's side that came from behind to run out 1-3 winners over East Kilbride in their opening League Cup fixture. A superb John Robertson free kick had given EK an early 7th minute lead which the new League2 side held until Jamie Gullan replied with a great free kick of his own seven minutes after the break. Adama Sidibeh added a second on the hour following a quick break forward with Mackenzie Kirk completing the scoring ten minutes before the end, Saints had to work hard for the three points but their persistence paid off in the end against stubborn opponents who look like they will be a great asset to League2. Simo Valakari was delighted with the win and acknowledged how difficult it was at this venue as he praised his opponents, at the same time as accepting that St Johnstone are nowhere near where he wants them to be. I'll take that as a word of warning...
St Johnstone have an extensive list of players in & out (BBC Sport)
In: Louis Lloyd, forward (Caernarfon Town); Sam Stanton, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Jamie Gullan, forward (Raith Rovers); Morgan Boyes, defender (Morton); Jack Baird, defender (Morton); Cheick Diabate, defender (Exeter City); Reghan Tumilty, defender (Hamilton Accies); Matty Foulds, defender (Harrogate Town). Stephen Mallan has since joined on a 1 year deal and former Caley Jag Reece McAlear has also signed on at Perth on a 2 year deal.
Loan in: Toby Steward, goalkeeper (Portsmouth).
Out: Andre Raymond, defender; Josh Rae, GK (Raith Rovers, loan to permanent); Drey Wright, midfielder (Dundee); Graham Carey, midfielder (Livingston); Stevie May, forward (Livingston, loan to permanent); Callan Hamill, defender (Arsenal); Matthew Smith, midfielder (Newport County); Alex Ferguson, midfielder (Kelty Hearts); Liam Parker, defender (Cove Rangers, loan to permanent); Benjamin Kimpioka, forward; Barry Douglas, defender; Nicky Clark, forward (Ross County); Cammy MacPherson, midfielder; Max Kucheriavyi, midfielder; Adam McMillan, forward; Arran Cocks, forward; Bayley Klimionek, defender; Ben McCrystal, midfielder; Dominic Shiels, defender; Kyle Thomson, goalkeeper.
Loan ended: Andy Fisher, GK (Swansea City); Sam Curtis, defender (Sheffield United); Zach Mitchell, defender (Charlton Athletic); Elliot Watt, midfielder (Burton Albion); Stephen Duke-McKenna, midfielder (Harrogate Town).

New Dates for the Diary

League Cup (4 matches)
15.07.2025@19:45 2-0 Elgin City (H) ✔️
19.07.2025@15:00 - St. Johnstone (H)
22.07.2025@19:45 - East Kilbride (A)
26.07.2025@15:00 - Raith Rovers (A)
Challenge Cup (6 matches)
12.08.2025@19:45 - Elgin City (A)
26.08.2025@19:45 - Aberdeen B (H)
06.09.2025@15:00 - Stirling Albion (H)
23.09.2025@19:45 - Dundee B (H)
11.10.2025@15:00 - Forfar Athletic (A)
06.11.2025@19:45 - Dundee Utd B (H)
North Cup (1)
06.08.2025@19:30 - Lossiemouth (A)


By tm4tj in Previews 2025-26 ·

INVERNESS CT 2-0 ELGIN CITY - LEAGUE CUP

League Cup off and Running


Off to a winning start in the League Cup. (goals from Billy Mckay (35) & Luis Longstaff (39)
Scott Kellacher made a late loan signing with a familiar face returning to the Caledonian Stadium in young Alfie Stewart. He comes back to us on a six month loan along with another well known face in ex-player David Proctor; now a qualified physiotherapist, Welcome back guys. Alfie was on the bench with Doc Proc in the dugout.
With Elgin City taking advantage of the loan partnership co-operation with Aberdeen, they immediately bolstered their squad for tonight's Premier Sports Cup tie against the Caley Jags. 17 year old Left-back Dylan Ross started and central defender Noah McDonnell also 17 made the bench (He must be a joiner). No room for James Mercer though. Ross Draper took his place in the visitors starting XI with Lewis Hyde on the bench.
A warm night in the Highland capital saw the first chance fall to Calum MacLeod but his shot was wide to the left. His next effort was saved low down by the keeper. Shortly after this Mathew Strachan's cross found Luis Longstaff in the box but his header was too high. Ross Draper saw his header saved as Elgin came out of defence and Longstaff had another header blocked before Paul Allan's shot was cleared off the line and David Wotherspoon's follow up was blocked. Half chances at both ends and around the half hour Jack MacIver hit the woodwork from twenty yards with a fierce effort to deny Elgin the opener. However, Billy Mckay did open the scoring minutes later from a tight angle after the visiting defence failed to clear their lines properly when Wotherspoon was blocked by Ross Draper. Longstaff added a second five minutes before the break knocking in from Strachan's cross. Elgin forced a couple of corners as the interval approached but Ryan Sargent headed over as the first half came to a close. Not much in it at the break, but it's Inverness that have the goals.
HALF TIME: 2-0
Kane Hester got a shot away early in the second half with Ross Munro saving before a flurry of activity around the visitors box saw Billy Mckay's effort blocked with Wotherspoon firing over and Strachan also being blocked. Munro saved from substitute Lyall Booth, spreading himself well and Hester blasted wide when put through towards goal just before he was substituted. The inevitable spate of second half substitutions broke play up and play became untidy but with three minutes remaining two of the subs combined with Jordan Alonge heading over a tempting ball in from Liam Sole.
That ended the action and Inverness kick started their League Cup campaign with a hard fought but ultimately comfortable win over auld enemies Elgin City.
FULL TIME: 2-0









Great win for East Kilbride in group F last night

INVERNESS CT SUBS
CROWD: 1296
ELGIN SUBS
Liam Sole -> Joe Chalmers (69)
Alfie Stewart -> David Wotherspoon (77)
Robbie Thompson -> Billy Mckay (84)
Jordan Alonge -> Ross Millen (84)


Lyall Booth -> Dylan Ross (60)
Lewis Hyde -> Mark Gallagher (60)
Oliver McDonald -> Ryan Sargent (60)
Brian Cameron -> Josh O'Connor (74)
Dylan Gavin -> Kane Hester (77)


BOOKED: Miko Vartanen (42)



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