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With points getting increasingly more difficult to gain as the season progresses, the Caley Jags entertain one of the better qualified squads in League1 as Alloa Athletic come North to the Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium on Saturday for one of the many six-pointers to come before the end of the season. We regained top spot in midweek at East Fife and Alloa strengthened their promotion credentials with a resounding win over Montrose. Top on goal difference with just four points separating us from Alloa in fourth. Inverness won a tight first meeting this season through a deflected Liam Sole strike. The last meeting was a 1-1 draw in November when a Longstaff goal was cancelled out by one from O'Donnell. All to play for with Stenhousemuir at bottom club Kelty and Queen of the South at East Fife. Big weekend coming up.

ℹ️ Matchday Info: Alloa Athletic (H)

🎟️ Tickets available from HERE
🛍️ Club Shop open from 10am - 4pm tomorrow, 10am - KO on Sat
🚗 Car Parking: North & South Open
🍺 Bar 94 open from 1200
🚌 Stagecoach Service Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415.

🚍 return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800.

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Stenhousemuir KDM Trophy

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Our last squad out in the arduous ordeal at Bayview where the first half passed everyone by before an Alfie Stewart blockbuster and an Alfie Bavaidge sprint & finish put us back on top of the table. It was hard work in testing conditions but we got there in the end.

• Last Six League1:

• D W L L D W

That doesn't tell the whole story of our last six League games. Hidden in amongst those results was a less that average struggle to beat Tranent 1-2 in the Scottish Cup, postponements, a 0-9 KDM Trophy thrashing of a weak Dumbarton side, two League1 defeats on the trot to Stenny & Montrose, a KDM postponement followed by a goalless draw at Cove, a KDM win at Partick on penalties, a Scottish Cup scalping at Spartans on penalties before we eventually lifted the doom and gloom in a gruelling war of attrition at the Gulags of Bayview in League1. Incidentally, the first draw in the last six above was 1-1 at Alloa back in November 25th and the first win was our last home game, a 4-0 win over troubled Accies. After the Accies game it was 7 (SEVEN) games in a row away from home. That's the roller coaster ride we all signed on for back in the day.

Inverness won a tight first meeting this season through a deflected Liam Sole strike: It took a massive stroke of good fortune for substitute Liam Sole to grab the winner with a deflected shot off Charlie Dewar in a match dominated by the hosts, however we allowed Alloa to push for an equaliser late in the game because we had failed to swat the Wasps away when we were totally dominant and Ross Munro had to pull off a good stop to deny Alloa a late leveller. Oscar MacIntyre was a deserved MotM with a great display of wing back wizardry. The latest meeting was that 1-1 draw in November when a Longstaff goal was cancelled out by one from O'Donnell.

Strap yourself in, there's more to come!!!

• 🙂On Saturday, the normal times will apply for both Bar 94 and the matchday bus service, ideal if you are attending hospitality.

• 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 we will be joined by some of the players.

• 🚍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.

That is how Alloa laid out their squad for the midweek encounter against Montrose. It ended in a convincing win for the Wasps as they trounced Montrose 4-1 with goals from Josh Gentles, Charlie Dewar x2 and Luke Donnelly before a late consolation by the Gable Endies through Graeme Webster. Alloa were good value for the win although Monty keeper Sharp won't want to see his involvement in the second where he missed a cross into the six yard box. Subs made after the hour: Clarke, Burnside, Sammon, Buchanan, Rankin. Good depth to the Alloa squad. Alloa claim that was Charlie Dewar's first goals for the club in senior football after 33 appearances. I beg to differ. He scored when we beat them 1-0 earlier in the season off an assist from Liam Sole...Well done Charlie.

Last Six League1: W L L D D W

Bookend wins v Peterhead (4-0) and Montrose (4-1), defeats v Queens (0-2) & Accies (1-0), draws v Stenny & Kelty.

A KDM Trophy defeat sandwiched in there 2-3 against Airdrie on 9th Dec.

Here's the FULL TABLE for a change>>>

Montrose v Peterhead - Postponed 🌨️ ☔

Kelty v Stenhousemuir 📺 BBC Alba 17:30