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Into the Black The two teams that got off to the best start last weekend met at the newly Christened SarensPSG Stadium but they start the day at opposite ends of the table due to our five point deduction in the aftermath of administration. Scott Kellacher had the pleasant dilemma of choosing his squad on merit rather than who is fit although Ross Millen, Adam MacKinnon and Jake Davidson require more time with Doc Proc before getting back on the pitch. Paul Allan made the bench. Peterhead have put together a decent squad full of Eastern promise with a few ex-Dons in their squad and plenty of experience in there as well. Peter Pawlett was injured last week and missed out, but Jack Newman, Cammy Smith, Jason Brown all started. The Caley Jags took a deserved lead as half time approached, the tenacity and quality of Wotherspoon on the end of a superb move. Liam Sole added a second ten minutes into the second period and that ended the scoring. Alas he went off injured soon after and with that the game went into a bit of a lull as the hosts recorded their second win to climb into positive points with Peterhead rarely troubling the home goal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A blustery afternoon that had already seen off the Moy Game Fair greeted the sides as the game got underway, the Caley Jags shooting towards the North Stand. A bright opening for the hosts put Peterhead on the back foot from the off. Although we dominated possession, Jack Newman was underworked in the visitors goal. Alfie Stewart brought out a great save from him after half an hour with a ferocious twenty-five yarder, the keeper flying high across goal to deny the wee man. The opening goal came five minutes before the break and it was a well worked move finished of by Wotherspoon. The set up was superb from Billy Mckay chesting an Alfie Stewart through ball down before laying it out wide for Oscar McIntyre to drill a low ball into the six yard box where Spoony did brilliantly to turn the ball into the net at the front post. We almost added a second but Newman saved brilliantly to deny Spoony with an acrobatic save. HALF TIME: 1-0 Liam Sole knocked in a second in the fifty-fifth minute after a Longstaff shot had been blocked by the keeper or the post but unfortunately Sole limped off injured minutes later. Enter Alfie Bavidge and it wasn't long before he was in action dragging a shot wide after a good run to the box, cutting in from the left. He then combined with Billy Mckay but the veteran striker saw Newman tip his shot over. The final twenty was a bit of a lull with Inverness in total control. A late cross from the left saw the ball strike a defender and bounced close to the base of the post and out for a corner and with the home feet off the throttle another snippet for a consolation was drilled wide when Carnwath really should have made the keeper work. FULL TIME: 2-0 Good result for the Caley Jags who dominated proceedings against a Peterhead side who came to park the bus. The referee was over officious and pedantic and constantly stopped play for the slightest of things making the second half duller than it should have been. Newman kept it close with two or three excellent saves whilst Ross Munro could have sat in the stand or gone for a coffee. Bottom line is that we are into positive figures so it's onwards and upwards from here. Accies and Alloa are the front runners on six points. On CTO: Bookings were ridiculous apart from Longstaff's. Poor poor referee who virtually decided every tackle was a foul especially when the Peterhead players shouted in agony. Easily one of the worst referees that has been here and that's saying something. Sterner tests to come surely but can only beat what’s in front of us and we have done so impressively thus far. Not often pre-season optimism stretches to three matches…and the aforementioned players still to come back…not felt this good about football for a long time…thank you Alan Savage, management & players for getting everything so sorted from the mess we were in I see Peter Reid got his Volvo sold! ⚽️️ The goals from yesterday’s 2-0 win against Peterhead 🙌 David Wotherspoon with a smart finish to open the scoring 💪 Liam Sole with his first goal for the club Honest assessment from Peterhead's Ryan Strachan Date: 09/08/2025 Venue: Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium Attendance: 2078 Referee: Iain Snedden Inverness CT: 2Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod, Devine, Savage, McIntyre, Longstaff, Stewart (Allan 60), Chalmers, Sole (Bavidge 61), Wotherspoon (Alonge 93), B Mckay (Zimba 88) Subs (not used): Ross; Clark, Strachan, Robertson, R Thompson Scorers: Wotherspoon (39), Sole (55) Booked: Sole (15), Longstaff (81), Savage (83) Sent Off: none Peterhead: 0Manager: Jordon Brown Lineup: Newman; Strachan, Jason Brown, Wilson, Trialist, C Smith (Ross 60), Forrest, McCarthy (Carnwath 82), Barry (McGinn 71), Jack Brown (McGuffie 60), Shanks (Colotty 71) Subs (not used): Oluyemi; Mackie Scorers: none Booked: McCarthy (36) Sent Off: none