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The Caley Thistle Way Scott Kellacher was buoyed by the feelgood factor this week and was looking to keep the Caley Jags ahead of Annan. For the visitors, with Charlie Mulgrew gone, it was Tam O'Ware that was tasked with getting the wee Hearts back on track or at least halting their freefall on a bright Saturday afternoon in the Highlands. The game got underway with Inverness shooting towards the North Stand in the first half for a change. It was a largely uneventful opening forty-five and if anything, Kelty created the better of the meagre opportunities with Dibaga making two decent stops. Meanwhile Inverness were mainly restricted to blocked shots and missed headers as we approached the break. We all held our breath before the interval when Dibaga went to collect the ball and crumpled to the turf. He resumed after treatment much to our relief. Gilmour hit the base of the post just on the break as a grateful Adams grabbed the ball after it bounced off the post and then hit him on the arse before he grabbed it. Alas Dibaga was unable to continue in the second period with young Szymon Rebilas taking the gloves. We still failed to trouble Adams after play resumed and it was no surprise when we went behind with Kelty looking much faster when they broke forward compared to our pedestrian approach. McCarvel raced through to slot home ten minutes from the end before Cole tied up the points with our defence in disarray. A thoroughly disappointing afternoon with little entertainment value. Let's hope Calum Jones puts on a better show in Bar94. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FULL TIME 0-2 After last weeks win at Cove, this was a massive disappointment. The only thing in our favour was that Annan lost as well and they remain three points behind us. It's the Caley Thistle Way; one step forward and two steps backward. Another difficult game next week away to Stenhousemuir. Scott Kellacher lamented: “We didn’t start well, and we didn’t work anywhere near hard enough like we did when we won at Cove last weekend. “This is really frustrating – there are no excuses for that. “We might not play well, or some things don’t come off in play, but we need to work much harder. Speaking about Dibaga’s injury, boss Kellacher added afterwards: “Musa has pulled his hamstring – there is no way he could have carried on. “We had to put young Szymon in goals and it was a big ask for the kid. “We will see what the physio says about Musa.” Smokies up as Champions Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Arbroath 33 23 63 2 Cove 33 16 52 3 Stenny 33 4 49 4 Queen of Sth 33 1 48 5 Alloa Athletic 33 8 47 6 Kelty Hearts 33 -5 40 7 Montrose 33 -6 39 8 Inverness CT 33 2 36 9 Annan Ath 33 -27 33 10 Dumbarton 33 -16 16 Apr 19th 3:00:PM Stenhousemuir (A) League Annan Home Arbroath Apr 26th 3:00:PM Arbroath (H) League Annan Away Sons May 3rd 3:00:PM Montrose (A) League Annan - Home - Cove Highlights from Kelty Hearts TV Caley100 said on CTO: We did not deserve anything from that performance... nothing! Terrible passing, no clue, no passion, no pace...nothing. Very sad to have seen this from us. Howdenender on CTO: Well, in a season full of poor performances, that just about takes top spot! Against a team who conceded 6 goals to bottom side Dumbarton last week we put them under no pressure, played at a pedestrian pace and got what we deserved. We are a full time outfit in a league full of part time dross, you only need to look at how Arbroath have run away with it to see that, and Kelty Hearts are a truly dreadful team, but we seem incapable of putting any distance between us and relegation play off place. Alan on CTO: I can't really add to the previous comments as they have described exactly how the team performed today. No idea how to break down a packed defence or how to defend a quick counter attack Date: 12/04/2025 Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1812 Referee: Daniel Graves Inverness CT: 0 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Dibaga (Rebilas 46)); Brannan, Devine, Savage, Strachan, Stewart (Gardiner 83), Gilmour, Allan (R Thompson 71), MacKinnon (MacLeod 60), B Mckay, Bray Subs (not used): Walker, Nolan, Ewan Scorers: none Booked: Gilmour (54), Savage (87) Sent Off: none Kelty Hearts: 2 Manager: Thomas O'Ware Lineup: Adams: Paterson, O'Ware, Flatman, Owens (McClure 61), Allan (78), MacIntyre, Mercer (Lyon 78) McCarvel, Moore (61), Johnston (Fellows 90) Subs (not used): Adamson; Brown, Hobbs Scorers: McCarvel (79), Cole (87) Booked: Owens (20), Mercer (54), Johnston (82) Sent Off: none a

Kelty Hearts Six Pointer Alert With Kelty Hearts seemingly in free-fall, they have parted company with their manager Charlie Mulgrew after a disastrous run of one win in eleven games since he took charge in January. That run has yielded just six points from a possible thirty-three which has scuppered their play-off hopes unless they drop further into the relegation zone, then anything is possible. However, not all the news coming out of the Caledonian Stadium this week is about events on the park. It has been a massive step in the right direction as the news broke that Alan Savage has been accepted as the preferred bidder by the Administrators (BDO) " A BDO spokesperson said: “We are delighted to have reached this milestone and would like to place on record our thanks to Alan, the loan creditors, shareholders and everyone at the club for their cooperation and for working so hard to get us to this point.“Our focus now is on progressing the CVA to ensure a successful exit from administration and secure the future of the Club. Together with Alan, we will look to firm up timescales in this regard as soon as possible.” Happy Days, and the feel good factor has returned to the Caledonian Stadium ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Gig/Info Calum Jones Gig/Bar94 Alan Salvage Preferred Bidder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2025 Apr 12th League (League 1) - H - Feb 22nd League (League 1) 1 - 0 A 641 2024 Nov 2nd League (League 1) 1 - 1 H 1,502 Aug 24th League (League 1) 0 - 0 A 692 2022 Jul 9th League Cup (Group Stage Group G) 1 - 0 A 601 Only the four competitive meetings between the two clubs and you can't get a fag paper between the two sides. The last encounter saw Alfie Bavidge bagging the winner in the second half. Kelty Hearts Broken The two previous encounters this season had ended all square but this Training Ground Derby at New Central Park went the way of the visitors thanks to a strike from Alfie Bavidge. Scott Kellacher had a full squad to pick from with James Nolan dropping down to join new signing Ben Brannan on the bench and Billy Mckay was up front with Alfie Bavidge. Charlie Mulgrew had a defender trialist on from the start who turned out to be Kirk Broadfoot but top Scorer Ross Cunningham missed out. After a goalless first half the Caley Jags upped the pace and Alfie Bavidge opened the scoring with twenty minutes remaining. A late scare as Kelty bounced a header off the crossbar following a corner but the visitors held on for the win in what turned out to be a great day for the Caley Jags with all others round about them losing. Happy days! INVERNESS CT The Season So Far D L D D W D D D L / W L D W W W L W L W W L W W L W D W / W L D L W Since Scott Kellacher was handed the reins in game 11, there has been a more positive approach to our matches which has resulted in improved performances and a more enjoyable matchday experience all round. Alas we were brought back to earth with a disappointing result in our last game of 2024, a crushing 1-4 defeat at home to Cove Rangers. We'll have to put that one down to a bad day at the office. However, we bounced back in our first game of the second half of the season in the six pointer against Dumbarton with a hard fought 2-0 win. That win over Dumbarton was a vital one and the introduction of Alfie Bavidge was a welcome one as he opened the scoring early in the first half. Charlie Gilmour slotted in the clincher in the second half to give us a cushion over the Sons and to narrow the gap on Annan to seven points. We took part in the only League1 game the next weekend and came away from Annan with a resounding 3-0 win, Alfie Bavidge netting again with Keith Bray and then Billy Mckay from the spot. It was then on to Palmerston on the Tuesday night but in a five goal encounter we went down 3-2. Alfie Bavidge notched his third goal in three games and Keith Bray added a second but goals from Adam Brooks (2) and Jordan Allan kept the points in Dumfries. We bounced back with a resilient 1-2 win at Alloa in our third away game on the bounce, Dunfermline bound Keith Bray with his fourth of the season and Alfie Stewart. We got our revenge at home to QotS (1-0) with Alfie Bavidge scoring his fourth goal in five appearances. Alas it was a bridge too far at Arbroath and we went down losing three without reply. The Stenhousemuir fixture was postponed and was re-arranged for March 11th. We went to Kelty and came away with a narrow 1-0 win thanks to Alfie's 5th goal in 7 appearances. Montrose proved to be stubborn opponents and it took a superb diving header from Keith Bray to rescue a point in a rather turgid encounter after Sandilands had opened the scoring in the first half. A last gasp win at Dumbarton on the Saturday with Alfie Bavidge scoring his 6th goal in 9 games. Unfortunately Alfie was injured early on against Stenhousemuir in midweek but that didn't stop us running up a 4-1 win with goals from Brannan, Gilmour, Bray and Allan. Annan came North on Saturday in a six-pointer and it was a disappointing defeat after Annan parked the bus after scoring in the third minute. Next up was a 1-1 draw with Alloa despite hitting the woodwork twice and missing a penalty. Another bad day at the office last weekend at a wet and windswept Palmerston after Queen of the South blitzed us with three second half goals to run away with a 4-1 win in Dumfries. Meh! We bounced back with a rout of our own as a Keith Bray hat-trick sunk Cove Rangers 3-0 at Balmoral Park. What a result that was! With Bavidge and Longstaff out for the remainder of the season, how timely & satisfying was it to see Keith Bray bang it a hat-trick at Cove last Saturday. A great all round team performance with Alfie Stewart providing all three assists. Latest Team News: Remi Savage returned to the defence last week after suspension and Calum MacLeod came on as a sub after missing the game at Palmerston. Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Arbroath 32 19 60 2 Cove R 32 14 49 3 Stenny 32 8 49 4 Queen o Sth 32 0 45 5 Alloa Athletic 32 7 44 6 Montrose 32 -5 39 7 Kelty Hearts 32 -7 37 8 Inverness CT 32 4 36 9 Annan Ath 32 -26 33 10 Dumbarton 32 -14 16 Following Tuesday's announcement regarding the resignation of Charlie Mulgrew, it has been confirmed that Thomas O'Ware will take charge of the team for the remainder of the season. Tam will be assisted by the coaching team of David McGurn, Jamie McDonald and Dean Robertson. Last Six: D L D D L L Kelty's last six is the worst run in League1 right now. The draws were against Montrose, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath with a heavy defeat at home to Cove (0-4), an away loss at Annan (2-1) and the crushing 6-0 defeat at home against already relegated Dumbarton. Ross Cunningham is joint top scorer with Mitch Megginson of Cove. However, he is suspended for this one. Scott Williamson has seven. Here's the players warming up ahead of this crucial clash at the Caledonian Stadium on Saturday. With big Mulgrew offski, Tam has stepped in to fill the gap after Charlie only won six points from thirty-three leaving Kelty dangling just above the relegation zone. With Lord Salvage looking to invest in the club, it's happy days down at the dump after a season of hurt. So much so, that there is a sing-song at the stadium after the Kelty game starting at 18:00. What's not to like!

Bray Nets Treble Mitch Megginson was suspended for this one with Declan Glass making the bench along with Gillingham & Coulson. For Inverness, Remi Savage returned to the heart of the defence after suspension with Mathew Strachan at left back and James Nolan on the bench along with Calum MacLeod. The visitors flew out of the blocks with three or four early efforts. Adam Emslie was flagged offside when he 'netted' after ten minutes before Keith Bray rose highest to head in the opener three minutes later following a corner from Alfie Stewart. Ten minutes before the interval and Bray doubled our lead with another super strike on the break forward with Alfie. Twenty minutes from the end Alfie got his own hat-trick with assist No3 for Bray to bag his hat-trick of goals, shooting home from inside the box. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hat-Trick Hero (it's definitely three fingers) The Icing is on the Cake As in recent weeks weeks we dominated the early exchanges with Keith Bray heading just wide off a corner after Billy Mckay had a shot deflected past the post, and another blocked, before Adam Mackinnon fired wide as we kept on the front foot. Alfie Stewart headed wide from a tight angle before Adam Emslie was adjudged to be offside as he tucked the ball into the net when Myles Gaffney played him in. Deservedly, our positive start paid off when we won a corner. Alfie Stewart swung it in to the near post where Bray leapt highest to glance the ball across goal and into the net for the first of his and Alfie's threesome. Connor Scully was close to connecting to a Fraser Fyvie cross as Cove looked to hit back immediately. However, it was the visitors that stretched their advantage on the counter when Ben Brannan, and Stewart combined neatly with Bray for the recent birthday boy to clip in his second of the afternoon ten minutes before the interval. HALF TIME: 0-2 Inverness' game management was important and we took the sting out of the home attacks time and time again with resolute defending in the third quarter of the game and denied Cove any real opportunities to get back into the game. Blair Yule had an effort blocked before Bray put the icing on the top of the birthday cake when, after good play down the right, wee Alfie stabbed a ball into his path inside the box for Keith to squeeze the ball through the keeper from twelve yards and complete his hat-trick. Stewart and Paul Allan had shots saved as we consolidated our advantage in the last twenty minutes with Cove not threatening Dibaga and the sea breeze was well and truly out of the Cove sails. FULL TIME: 0-3 WHAT A RESULT! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Give this lad the freedom of the City. He does like a goal against Cove, but three is simply fantastic in a match we really needed all three points. With all results favourable this gives us a three point cushion over Annan and closes the gap to one point on Kelty above us and sets up a six-pointer against them next week. What a pity, arguably our best result of the season has been upstaged by Dumbarton pumping Kelty Hearts 6-0 in at New Central Park Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Arbroath 32 19 60 2 Cove R 32 14 49 3 Stenny 32 8 49 4 Queen o Sth 32 0 45 5 Alloa Athletic 32 7 44 6 Montrose 32 -5 39 7 Kelty Hearts 32 -7 37 8 Inverness CT 32 4 36 9 Annan Ath 32 -26 33 10 Dumbarton 32 -14 16 It's a thumbs up from Scott Leaked footage has emerged this week of Keith Bray developing his new tricks ahead of the visit to Cove. He was asked by one punter to see if he could pull the rabbit out of the hat at Cove. He went one better and pulled the rabbit out of the hat whilst juggling three balls and felt this might be an omen of things to come. It really was the icing on the cake for Keith. As Clare Grogan said; Happy Birthday! Date: 05/04/2025 Venue: Balmoral Park, Cove Attendance: 0454 Referee: Peter Stuart Cove Rangers: 0 Manager: Paul Hartley Lineup: Suman; Lobban, Doyle, Darge, Harrington, Yule, Scully (Coulson 71), Marshall (Glass 70), Fyvie, Emslie, Gafney Subs (not used): Demus; Murray, Gillingham, McGrath, Parker Scorers: none Booked: Doyle (71), Fyvie (90) Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 3 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Dibaga; Brannan, Devine, Savage, Strachan, Bray (R Thompson 91), Gilmour, Allan, MacKinnon (MacLeod 85), Stewart (Nolan 91), B Mckay (Gardiner 81) Subs (not used): Rebilas; Ewan, J Walker Scorers: Bray (13, 36, 72) Booked: none Sent Off: none a