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Fifers Swamped in Second Half Blitz The rain arrived just in time for kick-off in the Highlands after a few days of late Summer sun. The Fifers were in no mood to be turned over by an on form Inverness and made life difficult for their hosts in the first 45. However, David Wotherspoon headed the Caley Jags in front after seventeen minutes. Nathan Austin levelled just before the interval but Wotherspoon scored his second after an hour and a deflected effort by Alfie Stewart added a third minutes later. 99 bonk as substitute Alfie Bavidge completed the scoring in the 99th minute. That win puts Inverness top of the table for now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plenty of posturing in the opening minutes as both teams tried to suss out their opponents. A Brian Easton header from the centre of the box was saved by Ross Munro in the thirteenth minute but five minutes later Inverness took the lead when David Wotherspoon scored with a looping header. Alfie Stewart tried his luck with a header of his own bur Ruairidh Adams gathered it comfortably. Dick Campbell's side were making it difficult for the hosts to create clear opportunities and Spoony shot wide on the half hour. Danny Devine headed wide with chances at a premium. Former Caley Jags striker Nathan Austin squared matters just before half time when he rose high to send a header into the net off Ewan McLeod's looping cross into the six yard box to stun the home crowd. HALF TIME: 1-1 Bustling striker Tommy Goss replaced Lewis Latona at the interval for the visitors but it was the hosts that came out like a scalded cat, creating a number of half chances over the next fifteen minutes. Zimba and Easton were both substituted after a clash of heads before the hour, Easton on a stretcher, Zimba still on his feet. The quality of Wotherspoon restored our advantage firing high into the net after a deft flick over the defenders leg and minutes later a deflected strike from Alfie Stewart took the ball behind Adams to increase our lead. Inverness had turned the screw since the interval and were flooding forward and getting their rewards for it. Deep into stoppage time Alfie Bavidge added a fourth in the 99th minute when a slick ball from Billy Mckay saw him run into the box to drill home with pace, power and precision at the keepers near post. Four superb goals and three points. What's not to like! FULL TIME: 4-1 That combination of results today sees Inverness hit the top of the table on matchday eight. Alloa and Kelty still have a game in hand though and surprisingly Hamilton Accies are the ones leading the chase with Stenhousemuir on the same points as them. After a towsy first half, the floodgates opened as the hosts pressure paid off once they upped the work rate. Another two goals for Spoony and Alfie Stewart's have a go policy worked in his favour with the deflected strike. Good to see Alfie Bavidge get in on the act with his 99th minute goal. A superb ball through ball from Billy and a great finish by Bavidge. Next up for Inverness on 4th October could be good indicator to see if we have the cajones to take this League by the scruff of the neck. It's a visit to take on Hamilton Accies at Broadwood Stadium. An early six-pointer if ever there was one with John Rankin's side defying their apparent lack of funding and still getting results, Good reception for the linesman today. Hope he wasn't too upset and never let it bother him. Mr Ross was his name Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Inverness 8 13 16 2 Accies 8 9 14 3 Stenny 8 2 14 4 Alloa 7 1 12 5 Monty 8 -2 11 6 East Fife 8 -4 11 7 Queens 8 0 10 8 P'Head 8 -3 10 9 Kelty 7 -7 6 10 Cove 8 -9 2 Honest as ever, Dick is Sick as a Parrot 🦜 Date: 27/09/2025 Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2316 Referee: Cameron Stirling Inverness CT: 4 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod. Devine, Savage, MacIntyre, Longstaff (Alonge 90+6), Wotherspoon (B Mckay 90+6), Chalmers, Stewart (Allan 82), Sole (MacKinnon 82), Zimba (Bavidge 58) Subs (not used): Ross; Strachan, Millen, Robertson Scorers: Wotherspoon (17, 62), Stewart (65), Bavidge (90+9) Booked: none Sent Off: none East Fife: 1 Manager: Dick Campbell Lineup: Adams; McLeod (Newton 77), Munro, Easton (Bah 57), Peggie (Norey 77), Latona (Goss 46), Millar, McManus, Culbert, McKenna, Austin Subs (not used): Rollo; Slattery, Jones, Nicol Scorers: Austin (43) Booked: none Sent Off: none

East Fife Four Forfar Five Some 'headlines' are harder than others to forget, like SuperCaleygoBallistic.... It was only in his head, but it did eventually happen, sadly, after his death. The Scottish League Cup Group B tie between the sides went to penalties after a 1-1 draw. And the score in the shootout? East Fife 4 Forfar 5. Thanks to Eric Morecambe for that one. However, back to business. One of this seasons promoted sides, East Fife, come North on Saturday for a 3:00pm kick-off at the Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium. They have had a solid start to the season sitting in mid-table, and with Dick Campbell at the helm that's no surprise. It's fair to say he has had a tough paper round, but as a football manager he knows the game inside out, gaining seven promotions at five different clubs managing Brechin and Arbroath from Tier 4 up to Tier 2. Some might say he has had plenty practice, but there's a shrewd tactician in there somewhere and he certainly knows his way around the lower leagues where he has been very successful and always makes you work hard for the points. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Bar/Info Hospitality Nessie & Nessa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Look who is at the helm of HMS SNECK as she sails into calmer waters having survived the tsunami's of the last few seasons. Great to see the wee happy smiles on the faces again. Billy and Kells also doing their best to grin having guided us through stormy waters to safety and security. In the Pink at Palmerston with this squad last weekend and we came away with three well deserved points thanks to two tremendous goals from Chanka Zimba and a seventy yard (70) effort from Luis Longshot. LEAGUE 1 RESULTS Kelty 0-3 ICTFC ICTFC 2-0 P'Head ICTFC 1-2 Stenny Mont 0-2 ICTFC ICTFC 1-0 Alloa Cove R 0-1 ICTFC QofSth 0-2 ICTFC Our 6-0 hammering of Dundee B in midweek will have given Scott Kellacher much food for thought as he selects his team for this weekend. Another swashbuckling performance with some stunning goals, none moreso than the Jordan Alonge mega rocket from around 28 yards, ooooft! I'm not sure I've seen a better strike anywhere in all my puff. What a hit! Power, control and precision. Boom! That aside, we had a MotM performance from Adam MacKinnon and great to see Ross Millen back on the park. Paul Allan getting more minutes in the legs as well. All good here. ℹ️ Matchday Info 🎟️ Tickets HERE 🚗 North & South Car Park Open 🛍️ Club Shop open from 10am - KO 🍺 Bar 94 open from 1200 🚍 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. Dick's squad for their last League1 fixture against Montrose. They lost a midweek KDM Trophy encounter away to Clyde having made changes with Rollo in goal and Newton and Bah replacing Easton and Peggie. League1 Results Head 4-1 E Fife E Fife 0-1 Alloa Accies 1-2 E Fife E Fife 2-1 Kelty Stenn 1-1 E Fife E Fife 2-1 Queens E Fife 1-1 Monty Defender Andy Munro and forwards Nathan Austin and Bobby Jones have all scored twice in League1 this season. They have a pretty potent strike force of Nathan Austin, Michael McKenna and Tommy Goss though. The clubs have only met 11 times with the Caley Jags winning 7, drawing twice and losing twice. The most recent fixture saw Inverness win 1-0 in November 2020. Played at an empty stadium during Covid. Inverness won the game but all credit to East Fife for making this a tough tie. It took a penalty save by Cammy Mackay in stoppage time to keep us ahead after Shane Sutherland had opened the scoring in the second half. We had Mackay to thank for a wonderful save in the first half as well and he was my MotM. The Fifers, formed in 1903, were the first to win the Scottish League Cup three times and the first of only two sides from the second tier of the Scottish league system to win the Scottish Cup. This makes them the most successful club in Fife in terms of major honours won Only six years after becoming members of the Scottish League, East Fife appeared in the 1927 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 3–1 to Celtic at Hampden Park. The 1927 cup feat was surpassed just over a decade later when "The Fifers" won the 1937–38 Scottish Cup. The prestigious trophy was secured with a 4–2 win over Kilmarnock in the replayed final. The game was watched by a crowd of almost 92,000 spectators Here we can see the fans arriving in their wee fishing boats to dock at the Stadium Port. Club Song: The team's pre-game anthem is "Telstar" by The Tornados, named after the communications satellite launched in 1962. Picturesque Villages: The East Neuk is a popular tourist area with beautiful fishing villages, including St Monans, Pittenweem, Anstruther, and Crail. Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Stenny 7 4 14 2 ICTFC 7 10 13 3 Alloa 6 2 12 4 Accies 7 7 11 5 E Fife 7 -1 11 6 QotS 7 1 10 7 Monty 7 -3 8 8 P'Head 7 -4 7 9 Kelty 6 -9 3 10 Cove 7 -7 2

Dundee B Hit for Six - KDM Trophy Dundee threw in a couple of curve balls in the shape of first team squad players in keeper Kieran O'Hara and centre back Aaron Donnelly. Former Caley Jags loan player Charlie Reilly returned to the Caledonian Stadium for his first comeback game since injury. He looked lively when he played for us but his time here was cut short with a bad knee injury. First half goals from Mitchell Robertson, Jordan Alonge and Billy Mckay had Inverness in the driving seat at the interval. Charlie Reilly had smacked the bar in the best moment for the visitors. After the interval Paul Allan added a fourth and Alfie Bavidge knocked in a fifth with Sole the provider for both goals before he notched one for himself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Billy Mckay had the first effort after four minutes but keeper Kieran O'Hara saved low down. Alfie Bavidge was blocked minutes later and Adam MacKinnon saw a shot tipped over after quarter of an hour. Plenty of home pressure and a goal was coming. And boom! It came through Mitchell Robertson from the resultant corner as he headed the hosts in front from Luis Longstaff's corner kick. Oosenburgh headed over as the Dee came forward and MacKinnon was keen to have a go minutes later and he was again denied by O'Hara from distance. Nothing the keeper could do when Jordan Alonge fired into the top corner midway through the half to make it 2-0. What a hit from Alonge! Bavidge went close to number three moments later, the ball going narrowly wide. Dundee had a couple of moments of their own with the excellent Charlie Reilly striking the bar with half an hour gone from long range and Logan Ross was called into action to deny Ashton Leiper. Eight minutes before the interval Billy Mckay added a third goal from inside the box. HALF TIME: 3-0 Liam Sole replaced Longstaff at the break and as play resumed Mckay saw O'Hara brilliantly save low in the bottom right corner. Substitute Sole brought out another save from the keeper but he couldn't stop Paul Allan making it 4-0, firing high into the net, Sole with the assist. The substitutions started and Howett was denied by Logan Ross before Bavidge shot wide at the other end and Sole saw O'Hara keep out another effort. More subs for both sides into the final twenty minutes but the goals still came as Alfie Bavidge the fifth of the night from close range from another Sole assist. Sole himself ended the scoring with the sixth goal to keep us top of the table after four games. FULL TIME: 6-0 What can you say? Not sure this experiment needs to be repeated but that's another doing for a B team. The bottom 8 places are occupied by B teams. 😮 You've got to feel for some of the B team youngsters getting thrown to the wolves. On the other hand, as mentioned, it's great to get game time for fringe and returning players Robert on CTO picked out the positives: I’m enjoying the Challenge Cup as it is letting us see players who would otherwise get limited game time, and with a large squad that is valuable. It’s letting Adam MacKinnon and Paul Allan, for example, get minutes in them after injury. It was a routine win and could have been more but for several good saves by the Dundee goalie. MacKinnon ran the show, especially in the second half. Alonge scored a goal of the season contender. Robertson again looked the part. Kerr and Sam Thompson did not look out of place after they came on. Yes I’d rather see Highland League teams involved rather than B teams, but I cannot see the format changing. However, win promotion and we go straight in at the last 32 stage and that has to be our aim. So to sum up, a useful competition given the size of our squad, getting minutes into players and showing the competition we have for places in the league starting line up. And it’s nice to see us top of the table! IBM was happy: Another very good performance from all the team including those that have not had much game time and the two young subs that came on later! Good passing and movement and six good goals from different players! The only real chance Dundee had was rattling the bar in the first half. Well done to the management and all the team for a very good game to watch Jordan Alonge Date: 23/09/2025 Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: **** Referee: Daniel Graves Inverness CT: 6 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Ross; Millen, Robertson, Savage (Kerr 55), Strachan, Longstaff (Sole 46), Allan (Sam Thompson 55), Alonge, MacKinnon, B Mckay, Bavidge Subs (not used): Munro; MacLeod, Devine, MacIntyre, Chalmers, Zimba Scorers: Robertson (15), Alonge (23), B Mckay (37), Allan (52), Bavidge (76) Booked: none Sent Off: none Dundee 'B': 0 Manager: Scott Robertson Lineup: O'Hara; Baird (Scott 64), Browne (L Perrie 75), Crombie, Oosenbrugh, Donnelly, Mitchell, Reilly (Howett 46), Bland (C Perrie 64), Rooney (Johnstone 75), Leiper Subs (not used): Lynch; Boyd, Scorers: none Booked: Baird (22) Sent Off: none

KDeeM Trophy Time Dundee B are up North on Tuesday night at 7:45pm in the KDM Trophy group stages part of the event (pre knock out). The Challenge Cup is a bit of a convoluted competition this season with a thirty team group stages league competing for twenty-two places in the knockout stages. Once the Championship sides enter the event, that gives you a straight thirty-two team knockout competition. At the moment, after three games, Premiership 'B' teams fill 8 of the bottom 10 places which means as it stands only two Lower League teams would be eliminated after the League phase with only Celtic and St Mirren B teams progressing and only Annan Athletic and Stirling Albion dropping out. Inverness are one of four teams on maximum points midway through the league stages, the others being Stenhousemuir, Montrose and Edinburgh City. The Caley Jags will be buoyed by their recent League form. Four wins on the trot, scoring six times and all clean sheets. Stirling Albion were the last team to score against us in the last KDM fixture at the beginning of the month, and it took a wonderful strike to hit the net. It all depends on what team we put out but also remember to keep some match winners on the bench just in case. Might be an opportunity to get Ross Millen, Paul Allan, Alfie Bavidge and Adam MacKinnon back up to speed as they continue their comebacks. I'm sure the likes of Mathew Strachan, Mitchell Robertson and Jordan Alonge will be itching to get a start. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Caley Jags squad we had on duty against Stirling Albion in our last KDM Trophy fixture. Despite there being a fair spattering of first team regulars, we made extremely hard work in winning the points. It took a 94th minute direct from a corner kick strike by Liam Sole to clinch the winner after a great display by Stirling Albion keeper Robert Duffy. The Binos had taken the lead with a tremendous strike by Ross Cunningham after half an hour. Chanka Zimba pulled us level five minutes later and that's how it stood until well into time added on when Sole produced the winner. Bar 94 will be open and the matchday bus service will be operating for the Challenge Cup game against Dundee that kicks off at 1945 on Tuesday 23 September. Bar 94 will open at 1730, with last orders at 1915 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1930). The bar reopens at full time. A bus will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1900, returning from the Stadium 10 minutes after the full time whistle. 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. Dundee B put this team together to face Forfar Athletic in their last fixture. After opening the scoring in the 18th minute through Finlay Allan, the Dee's young loons went down 4-1 to their hosts, the Forfar Loons. 21 ArabB 3 -2 3 22 Binos 3 -2 3 23 Annan 3 -3 1 24 Well B 3 -6 1 25 Gers B 3 -5 0 26 Jam B 3 -6 0 27 Killi B 3 -6 0 28 Don B 3 -7 0 29 Dee B 3 -7 0 30 Hibs B 3 -7 0 Position 21-30 will be eliminated It's fair to say that the teams at the top end of the table have probably already secured their knock-out status although a couple of wins for the Arabs or Binos could lift them into contention. Adults: £10, Concessions: £5 (Over 65s & Under 16s) Buy tickets HERE Tickets for this match available in the Main Stand only with Section Lower F available for Dundee B supporters. Also available in-store from the Club Shop and over the phone during opening hours (Mon-Fri, 9.30am – 4pm) Open on Matchday, 10am – KO. Under 16s Tickets are not available online but are available in-store from the Sarens PSG Stadium or over the phone on 01463 222880 during office hours.

Longstaff Longshot seals win Scott Kellacher made two changes from last week with Bavidge and Mckay dropping to the bench and Chanka Zimba and Luis Longstaff coming in from the start. Queens had a sparse bench with only the five subs. It was a second airing for the new away strip and the visitors didn't have to wait long for the pink strip to open the scoring through Chanka Zimba in the 9th minute with a deft back heel flick. Thereafter it was Queens keeper Ross Stewart doing his utmost to stem the flow in a first half dominated by the Caley Jags, but with only one goal and five bookings, would we pay the penalty for not scoring more and picking up yellow cards instead? These two teams had started the day on ten points apiece and just in behind current table toppers Stenhousemuir. By half time, Inverness found themselves at the top. It took a 94th minute long range strike from Luis Longstaff to secure the points after keeper Stewart had come up for a corner only to find himself stranded as we scored on the break forward. Alas Stenhousemuir scored another couple to regain top spot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inverness were looking to come out of the blocks quick and the almost took the lead in the fourth minute after Liam Sole found Alfie Stewart outside the box. His well struck shot smacked the bar for what could have been a sensational start to the game. As it was we only had to wait another five minutes when Stewart fed Chanka Zimba for the big striker to flick into the bottom corner for the start we wanted. Keeper Ross Stewart had to look lively to keep out a Wotherspoon header from an acute angle off a Sole corner. All the early chances going the way of the visitors and the keeper denied Alfie Stewart as he cracked another one goalwards from outside the box, the keeper palming the effort to safety. Zimba was blocked as he tried to get another shot away. Looks like the shoot on site policy was working so far with Ross Stewart denying Alfie Stewart, Calum MacLeod and Zimba on the rebound. It's fair to say Ross Stewart has been the busier keeper in that first half with half a dozen saves and also tipped a Spoony effort over the bar. Guthrie went closest for Queens heading just over. The second busiest guy on the park was referee Chris Graham who booked four five Caley Jags players in a fifteen minute spell before the interval. That could come back to haunt us later in the game. HALF TIME: 0-1 The second half started like the first with Alfie Stewart on a personal mission with another couple of efforts saved by the keeper with Devine and Sole also being thwarted by him. Ross Munro was eventually brought into action after nearly an hour of play as he tipped a Guthrie header onto the bar and over and at the other end a Luis Longstaff shot came off the bar and bounced off the back of the Queens keeper and then rolled onto the post before he grabbed it. (Keeper Stewart should buy a couple of lottery tickets tonight) Sole was denied by Stewart again. However, with Queens still within touching distance, they came out of their shell a bit and Liam Smith was blocked before Jack Hannah shot high and wide from distance. Stewart denied Alfie for about the fiftieth time with twenty minutes remaining, but there were signs that Queens fancied taking something from the game despite the stats being loaded in our favour. (15 on target to 0). Another Guthrie header cannoned off the bar after a Kai Kennedy free kick with Munro saving from Jack Stott on the line off the rebound. With five minutes left substitute Billy Mckay shot just wide of the post. In a dramatic ending and with MotM keeper Ross Stewart up for an injury time corner, Luis Longstaff sealed the points from ten yards inside his own half on the break after the corner was cleared, the ball landing inside the net on the third bounce. The drive home is much more enjoyable with three points in the bag... Stenhousemuir came back to win 3-1 and that keeps them at the top of the table a point ahead of the Caley Jags closely followed by Alloa, Accies and East Fife who come North next week. FULL TIME: 0-2 Well, on this occasion, the stats don't lie. 16 shots on target for the Caley Jags. What a performance with Queens keeper Ross Stewart making 14 saves. Outstanding performance by the visitors with the inclusion of Chanka Zimba and Luis Longstaff vindicated. Queens can have no complaints about the result, but a one goal lead is never enough going into time added on. What a dramatic ending with the keeper up for a corner trying to salvage a point and Luis Longstaff scoring from half a mile away! Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Stenny 7 4 14 2 ICTFC 7 10 13 3 Alloa 6 2 12 4 Accies 7 7 11 5 E Fife 7 -1 11 6 Queens 7 1 10 7 Monty 7 -3 8 8 P Head 7 -4 7 9 Kelty 6 -9 3 10 Cove 7 -7 2 Date: 20/09/2025 Venue: Palmerston, Dumfries Attendance: 1114 Referee: Chris Graham Queen of the South: 0 Manager: Peter Murphy Lineup: Stewart; Hewitt, Douglas, Hannah, Charters, Johnstone, Stott (O'Donoghue 87), Smith, Lyon, Kennedy, Guthrie Subs (not used): Green; Rogerson, McLinden, Gray Scorers: none Booked: Johnstone (51), Hewit (70) Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 2 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod, Devine, Savage, MacIntyre, Sole (B Mckay 80), Wotherspoon (Allan 77), Chalmers, Longstaff, Stewart (MacKinnon 80), Zimba (Bavidge 71) Subs (not used): Ross; Millen, Strachan, Robertson, Alonge Scorers: Zimba (9), Longstaff (90+4) Booked: Savage (31), Devine (37), MacLeod (41), Chalmers (41), MacIntyre (45+2) Sent Off: none