The Spartans 2-1 Kelty Hearts GeoSonic Lowland League Ainslie Park, Edinburgh The Spartans delivered a fatal blow to Kelty's faint title hopes on a wild night in the capital. Errol Douglas had given the visitors the lead against his old side, before a Scott Maxwell equaliser and a late strike from hitman Blair Atkinson killed off the Fifers. Barry Ferguson kept faith with the same side that won convincingly against Whitehill last time out: Scott Christie in goal, fullbacks Ga

Kelty Hearts 0-3 BSC Glasgow Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 371 BSC Glasgow inflicted Kelty's first home defeat of the season with a ruthless display at New Central Park. It was a miserable afternoon for the Fifers, who finished the game with just 9 men after Ciaren Chalmers and Stephen husband both saw red. Kelty reverted back to their familiar 4-4-2 formation, welcoming back captain Shaun Greig in midfield and Scott Dalziel returned to partner Stuart Car

Kelty Hearts 1-1 The Spartans GeoSonic Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 545 Kelty came from behind to keep their Lowland League challenge on track in a cracker of a match at New Central Park. Barry Ferguson's men earned a point against the reigning champions thanks to Stephen Husband's second-half penalty, after the visitors had gone ahead through Blair Tolmie. Ferguson kept faith with the same starting eleven that won against Gala last week, while Spartans

Kelty Hearts 2 - 0 East Stirlingshire Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 384 Man of the match: Ian Nimmo Kelty overcame their toughest Lowland League challenge to date, with a confident win over one of the pre-season favourites at New Central Park. A goal in each half, plus a third consecutive clean sheet, was enough to dispose of Shire, and lift the Fifers up into third spot in the table. On the injury front, there was good news for manager Tam Courts as clu

Vale of Leithen 0-4 Kelty Hearts Lowland League Victoria park, Innerleithen, Mid-Lothian Kelty Hearts got back to winning ways with a comfortable victory, thanks to two goals in each half, against a solid looking Vale of Leithen side. The Kelty faithful had been left frustrated after dropping points at home in mid-week, but this performance left them with plenty to cheer on their Saturday afternoon trip to Innerleithen. Kelty gaffer Thomas Courts made one change to the side t

Kelty Hearts 2-2 Dalbeattie Star Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Kelty learned the hard way that they will not have things their own way in the Lowland League, having to come from behind to grab a point in their opening day fixture. Despite a strong performance against Dalbeattie, and taking an early lead, the newly promoted Fifers had to rely on a superb free-kick from Scott-Taylor MacKenzie to earn the draw. Kelty started the day by running the East of Scotland Champ

Kelty Hearts 8-1 Leith Athletic King Cup Semi-Final New Central Park, Kelty, Fife Kelty fired their way past Leith with a dominant semi-final performance at New Central Park. On the eve of the royal wedding, the recently crowned champions reigned supreme to reach next week's King Cup Final. It's been a big week for East of Scotland champions after their play-off victory and manager Thomas Courts kept faith with the same starting eleven that won the club that historic promotio

Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale - 1 Kelty Hearts - 0 Saughton Enclosure, Edinburgh LTHV struck the first blow in the East of Scotland League title deciding double header, with a narrow victory over Kelty Hearts. Kelty have been untouchable all season long, with 22 wins out of 22 coming into the game and the only thing between the Fifers and a perfect season was back to back matches against the reigning champions. Thistle struck the only goal of the game mid-way through the fi

Burntisland Shipyard 2 - 7 Kelty Hearts Martin MacKenzie Breen (p) Cargill (p) Ritchie Dalziell Douglas (3) King Cup Round 1 Recreation Park, Burntisland, Fife Kelty twice had to come from behind to book their second round place at the expense of their Fife rivals in a cracking cup tie at Recreation Park. The Hearts survived a difficult first half, before a hat-trick from Errol Douglas helped t

Kelty Hearts - 12 Peebles Rovers - 1 Cargill (3) Dalziel (3) Ritchie(2) Husband Leighton MacKenzie OG East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty Kelty turned in another devastating performance at New Central Park, blowing away Peebles Rovers and racking up a double figure score for the fourth time this season. While many of the games around Fife were off due to frozen pitches, New Central Park's 4G pitch was immaculate in the February sunshine, freshly brushed thanks to

Kelty Hearts - 9 Coldstream - 0 East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty Scores: Husband (3), Dalziel (3), Cargill (2), Carstairs Kelty overcame their midweek disappointment with another convincing league win against Coldstream at New Central Park. The Fife side were knocked out the League Cup by Lothian Thistle last Wednesday night, but put that behind them to keep their perfect league record going. Kelty received a pre-match boost with the news that the league's top

Kelty Hearts 7 Stirling University 0 East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty Kelty kept up their perfect league record with another slick performance against a stubborn Stirling Uni side. It was a bit of a slow burner this one, with the league leaders not really finding their stride until the second half. Although the Fifers won the cup tie when these two sides met back in August, Stirling had made life difficult for them and for a long time this one looked like it mi

Kelty Hearts 2 Threave Rovers 2 aet (Threave win 5-4 on penalties) South Region Challenge Cup New Central Park, Kelty Kelty’s cup misery continued as Threave Rovers squeezed through to the 4th round of the South Region Challenge Cup at New Central Park. While the Fifers have a flawless league record, they have lost only three games all season long, and all three have come in cup competition. Manager Tom Courts sprung a few surprises with is team selection, leaving out Errol D

Kelty Hearts 2 East Stirlingshire 1 Friendly New Central Park, Kelty Kelty kept their impressive run going with another win in this mid-season friendly over a handy looking East Stirlingshire side. Hearts have a decent record against opponents from higher leagues this season and the visitors were clearly in no mood to become another scalp. They gave their hosts a decent workout and made sure they knew they'd been in a game. Kelty welcomed back captain Shaun Grieg after a few

Kelty Hearts - 5 Whitehill Welfare - 1 Friendly New Central Park, Kelty Scottish Cup week for these two teams was due to have been a rest day, having both been knocked out in the previous round. So this hastily arranged friendly was just a run out to keep them ticking over. Kelty were looking to test themselves against Lowland League opponents, while Welfare were hoping for a confidence boost to get their season back on track. Although these two are a league apart, Whitehill'

Burntisland Shipyard - 0 Kelty Hearts - 4 East of Scotland League Recreation Park, Burntisland Kelty's perfect start in the EoS League continued with victory over local rivals Burntisland to make it five wins out five in their debut season as a senior side. But they were made to earn their victory in the derby match under the Fife sunshine. The first half hour was easily forgettable, with both sides failing to get any real rhythm going. The narrow pitch, and a well drilled ho

Kelty Hearts - 7 Ormiston - 0 East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty Kelty's high scoring start to the season continued as they smashed 7 past Ormiston, bringing their league total to 23 in just three matches. and keeping up their perfect start to life in the East of Scotland League. There was a different look to the home side as manager Thomas Courts experimented with formation and line up. Out were suspended Scott Taylor MacKenzie and Murray Carstairs, replaced by

Kelty Hearts - 11 Eyemouth Utd - 1 East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty Kelty Hearts fired a warning shot to their East of Scotland rivals by blowing away Eyemouth in a ruthless display on their senior league debut. The Fifers made the switch from the junior ranks in the closed season, and signalled their intent with a goals avalanche, including a double hat-trick from hitman Errol Douglas. It was a slightly disappointing crowd for Kelty's introduction to the leagu

Kelty Hearts 3 Stirling University 0 East of Scotland Cup Qualifying Group New Central Park, Kelty Kelty got their home campaign off to the bet possible start with a convincing win over Stirling Uni in this EoS Qualifying Group match. The performance was even more convincing than the score-line suggests, but some slack finishing combined with a superb goalkeeping show, kept the visitors in the tie longer than they deserved to be. The goalkeeping performance was all the more r