Kelty Hearts 4-0 Gretna 2008 GeoSonic Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 315 While Storm Erik was causing havoc all over the country, Hurricane Kelty blew a gale to leave Gretna in a twister at New Central Park. A double from Murray Carstairs added to Brian Ritchie's opener and a Jack Hunter og, to blow the visitors away in the space of 15 first half minutes. Kelty gaffer Barry Ferguson made just one change to the side that beat Edusport a fortnight ago, Kier

Kelty Hearts 5-0 Edusport Academy Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 326 Kelty striker Stuart Cargill hit a hat-trick to become the club's all-time leading scorer and keep his side in the title race. The Fifers have struggled to re-capture their early season form since Barry Ferguson took charge, but finally found top gear to blow away the visitors at New Central Park. Errol Douglas and Chris Dodds also got on the scoresheet as Kelty racked up their biggest wi

Kelty Hearts 2-2 University of Stirling Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Att: 377 Kelty had to claw back a two goal deficit to save a point as their title hopes took another dent at New Central Park. Stirling raced into an early lead thanks to Kieran Hall and Blair Lyons before Stuart Cargill and Murray Carstairs saved the day for the Fifers. David Manderson started in goal in place of suspended Scott Christie, with the usual back four of Elliot Ford, Kier MacAulay, Err

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 4-0 Whitehill Welfare (aet) Football Nations Cup Round 2 New Central Park, Kelty Kelty needed extra-time to secure their place in the next round of the Football Nations Cup against a battling Whitehill Welfare side at New Central Park. After a missed penalty in a goalless 90 minutes, the Fifers finally found their scoring touch deep into the extra period, a Ciaren Chalmers double and goals from Stuart Cargill & Ian Nimmo taking the home side through. Thanks to in

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 Gala Fairydean Rovers Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Att: 560 New Kelty manager Barry Ferguson marked his first game in charge with a fine 2-0 victory over a dogged Gala Fairydean Rovers side. On a day where their main title rivals dropped points, first half-goals from Cargill & Chalmers were enough to help the Fifers go three points clear at the top of the Lowland League. Kelty's last home game was at the beginning of October, and much has happened i

Kelty Hearts 3-1 Dalbeattie Star William Hill Scottish Cup 1st Round Replay New Central Park, Kelty Kelty overcame Dalbeattie at the second time of asking, with a comfortable win in the first Scottish Cup tie ever to be played at New Central Park. A Stuart Cargill wonder strike opened the scoring, before Brian Ritchie scored one and setup another on the stroke of half-time to help the Fifers advance to round 2 for the first time in their history. These two played out a goalle

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

Cumbernauld Colts 3-2 Kelty Hearts Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Lowland League Kelty's rollercoaster start to the season continued, going down to a last minute winner in a gripping encounter at Broadwood Stadium. The two sides served up a Friday night treat, but it was the hosts who grabbed the points thanks to a late goal from Coleman to break Kelty hearts at the end of a hectic first week in the Lowland League. Going into their third game in six days there were a few knoc

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 1 - 1 Preston Athletic Kelty win 7-6 on penalties King Cup Final Kings Park, Dalkeith. Kelty survived a nail-biting penalty shoot out to win the King Cup, claiming the league and cup double and putting the icing on the top of an incredible first season as a senior club. Keeper Scott Christie was the hero, saving Jonny Grotlin's penalty in the shoot-out, when 90 minutes plus extra time couldn’t separate the two sides at Kings Park in Dalkieth. Kelty were without c

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

Kelty Hearts 6-0 Threave Rovers (agg 10-0) Lowland League Promotion Play-off 2nd Leg New Central Park, Kelty Kelty claimed their place in next season's Lowland League in emphatic style, with a dazzling first half display in the Fife sunshine. The home side started as favourites thanks to a 4-nil lead from the first leg, but even in their wildest dreams, they could not have imagined winning promotion with such a convincing victory. With six first half goals, including a Brian

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 5 Tynecastle 0 East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty P16 W16 L0 D0 F100 A7 GD93 Kelty Hearts slammed five past Tynecastle in another impressive display to rack up league goal number 100 for the season. Thomas Courts' team has been unstoppable since making the step up from the Junior ranks, reaching the milestone in an incredible 16 league matches. A stunning average of 6.25 goals per game. Courts welcomed back both members of his central defensive

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 4 Burntisland Shipyard 0 East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty, Fife. The bells have only just stopped ringing, but Kelty were in no mood to share the festive cheer with their visitors in the Fife derby. Burntisland were the first footers at New Central Park, but they were soon shown the door as the league leaders started off the new year in the same way they finished the old. Kelty manager Tom Courts had shuffled the pack by giving five youth players a

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'