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Kevin Marshall
- Dec 8, 2018
- 4 min
BSC Bring Kelty Back To Earth
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Dec 1, 2018
- 4 min
Whitehill Make Kelty Wait For Cup Win
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Nov 3, 2018
- 4 min
Kelty And Spartans Share The Spoils
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Oct 27, 2018
- 4 min
New Era, Same Outcome for Kelty
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Sep 29, 2018
- 4 min
Historic Scottish Cup Win For Kelty
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Sep 8, 2018
- 3 min
Confident Kelty Shoot Down Shire
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Sep 4, 2018
- 4 min
Kelty Are Just Gr-eight
Kelty Hearts 8-0 Edinburgh Utd Football Nations Cup 2nd Round New Central Park, Kelty A Matty Gay hat-trick and a double from on-form striker Stuart Cargill helped Kelty through to next round of the Football Nations Cup, as the Fifers breezed past Edinburgh United at New Central Park. With a punishing Saturday / Tuesday / Saturday schedule, Kelty gaffer Tam Courts freshend up the side, making four changes from last weekend's trip to Vale of Leithen. In came Garry Leighton, B
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Kevin Marshall
- Sep 1, 2018
- 3 min
Kelty Back On Track In the Vale
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Aug 3, 2018
- 4 min
Friday Night Agony For Kelty
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Jul 28, 2018
- 4 min
Harsh Lesson For Kelty On Opening Day
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Jul 5, 2018
- 5 min
Forget 3 Lions, 2 Wheels Are Back At Knockhill
Scottish bike fans will turn their backs on the World Cup this weekend and head for Knockhill as the British Superbike Championship returns to the Fife circuit on the 6th, 7th & 8th of July. If you're already fed up hearing about how it's coming home, why not switch off the TV and head to the home of Scottish motorsport? BSB, what's that then? The BSB Championship is run over twelve rounds at nine different tracks, but only makes the trip north of the border once a year. With
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Kevin Marshall
- May 26, 2018
- 5 min
Kelty Are Cup Kings
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
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Kevin Marshall
- May 20, 2018
- 4 min
Eight Goal Performance Fit For A King
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Apr 29, 2018
- 4 min
Kelty Overcome Thistle To Be Crowned Champions
Kelty Hearts 3 - 1 Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale East of Scotland League New Central Park, Kelty Kelty finally got the better of LTHV to lift the East of Scotland League title, with a dramatic win on the last day of the season. Thistle have had the upper hand over Kelty every time the sides have met this season, but when it really mattered, Thomas Courts men held their nerve to earn their first trophy as a senior club. There were around 1,400 fans packed into New Central Pa
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Kevin Marshall
- Apr 22, 2018
- 4 min
Vale Spoil Kelty Title Party
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Mar 25, 2018
- 3 min
A Tale Of Three Penalties
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Feb 25, 2018
- 4 min
Goals By The Dozen
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Feb 18, 2018
- 4 min
Ruthless Kelty Hit Nine Past Coldstream
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Nov 18, 2017
- 3 min
Five Star Kelty Enjoy Their Day Off
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'
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