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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
- 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
- May 12, 2018
- 5 min
We Are Going Up
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
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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 11, 2018
- 3 min
Five Star Kelty Hit The Ton
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Jan 15, 2018
- 4 min
Kelty Cup Jinx Strikes Again
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Jan 7, 2018
- 3 min
Kelty Kick-off New Year in Style
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
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Kevin Marshall
- Aug 21, 2017
- 4 min
Kelty Announce League Arrival In Style
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
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