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 6-1 Whitehill Welfare GeoSonic Lowland League New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 381 A sparkling Ross Mutch performance helped Kelty to a convincing win over Whitehill at New Central Park. The teenager was too hot for Welfare to handle, with a goal and two assists in the space of 10 minutes to set the home side on the way to their fifth win on the bounce. A mid-season dip saw the league's newcomers slip to third spot, but they showed that they have finally re-ca

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 2-0 Camelon Football Nations Cup New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 345 Kelty booked a place in the Football Nations Cup draw with a hard fought win over Camelon at New Central Park. They had to survive a few scares on the way, before second half goals from Chris Dodd and Murray Carstairs finally killed off the visitors in an engrossing cup tie to brighten up a cold January afternoon. The Kelty starting line-up had a more familiar shape about it, gaffer Ferguson

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 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

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

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

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

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 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