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 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 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

Hill of Beath Hawthorn 4 Camelon 0 Kiers Park, Hill of Beath Hill Of Beath got a much needed win, and grabbed a few confidence boosting goals, against mid-table rivals Camelon at Kiers Park. To commemorate Remembrance weekend, both sides observed a minutes silence before kick-off. But the goodwill didn't last long, as both sides went on the offensive from the start, trying to put recent bad results behind them. The Haws were having the best of the opening exchanges, but they

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

Hill of Beath Hawthorn - 0 Penicuik Athletic - 1 Kiers Park, Hill of Beath Hill of Beath's mixed start continued, with their second home defeat of the season as Penicuik took all the points to go two clear at the top of the Super League. The Fifers had a handful of players missing through injury, and did well to keep themselves in it, but were ultimately left with nothing to show for their efforts. The Haws started the match well enough, with Calum Adamson having a couple of

Kelty Hearts - 0 Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale - 1 Scottish Cup Preliminary Round New Central Park, Kelty Entry to the William Hill Scottish Cup was one of the main factors in Kelty's decision to make the switch to the Senior game, but the road to Hampden can be long and painful, as they found out in this Preliminary Round Tie against East of Scotland League rivals Lothain Thistle Hutchinson Vale at New Central Park. In the first ever Scottish Cup tie to be played at Kelty,

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

Dundonald Bluebell put the brakes on Kelty Hearts Superleague title charge in the Fife Derby at Moorside Park. A waterlogged pitch postponed the original fixture, but it proved to be worth the wait for the home side, when Kelty eventually kicked-off under warm spring sunshine. Both sides had early chances, but the keepers were up to the test. When Ritchie was brought down on the very edge of the box, Husband had a perfect opportunity to open the scoring, but sent his free-kic

Kelty Hearts got their Super League East challenge back on track with fine 2-0 win over mid-table Broxburn Athletic at New Central Park. The runaway leaders put their recent bad run behind them, and picked up another 3 valuable points to tiptoe ever closer to the title. Player manager Tam Courts fielded an unfamiliar looking Kelty side with Ritchie, Thomson and Cargill all missing from a line-up that also saw centre half Sean O'Neil starting as striker. The home side started

Struggling Jeanfield Swifts shrugged off their relegation worries to hand Kelty their first league defeat of the season and New Central Park. 45 points separated the two teams before kick-off, and the Fifers were keen to get back to winning ways following their Scottish Cup exit 7 days ago. The runaway leaders were without Brian Ritchie (suspension) and Sean O'Neil (virus), but would have still fancied their chances against a side who've only had 1 away win all season long. T

Scottish Junior Cup 5th Round Kelty Hearts 1 - 2 Kilwinning Rangers Kelty's unbeaten start to the season was finally brought to an end as Kilwinning sent them crashing out of the Scottish Junior Cup. In front of a 900 strong crowd in New Central Park, the Buffs managed what no other team have done this season and put Tam Courts' side to the sword. There was drama early on as the Buffs goalkeeper Adam Strain went down unchallenged with an ankle injury. He played on after recei