Kelty Hearts vs Stenhousemuir

The Warriors were held to a point by a strong Kelty Hearts side despite Stenhousemuir’s second wind in the final 45 minutes.

Kelty were the dominant side in the first half and could have deservedly buried a few goals, but the Warriors dug deep and held out against the Kelty press and managed to manufacture a few chances themselves.

After just three minutes, Deejay was called into action when Moore found some space in the box to get his shot away, but it was an easy save in the end for our keeper.

Kelty had another great opportunity seconds later when Moore flashed his cross across the face of goal, and with Cole sliding in, Deejay was forced into another unbelievable save to keep the score level.

Bilham crossed in a fabulous ball in the ninth minute and found the head of Yates, whose header came gut wrenchingly back off the inside of the post, the best chance for the Warriors to pull ahead.

Yates had a decent shot in the 57^th minute that took a deflection and nearly allowed O’Donnell to poke in his effort, but the keeper was quick to make the save.

Another fabulous Matty Yates corner in the 70^th minute found the head of Steele, who has grown to be a threat in front of goal, though his powerful header was just over the bar.

The final chance of the game came for us in the 83^rd minute when O’Reilly’s shot along the slippery surface had to be saved low to the keeper’s right. Although we couldn’t wrap up all three points, we did leave NewCentral Park with an extremely important point in our league campaign.

Next weekend we are away to Dunfermline Athletic for the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. Make sure you join us to support Gary and the boys. With a place in the fifth round up for grabs, could the romance of the cup strike again?