# 2021–22 Kelty Hearts F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Kelty Hearts' first season in the Scottish Professional Football League following their promotion from the Lowland Football League at the end of the 2020–21 season. Kelty participated in Scottish League Two and also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

This was Kelty Hearts' first season under the management of Kevin Thomson following the departure of Barry Ferguson, who had led the club to promotion the previous season.
Kelty entered the Scottish Cup at the second round and would eliminate then cup holders St Johnstone on their way to the fifth round before being eliminated by St Mirren. Kelty were declared champions 26 March with a victory over Albion Rovers, which secured the league title and back to back promotions to League One.

## Competitions
### Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

Results

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 30 April 2022
| No. | Pos | Player | League Two | League Two | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Darren Jamieson | 35+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Andrew Black | 14+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Reis Peggie | 1+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Dougie Hill | 16+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Scott Hooper | 11+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jordon Forster | 22+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Joe Cardle | 29+7 | 12 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 3 | 46 | 16 |
| 8 | MF | Thomas Reilly | 8+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Nathan Austin | 19+7 | 17 | 3+1 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 35 | 21 |
| 10 | MF | Jamie Barjonas | 31+0 | 9 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 41 | 9 |
| 11 | MF | Kallum Higginbotham | 35+0 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 45 | 9 |
| 12 | MF | Michael Tidser | 31+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | Ross Philp | 18+14 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Daniel Finlayson | 19+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Robbie McNab | 12+10 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Max Kucheriavyi | 9+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Connor Barron | 12+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Harrison Clark | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Josh Donaldson | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Botti Biabi | 8+18 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| 22 | FW | Alfredo Agyeman | 15+19 | 6 | 1+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 43 | 7 |
| 23 | DF | Kieran Ngwenya | 22+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Thomas O'Ware | 27+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | Ben Finnan | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### Competition Overview

| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Scottish League Two | Matchday 1 | 1st | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 066.67 |
| Scottish League Cup | Group stage | Group stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Scottish Challenge Cup | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Scottish Cup | Second round | Fifth round | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 83 | 40 | +43 | 063.04 |
Source: Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 81 | Promotion to League One |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 51 | +13 | 59 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 4 | Edinburgh City (O, P) | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 52 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 49 | |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUN | ARB | KEL | ELG | EFI |
| 1 | Dundee United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | 1–0 | — | 6–1 | — |
| 2 | Arbroath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | — |
| 5 | East Fife | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | | 0–1 | — | — | 2–3 | — |