Inverness Caley Thistle waiting to find out how serious injury is to loan star from Aberdeen after being taken off injured in win over Stenhousemuir in League One
INVERNESS Caledonian Thistle are waiting to find out how serious Alfie Bavidge’s injury is which forced him off in last night’s 4-1 win over Stenhousemuir in League One.
The 18-year-old forward, who has been on loan from Aberdeen since January, was forced off after suffering a knock after just 12 minutes into the match.
Bavidge has been a big hit at Inverness since arriving from Aberdeen on loan, scoring six goals in his 10 appearances for the club.
Head coach Scott Kellacher said he took off Bavidge early as a precaution after he saw him in discomfort after taking a knock.
He says they will evaluate how serious his injury is today and hope that he will return to action soon.
Kellacher said last night: “Alfie got a wee nip on the back of his hamstring, so we were not going to take any chances.
“We will get him assessed on Wednesday morning. Fingers crossed, it’s not too bad.”
An appeal was made on the tannoy at the Caledonian Stadium for anyone that was a qualified linesman or referee to come forward and officiate the game.
Billy Baxter, who was acting as a referee supervisor at the game last night, agreed to act as an assistant referee with Tommi Kerr changing roles from the line to referee.
The match went ahead at 8:18pm, 33 minutes after the original kick-off time.
Kellacher said both teams wanted the match to go ahead.
Asked if there was any doubt the match could have been postponed, he said: “It was possibly going that way.
“The referee had a bad back and we got Billy Baxter in to cover, and we were delighted to get the game going.
“We had to make sure it was right for both teams and ensure it went ahead in the right way.
“Both teams agreed, and you could see both teams wanted to have a go.”
Kellacher said it was one of his team’s best performances this season, but also paid tribute to Stenhousemuir, whose run of five wins in-a-row was brought to an end on Tuesday night.
He said: “That’s why they are where they are in the league. They have a go at teams, but that also gives us a better chance at home as well.
“It was a complete performance from us, which we’ve been looking for, for a while.
“We’ve been good in the first half and maybe not so good in the second half and vice versa, so to get a performance like that over two halves, well, I was over the moon about it.”