Inverness Caledonian Thistle top goalscorer proud to fire club to League One safety as he prepares to move to Dunfermline Athletic
KEITH Bray says his focus was always on keeping Inverness Caledonian Thistle in League One even after staying on loan at the club after signing for Dunfermline Athletic.
The 20-year-old full back signed for the Pars in February but was loaned back to Inverness in League One for the rest of the season.
He played a vital part in getting Inverness out of the relegation zone this season as he ended the campaign as Caley Thistle’s top scorer finding the net 11 times during the 2024/25 campaign.
Bray says despite knowing he will be playing at East End Park next season, he said that his focus was always keeping Inverness Caledonian Thistle in League One.
He said: “I didn’t want to disrespect Inverness Caledonian Thistle by thinking ahead as my sole purpose was to keep this club in the division.
“Collectively we managed to do that after that I will think to the future.
“I will take a few weeks off and then I will come back in pre-season at Dunfermline and give it my best shot and a complete restart.
“I will give it my best and see what happens from there.”
Despite being a full-back, Bray found himself playing on the right wing during the campaign and ended the season with 11 goals.
He scored five goals more than Paul Allan and Alfie Bavidge who both finished on the campaign on six goals.
Arguably his most impressive performance this season was scoring a hat-trick in the 3-0 win against Cove Rangers in April.
Bray says that he was just happy that he could help fire Inverness to safety.
“I wasn’t expecting to score so many goals this season. But it is good to know that I can come up with some goals which is a target to look at in the future.
“I am happy with how the season has gone and the game time, that is the only way that you get better as a player and I was pleased to be able to contribute with goals.”
At one point, Inverness were 16 points from safety after being deducted 15 points for going into administration in October.
However, Inverness went on to win 14 out of 25 matches during the administration period to finish the campaign in seventh place.
Bray says avoiding relegation after a hefty points deduction should not be underestimated. He said it was only possible with the huge team effort from everyone at the club.
“That is remarkable when you consider how many points we were behind and how small our squad we had.
“We have done outstanding this season and nobody can say otherwise.
“It couldn’t have happened without everyone that was here at the club, that includes the backroom staff and every single player involved, not just the players who had been starting every week.
“It was a big team effort and everyone did their own part.”
