KELTY HEARTS forward Tiwi Daramola has left the club to join Lowland League East Kilbride on a permanent deal.

The 22-year-old moves on a year after arriving at New Central Park, with player / manager Michael Tidser, telling Press Sport that he "needs to be playing games".

Last January, Daramola signed a three-and-a-half year deal with Kelty - who said they had to "fight off lots of competition" to land him - from Bo'ness Athletic.

However, he has now penned a permanent deal with East Kilbride, who sit nine points clear at the top of the Lowland League, with Kelty commenting: "Following the acceptance of an offer from East Kilbride FC, striker Tiwi Daramola has joined the Lowland League pacesetters.

"Everyone at the club would like to thank Tiwi for all his endeavours in the maroon jersey and wish him well on his move to K-Park."

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After joining the club, Daramola returned to Bo'ness Athletic on loan for the remainder of last season, and scored an astonishing 83 goals in all competitions as they won the East of Scotland League, Division Three title.

In his first competitive game for Kelty, he scored his first goal, in a 3-1 loss to Greenock Morton in the group stage of the Viaplay Cup, after which Tidser backed him to be a "big player for us this season if he keeps up performances like that".

Daramola scored a brace in Kelty's next game - a 5-3 win at Edinburgh City, in which they recovered from a three-goal deficit - and in a 2-0 success against Stranraer, both of which were also in the Viaplay Cup.

He would, however, go on to find the net just once more - in a 4-1 league win at Edinburgh in October - taking his tally to five goals in 23 appearances.

His last match for the club was as a late substitute in a draw at Cove Rangers on January 6, having been left out of the squad for Saturday's draw with Annan Athletic.

"Tiwi, he's a lovely lad, came out of the traps flying at the start of the season, but he just couldn't quite get up to the level that I was looking for, in terms of where I want to take the club going forward," Tidser commented.

"I'm sure he'll have a good career and I wished him all the best. He needs to be playing games."