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  1. I am looking at the costs of attending away fixtures in the Scottish Premiership for the Scottish Football Supporters Association (SFSA). While the recent BBC price of football survey shows that the cost of attending an away game has either stayed the same or fallen, some SPFL clubs are still charging more than £20 for an away match ticket. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34506759 The SFSA and the Football Supporters Federation feel that this is enough for away fans to pay given the cost of travel. Given that ICT are geographically isolated in comparison to other clubs, I wondering if you could share your experiences with me regarding travelling to games: · How frequently do you travel to away games? · On an average trip, what costs do you incur when travelling to games? · How do you travel to away games? · Over a season, how much do you think you spend travelling to away games? · Do you think that away game tickets are too expensive? I would be grateful if you could share your thoughts with me, thank you. P.S i Will be posting this on Overthebridge also. Please don't hold this against me.
  2. Leapfrog Anyone? INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE welcome fellow high fliers Hamilton to the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium this Saturday. Both teams will be keen to forget recent losses and continue to compete at the top end of the table. A win for Inverness would see them jump above Hamilton on Saturday in the season long game of leapfrog. Caley Thistle currently occupy fourth in the SPFL table, following a one nil loss against Celtic at the weekend. John Hughes’ men have been ever present in the early stages of the title race having gone undefeated in October. Hughes felt his side were unlucky not to have gained any points against the Hoops last Saturday. Hamilton have been the surprise package in the SPFL this season and recently topped the table. However a recent dip in form has resulted in dropped points against Partick Thistle and Dundee as well as an exit in the League Cup at the hands of Aberdeen. Despite this, the Accies still sit in second place in the SPFL table. Hamilton's last game saw them secure a last minute point against Partick in a topsy turvy game after losing a two goal advantage, something that did not best please Alex Neil, citing defensive lapses as the reason behind the mini collapse. Caley Thistle have been effective in shutting out attacking opposition so far this season, having only conceded 10 goals in 13 games. Hamilton are not only flying high in the SPFL; their players occupy 1st, 2nd and joint 3rd in the leagues top scorers table. Saturday will be a test for the Accies goal machines. IN THE PAST These two sides are no strangers to facing each other in top of the table clashes, ICT and Hamilton headed up the table after one game in the 2008/2009 season. The sides met in Inverness on match day two. Recently promoted Hamilton were an unknown commodity in the Highland capital having never played a competitive league match against ICT. Hamilton’s Richard Offiong capitalised on a Jamie Duff mistake to score the only goal of the game. Inverness would be relegated at the end of this campaign. Six years later, the teams met each other in the opening game of this campaign. ICT comfortably dispatched the newly promoted Accies at New Douglas Park after goals from Ryan Christie and Billy McKay. Hamilton travel to Saturday’s game having never lost a league game in Inverness. They will be eager to continue this streak and gain ground over a team who can continue to challenge them throughout the season. We did of course knock Hamilton out of the Scottish cup on the 22nd February 2003 in Inverness winning 6-1 after going behind to a Martin Bonnar goal in the second minute (I see a theme here). A shock looked likely but a brace from the prolific Dennis Wyness and a couple from Barry Robson along with a Paul Ritchie strike and a Stuart McCaffrey header saw 1st division Inverness progress at the expense of the then 2nd division Accies. It was merely revenge for Accies coming North in January 1997 and dumping Inverness out of the cup by 3-1. Iain Stewart had headed the opener after 12 minutes, but Sean McEntegart equalised soon after. The Accies took over in the second half and a certain Mr Ritchie scored twice to put Accies into the next round. Ahh, those were the days.............. TEAM NEWS Inverness will be without long term absentee Richie Foran. The Irishman is yet to feature for the Caley Jags this season. Other than that it's a clean bill of health for the Highlanders. Hamilton appear to have no new injury worries ahead of the game and Jesus García Tena is back in training, but Grant Gillespie is suspended. KEY PLAYERS Josh Meekings (Inverness CT) – The 22-year-old is set to make his 100th appearance for the club on Saturday. The back line for Inverness will be key to shutting out a Hamilton side capable of scoring goals. Billy McKay (Inverness CT) – The stuttering striker scored his only goal of the season against Hamilton. With the recent addition of Ibra Sekajja to the squad, McKay will need to start scoring to ensure he continues to start. Anthony Andreu (Hamilton) – The Frenchman tops the SPFL scoring charts with six goals. Andreu has first hand experience of working under John Hughes during his spell at Livingston. The midfielder’s late strike salvaged a point against Partick Thistle last weekend. A player of his calibre could certainly be a thorn in ICT’s side. Dougie Imrie (Hamilton) – The former Inverness CT player is in his second spell at Hamilton having left Morton in the summer. The 31-year-old has a habit of scoring in Inverness and will need to be watched closely. PROC'S PREDICTOR This will come down to Inverness’ ability to take their chances in front of goal. While Hamilton have proven that they are a side capable of scoring, ICT have been solid at the back all season. If McKay can find his goal scoring form again then another home win is on the cards.
  3. I'm happy to help out too. I no longer work evenings and weekends so I should be able to make more games.
  4. Keep going lads, water the seed and get educated....
  5. The fact Hughes said in a live radio interview words to the effect of "I'll need to watch what I say because you don't know who'll be listening...." just hammers home the lack of faith I have in his management at the club. Frankly its becoming harder and harder to deny.
  6. Totally unacceptbale. I await to see what Hughes has to say. Really not enjoying us at the moment.
  7. Which team has something to play for again?.....
  8. No he shouldn’t be sacked but if he keeps this torrid form up much longer then I don’t know how his job could be tenable. I was disappointed in Hughes’ appointment. I would have rather had Kenny Sheils, Paul Hartley or even Jimmy Calderwood. At the time I accepted that although Yogi wasn’t my first choice I would give him a chance. We have been utterly abysmal under his leadership. Prior to the Partick game we went five games without scoring. We managed one home win which was against a team two tiers below us (in a reply I might add). We have only won two in a row once. Under Butcher at the start of the season we went six games undefeated. Yogi getting us to the final was not a big achievement in my book. He managed us for one match in that tournament against a threadbare side who have been relegated since the start of the season. We released two strikers in the January window and never replaced them. If anything happens to Billy then we are left without an out and out first team striker. I doubt Foran can play in that position for 90 minutes. Curtis and Toby were not regular first team players. We lost no players following Butcher’s departure. Sp I can’t understand why we have taken such a dramatic dip in form since he left. Yogi is the obvious variable. I appreciate that we have had a run of a lot of games but I feel we haven’t utilised our squad enough. Ryan Christie for me has been a standout when he has appeared yet he has not been handed a start, Polworth scored last night but will he get a chance on Saturday? Adam Evans has been good for the U20s so why not reward him? Brill concedes five goals in quick succession so why not play Ryan Esson? I don’t go through life blindly following authority so I dispute the attitude that “if the board appointed him then he is fine by me”. I happen to think that we have one of the best boards in Scottish football but it doesn’t mean to say that they don’t make mistakes. I don’t buy the “punching above our weight” thing either. We finished fourth last season, had very little squad changes this year and were comfortably in contention for a European place before Yogi’s appointment. I really hope Hughes does turn it around as he seems to be a passionate man who I wish all the best but I find myself growing more and more frustrated with him as time goes on.
  9. Esson and Warren in the team for Saturday please.
  10. Whats next? We dust ourselves off and give it a good go against Motherwell. I do think we need to look at the way we play. McKay looked isolated up front and I find it baffling that we haven't looked at more attacking options. With the exception of the League Cup semi its been a gloomy few months and we really need to change that.
  11. Thank God people like him are becoming increasingly irrelevant in modern Scottish life. By the sounds of things he watched the game whilst drinking at home or in the pub. He was probably just annoyed that he wasn't being buttered up by either half of the Old Firm or people who still take what this joke of a human being says as verbatim.
  12. I could tolerate a bookies I suppose if it was a good deal.
  13. I ordered for me and eight others on Monday. Can't wait.
  14. I am happy as long as we get a decent deal and it isn't a payday lender/pawnshop/bookies.
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