TV-info: LIVE commentary on BBC Radio Scotland (UK only). Highlights available on Scotsport SPL on Monday night. DETAILS Inverness CT v Hearts Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Saturday 25th November at 3pm Referee: ? Others: ?

FIXTURES Saturday 25th November: Dunfermline v Aberdeen Inverness CT v Hearts Motherwell v Falkirk Sunday 26th November: Dundee Utd v St Mirren Hibernian v Celtic (Setanta, 2pm) Rangers v Kilmarnock SPL ROUND-UP Only 12 goals were scored in the 6 games last weekend. At least there wasn’t any Monday night football!! Aberdeen kept up the pressure on 2nd place with a well deserved 2-0 over St Mirren. Darren Mackie got a much needed 2 goals for his club keeping up the form of Aberdeen and pushing St Mirren further down near the bottom of the table. Celtic eventually stopped any chance of Caley going Ballistic at Celtic Park. A Dods own goal, Hesselink and Jarosik gave Celtic a 3-0 victory after a closely fought first half. Had Inverness CT gone in front in the 1st minute when they created a great chance, it would have been a different story. Inverness CT are yet to beat Celtic in the SPL, but I am sure it will happen eventually. Dunfermline look set for a bright future as their new manager Kenny watched this game from the stands. Craig Levein lost his first game as Dundee Utd manager as they lost 2-1. Robson opened the scoring for Utd but Shields and Mason gave the Pars the much needed 3pts to take them level with Motherwell. Kilmarnock came from behind as well to beat Falkirk 2-1. Again the away side took the lead through, yes you guessed it, Anthony Stokes. Hay and an O’Donnell own goal gifted Killie the win. Colin Nish was sent off for Kilmarnock after 88 mins. The result of the day however came from Fir Park where Motherwell were completely brushed aside by a fast flowing Hibernian side. John Collins already seems to be continuing the good work of Tony Mowbray, especially after this 6-1 victory. Goals from Brown, Killen, Sproule 2, Jones and Shiels secured the trouncing even though Maguire scored a consolation for the Well. Malpas must be wondering how long he can survive especially after losing by such a considerable score line. He will have to lift the players before next weeks home match against Falkirk or could end up bottom on their own. On the other hand, this isn’t a better time for Hibs to entertain Celtic next week. Well done John Collins after a terrific start as manager!! On Sunday, there was a pulsating match at Tynecastle between Hearts and Rangers. There was only one goal however, and it came from Nacho Novo for Rangers with 12 mins to go. A total of 7 players were booked but none were sent off. 5 were for Rangers with only 2 for Hearts. So after 15 games, Celtic lead by 15pts and Dunfermline and Motherwell are bottom by 2pts. PAST MEETINGS The teams have played a total of 8 times (7 League, 1 Cup) with 15 goals (7 Inverness CT, 8 Hearts) between them. Inverness CT: 2 wins (1 League, 1 Cup) Draws: 3 (3 League, 0 Cup) Hearts: 3 wins (3 League, 0 Cup) A GAME TO REMEMBER For this weeks game to remember we take you back another one of Inverness’s great cup killing shocks. On the 26th January 2001 in the Scottish Cup 4th round, Inverness CT were drawn away to Hearts. Nobody predicted a shock, but Inverness weren’t listening. A tremendous display from the inform 1st Division side gave the Highlanders another giant cup killing act to add to their collection. Ross Tokely’s opener was cancelled out just before the break by Gary Wales of Hearts. A few thought that was the chance of a shock gone but Inverness showed the world how to play football in the second half when Dennis Wyness and David Bagan both slotted perfect goals to gift Inverness CT passage to the Quarter-final. Man of the match was Hearts fan Ross Tokely. The attendance was 12016. The teams were as follows: INVERNESS CT: Walker, Tokely, Mann, McCaffrey, McBain, Munro, Duncan, Chrisite, Robson, Ritchie, Wyness. Subs- Bagan (for Christie), Calder, Bavidge, Golabek, Stewart. HEARTS: Niemi, Webster, Severin, Mahe, Maybury, Flogel, Gronlund, Fulton, McCann, Fuller, Wales. Subs- Kirk (for Webster), Simmons (for McCann), Adam (for Wales), McKenzie, Kazcan. The referee was Alan Freeland and there were two bookings on the day: Duncan and Robson both of Inverness CT. Six of the Inverness players who started the match still play for the club and one is now the manager! FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS • All League meetings between the teams have taken place in the SPL. • Paul Hartley is the top scorer in the fixture with 2 goals. • Inverness CT have never beaten Hearts at home. They have played 3 times in Inverness resulting in 2 draws and a 1-0 win for Hearts. TOP SCORERS 2 goals: Hartley (Hearts) 1 goal: Tokely, Wyness, Bagan, Juanjo, Dods, Wilson, Bayne (all ICT), Wales, Skacel, Pinilla, Mole, Driver, Aguiar (all Hearts). PLAYERS TO WATCH Dennis Wyness (Inverness CT): The ex-Hearts man has been on the sidelines for Inverness the past few weeks after an injury that has kept him out since August 26th. He could finally get called on from the start on Saturday after Caley Thistle going goal-shy upfront in the last two games. A great player who set up a great partnership with Craig Dargo last year is eager to get back into the starting 11 and score his first goal of the season on Saturday. Steven Pressley (Hearts): The (possibly ex) Hearts captain is a rock solid Scotland internationalist who is one of the main reasons behind Hearts success in the last few years. Although after he spoke out about the turmoil, he has been dropped for the last 2 games with apparently his armband stripped from him. If the Jambos were to lose this guy, it would be a big loss and one the management team might just regret. Manager (Hearts): Whoever it may be. Will there actually be a manager on Saturday? Who knows!! FUTURE FIXTURES 10th Feb 2007 at Tynecastle Squad: Mark Brown, Jonathon Smith, Michael Fraser, Darren Dods, Stuart Soane, Ross Tokely, Guy Kerr, Richard Hastings, Stuart McCaffrey, Stuart Golabek, Grant Munro, John Rankin, Ian Black, Roy McBain, Zander Sutherland, Alan Morgan, Liam Keogh, Richie Hart, Barry Wilson, Russell Duncan, Craig Dargo, Gary McSwegan, Rory McAllister, Dennis Wyness, Graham Bayne Injured: Nobody. Suspended: Nobody.

DETAILS

Celtic v Inverness CT - Parkhead, Glasgow Saturday 18th November

Referee: Willie McLean

Tickets: This is an ALL TICKET match. TV-info: LIVE commentary on BBC Radio Scotland and on Web (UK listeners only). Highlights available on Monday on Scotpsort SPL. Live on Setanta in some regions outside UK

FIXTURES Saturday 18th November: Aberdeen v St Mirren Celtic v Inverness CT Dunfermline v Dundee Utd Kilmarnock v Falkirk Motherwell v Hibernian

Sunday 19th November: Hearts v Rangers (Setanta, 2pm)

SPL ROUND-UP It was another 3-day SPL weekend last week and not a lot of high scoring games. Aberdeen continued climbing the table after a deserved 2-1 win at home to Motherwell. Smith and Miller for the Dons and an own goal by Hart which was a bizarre one, gave Motherwell some hope. Craig Levein is showing that Dundee Utd can perform after another good home performance. They beat Kilmarnock 1-0 thanks to Noel Hunt. It was a deserved win which means Levein has already equalled the amount of wins Brewster got in the SPL in 10 months!! Hibernian controlled the game against Inverness CT but the highlanders had a strong defence throughout the first half and created the best chance with Dargo and Bayne having a great chance but the Hibs keeper, Malkowski was on form which meant Inverness couldn’t find a way past him and eventually lost 2-0 with goals from Fletcher and a Killen penalty. Mark Brown was sent off meaning Michael Fraser will get a very rare starting place at Celtic Park this Saturday. Rangers finally got a much needed victory with a 2-0 win at home against Dunfermline. Boyd and Smith scored for the Gers and gave Le Guen a much needed 3pts but they will have to play better to keep a hold of second place in the next few weeks. Onto Sunday and a surprise hat-trick hero in Thomas Gravesen at Love Street. Celtic beat the hosts 3-1 with Gravesen just walking through the Saints defence at times. John Sutton got the consolation for St Mirren in a one-sided affair. Monday night football produced another 1-1 scoreline. Hearts were without Pressley for some strange reason and the turmoil at Hearts just keeps going on and on and on. Velicka opened the scoring for the Jambos but the never too old Russell Latapy equalised with 6 mins remaining. It was an even game which both teams could have won.

PAST MEETINGS The teams have played a total of 10 times (7 League, 3 Cup) with 30 goals (11 Inverness CT, 19 Celtic) between them. Inverness CT: 2 wins (0 League, 2 Cup) Draws: 2 (2 League, 0 Cup) Celtic: 6 wins (5 League, 1 Cup) THE TWO FAMOUS NIGHTS

08/02/2000 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round) Celtic 1-3 INVERNESS CT:

This game will always be remembered for all Inverness fans as this is regarded as the biggest result of Caley Thistle’s history so far. The original game was postponed due to apart of the roof falling off. In 16 minutes Barry Wilson headed in Paul Sheerin’s cross to the home fans shock. Mark Burchill scored a minute later but Bobby Mann restored the lead (some people say it was an own goal, but I call it Bobby’s goal!!). 10 minutes into the second half Paul Sheerin slotted home a penalty to the travelling fans delight. Steve Patterson was quoted as saying- “I think this is the moment Inverness arrived in Scottish football”. It sure was with the headline from the Sun reading “Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious!!!!!!!”. The team for Inverness was as follows- Calder, Teasdale, Golabek, Mann, McCulloch, Hastings, Sheerin, Tokely (Byers 89), Wilson (Glancy 87), Christie and Wyness (Bavidge 79). 23/03/2003 (Scottish Cup Quarter-Final) INVERNESS CT 1-0 Celtic:

Was lighting going to strike twice? It certainly was as even though Celtic had just beaten Liverpool, Inverness always believed they could do it. Even Bobby Mann mentioned before the game that he thought there would be another Highland Fling!! The only goal of the game was when Richie Hart pulled the ball across for Dennis Wyness to slot home. The second half seemed to last a life-time but eventually John Robertson had copied the heights of Steve Patterson. Two people’s performances I want to mention are Stuart McCaffrey for marking Larsson sensationally well and Mark Brown for making good saves and getting the Man of the Match. FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS

• All League meetings between the teams have taken place in the SPL.
• Inverness CT have never won a league match against Celtic.
• John Hartson is the top scorer in the fixture with 7 goals.
• Dennis Wyness is the top scorer for Inverness CT with 3 goals.
• If Celtic beat Inverness CT on Saturday, they will have gone a clean sweep of 11 SPL victories.
• The Highlanders were the last team to take a point of them, securing a 1-1 draw at home.

TOP SCORERS 7 goals: John Hartson (Celtic) 3 goals: Dennis Wyness (ICT) 2 goals: Barry Wilson (ICT), Craig Beattie (Celtic), Alan Thompson (Celtic), Shaun Maloney (Celtic) 1 goal: Sheerin, Ritchie, Moravcik (own goal), Dargo Hart, Munro (all ICT), Burchill, Petrov, Sutton, Bellamy, McManus, Pearson (all Celtic). PLAYERS TO WATCH Michael Fraser (Inverness CT): Fraser is normally the first name everyone expects to see listed on the subs bench, but on Saturday he has a chance to shine against Celtic after Inverness’ number 1 Mark Brown got sent off last weekend. Michael has only ever started 1 game for Inverness, against Falkirk last season in May, however what a chance he has if he has a good game against Celtic to get a run in the side. From reserves games, he looks like he has the potential to succeed. Good luck to him on Saturday as we all know it will be tough. Thomas Gravesen (Celtic): The ex-Real Madrid midfielder was a superb signing by Gordon Strachan during the Summer transfer window. Although it has taken him a while to shine in the green and white but after last Sunday’s hat-trick against St Mirren, he is in superb form and eager to continue impressing. Currently has 4 SPL goals and has superb skill on a good day. Will be keen to play against Man Utd on Wednesday. FUTURE FIXTURES

28th Jan 2007 at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Squad:

Jonathon Smith, Michael Fraser, Darren Dods, Stuart Soane, Ross Tokely, Guy Kerr, Richard Hastings, Stuart McCaffrey, Stuart Golabek, Grant Munro, John Rankin, Ian Black, Roy McBain, Zander Sutherland, Alan Morgan, Liam Keogh, Richie Hart, Barry Wilson, Russell Duncan, Craig Dargo, Gary McSwegan, Rory McAllister, Dennis Wyness, Graham Bayne

Injured: Nobody. Suspended: Mark Brown (Sent off in last match)

DETAILS Hibernian v Inverness CT,Easter Road, Edinburgh Saturday 11th November at 3pm Referee: John Underhill Others: Gordon Middleton, Tommy Johnston (Assistants), Martin Sproule (4th offcial) Tickets: This match is a pay at the gate match. They are NOT participating in the U12 passport scheme. TV-info: Live commentary on BBC Radio Scotland. Highlights available on Scotsport SPL. FIXTURES Saturday 11th November: Aberdeen v Motherwell Dundee Utd v Kilmarnock Hibernian v Inverness CT Rangers v Dunfermline Sunday 12th November: St Mirren v Celtic (Setanta, 2pm) Monday 13th November: Falkirk v Hearts (Setanta, 7:45pm) SPL ROUND-UP During last weekend, 3 games were decided by late goals and a double hat-trick for a Falkirk player. Celtic increased their lead at the top of the table thanks to a last gasp victory over Hearts. Hearts had taken a deserved lead after 72 mins with Velicka scoring. However Jarosik equalised on the 86th minute and an own goal by Craig Gordon gifted Celtic the 3pts and another big step closer to the title.

There is nothing stopping Anthony Stokes, as he bagged his second hat-trick in as many games to help Falkirk defeat Dunfermline 3-0. The Republic of Ireland player has been called up to his countries B squad next week against Scotland.

John Collins 1st game as manager of Hibernian finished 2-2 against Kilmarnock at home. Both teams were leading at some point but a draw was about right. Motherwell and St Mirren produced a stalemate at Fir Park with John Sutton missing a penalty for the Saints.

Craig Levein’s first game as Dundee Utd manager on Sunday couldn’t have gone better. Rangers took the lead through Charlie Adam on 50 mins, but Rangers starting sitting back and Utd eventually got the equaliser through Gary Kenneth and secured 3pts with a late winner by Lee Mair. If Rangers fans thought this was bad, little did they know, they would lose at home to St Johnstone on Wednesday.

On Monday night, it was a northern derby with Inverness looking to beat Aberdeen for the first ever time. After a dull first half, the game livened up in the second and Caley Thistle deservedly took the lead through a header by Graham Bayne. All was looking good for 3pts until Steve Lovell scored a last minute goal with his knee as Inverness didn’t deal with the cross. Not bad attendance either!!

So after 13 games, Celtic are looking odds on to win the title after bookies have started to pay out. The relegation battle looks exciting as long as Inverness CT don’t fall into it which I don’t think will happen.

PAST MEETINGS The teams have played a total of 7 times (7 League, 0 Cup) with 16 goals (11 Inverness CT, 5 Hibernian) between them. Inverness CT: 4 wins (4 League, 0 Cup) Draws: 1 (1 League, 0 Cup) Hibernian: 2 wins (2 League, 0 Cup) A GAME TO REMEMBER For this weeks game to remember we take you back to the biggest win in this fixture. It took place at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in the SPL on the 02/03/2005. This was Inverness’ only second game in Inverness in the SPL after ground sharing with Aberdeen for the first half of the season. Inverness out played Hibs for the whole game and deserved their 3-0 victory. Goals came from Juanjo, Brewster and Wilson. The attendance was 4443. The teams were as follows: INVERNESS CT: Brown, Tokely, Munro, Dods, Golabek, Wilson, Hart, Duncan, McBain, Brewster, Juanjo. Subs- Proctor (for Hart), Bayne (for Brewster), Fatai (for Juanjo), Fraser, McCaffrey, Hastings, Prunty. HIBERNIAN: Simon Brown, Whittaker, Caldwell, Smith, Murphy, Orman, Antonio Murray, Ian Murray, Scott Brown, O’Connor, Riordan. Subs- Shiels (for Orman), McDonald (for A.Murray), Sproule (for I.Murray), Brown, McCluskey, Morrow, Konte. The referee was John Underhill and there were three bookings on the day all for Hibernian: Antonio Murray, Murphy and Ian Murray. Nine of the Inverness players who started the match still play for the club. Only Craig Brewster and Juanjo have left. FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS

• All League meetings between the teams have taken place in the SPL. There have been no cup ties between the teams
• Inverness have won four out of the last five meetings. In the four wins, Hibernian had only scored once.
• Barry Wilson is the top scorer in this fixture with 4 goals.
• Hibernian have had the same manager in all 6 fixtures, until today when John Collins take charge against Inverness CT for the first time. Inverness CT have had 3 different managers during the 6 matches.

TOP SCORERS 4 goals: Barry Wilson (ICT) 3 goals: Derek Riordan (Hibs) 2 goals: Juanjo (ICT) 1 goal: Brewster (ICT), Proctor (ICT), Wyness (ICT), Dargo (ICT), Dods (ICT), Beuzilin (Hibs), Fletcher (Hibs). PLAYERS TO WATCH Graham Bayne (ICT): The Caley Thistle forward has just signed a new 2 and a half year deal and after scoring against Aberdeen on Monday will be looking to continue adding to his tally. The ex-Ross County man is always seen heading the ball and has a good shot. He has never scored against Hibernian and will be looking to break his duck against them on Saturday. Chris Killen (Hibernian): The striker is a great player with a lot of potential. He currently has scored 7 SPL goals and is a Graham Bayne like player. He has taken over the scoring boots after Riordan and O’Connor left and John Collins will be working hard on lowering his crime count with already 6 yellows and 2 reds this season. Also has never scored in this fixture. FUTURE FIXTURES 20th Jan 2007 at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Squad: Mark Brown, Jonathon Smith, Michael Fraser, Darren Dods, Stuart Soane, Ross Tokely, Guy Kerr, Richard Hastings, Stuart McCaffrey, Stuart Golabek, Grant Munro, John Rankin, Ian Black, Roy McBain, Zander Sutherland, Alan Morgan, Liam Keogh, Richie Hart, Barry Wilson, Russell Duncan, Craig Dargo, Gary McSwegan, Rory McAllister, Dennis Wyness, Graham Bayne Injured: Nobody. Suspended: Nobody.

Can Charlie and the lads extend the run to eight by getting something from this game ? Andrew Fraser provides the match preview.

DETAILS

Inverness CT v Aberdeen Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Monday 6th November at 7:45pm Referee: Dougie McDonald Others: Neil Brand, Brian McGarry (Assistants), Colin Brown (4th official) FIXTURES Saturday 4th November: Celtic 2-1 Hearts Dunfermline 0-3 Falkirk Hibernian 2-2 Kilmarnock Motherwell 0-0 St Mirren Sunday 5th November: Dundee Utd v Rangers (Setanta, 2pm) Monday 6th November: Inverness CT v Aberdeen (Setanta, 7.45pm)

SPL ROUND-UP

Again, only 4 games took place on the Saturday; with the SPL fixtures now spread over 3 days. It was the same fixtures that took place on the opening day. Craig Brewster’s reign as Dundee Utd manager ended quicker than Santa Clause could save him. He lasted from Janurary to November so he didn’t even survive a Christmas or a whole year showing that he couldn’t break the ICT curse. Anyway back to last Saturday, Dundee Utd were thrashed 5-1 at the Falkirk Stadium. I really feel for Malky Thompson who was happy at Inverness and now has no job. The highlight was Anthony Stokes hat-trick which won him young player of the month for Falkirk. If that wasn’t enough for a weekend, Hearts were told by Romanov that the whole team would be put on the transfer list if they didn’t win against Dunfermline. The game ended 1-1 but no Hearts players have left this week. Although with the comments of the chairman and a caretaker manager who needs an interpreter on the touchline, Hearts fans aren’t very confident. Motherwell became the second team in a row to leave Ibrox with something. Boyd scored for the Gers but Kerr equalised for Motherwell, giving the Well a valuable point against a lacklustre Gers performance. At Love Street, St Mirren and Inverness CT fought out a 1-1 draw aswell. Dargo got his 5th goal of the season for Inverness in the first half but Kean deservedly equalised in the second half. Inverness are now 6 games unbeaten in the SPL which has won Charlie Christie manager of the month for October. To Sunday, and Celtic came from behind to beat Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Nish opened the scoring but Nakamura and Miller got the 3pts for the Celts. And on Monday night, Aberdeen scored a last minute winner with a potential goal of the season for Scott Severin. Aberdeen won the game 2-1 after Hibernian had been in the lead through Killen.So in other words, not a lot happened last week!!!!!!!! PAST MEETINGS The teams have played a total of 11 times (7 League, 4 Cup) with 19 goals (5 Inverness CT, 14 Aberdeen) between them. Inverness CT: 0 wins (0 League, 0 Cup) Draws: 5 (4 League, 1 Cup) Aberdeen: 6 wins (3 League, 3 Cup)

SOME PREVIOUS MEETINGS 08/08/1998 (League Cup 2nd Round) INVERNESS CT 0-3 Aberdeen: In the first game between the sides it was a Billy Dodds hat-trick that gave the top-flight side the win. Inverness CT was a 2nd Division side at the time. 20/02/2000 (Scottish Cup 4th Round) INVERNESS CT 1-1 Aberdeen: After the excellent achievements of beating Celtic at Parkhead in the previous round, the gift was a home-tie against Aberdeen which was screened live by Sky-Sports. Bobby Mann’s header looked as if it would have taken the Caley Jags through but Cato Gunviet scored with 10 minutes remaining meaning a replay was to be played. Both scorers got yellow cards during the match. Aberdeen won the replay 1-0. 16/10/2004 (SPL) INVERNESS CT 1-3 Aberdeen (Pittodrie): With all the media hype about Aberdeen playing away at Pittodrie was a joke before this game. Inverness were paying Aberdeen £30,000 for the day plus Aberdeen didn’t need to travel to Inverness. And plus they still got the victory thanks to 2 penalties. Roy McBain got the goal for Caley Thistle which was a great goal.

FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS • All League meetings between the teams have taken place in the SPL. • Aberdeen are unbeaten in all fixtures between the teams. • The biggest win in the fixture was when Aberdeen won 3-1 on 16/4/2004 away to us at Pittodrie! McBain scored Inverness’s solo goal. • Inverness CT are currently on a 7 match unbeaten run. • Aberdeen have lost their last 2 away matches in the SPL.

PLAYERS TO WATCH Barry Wilson (ICT): The Caley Thistle right winger is a key member of the Highlanders side. He hasn’t scored since Inverness last played Aberdeen but his contribution is vital to the team. An experienced player, who, on his day, can still produce a few effective, runs down the right hand side causing defences many problems. He is looking to enter coaching after his playing days are over and hopefully he will join the ICT coaching staff. Lee Miller (Aberdeen): The ex-Dundee Utd striker has still to find his scoring boots at Aberdeen since his arrival on the last day of the summer transfer window. He currently has only 1 goal to his name and wants to get a run of goals going to cement his place in the starting eleven.FUTURE FIXTURES13th Jan 2007 at Pittodrie Stadium SQUAD Mark Brown, Jonathon Smith, Michael Fraser, Darren Dods, Stuart Soane, Ross Tokely, Guy Kerr, Richard Hastings, Stuart McCaffrey, Stuart Golabek, Grant Munro, John Rankin, Roy McBain, Zander Sutherland, Alan Morgan, Liam Keogh, Richie Hart, Barry Wilson, Russell Duncan, Craig Dargo, Gary McSwegan, Rory McAllister, Dennis Wyness, Graham Bayne Injured: Nobody. Suspended: Ian Black (6 cautions)

St Mirren v Inverness CT Sat 28th October 2006 at 3pm Love Street, Paisley Referee: Mike Tumilty Others: Jim Lyon, Derek Clark (Assistants), Iain Brines (4th official)

Tickets: This match is all-ticket. Tickets can be purchased from outside the ground for both sets of supporters up until kick-off. TV-info: Live commentary on BBC Radio Scotland. Highlights available on Scotsport SPL on Monday evening ITV1 at 11pm. FIXTURES Saturday 28th October: Falkirk v Dundee Utd Hearts v Dunfermline Rangers v Motherwell St Mirren v Inverness CT Sunday 29th October: Kilmarnock v Celtic (Setanta, 2pm) Monday 30th October: Aberdeen v Hibernian (Setanta, 7:45pm) SPL ROUND-UP Last weekend began the Monday night football by Setanta meaning only 4 games went ahead on Saturday. Aberdeen overcame Dundee Utd to increase more pressure on ex-Inverness manager Craig Brewster. Mackie and Nicolson 2 was enough to secure a 3-1 for the Dons. Robson scored for Utd. Celtic narrowly beat Motherwell by 2 goals to 1. Zurawski and an own goal were just enough for the 3pts for the league leaders. McDonald scored for the Well. Kilmarnock stunned Hearts at Tynecastle with goals from Invincible and Wales giving Killie an unlikely win. The drama however occurred at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium. Falkirk went 2-0 up with a double from Anthony Stokes but an inspired half time team talk from Christie gave the Highlanders a lift with Dargo scoring on 70 mins. With 8 mins left Rankin scored his first ever goal for the club with a well placed freekick. He did the same 4 minutes later to give Caley Thistle an astonishing comeback to sneck the 3pts. Inverness CT are now 6 games unbeaten and in 5th. On Sunday another 3-2 scoreline in the match between St Mirren and Rangers. Rangers managed to pick themselves up after last weeks home defeat to Inverness with goals from Adam, Buffel and Novo. A Sutton double wasn’t enough for the Saints. On Monday, a comprehensive 4-0 victory for Hibs live on Setanta. Sproule, Benjelloun and a Killen double gave the caretaker manager Mark Proctor a chance of getting the job. After one round of matches, Celtic lead and Dundee Utd prop up the table. PAST MEETINGS The teams have played a total of 21 times (17 League, 4 Cup) with 62 goals (44 Inverness CT, 18 St Mirren) between them. Inverness CT: 12 wins (8 League, 4 Cup) Draws: 5 (5 League, 0 Cup) St Mirren: 4 wins (4 League, 0 Cup) A GAME TO REMEMBER For this weeks game to remember we take you back to the first ever match between the teams. It took place on the 10th of August 1999 in the Scottish Challenge Cup. Inverness CT won the match 1-0 thanks to an 88th minute Mike Teasdale goal. The attendance on the day was 1334. The teams were as follows: INVERNESS CT: Fridge, Mann, Tokely, Hastings, Golabek, Teasdale, Christie, McCulloch, Sheerin, Stewart, McLean. Subs- Robson, Shearer, Glancy. ST MIRREN: Roy, McLaughlin, Turner, Baltacha, Nicolson, Murray, Drew, Kerr, McGarry, Brown, Yardley. Subs- Mendes, Lavety, Ross. The referee was Garry Mitchell and there were no bookings on the day. Three Inverness players still play for the club and there is one who is now the manager of the club. FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS • All League meetings between the teams have taken place in the First Division so far apart from one. • Inverness CT have won all cup meetings between the sides. • Inverness CT’s Paul Ritchie is the top scorer in the fixture with 8 goals. Next is Dennis Wyness with 6. • St Mirren’s top scorer in the fixture is Yardley with 3. • The biggest win in the fixture was when Inverness CT won 5-0 on 6/5/2000. McCulloch got 2, with Xausa, Wilson and Bavidge all getting one goal. • The last meeting was on 29/7/2006. It was the first ever SPL game between the sides at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium. St Mirren managed to win 2-1 after Dargo heading Inverness infront. Kean and Sutton scored for the Saints. PLAYERS TO WATCH Ian Blacks replacement (ICT): Inverness will have to make at least one change to the starting line-up this week. Ian Black starts a two-game suspension and the competition for his place is tough. Russell Duncan has been made to give up his place to John Rankin this year and only made sub appearances in the SPL so far with two or three starts. He did well for us last season and he may get a chance this weekend. Liam Keogh is another hard working midfielder looking for chance on Saturday. Keogh has managed to come back from a lengthy injury spell to be in contention again. However, my guess is Richie Hart. The ex Ross County man came on as a sub last week and made a tremendous impact on the game. A player who has pace and a shot to trouble any keeper from distance. It’s good to see the healthy back up for just one place in the team but it is up to Charlie who gets it. Another option could be moving McBain into the middle and putting Morgan on the left but I think Hart will get the nod. Ross Tokely (ICT): We are playing St Mirren. Enough said. John Sutton (St Mirren): The brother of Chris Sutton has started to find his scoring boots in the SPL. He managed to score two goals last week against Rangers at home. His tally currently stands at 6 goals and will be looking to add to it this weekend against Inverness CT. FUTURE FIXTURES 1st Jan 2007 at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Squad: Mark Brown, Jonathon Smith, Michael Fraser, Darren Dods, Stuart Soane, Ross Tokely, Guy Kerr, Richard Hastings, Stuart McCaffrey, Stuart Golabek, Grant Munro, John Rankin, Roy McBain, Zander Sutherland, Alan Morgan, Liam Keogh, Richie Hart, Barry Wilson, Russell Duncan, Craig Dargo, Gary McSwegan, Rory McAllister, Dennis Wyness, Graham Bayne Injured: Nobody. Suspended: Ian Black (6 cautions)