Caley Thistle travel to Ibrox secure in the knowledge that whatever happens they will have had a 'winning season' against Rangers. With two victories over the men from Govan in the league this season, the Caley Jags go into this game with confidence but also knowing that under Walter Smith and Ally McCoist, Rangers are a different proposition than they were under Paul Le Guen. Andrew Fraser previews the match.
DETAILS
Rangers v Inverness CT
Ibrox Stadium
Saturday 31st March at 3pm
Referee: William Collum
Others: George Drummond, James Bee(Assistants), Mike Ritchie(4th official).
FIXTURES
Saturday 31st March:
Dundee Utd v Celtic (Setanta, 12:30pm)
Falkirk v St Mirren
Kilmarnock v Aberdeen
Motherwell v Dunfermline
Rangers v Inverness CT
Sunday 1st April:
Hibernian v Hearts (Setanta, 2pm)
Tuesday 3rd April:
Motherwell v Kilmarnock (7:45pm)
Wednesday 4th April:
St Mirren v Hibernian (7:45pm)
SPL RESULTS
Saturday 17th March:
Hearts 0-4 Dundee Utd (Robson 3, Hunt)
Inverness CT (Paatelainen) 1-3 Dunfermline (Glass 2, McIntyre, McManus sent off)
Rangers (Boyd 3) 3-0 Aberdeen
Sunday 18th March:
Falkirk (Thomson) 1-0 Celtic
RECENT SPL FORM
Inverness CT: LLWLL
Rangers: WWWWW
PAST MEETINGS
The teams have played a total of 9 times (8 League, 1 Cup) with 20 goals (8 Inverness CT, 12 Rangers) between them.
Inverness CT: 2 wins (2 League, 0 Cup)
Draws: 3 (3 League, 0 Cup)
Rangers: 4 wins (3 League, 1 Cup)
A GAME TO REMEMBER
For
this weeks game to remember we take you back to one of the five SPL
encounters that have taken place at Ibrox. It was last seasons meeting
at this venue that took place on the 29th October 2005. Inverness CT
had already lost 1-0 and drawn 1-1 before at Ibrox so were looking for
more points of Glasgow Rangers. Rangers started the better with Ricksen
hitting the crossbar but it was a surprised Inverness CT that took the
lead thanks to a wonder goal. Craig Dargo ran onto a Mark Brown goal
kick and he hit a spectacular dipping shot that beat Waterreus. They
could have been 2 up had Morgan’s shot from the edge of the area gone
on target. Inverness were 1-0 up at half time and the Highlanders loved
every minute of it, especially the fans who sang right through the
interval. Rangers immediately bombarded the Caley goal and got the
equaliser through Steve Thompson on the 54th minute. However, the
Inverness defence held firm throughout the rest of the match even
though being reduced to 10 men due to Bayne getting sent off. Even
though giving away the lead, Inverness CT were still delighted with a
point at Ibrox and heaped more pressure on McLeish. The attendance was
47687.
The teams were as follows:
INVERNESS CT: Brown, Tokely, Dods, Munro, Hastings, Duncan, Black, Proctor, Morgan, Bayne, Dargo.
Subs- Wyness (for Dargo), Fraser, McCaffrey, Parratt, Hart, Juanjo.
RANGERS: Waterreus, Hutton, Malcolm, Andrews, Bernard, Ferguson, Ricksen, Hemdani, Burke, Prso, Lovenkrands.
Subs- Thompson (for Burke), Klos, Rae, Murray, Namouchi, Smith, McCormack.
The
referee was Iain Brines and there were 7 bookings and 1 sending off on
the day. Hemdani, Malcolm and Ricksen all got cautioned for Rangers and
Bayne, Black, Tokely and Dargo all got cautioned for Inverness with
Bayne later getting sent off. Only two of the Inverness players who
started the match has left the club, David Proctor going to Dundee Utd
and Mark Brown to Celtic.
FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS
• All League meetings between the teams have taken place in the SPL.
• Inverness CT had never won against Rangers in the first 7 times
• This will be Walter Smiths second game against Inverness CT, the first being in his last spell in charge.
• Charlie Christie’s first official game since taking over the manager’s job permanently was at home to Rangers, 11 months ago.
•
The last time these two came face to face Inverness CT won remarkably
for the second successive time at home in December. Dods and Rankin got
the goals with Rankin’s goal being a cracking last minute winner.
•
If you believe in fate, the last time Inverness CT played Rangers,
Inverness hadn’t won in 9 games. Going into Saturday’s encounter,
Inverness have only won once in 6 games. Last time we played Rangers
the victory gave us a lift, could the same happen again?
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Markus
Paatelainen (Inverness CT): The former Cowdenbeath attacking player is
starting to fit in well in the Highlands. The 23-year old from Finland
has scored a goal in each of his two starts (last 2 games) since
arriving at the club. Looks like a decent player with potential to
become greater. May well start against Rangers to see if he can
continue the goal streak but it will be hard. So far, an impressive
return to the SPL after a not so good spell with Aberdeen.
Kris
Boyd (Rangers): Even though he looks like he can’t be bothered most of
time, his finishing is a class act which is why he is in the Scotland
squad. The next goal he scores will be his 100th SPL goal I think. Paul
Le Guen didn’t rate him highly enough but Walter definitely seems to be
getting a lot out of him.
History
H / A / N
Matches
W
D
L
Goals
+ / -
H
3
1
0
2
4 - 5
-1
A
3
1
1
0
2 - 1
+1
N
0
0
0
0
0 - 0
+0
Total
6
2
1
2
6 - 6
+0
Date&time
Comp.
H / A / N
Final score
27.12.2006 at 20:00
League
H
2 - 1
14.10.2006 at 15:00
League
A
1 - 0
29.01.2006 at 14:00
League
H
2 - 3
29.10.2005 at 15:00
League
A
1 - 1
06.08.2005 at 15:00
League
H
0 - 1
As he lives in that neck of the woods, was going to the game, and there was a chance that Rory McAllister might be involved, we asked Scarlet Pimple if he would send us a report on the U20 match between Canada and Scotland..... and here it is.
Today I am under the weather, sore throat and temperature - I think it was because yesterday I was literally "under" the atrocious weather....read on:
Since Thursday, 22 March 2007, about 50 inches of rain has
been dumped on us here in the Vancouver region
of S.W. British Columbia, the most Westerly Province of Canada on the Pacific Coast. Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, B.C. was
therefore unplayable and the game was transferred to another Municipal stadium in the suburbs with artificial turf - 4p.m. kick-off.
So my son and I eventually found the park and questioned a Canadian
Soccer Association official as to why tarps had not been placed on the original
pitch. Her response was "in 112 years we have never had to cancel a game
at Swangard, but the Scots have come a long way and we are desperate to play
the game" - Roll-on global warming!!!
At a much smaller stadium it was first come
first served for the seats, but we did get two very good ones in the VIP section
courtesy of that lady. We were flanked on both sides by CBC cameras (for their
broadband live presentation) and the owner of the local Whitecaps F.C., Vancouver’s professional
soccer team, handed me a list of the players. It was all very friendly and that
was a nice touch. Bobby Lenarduzzi, former manager of the Canadian National team,
was also seated beside us and on my left was the father of one of the National
team's goalkeepers. So we had great chat during the match to boot.
The game started in pouring rain and sloshing puddles at
every step with the Canadian team attacking strongly but the Under 20 Scottish
boys weathered the storm and within 20 minutes were dominating possession in
the middle of the park with fast, very accurate passing but without much
success up front. They looked good but
poor tactics were to prove their undoing. Ryan Conroy (Celtic), a midfielder,
was out on the left wing inside the Canadian half and never got a sniff of the
ball. My son said "his team-mates don't like him because they never pass
him the ball". In truth, with acres of space on the left and the middle
and right side of the park completely clogged up with 6 Scotland
players it seemed incomprehensible why they never passed to him.
The conditions were so bad as to be crying out for a
run down to the by-line and a hard ball delivered across the goalmouth to take advantage
of any possible mistakes. Also this would have had the effect of drawing more
Canadian players out of the middle melee leaving more room for the Scots to run
in on goal .But no....eventually he got fed up and went into the middle of the
pitch to try to get into the action but he did take set pieces and had a good
ball narrowly go by the post on one of the infrequent forays up front by the
Scots.
At half time I bumped into Rory
McAllister coming out of the dressing room. I asked him if he played for Caley
Thistle and then introduced myself and I asked him if he was playing today. He
said "I'm on the bench but I hope to get a game later". I then asked
him slyly "are you going to win today" and he gave a half smile and said
"oh yes, sure". Then he was off on a jaunt to warm up. He seemed like
a very nice fella but he towered over me since I am only 5'7" - hmmm.
After half time the game improved and it came to life
with a bang when Gabe Gala (NTC Ontario) took advantage of HIS wide spaces on the
left side of the park, skinned the Scottish right back, cut in sharply to the
right making a bee-line for goal and delivered a powerful 30-yard dipping left-footed
shot right over the head of the goalie, Andrew McNeil (substituted in the 2nd
half) and into the net. A fantastic goal fit to win any match. Crowd erupted in
glee.
A short while later a 2- player Canadian breakaway down the
middle, leaving two Scots in their wake, homed in on goal and to the disbelief
of the crowd and the Scottish players they cottoned onto the cross coming in from the right and scored.
Shortly after this the linesman did not flag when a Scotland player was nudged off
balance in the box , staggered forward but was unable to keep upright and the
Canadian referee did not give what I considered to be a clear penalty!!!!!
However, immediately afterwards in a goalmouth stramash,
Steven Fletcher (Hibernian) managed to crack the ball in. It was saved by the
goalie but he allowed it to squirm out of his hands into the net to make it
2-1. At that point I thought that the Scots would surely now get going but the
Canadian response to this was to again sprint downfield and in another goalmouth
scramble in the rain rammed the ball into the Scottish net.
Steven Fletcher was outstanding-- cool, collected and
controlled and looked like a top class player. He and the strapping Gary
Kenneth (Dundee United) who had a really stuffy game were named as "men of
the match" together with Jaime Peters (IpswichTown)
and Gabe Gala (NTC Ontario) named as MOM for the Canadians. Jaime Peters, in
particular, was a constant thorn in the flesh of the Scots in the first half
with his trickery and speedy direct runs. Also prominent for Canada was Will
Johnson, (S.C. Heerenveen) Captain, never afraid to run at the Scots' defence,
and I thought that the steady Kennedy Owusu-Ansah (Hertha Berlin) at right back
also came on to a good aggressive game also making one or two probing runs up
their right flank, something the Scots back two never did preferring to pass
the ball to each other frequently across the goalmouth...Hmmm.
Rory McAllister came on with about ten minutes to go,
positioning himself as a forward on the inside right slot, but never got the
ball so he went over to the left again in search of some action. He did have a
strong 25 yard shot go just wide of the right post and, as I recall, one over
the bar, but coming on cold and damp with five minutes to go no one can judge
his performance.
Kevin McCann (Hibs) came on late also to position himself on
the right wing and obviously was itching to get a kick of the ball but was
similarly ignored by the Scots players in the middle just as Ryan Conroy was in
the first half which meant that the clogged up middle was the chosen route for the
Scots and it was the rock on which their ship floundered.
Frankly I am still baffled as to what the Scots' tactics
were in this match but it was a good experience for the youngsters who looked dejected
as they trooped off the pitch but it was a great fillip for the aspirations of
the Canadian National team. These two teams play again in Victoria,
the capital of B.C. on Vancouver Island, on 27
March 2007 -an evening match.
The Final Score - Canada 3 v 1 Scotland
Despite everything, I really enjoyed this game and outing.
The Scarlet Pimple
Caley Thistle supporters have until this weekend to register themselves as one of the 1000 names that can take the field with the team next season.
The commemorative shirt, celebrating 10 years at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium will have panels at the front and back with the supporters names incorporated within the material.
To get your name added as part of the design on this commemorative shirt will cost £100 but you must register your interest by this weekend (31st March).
The shirt will be worn by the players for all away fixtures during the 2007/08 season.
A
spokesman for Caley Thistle said: "All money raised from the sale of the
shirts will go to strengthening the team for next season."
The £100 price tag includes a replica of the new kit and also a commemorative certificate to mark the occasion.
You can also spread payments over four months if that is easier although it will cost slightly more (an extra £5 overall)
An application form can be downloaded by clicking the link below :
APPLICATION FORM
Further information, or a special form to pay by installments is available from the commercial department on 01463 227453 or by e-mailing
[email protected].
Pictures supplied by and used with the permission of Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC
The SPL have announced the post-split fixtures and for the second year running Caley Thistle will have to endure only two post split home games and a final game away from home. Home games will be against Motherwell and Dunfermline with away games at Dundee Utd, Falkirk and St Mirren
With 18 home games and 20 away games last season, and a final 05/06 fixture played away from home, Caley Thistle fans could have been forgiven for expecting a little extra this season, perhaps three post-split games or maybe a final fixture at home, but they got neither as the split once again showed its inequality and ridiculousness.
HOME
DETAILS
AWAY
21st April 2007 @ 3:00PM
Inverness CT V Motherwell
Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
28th April 2007 @ 3:00PM
Dundee Utd V Inverness CT
Tannadice Stadium, Dundee
5th May 2007 @ 3:00PM
Falkirk V Inverness CT
The Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
12th May 2007 @ 3:00PM
Inverness CT V Dunfermline
Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
19th May 2007 @ 1:00PM
St Mirren V Inverness CT
Love Street, Paisley
Full Fixture List (ICT)
All Fixtures
(choose 'show all' from fixture calendar option)
Stephen Kenny will no doubt enjoy the rest of his St Patrick's day after this victory threw the Pars an SPL survival lifeline !!
The Dunfermline manager hadn't seen his side win in sixteen games but this victory had nothing to do with luck as the Pars broke that unenviable record convincingly. Surprisingly enough, this was also Dunfermline's first ever SPL victory against ICT. Club Historian Ian Broadfoot provides the official report from the game.
ICT 1-3 DUNFERMLINE
17th March 2007
Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE FC
1 (Paatelainen 23)
Team: Fraser, Tokely, McCaffrey, Dods, Hastings, Wilson, Duncan (Rankin 63), Black, Paatelainen, McSwegan (Dargo 63), Bayne
Subs: Hart, Morgan, Sutherland, McAllister & Ridgers
DUNFERMLINE
3 (Glass 47, 78pen , McIntyre 60)
Team: De Vries, Ross, McGuire, Wilson (Harris 80), S. Morrison, O'Brien, Mason, Glass, Hammill (Muirhead 86), McManus, McIntyre
Subs - McCunnie, O. Morrison, Crawford, Hamilton & McKenzie
Referee
Chris Boyle
Attendance
4447
Man of the Match
Markus Paatelainen (ICT)
Bitter disappointment for Caley Thistle but all credit to Dunfermline for a spirited second half fight back. It was 1-0 to ICT at half time and all looked well. Dunfermline scored two goals in the second half then a very controversial penalty award led to a third and the match was over.
Dunfermline are almost down and out of the SPL but more victories like this and all that could change. ICT’s defeat means that a top six finish is impossible and the SPL split is finally decided.
With Grant Munro still suspended Stuart McCaffrey again partnered Darren Dods in central defence. Markus Paatelainen continued in midfield instead of the injured Roy McBain and Gary McSwegan started up front. Craig Dargo came back from injury to a bench spot and he came on for 27 minutes.
Charlie Christie was scathing in his appraisal: "The players have to take responsibility for performances like that along with myself, we like to take the plaudits when we do well so we must take the brunt of it when we don't do well."
A bitterly cold wind dominated the day but Caley Thistle started well. In six minutes strong shots from Ian Black and Gary McSwegan were blocked then four minutes later danger was averted at the other end by Stuart McCaffrey’s timely tackle on Adam Hammill.
In 19 minutes a Barry Wilson free kick from 25 yards deflected off the wall and Graham Bayne just failed to touch it past Dorus De Vries. The opening goal came in 23 minutes when a Ross Tokely high ball from the right bounced about in the box before Paatelainen blasted it in from 12 yards. Despite continuing to dominate the home side could not find another goal – an angled Ian Black snap shot was taken well by De Vries in 36 minutes then the keeper tipped over a Wilson cross just before the break.
Half Time: 1-0
Just two minutes into the second half Dunfermline came right back into it. A Jim O’Brien cross was volleyed past Mike Fraser from 15 yards by Stephen Glass with the home defence absent. Another O’Brien cross was deflected to Jim McIntyre on the hour mark and he touched it in from close range for 2-1.
A Paatelainen ball from the left was tipped over by De Vries in 76 minutes as Caley Thistle tried to claw their way back into the game. The final nail in the coffin came two minutes later when Hammill went down in a clash with Hastings on the edge of the box. The home fans were livid when the referee pointed to the spot. Glass ignored the controversy and hit low into the net despite Mike Fraser guessing correctly and getting a hand to it.
In 83 minutes the controversy moved to the other end when Wilson was brought down by Scott Morrison – Wilson landed in the box but the offence was decreed to have happened just outside. The scoring was over but not the drama. A minute over time Tom McManus came in heavily on Black and a straight red was shown.
Full Time: 1-3
It made no difference as the match was effectively over. Caley Thistle moved to eighth and Dunfermline gained three points on the rest of lower teams.
With the top six virtually out of reach - it's still mathematically possible, but lets not kid ourselves - the Caley Thistle focus is now on finishing as the 'best of the rest' like last season.
Dunfermline on the other hand - nine points adrift at the foot of the table - are fighting for survival and will be hoping to come away from the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium with all three points.
Kids are getting free entry for this game so hopefully a bumper crowd will cheer the home side on to victory (albeit in a communal voice that is a few octaves higher than normal !). Andrew Fraser previews the game.
Inverness CT v Dunfermline
Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Saturday 17th March at 3pm
Referee: Chris Boyle
Others: Gordon Middleton, Gary Cheyne (Assistants), Colin Brown (4th official).
Tickets: This match is a pay at the gate. All under 16s go FREE.
TV-info: LIVE commentary on BBC Radio Scotland.
FIXTURES
Saturday 17th March:
Hearts v Dundee Utd
Inverness CT v Dunfermline
Rangers v Aberdeen
Sunday 18th March:
Falkirk v Celtic (Setanta, 1pm)
Postponed:
Motherwell V Kilmarnock - moved to 3rd April due to Kilmarnock's involvement in CIS Cup Final
St Mirren V Hibernian - moved to 4th April due to Hibernian's involvement in CIS Cup Final
SPL RESULTS
Saturday 10th March:
Aberdeen (Lovell) 1-0 Hearts
Dundee Utd (Robb) 1-1 Motherwell (Murphy)
Dunfermline 0-0 St Mirren
Hibernian (Benjelloun 2) 2-0 Falkirk
Kilmarnock (Di Giacomi 2, Naismith) 3-2 Inverness CT (Paatelainen, Dods)
Sunday 11th March:
Celtic 0-1 Rangers (Ehiogu)
Tuesday 13th March:
Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen (Fitzpatrick o.g, Foster)
RECENT SPL FORM
Inverness CT: LWLLLW
Dunfermline: DLDLDL
PAST MEETINGS
The teams have played a total of 17 times (14 League, 3 Cup) with 35 goals (18 Inverness CT, 17 Dunfermline) between them.
Inverness CT: 6 wins (6 League, 0 Cup)
Draws: 7 (5 League, 2 Cup)
Dunfermline: 4 wins (3 League, 1 Cup)
PREVIOUS MATCHES TO REMEMBER
07/08/1999 (1st Division) Dunfermline 4-0 INVERNESS CT:
In the first meetings between these sides nothing went to plan for the
Caley Jags. A 4-0 drubbing which Petrie scored a last minute goal for
the Pars.
10/04/2004 (Scottish Cup Semi-Final) INVERNESS CT 1-1 Dunfermline:
Inverness appeared in only their 2nd Scottish Cup Semi-Final in history
although they were the only team to still be in at this stage last year
as well as 2004. Paul Ritchie had put a glancing header in just before
half time but Craig Brewster cancelled it out later.
20/04/2004 (Scottish Cup Semi-Final Replay) Dunfermline 3-2 INVERNESS CT (Pittodrie):
Inverness left Pittodrie with a sense of what could have been. Paul
Ritchie scored a spectacular goal of which the build up and the lovely
floated pass by Bingham was unbelievable. Darren Young, Craig Brewster
and Barry Nicholson all scored to make it 3-1 to the Pars but David
Bingham got a goal of his own with a penalty late on. Inverness would
be seeing a lot more of Pittodrie the next season. And little did
Brewster know he just knocked out the team that he would be playing for
and managing a year later!!
15/08/2004 (SPL) INVERNESS CT 2-0 Dunfermline (Pittodrie):
A first SPL win for the Caley Jags on their first “home” game of the
season. Stuart Golabek had scored Inverness CT’s first ever SPL goal in
12 minutes then Juanjo opened his account with his first for the club.
It was a great day in a game dominated by the home side.
FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS
• Inverness CT have never lost a SPL game to Dunfermline.
• Dunfermline have never lost a 1st division game to Inverness CT.
• Craig Brewster has played for both teams albeit for two short spells.
•
The last meeting was on 23/12/2006. It what sounded a dire match, it
ended goal less with a point a piece in front of an uninspired 4216.
The referee was William Collum.
• The fixture averages around 2 goals a game.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Craig
Dargo (Inverness CT): A name that has been missing from the Inverness
CT first team squad is Craig Dargo, however he is ready to possibly
play a part in the game on Saturday. Dargo, along with Wyness have been
deeply missed and I wonder how the recent results would have changed
had these two been fit. Bayne has been playing well, however Dargo is
now keen for a good end to the season. The former Kilmarnock player’s
contract runs out in the summer and has yet to sign a new deal. He
hasn’t played since the 3-0 victory against Hibs on the 21st January,
and Inverness have only managed one league victory since then. Has 9
goals so far this season and is likely to feature heavily in the last
remaining games of the season. Let’s hope however, these games are
going to be his last.
Stephen Simmons (Dunfermline): The
influential midfield player is a key part of the Pars side. The former
Cowdenbeath and Hearts player has already scored 5 goals this season
and played the majority of games. If Dunfermline have any hope of
surviving relegation, then Simmons will probably play a part in that.
However it is the away form that has to change, and surprisingly enough
all of Simmons’ goals have come at home. Their away form has to change
to have any hope.
KIDS GO FREE
Inverness CT
have very kindly given FREE admission to all under 16s on Saturday.
This also applies to the away fans. So hopefully this will increase the
crowd on Saturday, just like at Rugby Park last week.
Squad:
Ally Ridgers, Jonathon Smith, Michael Fraser, Darren Dods, Stuart Soane, Ross Tokely, Guy Kerr, Richard Hastings, Stuart McCaffrey, John Rankin, Ian Black, Zander Sutherland, Alan Morgan, Richie Hart, Barry Wilson, Russell Duncan, Markus Paatelainen, Craig Dargo, Gary McSwegan, Rory McAllister, Graham Bayne
Injured:
Dennis Wyness (dislocated shoulder- out for season)
Roy McBain (slight groin problem)
Suspended:
Grant Munro
History
H / A / N
Matches
W
D
L
Goals
+ / -
H
2
2
0
0
3 - 1
+2
A
4
2
2
0
4 - 2
+2
N
0
0
0
0
0 - 0
+0
Total
6
4
2
0
7 - 3
+4
Date&time
Comp.
H / A / N
Final score
23.12.2006 at 15:00
League
A
0 - 0
30.09.2006 at 15:00
League
H
1 - 0
06.05.2006 at 15:00
League
A
1 - 0
08.02.2006 at 19:45
League
A
2 - 2
05.11.2005 at 15:00
League
H
2 - 1
13.08.2005 at 15:00
League
A
1 - 0
Caley Thistle have announced that Kids will go FREE at ICT ... for this weekend's game at least !
After the success of the Kilmarnock price reduction last week which saw the crowd at Rugby Park swell from an average gate of 4800 against ICT to over 7600, ICT officials are hoping that their decision to allow children under 16 free entry into this weekend's Dunfermline game will have a similar effect on the crowd at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.
Average crowds against Dunfermline are around 3600 so there is plenty room for the free kids .......
{styleboxop}If this initiative is successful, we will look at repeating it. Alan Savage, ICT Chairman{/styleboxop}In a press release issued on Tuesday, Caley Thistle Chairman Alan Savage said "If this initiative is successful, we will look at repeating it.
Football is expensive for families these days so we want to make this gesture and be able to evaluate the response. We're thanking our existing fans and whetting the appetite of the prospective Caley Thistle supporters
of future years. We hope many youngsters will cheer us on this weekend as a result of this free entry scheme. We're even extending it to young Dunfermline fans."
Free entry to the game for under 16s is by a voucher system. The voucher can be obtained directly from the official club website www.ictfc.co.uk or you can also download a copy from here: VOUCHER (PDF). Vouchers can also be collected at the Stadium club shop. Season ticket holders who have provided email details will be emailed their voucher.
Vouchers can be redeemed in the Club Shop on weekdays 10am to 4.30pm or on Matchday after 10am. The voucher can also be redeemed at the turnstiles on Saturday after 1:30pm. Please note - Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Please direct any and all queries to the Ticket Office at [email protected]
