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Inverness CT 0-1 Aberdeen - SPL
1st April 2006 Tulloch Caledonian Stadium INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE 0 Team: Brown, Tokely, Dods, Munro, Hastings (McAllister 86), Hart, Duncan, Black (Morgan 89), Wilson, Dargo (Bayne 73), Wyness
Subs – Golabek, McCaffrey, Fox & Fraser
ABERDEEN 1 (Lovell 83) Team: Langfield, McNaughton, Anderson, Diamond (Stewart 83), Severin, Smith, Lovell, Clark, Dempsey, Snoyl (Foster 63), Crawford (MacFarlane 88)
Subs – Mackie, MacAulay, Griffin & Kelly
Referee C MacKay Attendance 7368 Man of the Match Grant Munro (ICT)
The home side’s top six aspirations took a severe dent with this defeat by bogey team Aberdeen – at the tenth attempt they have still never beaten their former landlords.
In the days leading up to the game heavy rain and a high spring tide resulted in a wet pitch and the match was in doubt. The weather improved and sterling work by ground staff meant that a 10am pitch inspection gave the green light for this vital match.
The stadium was virtually full as sixth placed Caley Thistle met the team lying just a point behind in the penultimate match before the league split. Ross Tokely’s return from suspension gave Charlie Christie a selection problem but he chose to restore him to the starting line-up at the expense of Stuart McCaffrey. Craig Dargo came back from illness to partner Dennis Wyness up front.
It turned out to be a close fought match with few shots on goal and could easily have ended 0-0. Steve Lovell changed all that in the 83rd minute with a bizarre goal that stunned the home fans.
The first half was pretty even but tough. In ten minutes an excellent Grant Munro through ball was chased by Dargo but Jamie Langfield reached it just ahead of him. Wyness hit two angled shots past the post in the 15th and 16th minutes then a Richie Hart long shot sailed over the bar.
Richard Hastings blocked a James Smith drive in 20 minutes then a Stevie Crawford overhead kick was taken easily by Mark Brown. In 31 minutes an Ian Black through ball was headed over the advancing Langfield by Dargo and a goal looked on the cards before Zander Diamond stepped in to clear the danger.
Aberdeen finished the first half strongly aided by the award of a couple of rather soft free kicks but the home defence held out.
Half Time: 0-0
The Dons were the stronger side in the second half and a Crawford header in 48 minutes went just wide. Brown turned a Smith free kick past the post in 52 minutes as Aberdeen continued to press. The match flared up in 77 minutes when Chris Clark went down at the left angle of the box and Clark chased Tokely to remonstrate. After order was restored the resultant free kick by Smith hit off Hastings and was collected by Brown.
Lovell’s winning goal in 83 minutes came out of very little. A high ball towards the home box tempted Brown to race out to collect but it hung in the air and Steve Lovell stepped in. He lobbed it goalwards and it looked like bouncing over the bar. The soft ground assisted and it went in for 1-0. Lovell collected a yellow card for his celebrations in front of the away fans and the stewards had to look lively to thwart an attempted pitch invasion.
The home side pressed hard in the remaining minutes and substitute Graham Bayne set up Ian Black 25 yards out but he hit high over the bar. Defender Hastings was withdrawn with four minutes left and striker Rory McAllister sent on to bolster the attack. Langfield punched away a Barry Wilson free kick then a Black chip into the box was cleared before Black was stretchered off with a knee injury following a foul. The delay took the time over the 90 minutes and Alan Morgan came on for Black. Morgan took the long-delayed free kick 40 yards out but it was held by Langfield.
Full Time 0-1
Smith was booked for throwing the ball away as Aberdeen did everything to hold on to their lead. They succeeded and moved back into the top six. Motherwell also won and moved to seventh with ICT slipping to eighth. All will be decided next Saturday – Caley Thistle need to win and the others to lose but there is another scenario. An ICT win, an Aberdeen draw and a Motherwell defeat would also suffice because of the Inverness side’s superior goal difference.
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ICT Director steps down
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"I've been at this club in stirring times and greatly enjoyed being part of it", he says,"but my work commitments in England make it impossible for me to continue."
Club chairman David Sutherland said:"Nigel was an excellent servant to the club and was particularly involved in the groundshare agreement which took us to Pittodrie and thus secured SPL entry. We appreciate he is not now in a position to continue and we'd like to express our gratitude for his service and wish him all the best in his future.
"We anticipate naming a replacement Board member within 14 days."
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Pitch Inspection - 1st April
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INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE FC v ABERDEEN FC
ICTFC this afternoon requested a pitch inspection to be held at 10.00 am tomorrow morning.
Graeme Bennett ICTFC Director of Football explained “the combination of the high rainfall in Inverness over the past 48 hours and a very high tide on the Moray Firth have combined to leave the pitch in a wet condition. As a precaution we asked the SPL to arrange a pitch inspection which will take place at 10.00 am in the morning. The club ground staff will work on the pitch tonight and in the morning and we are hopeful that the game will go ahead”.
Further information will be released after the pitch inspection tomorrow morning.
ICTFC can be contacted on 01463 222880
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Easter Hot-Shots Courses
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Main Hot-Shots (Inverness Royal Academy)
Tuesday 4th - Friday 7th April
5&6 Years - 2.15pm till 3.30pm 7&8 Years - 12.45pm till 2.00pm 9&10 Years - 9.00am till 10.30am 11&12 Years - 10.45am till 12.15pm COST: £20
Mini Hot-Shots (Millburn Academy)
Monday 10th - Wednesday 12th April
4&5 Years - 9.00am till 10.30am 6&7 Years - 10.45am till 12.15pm COST: £15
Girls Hot-Shots (Millburn Academy)
Monday 10th - Wednesday 12th April
5-8 Years - 12.30pm till 2.00pm 9-12 Years - 2.15pm till 3.30pm COST: £15
Grantown Hot-Shots (Grantown Grammar School)
Thursday 13th - Saturday 15th April
5-8 Years - 9.00am till 10.30am 9-12 Years - 10.45am till 12.15pm COST: £15
Nairn Hot-Shots (Nairn Academy)
Thursday 13th - Saturday 15th April
5-8 Years - 2.00pm till 3.30pm 9-12 Years - 3.45pm till 5.15pm COST: £15
All 2nd family members receive a 50% discount
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Hibernian 0-2 Inverness CT - SPL
Saturday 25th March 2006 Easter Road, Edinburgh HIBERNIAN 0 Team: Malkowski, Whittaker, Caldwell, G Smith, Murphy, Sproule, Stewart (Dalglish 59), Thomson, Glass, Killen (Fletcher 56), Riordan
Subs – Hogg, McCluskey, Shields, D Smith & S Brown
INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE 2 (Dods 58, Wilson 78pen) Team: Brown, McCaffrey, Dods, Munro (Golabek 69), Hastings, Wilson, Black, Duncan, Morgan (Bayne 72), Hart, Wyness (Keogh 86)
Subs – Parratt, Fox, McAllister & Fraser
Referee M Ritchie Attendance 12745 Man of the Match Info not supplied
A fine away win and a clean sweep over Hibs this season. Charlie Christie made one change from the team that narrowly lost 2-1 to Celtic in midweek. Barry Wilson came into the starting eleven and Graham Bayne reverted to the bench. Craig Dargo remained sidelined and with Ross Tokely still suspended Stuart McCaffrey continued at right back.
Hibs looked the better side in the opening exchanges but Caley Thistle’s Richie Hart was first to have a realistic sight of goal. He tested Zbigniew Malkowski in the Hibs goal with a low 25 yard free kick in 12 minutes.
Derek Riordan then attacked the visitors’ goal but he shot wide and another 12-yard effort from Riordan was blocked by McCaffrey. With seven minutes of the first half remaining Ivan Sproule was denied by the feet of Mark Brown then Brown tipped over a Chris Killen header. A long Alan Morgan pass set Dennis Wyness on a run but he shot at Malkowski from 18 yards.
Half Time: 0-0
The visitors started the second half well and within a minute Malkowski pushed an Ian Black long-range shot for a corner. The pressure was rewarded in 58 minutes with the opening goal. Grant Munro was the architect when a trademark long throw from the left came back to him and he headed the ball into the heart of the box. It fell for Darren Dods and he drove it low into the net from 12 yards. This was the unified club’s 900th competitive goal.
Almost immediately Hibs came close when a Riordan corner was missed by substitute Paul Dalglish then the other substitute Steven Fletcher hit it wide. A Riordan free kick from 30 yards in 67 minutes came close but Brown tipped it over as it headed for the top corner. Malkowski saved from Wilson then, with twelve minutes left, Wilson was tripped by Gary Caldwell in the box and Mike Ritchie pointed to the penalty spot. Wilson rose to his feet, took the penalty himself and scored goal number 901.
Many Hibs fans decided it was all over and started to leave. Their team tried to salvage something but Riordan hit wide, Gary Smith went down and failed to win a penalty then a Steven Whittaker shot was pushed for a corner by Brown.
In the four minutes added time Fletcher sent in a poor shot and it trundled over for a goal kick. There was still time for a Hibs corner which was headed off target by Caldwell – it fell for Riordan then Fletcher headed over the bar.
Full Time 0-2
The afternoon was made even better for the Caley Thistle camp when the score from Pittodrie came through – Aberdeen 2 Motherwell 2. Caley Thistle thus moved back into sixth place. With two games left before the split, next week’s home game against Aberdeen will be vital.
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Stadium Made Smoke Free
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