The ST’s 10% voting right - which is not a shareholding but a fixed 10% in any vote irrespective of shares - wasn’t mentioned at last week’s press event. Its effect would be to require anyone wishing for total control, which I think requires 75% of voting strength, to hold 83% of the shares to achieve it, and this perhaps helps partly explain why AS is setting his sights high. I don’t know what the ST’s position is on possibly surrendering this right, even if this os required, but if AS could amass 75% voting rights, I believe he would have the clout to make the necessary arrangements to force that if he insisted - but I am sure he is also savvy enough to know that he needs to take the fans with him. As regards a shift of stadium, I would personally be quite happy to move from East Longman to a better location such as UHI, but I’m not clear how realistic this would be in terms of land availability (which was even a problem in 1994) and cost. In the case of the latter, just how willing would external parties be to hand over or contribute cash or assets to a football club that has already gone through massive amounts of other people’s money (I would estimate anything up to £15 million in the last 30 years). I would caution against any view that people will put their hands in their pockets simply because it’s Caley Thistle - especially since the club is only now beginning to recover from the largely self-inflicted injury of its battered image and credibility among local movers, shakers and business people.

HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Alfie Stewart  1st Scorer Cove: Declan Glass Crowd: 852.

Edinburgh City @ 2.3 please. 

HT 0-1 FT 1-2 ICT MacKinnon Cove Megginson Crowd 531

Are the wheels falling off the Gringo juggernaught? MrsGringo loses her spot at the top and @Gringo is on the brink ....................    Week 27 Jodie Carnie: 296.30 Mrs Gringo: 287.90 CDN Girl: 237.40 Robert: 233.20 SOS: 222.00 Scotty: 212.70 TheCaleyOne: 212.00 MrCaleyjag: 207.80 Caley Canary: 192.80 Caleyjag: 182.90 Noho: 151.50 The Mantis: 144.70 Gringo: 15.00   5/13 correct