Just read this: http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/107095-kenny-shiels-frustrated-with-kilmarnocks-double-trips-to-the-highlands/

and really quite amazed by his narrow-minded views:

“Financially, it is going to be a massive outlay for our supporters.

“There is a recession going on and to have to make four trips to the Highlands is certainly an imbalance because it is at least an eight-hour round trip.”

does he think his team are the only one who has to make 8 hour round trips? Up until this season our closest rival was at least a 4 hour round trip away. Routine journeys are frequently 8 hour round trips for us

Shiels added: “We are the most southern club in the SPL so those were the furthest trips we would have, yet we got all three of them twice before the split.

“Now it’s happening again with Dingwall and Inverness and I just don’t feel that is fair on our supporters.

“Our away support is right up there among the best and I am really proud of that so it’s a bit frustrating that they are going to have to make so many long journeys again.”

Get over it, our fans have been clocking thousands of miles following ICT to away games, its part and parcel of football so deal with it. If your self proclaimed 'among the best' fans dont like travelling to follow their team then tough!

I sincerely hope that Kilmarnock get drawn away to either us or County in both Cup competitions. If they get a home tie in the FA Cup then I reckon we should play for the draw.

Killies fans are up there with the best? They take less fans than us. Don't fill one stand at home against the old firm (even we do better) and only turn up for other home games when there are free tickets going. What rubbish.

Charles, the people who pay you to commentate and comment are more guilty than anyone else of bemoaning the north south devide. I am also saddened by the fact you choose to portray your personal political views in this conversation. Neither you nor I know how a free Scotland will be divided or united.

The Sassenachs i.e. Lowlanders have always seen the Highlands as a wilderness, game farm, or dumping ground where it is always cold and wet, populated by fools, robbers and sheep. The Salmondite philosophy has yet to convince me that they believe any differently so I go along with Charles on this one.

Also the word FREE in modern day living is not one that I would use in this instance. A Scotland apart might be nearer the mark !

Sorry if I have digressed from topic again!

I am also saddened by the fact you choose to portray your personal political views in this conversation.

Not at all Alex... merely highlighting the very relevant parallel that what we are seeing here is simply a standard symptom of how the Highland minority has historically always been treated by the central belt majority in Scotland

Lets hope they get Wick Academy in the Scottish Cup. Pity no Shetland teams are allowed in!!

Kilmarnock to Aberdeen - 168 miles

Kilmarnock to Inverness - 191 miles

I think you'll agree, not much difference, yet they've travelled to Aberdeen for years and years, and should be used to us by now.

Victoria Park is only over the bridge and round the corner, a little down the hill and over the railway line.

Surely their fans are charged the same price on the supporters bus for ourselves and aberdeen? If that is indeed the case, then how much more of a financial burden is it for their fans?

Idiot

Victoria Park is only over the bridge and round the corner, a little down the hill and over the railway line.

A short distance in miles, but years away in time.........

:lol: :lol:

Hes probably getting distraught about the rumors Ive been spreading. When people ask my where the Ross County ground is? I tell them its about a 2 hour drive north of Inverness

Hes probably getting distraught about the rumors Ive been spreading. When people ask my where the Ross County ground is? I tell them its about a 2 hour drive north of Inverness

And your point is?

By horse drawn caravan, thats just about correct. Maybe even an under estimate!

Hes probably getting distraught about the rumors Ive been spreading. When people ask my where the Ross County ground is? I tell them its about a 2 hour drive north of Inverness

And your point is?

By horse drawn caravan, thats just about correct. Maybe even an under estimate!

Even longer via The Clachnaharry, The Bogroy, The Priory, The Ord Arms, The Drouthy Duck and Shunters!

Even longer via The Clachnaharry, The Bogroy, The Priory, The Ord Arms, The Drouthy Duck and Shunters!

That's it guys - solution to the Highland March route next year found (should we get a trip to dingwall, of course)

Even longer via The Clachnaharry, The Bogroy, The Priory, The Ord Arms, The Drouthy Duck and Shunters!

That's it guys - solution to the Highland March route next year found (should we get a trip to dingwall, of course)

If thats the case I may join you all next year!!

not forgetting Brockies lodge, Slaters and the Cnoc, just to make the trip more worth while

Open Letter from ICT Suppporters Trust to Kenny Shiels - http://ictsupporterstrust.co.uk/news/trust-news/241-open-letter-to-kenny-shiels

Open Letter from ICT Suppporters Trust to Kenny Shiels - http://ictsupporterstrust.co.uk/news/trust-news/241-open-letter-to-kenny-shiels

well said but I think the distances are further than suggested.

Mistake in your letter CD...........Inverness to Motherwell is 173 miles and not 116.6

Inverness to Dundee is 138 and not 119

These mileages are according to AA route planner.

Edited June 22, 201213 yr by Alex MacLeod

It's the principle guys...he'd still have to do a lot of trimming to get down to anything like what Killie will do in a season.

Accepted. I was going to sit last night and work out the total mileages for us and Killie but Ronaldo took my attention instead.

Accepted. I was going to sit last night and work out the total mileages for us and Killie but Ronaldo took my attention instead.

Is Ronaldo a nickname for something else

Charles, the people who pay you to commentate and comment are more guilty than anyone else of bemoaning the north south devide. I am also saddened by the fact you choose to portray your personal political views in this conversation. Neither you nor I know how a free Scotland will be divided or united.

I've clocked up over 10,000 miles. :maniac:

It's the principle guys...he'd still have to do a lot of trimming to get down to anything like what Killie will do in a season.

Well if you're quoting mileages down to one decimal place it is assummed you will be 100% correct. If it turns out you are literally miles off then it makes your letter look a bit silly.

Here! these mileages are my fault, not Don's and I checked them all off the AA route planner and a nice wee app called bikely.Right enough, it might identify a different route to the one that anyone else might, but hey. This one http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com told me it was anywhere between 94 and 102 miles to Dundee! RAC tells me it's 137.79 miles. D'you reckon Kenny knows the difference? I know it's neither, because that's whar ehm frae as heilan dee would say.

It's the principle guys...he'd still have to do a lot of trimming to get down to anything like what Killie will do in a season.

Well if you're quoting mileages down to one decimal place it is assummed you will be 100% correct. If it turns out you are literally miles off then it makes your letter look a bit silly.

Jesus wept....are ICT fans born with the whining and carping gene ?