A selection of tweets about tonights game

 

County u20's - Glen, Ross and Micic start for County

 

ICT u20s  - Matheson, Cooper, Murphy, CHRIS HOGG!!! Devine, Gibbons, Dachi, Polworth, Sutherland, Christie, Whyte.

 

What a state the pitch is in, feel sorry for our groundsmen they'll be embarrassed but hardly their fault. (County fan Stuart Taylor)

 

ICT hit post, Sutherland. With a name like that he should be playing for County!

County 0-1 ICT Shane Sutherland header 27 mins

County 0-2 ICT Gibbons 31mins we reckon, or it could be Shane again

Almost 3 great save by McCarthy

 

2nd goal in the U20's game at Global Energy Sandpit tonight caused by the ball sticking in the sand, couldn't make this stuff up.

Under 20's already 2-0 down against them! THEM! CHEATS! I AM #SEEEEEETHING!  Whoever would have said that

PeterMurphy

HT U20s R County 0-2 iCT. ICT totally dominant first half. Chris Hogg doing well. Pitch is shocking

 

Half Time 0-2

 

County 0-3 ICT Shane Sutherland 70 mins loving it........might be a hat-trick

 

County 1-3 ICT Glen pen, hand ball, Butcher will be seething

 

County 2-3 ICT 30yd thunderbolt from Cooper.

 

Several narrow misses for County late on, unlucky, but FT 2-3. Hat trick I think for Sutherland

If I'd bought that pitch I'd want a refund

looks like there could be another slap in the face for De ADAMSeeeeethe

Even the U20's are FOREVER IN OUR SHADOWS!!

Apparently it was Gibbons who scored the second.

 

Pretty experienced side there.  Good to see Hogg and Devine getting a run out.

Well done to the County youth for trying hard,  If they keep up the hard work they could be professional shadows one day

Have we got an Adams quote post match?

I can reliably report that I say Derek Adams smile! Yes really! Honestly!

Will do a wee match report later when I warm up. It was freezing and I also can report that is the worst pitch I've ever seen!

Match report

 

County covered as much ground as ICT  as the sun shone down,  then the clouds came over and they faded.

Did Chris Hogg manage a full 90 minutes ?

Hot on the heels of the big game last Saturday, the u20's did battle at the Global Energy Sandpit in Dingwall, and once more the Inverness side came out on top on a pitch that was reminiscent of a ploughed field.

Inverness were three up before County staged a late comeback but it was too late as Shane Sutherland stamped his class all over this game with a hat-trick before a Gary Glen penalty and a thumping strike from Alex Cooper reduced the deficit, but 2-3 it was.

Old Caley Girl is our roving reporter checking out the young boys....

 

Highland Derby U20 style

A reasonable crowd on a cold Tuesday night turned out to watch the second highland Derby of the week.

Ross County. McCarthy, finlayson, MacPhee, Grimes, Micic, MacKillop, Cooper, Ross, Glen, Crown, Hutchinson. Subs Hall, MacDonald, Poritt,Corbett and MacLeod.

ICT. Mathewson, Cooper, Murphy, Hogg, Devine, Gibbons, Khutsishvili, Polworth, Sutherland, Christie and Whyte. Subs MacKay, Skinner, Watson, Ferguson and MacKenzie.

ICT started the first half in a lively fashion with Shane Sutherland hitting the left post with a shot. However he didnt miss the target in t,he 25 th minute when a Kyle Whyte cross was dispatched home. 0-1.
About 2 minutes later Jordon Gibbons neatly rounded the keeper to make it 0-2. Cou ty had few chances in this half and the few they had were well defended by a back line that included Chris Hogg and Danny Devine. Ht 0-2.

2nd half. Matthew Cooper was replaced by Andrew Skinner. 18 mins after the restart Shane Sutherland grabbed his second slotting home a Liam Polworth pass. 0-3. Ryan Watson then replaced Jordon Gibbons. Followed 5 minues later by Khutsivihvii coming off andCalumFerguson joining the play. It was pretty even until an ICT player was adjudged to have handled in the box. The game seemed to continue for a moment despite the County shouts and the ref decided to consult the West stand assistant Penalty awarded and duly scored by Glen but Matheson didn't look too far away! County also grabbed a second a minute before full time with an Alex Cooper 25 yd screamer FT 2-3.

All in all an enjoyable game. Well done to Chris Hogg on his first 90 minutes back after his injury. Main talking point of the evening was the state of the County pitch. More sand than grass and very very heavy. A few of our young p,ayers commenting on it on twitter after the game too. Will it even survive the season if there bad weather?

Someone told me a while back that County were making enquiries about putting in an artificial pitch, and that was even before it degenerated into its current state.

Thanks for your informative report. Good to see Hogg coming through a full 90 mins. And Shane Sutherland grabbing a few goals recently for the U20's will do his confidence good.

I believe the U20's have a game at Hearts tomorrow. I'm no manager, but I doubt it would be wise to play Hogg in this one, just 48 hrs after his endeavours on the heavy pitch at Dingwall!

1 pm k.o at Tynecastle weather permitting

1 pm k.o at Tynecastle weather permitting

Where did you get this from Alex? Is it a league game? I thought they played at Riccarton but the website says Newtongrange except for cup ties.

SPL U20 fixture list here.

 

http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s41

SPL U20 fixture list here.

 

http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s41

Cheers. Anybody up for this?

Next home tie is against Hibs and it's 2pm KO on Tuesday 26th of March.