Being an international wknd, just wondered when or if ever has the Scotland (or other nation) manager ever visited Caley stadium to scout players, we may have been watched when we played the OF or they may have been a pundit, but has anyone ever seen a current national manager sitting in the stands?

 

He's not current but saw Levein when he was in charge of scotland at a dundee utd game up here

i know Gary Speed when he was Wales manager was gonna be coming up when OTJ was here don't know if he did

I'm sure Craig Brown came once in our pre-SPL days about a decade ago.  Don't know why though.

Not Scotland managers, but I think Kenny Dalglish and John Barnes were up for a look before our famous 3-1 win at Parkhead in  the Scottish Cup. Likely a 'token' visit and a golf trip as they clearly underestimated us in the actual tie in Glasgow. Indeed, I seem to remember that Kenny was away in Spain playing golf while we dismantled his team and got his manager sacked!!

 

Terry Butcher spent a fair bit of time watching ICT whilst part of the Scotland coaching staff.

Paddy Attabookies, the Irish Number Two, is often here watching our Irish lads.

 

On 14 January Djebi-Zadi 2008 made his starting debut for Caley on Terry Butcher's first game against Celtic F.C. creating speculation he could be a big player for the rest of the season. Although Terry convinced Lionel that if he kept playing as he did in his first few games, his National Manager would watch him, I am not sure if Pierre Le Moray-Firth as Terry described the French number two to Lionel, actually entered the Stadium. 

Maybe its time they did cos G. Shinnie on a bad day would have been better than 'cannae pass Whittaker'.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone from the Scotland set-up never came up here.  For laziness reasons more than anything else.

I'm sure Craig Brown came once in our pre-SPL days about a decade ago.  Don't know why though.

 

Maybe it was an exciting game.

I remember a BBC commentary mentioning someone watching OTJ. Think it might have been Coleman! Andy Shinnie was watched but think it was an away game!

Craig Brown was at a cup game v Aberdeen as he was making the draw after the game, it was a Sunday night game and finished1-1 and we got beat at pitodrie 1-0 in the replay. I had to work that day and he came in for lunch (Beefeater now called The Auld Distillery) we thought the girl with him was his daughter and thought she was hot, turned out it was his bit on the side!

Walter Smith and Ally McCoist came to TCS several times when incharge of the national side and even played a futures game here against Turkey with Dargo and Black playing for Scotland

Walter Smith and Ally McCoist came to TCS several times when incharge of the national side and even played a futures game here against Turkey with Dargo and Black playing for Scotland

The only reason Dargo and Black were called into that squad was as a PR exercise to get the Inverness public to attend.

Dods and Brown were in it as well.  That's the regular protocol in these games, to get the local fans out.