Just come back to the forum after a wee break,(about two years) just thought it was time to provide some perspective on the attendance situation at the home matches. Inverness according to the 2011 census has a population of some 61,000 perhaps now in 2014 this has grown to around 63,000 probably just in the Top 10 of largest towns / cities in Scotland (albeit one of the fastest growing). Stats lesson over!  It has to be said that ICT pull in fans from beyond the hinterland but this is counter balanced by the fact that many folk in Inverness support one of four clubs ICT, Celtic, Rangers and Ross County, add Clach and its a five way split this I believe is fairly unique in Scotland and supports my theory that ICT are still doing well to have a hard core of around 3000+ home attending supporters.  

 

Maybe just maybe this 3000 average figure could rise to 4000ish but that's up to the club to make the match day experience just that bit more attractive for the punters (answers in a postcard?). Basically what I'm trying to say is that we will never compete with the City Teams in terms of attendance's so let's not get too hung up about the current  crowds we have a lot of competition out their and if say all the county supporters living in Inverness saw the light then we would attract another 1000+but that's never going to happen is it? I guess we might just have to wait another 30 odd years for Inverness to have a 100,000+ population to attract 7000+ attendance's.

Sadly yes.  And even when (as you may remember a few months ago), the building it was part of went on fire (that hostel place across from the Eastgate), it re-opened somewhere else!

Sadly yes. And even when (as you may remember a few months ago), the building it was part of went on fire (that hostel place across from the Eastgate), it re-opened somewhere else!

My niece works in it (and she's an ICT fan!) and it does very well apparently. It's also I believe the only place locally that does the 'proper' shirt numbers and names.

Sadly yes. And even when (as you may remember a few months ago), the building it was part of went on fire (that hostel place across from the Eastgate), it re-opened somewhere else!

My niece works in it (and she's an ICT fan!) and it does very well apparently. It's also I believe the only place locally that does the 'proper' shirt numbers and names.

Not much of an ICT fan if you ask me, I'd rather be signing on than being on the pay roll for one of the old firm

With your fondness for the other side of darkness that must hurt though lol

Dougal

Sadly yes. And even when (as you may remember a few months ago), the building it was part of went on fire (that hostel place across from the Eastgate), it re-opened somewhere else!

My niece works in it (and she's an ICT fan!) and it does very well apparently. It's also I believe the only place locally that does the 'proper' shirt numbers and names. Not much of an ICT fan if you ask me, I'd rather be signing on than being on the pay roll for one of the old firm

With your fondness for the other side of darkness that must hurt though lol

Dougal

Comments like that from the self confessed County supporter ring a little hollow I'm afraid.

I also hate to break it to you but not everyone who works and plays for ICT are ICT supporters. Shocking I know, but true.

 

 

Sadly yes. And even when (as you may remember a few months ago), the building it was part of went on fire (that hostel place across from the Eastgate), it re-opened somewhere else!

My niece works in it (and she's an ICT fan!) and it does very well apparently. It's also I believe the only place locally that does the 'proper' shirt numbers and names.

Not much of an ICT fan if you ask me, I'd rather be signing on than being on the pay roll for one of the old firm

With your fondness for the other side of darkness that must hurt though lol

Dougal

 

Some folk will take any job to earn a proper wage rather than sponge of the honest hard working taxpayer.

 

 

Sadly yes. And even when (as you may remember a few months ago), the building it was part of went on fire (that hostel place across from the Eastgate), it re-opened somewhere else!

My niece works in it (and she's an ICT fan!) and it does very well apparently. It's also I believe the only place locally that does the 'proper' shirt numbers and names.

Not much of an ICT fan if you ask me, I'd rather be signing on than being on the pay roll for one of the old firm

With your fondness for the other side of darkness that must hurt though lol

Dougal

 

 

From the ICT "supporter" that goes to Ross County home games

 

How do you know 'plenty did stop going because of the merger' ?  By the end of our Highland League days the combined hard core of Thistle and Caley fans was circa 500 and while a number of those shunned the merged club, the vast majority followed ICT.

 

Whatever the reason for our somewhat disappointing crowds it's not the name which has a unique stamp compared to the ubiquitous City or United and reflects over 250 years of combined heritage nor is it the fact that a handful of bitter and vocal anti merger brigade stay away and shout loudly about doing so.

 

For goodness sake that was two decades ago and the initial 150 or so refuseniks are outnumbered ten to one by fans who if the think of Kingsmills or Telford Street at all, think of houses or a retail park,

 

I bow to your local knowledge. I worked beside 20 or so lads from in and around Inverness, down in Edinburgh from 1982-2002. That was their words/opinion, and from one of your Suits when I enjoyed Corp Hosp. at Longman,  I used.

One only need to look at some of the Monikers on here, and comments from my old pal Johndo for example, to see that 20yrs down the line ...... resentment still exists.

 

Quick question. Is there really a Celtic shop in Inverness ?      That'll help.

 

 Some of us do indeed have Usernames indicating that we are proud to have once supported Caley or Thistle. One or two vocal individuals apart, we are now all staunch ICT fans.

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