I'm hearing the tie has been moved from Wednesday 21 to Tuesday 20 August. Not sure if confirmed via ICTFC as yet. 

2 hours ago, Leaky Blinder said:

I'm hearing the tie has been moved from Wednesday 21 to Tuesday 20 August. Not sure if confirmed via ICTFC as yet. 

 

If anyone is interested we play Nairn County on Tuesday 20th August at Station Park. Kick off is 8:00pm.

Thanks I am planning going to that game.

I hope to make it. Nairn’s pitch has a great surface and it is one of my favourite Highland League grounds. 

The Inverness graphic designer must have had a night off, but here's the team lines from ICTFC.

1. Martin MacKinnon

2. Gavin Thomson 3. Matthew Strachan 4. Sam Thompson 5. Jack Walker

6. Leo Walker 7. Calum MacKay 8. Shae Keogh 9. Cameron Ferguson

10. Robbie Thompson 11. Ben Corner

 

Subs 13. Szymon Rebilas, 12. James Clark, 14. Ben Gardiner, 15. Hashem Alsharaydeh, 16. Lewis Luxton, 17. Matteus Robertson, 18. Matthew Pearce

 

 

 

It didn't take Nairn long to get the scoring underway when Callum Maclean headed in from a corner in the 7th minute. Fraser Dingwall was booked after 15 minutes and according to the Nairn feed he was booked for a studs up challenge and you could hear a "dunt" followed by a "clack". Ouch! Nairn were in the ascendency creating some half chances over the opening quarter of the game. Dylan MacLean saved from Ben Corner after he was fed through on goal by Cameron Ferguson. Nairn added a second after a scramble following a corner and Fraser Dingwall found the net. MacLean pulled off a brilliant close range stop to deny Cameron Ferguson a goal five minutes before the interval.

HALF TIME: 2-0

Allan Pollock replaced Jonathan Bain at the interval. A Callum MacLean cross was knocked down in the box and Scott Lisle reacted first to it and finds the net. Three minutes later Mathew Wright put the tie beyond doubt as he got a fourth for Nairn.  Shae Keogh benefits after a backpass goes awry and he gets a consolation after 64 minutes for the Caley Jags. A spate of substitutions but no further scoring and it ended at 4-1.

Good luck to Nairn in the next round.

 

NAIRN COUNTY 4-1 INVERNESS CT XI

⚽ Nairn: Callum MacLean (7)

 Nairn: Fraser Dingwall (15)

⚽ ⚽ Nairn: Fraser Dingwall (35)

⚽⚽⚽ Nairn: Scott Lisle (56)

⚽⚽⚽⚽ Nairn: Mathew Wright (59)

⚽ ICTFC: Shae Keogh (64)

 

 

More even that the score line suggests but Nairn have taken their chances and we haven’t. Keogh, Corner and Ferguson all could have scored but that’s been the story of our season.

4-0!!! 

Given the starting line up and those on the bench, looks like we have placed more emphasis on our league campaign, than a chance to win some local silverware. Would have liked to have seen a stronger squad for this match.  Not like were currently flying in the league !!!!!

We clearly didn't want to risk any injuries to the main first team players.

Nairn deserved their win but we did play some nice stuff at times.

Mackay and Thompson had moments when they looked like really imposing themselves on the match but we never really dominated at any time.

Of the (very) young subs, Gardiner and Luxton did well, and we finished with seven youth team players on the pitch.

No disgrace.

 

Edited August 20, 20241 yr by Robert

I felt 4-1 flattered Nairn a bit. Nairn looked dangerous at set pieces and obviously they had the physical advantage. I felt our 2 CBs Walker and I’m not sure who the other lad was Leo? did very well dealing with Nairn’s direct style. We certainly had 3 or 4 good chances but failed to convert them. Some of the build up play was very good at times. Ferguson Jnr had a few good moments in the first half but he hasn’t got his dad’s aggressive streak. That must be the youngest team to represent ICT in any match? 

A good game to watch with the football played a a very fast pace and some nice moves from both sides although the Nairn players are more seasoned  than ours but not the tippy-tappy stuff we usually have to endure.  The young guys put in a good performance and Shae Keogh took his goal well when he got the chance.  I said to another supporter that the Nairn number 7 reminded me of Martin Lisle when he played for Caley and the photographer at the side of the pitch said it was his son Scott.  Back to the league on Saturday where we must win to put some points on the board.

 

9 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

 

Cheers, I’m surprised it only took me 9 minutes to find this. Scrolling past ten pinned threads can take a fair amount of time. 

We will be looking to reduce the pinned threads once the current off-field situation eases.