Halloween Trick or Treat

The Gable Endies come North on Halloween Saturday as we head into a spooktacular Matchday 12 in League1, where dookin for apples and guising for nuts will be the order of the day. The Caley Jags sit in second place with Montrose slipping up recently losing their last three games which has dropped them to third bottom of the League1 table and shipping ten goals in the process. We picked up a valuable three points at Peterhead last week after a couple of uninspiring performances to get back on track and sit just one point behind Stenhousemuir who face a testing visit to Palmerston and East Fife heading to cash strapped Hamilton Accies. All to play for!

The big question is: Will it be a Trick or a Treat... 💀👻🍒

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Match/Ticket/Bar/Bus/Info

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3rd Round tie at Foresters Park v Tranent will be ALL TICKET.

• 🎫Ticket Prices for tie to be played weekend of 29th November

• Adults - £15

• 👵 Concessions - £10

• 🧒Under 15s - £5 (must have a ticket and be accompanied by an adult)

• Tickets will be available to purchase soon - stay tuned for on-sale details and make sure you don’t miss what’s set to be a massive afternoon at Foresters Park! 👊

Our starting XI at Peterhead. Gritty performance in horrendous conditions and a hard earned win thanks to Billy Mckay's birthday present to us. That win got us over the sticky performances against Accies and Kelty.

Since we last met:

• Mont 0-2 ICTFC

• ICTFC 1-0 Alloa

• Cove 0-1 ICTFC

• QotS 0-2 ICTFC

• ICTFC 4-1 E Fife

• Accies 3-1 ICTFC

• ICTFC 2-2 Kelty

• P'Head 0-1 ICTFC

Luis Longstaff sat out the last couple and we await news of his injury situation. Mathew Strachan is the latest youngster to head out on loan. He is off to Brora again on loan until January 2026. Matthew, 20, is an ICT Academy graduate and has made 34 first-team appearances for the club.

ℹ️ Matchday Info: Montrose
🎟️ Tickets available HERE
🚗 North & South Car Park Open

• 🍺Bar 94 open at 1200, last orders at 1430 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1445).

• 🍺The bar reopens at full time.

• 🚍Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415.

• 🚍Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800.

• 🚍 💰 £2.70 single (contactless payments or cash accepted), and Over 60 / Disabled and Under 22 Concession passes are valid, giving free travel on the service to passholders.

Montrose squad at Cove.

• Since we last met:

• Monty 0-2 ICTFC

• Monty 2-1 P'Head

• Alloa 0-1 Monty

• E Fife 1-1 Monty

• Monty 2-1 Queens

• Stenny 3-1 Monty

• Monty 0-4 Accies

• Monty 3-0 Cove R

After our last meeting, Montrose went on a formidable run with 10 points from a possible 12. Unfortunately for them, their losing streak was extended to three following defeat at Cove.

Top scorer is Graham Webster with three League goals and he has made over 400 appearances for the club.

Pos	Team	Pld	Gd	Pts
1	Stenny	11	5	21
2	ICTFC	11	12	20
3	E Fife	11	1	18
4	Alloa	11	2	17
5	P'Head	11	0	16
6	Queen	11	-1	16
7	Accies	11	14	14
8	Monty	11	-11	11
9	Kelty	11	-13	7
10	Cove	11	-9	5

Trick or Treat

Q: What did the parent say to the baby ghost?
A: Don’t spook until you’re spoken to.

Q: What do you call six witches in a jacuzzi?
A: A self cleaning coven.

Q: Did you hear about the guy who got behind on payments to his exorcist?
A: He got repossessed.

21 hours ago, caley100 said:

Anyway, for me the best players were Chalmers, Savage and Allan.

Same here but still deciding what order.

Not much value in a North Stand ticket yesterday. First half it was all down the far end in front of the Mo’s 22 fans as we dominated. Looking forward to seeing us murdering them second half but after the goal we just weren’t in it.

Those highlights made us look better than I thought we were!

14 hours ago, Robert said:

That’s bad news as Billy has been having a good season. I hope it’s not as bad as is feared and he recovers quickly and fully.

However, Zimba is showing he has an eye for goal, and this could be the chance for Bavidge to be as influential as we all expected him to be.

It’s time for the depth of the squad to prove its worth!

By April many felt Billy was 'finished' then found his scoring touch, which he retained into the new season, Bavidge was a key part of us staying up this season, just needs to start ticking, and Zimba is a real find for this level. With Longstaff, Allen and Wotherspoon we have goals in the side. And Liam Sole too ..so not concerned, Billy gets a wee break and comes into his own for the Christmas/New Year period

8 hours ago, Eagle4Caley said:

By April many felt Billy was 'finished' then found his scoring touch, which he retained into the new season, Bavidge was a key part of us staying up this season, just needs to start ticking, and Zimba is a real find for this level. With Longstaff, Allen and Wotherspoon we have goals in the side. And Liam Sole too ..so not concerned, Billy gets a wee break and comes into his own for the Christmas/New Year period

Mantis agreed with me that on Saturday that home form is a worry! Last 2 home games were 39 shots, 18 on target and this produced 3 goals.

We can talk about teams coming here and playing tight, with a pretty much a defensive set-up, But we are still getting the shots in! So it's down to good goalkeeping or poor finishing.

Zimba being a box player will score now and then but he's not a 20 or 25 goal a season man, I think Bavidge should start alongside Chaka with Billy out for a while.

At this level i was expecting Longstaff, Allan, Wotherspoon etc to score more soming from deep but it's just not happening! However as long as we scrape one nil wins can we complain ? Just think if Montrose had a half decent striker on Saturday we could have been in real trouble.

4 hours ago, caley100 said:

Mantis agreed with me that on Saturday that home form is a worry! Last 2 home games were 39 shots, 18 on target and this produced 3 goals.

We can talk about teams coming here and playing tight, with a pretty much a defensive set-up, But we are still getting the shots in! So it's down to good goalkeeping or poor finishing.

Zimba being a box player will score now and then but he's not a 20 or 25 goal a season man, I think Bavidge should start alongside Chaka with Billy out for a while.

At this level i was expecting Longstaff, Allan, Wotherspoon etc to score more soming from deep but it's just not happening! However as long as we scrape one nil wins can we complain ? Just think if Montrose had a half decent striker on Saturday we could have been in real trouble.

It all feels very quiet and flat at home compared to awaydays.

I wonder if that affects the players?

Just a thought ..

2 hours ago, old caley girl said:

It all feels very quiet and flat at home compared to awaydays.

I wonder if that affects the players?

Just a thought ..

I think that's standard across all UK football - those who travel make themselves heard and create some atmosphere but at home games these people are more diluted.

Saw this. Not on youTube yet

Much prefer these!

23 hours ago, The Hammer said:

I think that's standard across all UK football - those who travel make themselves heard and create some atmosphere but at home games these people are more diluted.

Yes I get that but some in our home support seem very critical and I do wonder if the players are aware of it?

Just an observation.