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June 14, 200719 yr

Who play Gretna away on boxing day, St Mirren away a few days later, Inverness home on 2 January and then Falkirk away three days later and then take on Dundee United in their next game, again away?

Our players and supporters are warned of an angry reception at Pittodrie with fixtures like that!

June 14, 200719 yr

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June 15, 200719 yr

Who play Hearts away on the 22nd Dec, Falkirk away on Boxing Day, Killie at home on the 29th and Aberdeen away on the 2nd Jan (at 7:45pm) ......???

Think its ICT who will be angry .... at least Aberdeen have one of their two main festive season games (ie. Boxing Day / New Year's Day (or 2nd in this case) ) at home

June 15, 200719 yr

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Having now entered our fixtures onto the calendar I can see the SPL have come up with a two games home two games away plan for us even beyond what Scotty highlighted. It is quite bizarre. I was aware yesterday of complaints by Dons fans but did not check ours in detail.

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Expectations vs dreams

Last season the fantastic start to the season set up the promotion. As the new boys in the division I'd say the other teams will look at ICT thinking there are points to be gained there. It's even more vital then to get a good start to nip that attitude in the bud. Promoted teams that get a poor start don't tend to have a good season overall.
It's really hard to judge what would be expected - look at Arbroath last season in their first season compared to RC who came into the championship from the other direction. Both probably had different expectations than what transpired.
If things go well we could be in the top half, perhaps even close to the playoffs. In reality I'd expect a mid table finish, but mid table for 10 teams can get you close to both top and bottom at various points. I'd say 5-7 would be what I'd expect come May. To me I think we need to look firstly at establishing a gap above two other teams (Morton & Stenny?) and then building from there.
The first three games are pretty tough ones before we visit Stenny, so I hope we have 4 or 5 points on the board by then. Set the tone early for a decent, but not spectacular, season.

By The Hammer · 1 hour ago1 hr
Expectations vs dreams

Good subject and post Luddite,
The timing is right as whilst predictions about how ICT would/ could get on the CHPS when we won promotion was in full swing, we had no idea what the player pool would really be come August.
I’ve not seen any match so far but the posts back from those that did indicate we are a bit away from being at the level required to compete (and importantly win) in the CHPS. Have we enough quality to replace or improve the player level from last season ? - Far too early to say however I still expect a couple of players to come through the door. Personally I believe we will be tested a lot more defensively, and whilst the goalie and back four will do the heavy lifting here, strikers and the midfield cannot go missing in this task.
Kells roll in having a good season will be important. He has had 20 odd months under his belt now and gained enough experience to take the players he has to come up with the best tactics and game plan to get results, (ideally a few draws away and victories at home).
Ultimately I’m optimistic we can secure ourselves in the ‘middle-pack’ knowing promotion ain’t going to happen, but get results that keep the threatened two or three relegate teams 4 - 6 points below us.
A good season 26-27 season for me is fifth (think it’s possible). A poor one is eighth.
bc

By big cherly · 2 hours ago2 hr
Expectations vs dreams

I've been looking at the tdams in the Championship and thinking about what I'd cinsider a good season to be and tbh any finish from 8th upwards is a result to me. Consolidating a position in the Championship and moving forwards from that has to be taken as positive given our recent history. I don't expect Alan Savage to turn into daddy Warbucks akin to Brooks Mileson given his history. I wish for a new owner with deep pockets so Alan can enjoy his success without constantly topping up our balance. "Welcome to the Longman" has a nice ring to it. Come on Deadpool!

By luddite · 10 hours ago10 hr
East Fife League Cup 11thJune2026

Why is our highlights package so bad? You can barely see the players. You look at the East Fife one and you’d think it was filmed on another day.
Their commentary gives it that extra step up also.

By ICTPaisley · 22 hours ago22 hr
East Fife League Cup 11thJune2026

Our lads showing Messi and Mbappe that scoring from the spot really isn't that difficult. 5 really well taken penalties. Shame about the 90 minutes preceding them. Credit to East Fife who were very well organised and committed.

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