Club Statement
It is with much regret that the club has taken the decision to terminate the contracts of Head Coach Billy Dodds and his Assistant Manager Barry Wilson with immediate effect.
Assistant Manager Barry Wilson is a club legend and he has more than ably served the club as player and coach. His many years here as both, and the respect with which he has been held, shows our appreciation of his service.
Sometimes in football we have to make difficult decisions and both of the decisions outlined above fall very hard into that category.
Sporting Director John Robertson and Academy Director Charlie Christie will take charge of the team in the interim period while we endeavour to find a new Head Coach in short order and applications will be accepted at [email protected]
To be honest, it's not difficult to see why this has happened. Over the last ten games played we have only beaten Inverness Clachnacuddin in the Inverness Cup Final. So that leaves eight defeats and a solitary draw. Here's the reasons below. But should other heads roll as well? Billy was short changed on the park, and off the park we have been a shambles.
| 18th | 7:45:PM | Dumbarton (A) | League Cup (Group E) |
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1 - 2 | 505 | |
| 25th | 7:45:PM | Airdrieonians (H) | League Cup (Group E) |
|
2 - 3 | 1,115 | |
| 30th | 3:00:PM | Dundee (A) | League Cup (Group E) |
|
0 - 1 | 2,337 |
| August 2023 |
| 5th | 3:00:PM | Queens Park (H) | League (Champ) |
|
1 - 2 | 2,030 | |
| 12th | 3:00:PM | Ayr United (A) | League (Champ) |
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0 - 1 | 1,989 | |
| 22nd | 7:30:PM | Clachnacuddin (A) | Inverness Cup (Final) |
|
4 - 1 | 500ish | |
| 26th | 3:00:PM | Airdrieonians (A) | League (Champ) |
|
1 - 2 | 1,688 |
| September 2023 |
| 2nd | 3:00:PM | Dunfermline (H) | League (Champ) |
|
1 - 1 | 2,388 | |
| 9th | 3:00:PM | Arbroath (A) | Trust Trophy Rnd3) |
|
2 - 4 | 780 | |
| 16th | 3:00:PM | Raith Rovers (A) | League (Champ) |
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0 - 1 | 2,846 |
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From the outside looking in, some are wondering why we have sacked such a successful manager? Well, closer inspection will reveal more. He's an affable sort of guy. However, it's been the 'jobs for the boys' 2 year contract that has stuck in most peoples throats. That in itself is not down to Dodds. After all, who would turn that down after a couple of mediocre seasons where we have failed to get promoted and only made the Scottish Cup final by default after Queens Park messed up. All that did was paper over the cracks! We went on massive winless runs over the last two seasons that almost gave the impression the remit was to not get promoted as we are not ready for it. The style of football has been likened to our worst ever hoofball or Doddsball as it has now become known as. Excuses have been piling up and many fans have openly said they won't be back unless there is a total clearout. Well it looks like the root causes of this have removed Billy and Barry (a club legend sacked by association) to deflect from their own inability to run the club. Failed ventures (Inverness Caley Thistle Concert Company Ltd), broken promises (communication), where's Wally Robbo (invariably Dingwall), what does our CEO do and who or what is our SLO. Communication with the support has never been so poor, it's almost as if we have become an inconveniance. Lack of quality on and off the pitch. From the fans point of view it appears that we are paying hefty wages and get little in return for this. Who on earth thought it was a great idea to release an orange away strip on July 12th? Surely we don't have sectarian bigots running our club? I'd like to think we are above all this nonsense, however many believe this is what we have become under the present regime.
What's the answer? It's time for a total revamp before we plunge into that abyss from which it's very difficult to emerge from and obscurity beckons. Hopefully this is just the start...
Let's get back to being the family club we once were and made us all proud.
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