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Always good to get a friendly game against one of the lower league teams 😀

He allegedly made a naughty remark that was seen as a bad idea. He got sent off and never played for a rake of games thereafter. Possibly internal suspension. Don't think he attended the pride March in Inverness yesterday...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZe7bNKAJvM/?igsh=ejN0dmR4eWgyeHc= Remi signs for another year

As someone born and raised in Southampton...my time to shine!

Press Release from Club: Liam Sole returns to ICTFC Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC are delighted to announce the pre-contract signing of Liam Sole on a one-year deal, subject to SFA clearance. Liam will join the club upon the expiry of his contract with Livingston FC. Liam, 26, joins the club on a permanent basis following a successful loan spell last season, during which he made 43 appearances and scored six goals on the way to securing the William Hill League One title. Upon signing, Liam said: “I really loved my time at the club last season and I’m delighted to now sign a permanent deal. "I’m looking forward to coming back, getting stuck in for the new Championship campaign, and I can’t wait to see all the fans again.”

On this day, a probably never to be repeated day>>> Inverness CT 2 - 1 FalkirkScottish Cup - Final Saturday, May 30th, 2015, 3:00 PM at Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 37,149 Referee: Willie Collum Team Lineups Facts Report Highlights Inverness, Scottish Cup Winners! How good does that feel! What a day that was, one that started for me at five in the morning when the alarm went off in North Kessock and ended in Edinburgh around midnight with a grin etched on the face. Inverness Caledonian Thistle are the 2015 Scottish Cup winners. Many made massive sacrifices for the cause, coming from around the globe. It was well worth it in the end, although in true tradition, we don't do anything the easy way and that was credit to Falkirk who can count themselves a tad unlucky after a courageous second half performance where Inverness weathered the storm to eventually lift the cup after having to play out the final twenty minutes with ten men. We went in at the break a goal to the good after getting to grips with the game halfway through the first period, Marley Watkins finishing with aplomb after a seven man move. Carl Tremarco was sent packing after 75 minutes after he miscontrolled a ball and then scythed down Blair Alston as he sped goalwards. Schoolboy error from Carl that was punished five minutes later when Peter Grant headed powerfully home from the vacant left back position. However, an unlikely hero came forward and James Vincent applied the finishing touch after Jamie MacDonald spilled a Watkins shot. The rest is history. The fans were in good spirits in the build up to the game and plenty of shouting juice had passed the lips. Inside the stadium there was a marvellous card display from the Inverness end and it was a pleasure to be part of it. Massive congratulations to all who set that one up, it looked fantastic. Inverness fans were dealt a blow before kick off as semi hero David Raven was out which left us with an unfamiliar back four. Esson in goal but in front of him, only Josh Meekings was in his normal position. Devine replaced the suspended Gary Warren and Carl Tremarco was at left back with departing captain Graeme Shinnie filling in at right back with Raven missing. Danny Williams was on the bench and Aaron Doran started. Falkirk were minus the cup-tied Mark Kerr and John Baird, but Rory Loy started, despite Houston claiming he might not make it. A bright afternoon saw Falkirk get off to the better start, but it was a typical cup final, all a bit cagey in the opening exchanges, nobody wanting to make the first mistake. Whilst always keeping the fans attention, there was little goalmouth action with defences on top as Inverness began to edge their way forward with around twenty minutes gone. Ryan Esson was eventually called into action and comfortably saved a low shot from Will Vaulks from outside the box. Vaulks fired a vicious shot from thirty yards eight minutes later and that one had the Falkirk fans off their seats as the ball ruffled the top corner of the net. Alas for the Bairns, it was the wrong side of the net. Closest call yet though, phew! We were not at our best but at least we were not behind. That close shave seemed to alert Inverness to the dangers and Aaron Doran brought a save from Macdonald as we started to pass the ball better, although the defence were needing more help from the front men who were not holding onto the ball. Shinnie then had our best attempt so far as he fired a shot come cross wide with Watkins lurking, and it was evident the tide was turning. Watkins then had a shot saved as it went straight at the keeper and a corner followed soon after. We were now controlling the pace of the game and the 38th minute saw Inverness go ahead with a wonderful team goal. Falkirk lost possession deep in the Inverness half. We transferred the ball smartly up the right side in a seven man move. The final touches saw Aaron Doran slip a tidy ball through to Marley Watkins and his pace and power saw him drift goalwards to slide the ball past MacDonald for the opening goal. The dream was now in full swing as the half ended with Inverness on top. Half Time 1-0 I don't know what Houston said at half time, but it transformed the Bairns. They were up for this and we would have to weather the storm as they surged forward looking for a leveller. Vaulks was the main threat and he went close agin five minutes after the restart. On the hour mark and Blair Alston lifted a shot just over inside a packed box as Falkirk upped the pace. Inverness were by now finding the Bairns to be more of a handful than they should have been as they won successive corners and Vaulks again shot over. Substitute Botti Bia Bi went very close soon after and manager of the year John Hughes decided to make a change. Little did he know how important that change would be as he introduced James Vincent for young player of the year Ryan Christie. With 75 minutes on the clock, Carl Tremarco was invited to leave the field by Willie Collum after he lost the ball then brought down Alston. No complaints this time though as Collum had little option. Tremarco was distraught and Inverness would have to play out the game with ten men. Vaulks again tested Esson from close range as the Bairns smelled blood and went for the jugular. Inverness were reduced to frantic defending and the fans were watching through their fingers as the final twenty minutes would take a lifetime to pass. Within five minutes of Tremarco leaving, Falkirk were level. A free kick on the left flank saw Alston pick out Peter Grant who wanted it most and he flashed a powerful header high into the net for a not undeserved equaliser. Game on. James Vincent went to right back with Shinnie moving over to the left as Inverness re-jigged after the sending off. There was nothing else for it but to get up the park and have a go or face the prospect of extra time and penalties. That threat disappeared when Watkins pace saw him break forward to surge clear of the defence with Falkirk caught up the other end. He slowed down outside the box and tried to curl a low shot to the left of the keeper. Now then, I've seen better shots but MacDonald fluffed his lines as he dived low to his left. He only succeeded in pushing the ball to the left side of the box and James Vincent who had made a lung bursting run to catch up with Watkins got to the loose ball first and knocked it into the empty net. Absolute pandemonium in the Inverness end once more and there were only five more minutes of normal time to hold on to our advantage. Luke Leahy went close in the ninetieth minute as Falkirk tried to scramble the game towards extra time and five minutes of time added on saw a huge sigh from the Highlanders. Nick Ross replaced Man of the Match Marley Watkins with three minutes remaining but Falkirk could not find that elusive second goal and the end result was just fantastic for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and their fans who were singing and dancing in the Hampden Stands. Full Time 2-1 It was tough and hard to bear for the Falkirk fans who had witnessed their team give their all, but it's all about scoring the most goals and we did just that. More scenes of Red & Blue followed as the Inverness contingent stayed to cheer the victors and witness the Cup presentation. Graeme Shinnie leaves for Aberdeen now, but he might never experience this again, as he kissed the cup and waved it above his head, duly followed by the rest of the squad. What a moment to be a Caley Thistle fan. 21 years in the making but a combined 239 years of magnificent history. Celebratory beers were the order of the day and I met up with some Falkirk fans in the Horseshoe Bar where Gordon Mason presented me with a trophy off his back. He gave me a Falkirk shirt and wished us all well. Great fans and a credit to their club. MotM will be going to Marley Watkins who scored the first and made the second with a little help from Jamie Macdonald. In truth, and here is the unsavoury bit, there were not too many contenders for the title, most players having an off day. Danny Devine was better than most and Graeme Shinnie, as always, gave everything. We struggled up front and Eddie Ofere has had better days. In fairness to him, we rarely got the ball forward so it's hardly his fault. Carl Tremarco will be disappointed but he performed well up to that point. It is unfair to pick out anyone though, good or bad so I'll leave it there and say congratulations to everybody from the ball boys to the the fans, what an achievement for our club. Steve Hislop and Bobby Mann were not far off in their predictions and I met Barry Wilson after the game as well, all in all, a great day out and there would be another one on Sunday as the Cup was paraded through Inverness. Match report written by tm4tj

I have to say I have to pinch myself sometimes....I have supported Palace since I was 14, I am now 67. I had pretty much given up on us winning anything except Play-off finals, I had seen Palace lose two FA Cup finals to Man United and a League Cup semi-final, plus two FA Cup semi-finals (I was at the last one we lost to Chelsea, their supporters weren't even that excited) The only thing we had won was something called the Zenith Data Systems cup, brought in when English clubs were banned from Europe. I was in Kuwait at the time! (After Gulf War 1) So winning the FA Cup last season was bloody fantastic...the BBC ended their coverage with a musical segment which bridged previous disappointments with the win, no Palace fan can watch it without blubbing. Being denied the Europa Cup through an issue we had little control over, was a punch to the gut, and we had our struggles over this season, but to win a European trophy is ...bloody fantastic I was involved in something non-football related last night, but got home to see the last five minutes and the celebrations (having sat on a train glued to the BBC website). It's been a great season for me as a Caley and Palace fan (even the Palace women got promoted) I can die content, but hopefully not yet, I have to tick off Greenock Morton away and Palace winning the Europa Cup (now we are rightfully there) first

Unless we have “previous” for these offences, I’d anticipate a fine. However, the magnitude of that could impact on what squad we are able to build for the new season. At the end of the day, some of our “fans” entered the field of play during the match so we are guilty. The scale of the sanction will presumably be determined by the view taken on how well prepared, or otherwise, the club was on the day. My greater concern is the rise of antisocial behaviour by (in the main) young teenage fans across football in Scotland. Last season we had issues when County came for Aaron Doran’s testimonial and we’ve seen fans targeted by home fans at Raith, Montrose, Alloa and Stenhousemuir. Raith fans were even called out by Shaun McGuigan, a Raith fanatic, on A View from the Terrace, after the Cup Final. A minority of our fans caused damage at East Kilbride and at the Cup Final. This is a societal problem with football seen as the opportunity by those wishing to cause trouble, and my fear is that we find it worse in the Championship than in League 1. It’s sad given the great work done by the Community Trust with their Game Changers initiative targeted at younger fans, whilst the atmosphere we get when the youngsters are at games is tremendous. It’s easy to point fingers but sadly not easy to come up with solutions.

Clach have announced that they are hosting us on Saturday 27 June, with the game kicking off at 1300.

Straight from the horses mouth

Welcom Noa ( Left back )

Are they in a studio in blighty? If not how the f*** did he manage to get in with his record?

Am I the only one thinking that the visual of the USA supporters in the stadium at their game looks like a "Where's Wally" puzzle !

You're asking the wrong person...😊

Rather have Calum than Ross at right back.

I know this is the norm at this period of the close-season, but I feel a little uneasy if we end up loosing Remi by playing ‘who blinks first’ with a cheap contract offer. Splashing headlines about resigning Shinnie (where decent money is involved), then playing hard ball with Remi on money could backfire badly if he moves elsewhere for a better purse! Remi is a far more valuable asset to have in the team next season than Shinnie in my view. Ie we have player options in midfield; central defence is sorely exposed if Danny has to team up with a new (another) sweeper. bc

Ross Munro has signed a new two year deal, and Logan Ross has signed a new one year deal.

Delighted to see Palace win this. It is good for the game when trophies are won by teams who are often seen as ones who just make up the numbers. None of their supporters will have ever seen their club win a major trophy before, so this is a great reward for their loyalty and will be something they will always remember.

New kit at Inverness Castle.

Fixtures are what they are - we have to play everyone home and away twice, but to start at home, finish at home and be at home for the new year fixtures is good news.

Aberdeen saying they’ll look at what’s best for both, which may include a loan to a Championship club. We can only hope.

I've watched more than I had initially intended and am thoroughly enjoying it. Apart from the Scotland and England games, I have watched the full game of Canada v Bosnia and Netherlands v Japan. As a neutral in those games I was able to just sit back and enjoy game. The key thing to enjoyment is to fully participate in the hydration breaks.

That’s great news 😄

Ben Corner, Shae Keogh and Sam Thompson have signed one year contract extensions and are now part of the first team squad. Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC can confirm that ICTFC Academy graduates Ben Corner, Shae Keogh and Sam Thompson have all signed new one-year contract extensions and have been promoted to the club’s first-team squad. The trio’s progression underlines the club’s continued commitment to developing young talent and providing a clear pathway from the ICTFC Academy into first-team football. Ben Corner, 19, signed his first professional contract with the club in 2024. After returning from a serious knee injury, he gained valuable senior experience during a loan spell with Highland League side Clachnacuddin FC last season. Shae Keogh, 19, also signed his first professional contract with the club in 2024. He continued his development with two loan spells at Highland League champions Brora Rangers FC, playing his part in their title-winning campaign. Sam Thompson, 19, signed his first professional contract last summer and similarly benefited from regular senior football while on loan at Brora Rangers FC last season during their championship-winning season. Charlie Christie said: “Huge credit to these three young ICT Academy players that they have now made the transition into our first team squad for this coming season. Scott and Billy recognise the potential in all three and everyone at the club is hopeful that training on a daily basis with the first team will help them further develop.”

Confirmed 4th July. Now we need a starting 11...

I lost all interest in the World Cup on the night of the draw. Couldn’t stand to watch the disgusting, sycophantic display from Infantino awarding the FIFA World Peace prize to one of the most dangerous, warmongering and deranged people on the planet. The corruption in the football world is still alive and well and there for us all to see - it completely destroyed any enthusiasm I had for this great tournament. So sad to see it abused so badly in the USA. I wish our lads well but, sadly, I’ll not be watching any of it.

Zoom? MS Teams? Google Meet? Where there is a will, there is a way. Seems to be a lot of issues, even for our own fans with ESTAs being cancelled at the last minute and such like. [example: https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/an-absolute-shambles-of-bureaucracy-highland-folk-rock-437123/] Although I would not need an ESTA or other visa with a Canadian passport, that's why, in the end, I decided not to cross the border and head for Boston. Theoretically I should be ok crossing the border, but too many issues in the news about Canadians who should also have no problems encountering issues over the last couple of years. Also, all that 51st state rhetoric and the tariffs have seen a huge increase in people deciding against travel as well as country wide "Buy Canadian" policies that have seen imports from the USA and travel to the USA plummet. I don't need to be involved in the political BS so just staying home and watching it on TV as well as volunteering at the Fan Fest / Volunteer Centre during the tournament.

Is kells waiting for world cup performances to decide his signings......I have no patience.

KDM Evolution Trophy 2026/27SPFL announces expanded KDM Evolution Trophy format The SPFL has today announced the format of the KDM Evolution Trophy for season 2026/27. Following the success of last season’s revamped competition – which included an inaugural league phase – season 2026/27 will now see more clubs compete in an expanded 40-club league phase. The following 10 guest clubs across the Scottish Highland Football League and the Scottish Lowland Football League East and West have accepted invitations into this season’s competition: Banks o’ Dee Berwick Rangers Bonnyrigg Rose Clachnacuddin Clydebank Cowdenbeath Cumbernauld Colts Formartine United Fraserburgh Gala Fairydean Rovers They will join 10 William Hill League 1, 10 William Hill League 2 and 10 William Hill Premiership B-teams in the tournament’s opening round. Clubs participating in the league phase will be split into four pots by division, with each club playing two different opponents from each other pot, totalling six matches. William Hill Premiership B-teams will again play all league phase matches away from home. Points gained by clubs across six matchdays will feed into one league table, with the top 22 clubs qualifying for the knock-out Round of 32. William Hill Championship clubs will enter the competition in the Round of 32 as seeded clubs, alongside teams finishing in the top six of the league phase, with the remainder of the competition following a traditional knock-out format. Member clubs and the Scottish FA considered the new set-up hugely beneficial for youth players in providing more opportunities in the key ‘transition phase’ of ages 16-21, as players move from the academy environment to senior football. Youth prospects aged 15 will continue to be eligible to participate in the KDM Evolution Trophy, following a successful trial. The Scottish FA Cooperation System, which was designed to strengthen youth development in Scotland, has also been extended. Neil Doncaster, group chief executive of the SPFL, said: “We are delighted to build on the success of last season’s new-look competition by inviting 10 guest clubs to participate in next season’s tournament, which will be sure to benefit the community clubs we have invited and provide new challenges for our member clubs. “While we will continue to minimise travel with broadly regionalised league phase matches, following discussions with our members, home clubs will now retain gate receipts in full in the league phase, to support clubs financially.” Over £1.3 million in prize money was shared with clubs for last season’s KDM Evolution Trophy, which was an increase of more than 50% on the previous year. The SPFL is pleased to confirm that last season’s prize money has been maintained for the 2026/27 tournament, with the winners receiving £150,000, and the runners-up £100,000. The Scottish-based, internationally operating construction firm, KDM Group, remain proud title sponsors of the competition. Iain Jones, Chief Executive of KDM Group, said: “We are extremely excited to continue our partnership with the KDM Evolution Trophy after a highly successful first season of the new-look competition. Next season’s expanded format promises to deliver even more excitement and opportunities to clubs and players across the country, which reflects KDM Group’s support for Scottish football across all levels of the game.” The KDM Evolution Trophy league phase will commence on the midweek of August 11/12, where participants will look to better Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s run to the final last season. Championship clubs will again enter at the Round of 32 stage on November 3/4, with the 2026/27 showpiece final taking place on either the weekend of March 27/28 or April 3/4. The fixtures for the 2026/27 KDM Evolution Trophy league phase will be published on Thursday 16 July at 1.00pm. The full schedule of prize money for the KDM Evolution Trophy is set out below: Winners: £150,000 Runners-up: £100,000 Eliminated in semi-finals: £75,000 Eliminated in quarter-finals: £50,000 Eliminated in Round of 16: £40,000 Eliminated in Round of 32: £30,000 Eliminated in league phase: £15,000 - £18,500 (depending on final league position) A summary of key competition dates is set out below: League Phase MD1: August 11/12 League Phase MD2: August 25/26 League Phase MD3: September 8/9 League Phase MD4: September 22/23 League Phase MD5: September 26/27 League Phase MD6: October 13 Round of 32: November 3/4 Round of 16: November 24/25 Quarter-finals: January 12/13 Semi-finals: February 9/10 Final: March 27/28 or April 3/4

With both the aforementioned Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan recently revealing their cancer diagnoses, maybe both nations will have a wee bit of an incentive to raise the bar a little bit for one of their respective icons. FCUK Cancer - wishing both Kenny and Kevin success in their individual battles.

Congrats - now everyone will be even surer my ICT top is a Palace one when I wander around Toronto with it!

Having been in Prague three years ago when West Ham won it I can fully understand how their fans will be feeling, it's quite a surreal joy. Well done to them, and enjoy the Europa League next year.

And Paul Allan is reported to have signed a two year contract.

On this day (almost) 100 years ago. I believe that Mantis and Gringo were in attendance Story is on Am Baile Facebook Page 100 years ago today, the first organised women's football match in #Inverness took place between two teams of Caley supporters at Telford Street. One team lined up as Caledonian [pictured] and the other as Athletic. Athletic won the match 4-2 with goals from Ella Moffat (2), Madge Munro and Nan Macdonald. Caley's goals were scored by Annie Macdonald and F. Mackintosh. Names here: https://www.ambaile.org.uk/asset/48946/ #InvernessFootballMemories Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC

I would settle for survival - of the club as a whole, and remaining in the Championship!

By listing the 5 games they’re already setting it up so Celtic can avoid getting hammered, and get a token punishment along with the other clubs, and they won’t get a backlash from all the paranoid jungle Jims saying their club is victimised.

It's all too easy for the powers that be to simply punish the clubs with a fine or a points deduction. The problem with this is that the club, its players and the majority of the fans are the victims of this behaviour and they should not be the ones who are punished. I get that clubs have a clear responsibility to take measures to ensure the the safety of everyone in the stadium, but penalties should be considered only when clubs have failed to act upon advice from police or taken specific measures required by the footballing authorities. Clearly I can't comment on what advice the club may have been given on this occasion, but if it misjudged the position then a reprimand and warning would be far more appropriate than a penalty. Issues with Celtic are on a different scale and they have a lot of form. They need the book thrown at them. The important thing to me is that serious measures are taken against anyone who was behaving in a violent manner. There will be plenty of footage from which to identify people who should receive banning orders and the club should, by now, be able to advise the authorities of the actions taken in this regard. Moving up a division will also mean larger crowds and particularly larger away supports. Regardless of what happened in the Hamilton game, this would mean a security review was required in any case. A fine would simply mean there is less money available to spend on measures to prevent any recurrence of these problems. Name, shame and ban the thugs. They are not fans and they are not welcome at our club.

I'm not telling you. However, I can spill this info Our Development Squad played their first pre-season match today as they beat Lossiemouth 4-0 Shae Keogh scored a hat-trick and Archie Kerr got the other goal. Work rate was brilliant and some very good football played. U17s players Rhylen Harkness, Mark Sutherland and Will MacGregor featured and did well

England are looking good! As usual they have a truck load of great players but to date have never realised their potential at big competitions. The way they played in the second half against Croatia is an indication that things could be different this time around. Happy for Tuchel. It would be ironic if they win it with a German in charge 60 years after they last won it. Sporting life tends to throw up these kinds of serendipity from time to time.

Once one, hopefully, but I suspect this means no Oscar which I think is quite sad, liked him.

That’s most of the best defence in League 1 secured for next season: Munro, Macleod, Devine and Savage. It’s a step up in standard for them but Devine and Savage have been there, done that before. A very positive development.

Can't really complain - except when you look at how lightly Celtic have been punished. Their suspended closure in relation to the Hearts game is for just 1,000 seats rather than half a stand. Half of our North Stand is more than 1,000 seats. OK, we don't fill the North Stand, but who's to say it might not be a lot fuller in 2 years time. Celtic have been fined a token £7,500. In terms of a proportion of their annual turnover it is significantly less than our fine. Celtic's "punishment" for a combination of a pitch incursion and the illegal use of pyrotechnics at Motherwell is just £2,500 plus a tiny reduction in ticket allocation for one game. Celtic have form. It is time they were punished in a way that would make the club think seriously about dealing with their moronic supporters.

Pretty decent 5 a side squad

4-0 at HT, seems like we might win this WC after all.

Those six games were key in getting oscar , jordan and others up to speed and also supporting a two squad team.

I would leave it on here. World Cup is June 11th to July 19th. Will give us all something to moan about during the off season. How am I feeling about the World Cup? Having watched the event since 1966, I don't believe we can do much better than we already have. We don't even have the same quality as previous squads that flopped badly. However, if I am awake, I will probably watch the Scotland games live without much optimism. Watching Scotland has become a chore to be honest but the Denmark game has raised a few eyebrows. Other games I will take in if they fall within my awake time.

League Cup Draw Dates to be confirmed St Johnstone (H), Morton (A), East Fife (H) Linlithgow Rose (A).

We'll just have to hope that none of our players is involved in the last eight of the World Cup

Same here. It was sair to bear, the first setback in our 15 year history. I was at all the post-split games apart from Hamilton. First we beat St Mirren away. After Rossco’s late winner we hit the bar twice. One of those going in would have meant finishing above them on goals scored. Then a 2-2 draw at Motherwell. John Sutton equalised with 11 minutes left, or we would have been safe with 2 games to go. We lost a tight game at Rugby Park due to a strike by Kevin Kyle, then on to Falkirk on the last day. So we went down on goal difference with 37 points won which I think is still a record. Still, it made 2009-10 into an epic season for us…