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The recent post on the Caley v Leicester game got me thinking about what other games there have been over the years played against English opposition in Inverness and anybody's memories of them. Below is a list of Inverness team friendlies v English clubs in Inverness over the years that I could find: Highland League 1921/2 Caley / Thistle Select 6 Tottenham Hotspur 3 1932/3 Inverness Thistle 3 Newcastle United 5 1951/2 Inverness Select 3 Crystal Palace 1 1955/6 Inverness Select 0 Leicester City 2 1963/4 Caley 2 Carlisle United 4 1973/4 Inverness Thistle 2 Notts County 4 1976/7 Caley 1 Halifax Town 1 1977/8 Inverness Select 1 Newcastle United 1 1978/9 Clach 0 Middlesbrough 4 1982/3 Caley 0 Leicester City 4 1988/9 Caley 0 Shrewsbury Town 5 (Highland league games courtesy of Prorege post (P&B)) Scottish League 1994/5 ICT 0 Bolton Wanderers 2 2000/1 ICT 5 Mansfield Town 2 2004/5 ICT 1 QPR 1 2004/5 ICT 1 Hartlepool United 1 2005/6 ICT 1 Blackpool 0 2006/7 ICT 0 Sheffield United 3 2008/9 ICT 5 Liverpool 0 More info on the 1921 and 1932 games would be interesting (Spurs were FA Cup holders (managed by ex-Jags player Peter McWilliam) when they visited in 1921 and Newcastle were FA cup holders when they visited in 1932).

Following the most successful ex-ICT players posts I was thinking about Inverness born players who have gone on to have successful football playing and management careers. These are just a few but I guess there have been many more over the years: Andy McCombie (Thistle, Sunderland, Newcastle United) - League Championship medal 1902 (Sunderland), League Championship medal 1907 and 1909 (Newcastle), FA Cup runners-up medal 1905 and 1906 (Newcastle), 6 Scotland caps. Peter McWilliam (Thistle, Newcastle United) - FA Cup winners medal 1910, FA Cup runners-up medal 1905, 1906 and 1908, League Championship medal 1905, 1907 and 1909, 8 Scotland caps, managed Spurs and Middlesborough Tommy McDonald (Caley, Rangers, Newcastle United, York City, Goole Town) - FA Cup winners medal 1924, League Championship medal 1926 George Ross (Preston North End, Southport. Morecambe) - FA Cup runners-up medal 1964 Ted McDougall (Liverpool, York City, Bournemouth, Manchester United, West Ham United, Norwich City, Weymouth, Bournemouth, Detriot Express, Blackpool, Salisbury, Poole Town, AFC Totton, Gosport Borough, Floreat Athena, St George-Budapest, Andover) - League Cup runners-up medal 1975, 7 Scotland caps, record number of goals in a FA Cup match (9), 126 goals in 165 games (Bournemouth), Quarter-Final Cup Winners Cup Billy Urquhart (Caley, Rangers, Wigan Athletic, ICT) - Scottish League Cup winners medal 1978, Glasgow Cup winners medal 1979, European Cup quarter-final Kevin Macdonald (Caley, Leicester City, Liverpool, Rangers, Coventry City, Cardiff City, Walsall) - FA Cup winners medal 1986, League Championship medal 1986, managed Aston Villa John McGinlay (Nairn County, Yeovil Town, Elgin City, Shrewsbury Town, Bury, Milwall, Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Oldham Athletic, Cincinatti Riverhawks, Cincinatti Kings) - League Cup runners-up medal 1995, First Divsion Play-Off winners medal 1995, First Division Championship medal 1997,16 Scotland caps. Andy Morrison (Plymouth Argyle, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United) - Division Two play-off winners medal 1999 (Manchester City), Division One runners-up 2000 (Manchester City) Grant Munro (ICT, Elgin City, Ross County) - Challenge Cup winners medal 2004, Challenge Cup runners-up medal 2009, SFL1 championship medal 2004 and 2010 Don Cowie (Ross County, ICT, Watford, Cardiff City) - Challenge Cup winners medal 2006, League Cup runners-up medal 2012, 9 Scotland caps (to date) Any others....?

Jones of Dad's Army comes to mind........

Love to all at this very difficult time x

I hope this poem brings some comfort. I give you this one thought to keep, I am with you still - I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not think of me as gone, I am with you still - in each new dawn