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I was at the game, sitting in the North stand, not my usual haunt, as I have season ticket in the main stand, so it was nice to watch the game from a different perspective. We were treated to two excellent goals, we were right in view of Aaron's brilliant strike, and watched it dip and swerve into the top corner. With regards to the Kirk Broadfoot signing, I must admit that I wasn't filled with joy to read he was coming to ICT, I thought that we usually got rid of players of that vintage, Warren, Raven and Tremarco being prime examples, not signing them, but I was pleasantly surprised to see him stroll through the game, and be very vocal with organising the back four. His energy levels never dipped throughout the game, and I now think that it could turn out to be a good bit of business by ICT.

Preview by the club: https://ictfc.com/match-preview-stirling-albion-h Deas back in training. Mckay and McDonald getting close to being able to train. Encouraging that Dodds is wanting us to qualify from the group as we have not seen it as anything but pre-season in recent years.

Northstandrising Instagram story this morning stating that BD looking to add one more signing (his source is: The Inverness Courier). I'd agree with that, we probably need another defender then I'd say we're ready for the coming season :). I do this quite often lol (especially for Tennis) but, I've got a good feeling about the coming season :ictscarf:

Clubs have always had the rights to stream/broadcast their own games but for 3PM Saturday games or other specific dates/times can only do so live outside the UK due to blackout arrangements set by UEFA. My understanding (from a few years ago now so some details may have changed) is that it is the governing body of each country who submit their blackout requests to UEFA each year so there is no barrier to streaming provided the relevant associations were ok with it. However, I dont think we are just dealing with the SFA here, but also the FA and potentially various European FAs as they would request no live football from within their TV areas on a Saturday afternoon. Realistically speaking, they dont care about ICT, but the excuse has always been that they don't want a Celtic - Rangers game, or Man City -V- Man Utd game live on TV at 3pm potentially affecting attendance elsewhere. Its all nonsense really in my mind, because those games would get scheduled for a larger TV audience anyway ... but it is where we are at. If ever there was a time to change this, then it is now. Maybe lower leagues could be the guinea pigs for allowing live football at 3pm on a Saturday? Does anyone really think that ICT -V- Arbroath on PPV would tempt folk to not go along to Arsenal -V- Spurs? There are so many fans who cant or wont go to games even when allowed for various reasons - travel, immuno-compromised, COVID concerns, not vaccinated, cant get a reduced capacity ticket, etc - but I doubt anything will change. For a club like ICT, its not going to affect our attendances, those who will turn up will turn up anyway as football is better in person, and those who have already paid for a season ticket probably could and should get access to a livestream. Having a PPV livestream available for the casual observer would be good for those who cant or wont go for whatever reason and could add additional revenue to the club. I plan to try and watch at least some games this year on livestream if its available .... but the one caveat is the cost to the club of providing the service. Its not cheap to pay for the bandwidth and technology so if its not financially viable then I would prefer the club to come out and say that and put those funds or resources into the playing side ... get us back into the Premiership where the budget could be bigger and support more initiatives like this. There is one comparable here in Canada I can think of and that's the new CPL (Canadian Premier League). No games on TV whatsoever, just streaming on OneSoccer which is a subscription service. $10 per month or $100 per year gets you access to all CPL games, Canadian international games (men and women) as well as LigaMX. All MLS games are live on cable but I think the CPL is a better comparison given the size and budget of the clubs and the typical attendance levels.

Totally agree. Fear of covid is completely irrational. In Australia. Where they had their first covid death this year last week. In the uk the government just planned for a further 100 to 200 new deaths per day in autumn rather than complete vaccination and trace infections effectively. In the uk a caution of a mortal threat communicated and planned by the current government is entirely rational. #Covidiots are real