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I agree, our goal was excellent. Good play by Oakley to put Shaw free and a great cross for MacGregor to score with a rare header. Cove’s equaliser came when we were temporarily down to ten as Duffy took a heavy knock and we seemed disorganised at the back as a result and it was too easy for the Cove player to hit the target. Cove had the best of the early part of the second half but we finished more strongly. I felt we just about shaded it but a draw was probably fair enough. It was good to at least win on penalties. Unfortunately that was not enough and we will be unseeded in the draw. I was disappointed with Cove’s approach. They approached the match in a cynical manner, trying to buy free kicks with play acting. They also tried to run the clock down when even. We have enough teams like that in the Championship already and I had expected more from them. I think our medical staff had to give treatment to players at least four times, generally due to the aggression of Cove. Some of their big names were worst, such as Logan and Fyvie, so justice was done when Fyvie‘s penalty was saved by Ridgers. Shortly after Samuels was harshly booked, a Cove player blatantly dived to try to get him sent off. The ref gave a foul but at least did not produce a red card. Of the new signings, I thought Oakley’s holding up play and distribution was good. Shaw was lively and could develop into an important player for us. Delaney is a calm defender despite playing on the wrong side for a left sided defender. Boyd had a couple of efforts when he came on. At times it felt like a pre-season game again, so hopefully when the league starts next week we get if you a winning start. The squad looks decent but we need to tighten up a bit and ensure we score when on top. Hopefully Devine is nearly ready to be part of the squad. Is there any update on Ram or Welsh?

Finished top of the group and unbeaten so that's a real positive. Today's game was a bit of the good the bad the ugly a great opening goal - an opportunistic equaliser from a cove corner- giving way to many chances to the opposition. Cove had 2 really good opportunities to go ahead early second half. We probably ought to have sealed it late however very disappointing that we didn't manage a winner. Good set of penalties. Deas my pick today.

Looks like Carson in midfield this afternoon, unless Harper’s being played further forward and Deas or Delaney at left back. This may not be the actual formation: Ridgers Duffy Delaney Deas Harper Carson Allardice Shaw MacGregor Mackay Oakley No Devine again but he is being put through some routines on the pitch by one of the back room staff so hopefully he’s close to fitness.

I have been trying to update our team contract details and have a few blanks. On the last club statement new contracts were offered to Devine , Duffy, Doran, Hyde and Cameron MacKay but unable to find any more information on deals agreed. Name Surname Squad Number Signed Till Other Information Scott Allardice 18 May-23 Steven Boyd 30 May-23 Keith Bray 36 May-24 Ethan Cairns 32 David Carson 8 May-24 Robbie Deas 5 May-23 Zak Delaney 23 May-24 Daniel Devine 6 Aaron Doran 10 May-23 Wallace Duffy 2 May-23 Cameron Harper 3 May-24 Harry Hennem 31 Lewis Hyde 16 Roddy MacGregor 12 May-24 Calum MacKay 35 May-24 Cameron MacKay 21 Daniel MacKay 17 On loan from Hibs till May 2023 Billy Mckay 9 May-23 Lewis Nicolson 33 May-25 George Oakley 14 May-24 Max Ram 15 May-24 Ali Riddle 27 Mark Ridgers 1 May-24 Austin Samuels 24 May-23 Nathan Shaw 22 May-23 Matthew Strachan 34 May-24 Shane Sutherland 11 May-23 Robbie Thompson 29 On loan to Clach FC till January2023 Tom Walsh 7 May-23 Sean Welsh 4 May-24

Here are the first five fixtures for the WFC and the first is a home tie against Rossvale Women FC from Bishopbriggs.

Hello Cove! We welcome new Championship club Cove Rangers to the Caledonian Stadium on Saturday afternoon for our final group G League Cup group stages encounter. It's a 3:00pm kick-off for this game and we should see some familiar faces in the Cove ranks. Former Inverness players Iain Vigurs, Rory McAllister and Ross Draper are still on the books at Balmoral Stadium. Ex Aberdeen players Shay Logan, Mark Reynolds and Fraser Fyvie are also well established opponents and Mitch Megginson is a danger to any team. Last Time Out Cove surprisingly lost out 3-2 at home to Kelty Hearts. McAllister and Vigurs featured in that game with Fraser Fyvie and Robbie Leitch scoring for them. Shay Logan also started but it was Kelty that took the points, and they even had the luxury of Nathan Austin missing a first half penalty. Leitch's late goal made the score closer, but Cove were well beaten. Other group G results: Cove 1-2 Livi, Albion Rovers 1-2 Cove. Inverness eventually cruised to a 4-0 win over Albion Rovers. An early goal for Billy Mckay and a stunning free kick from Cammy Harper gave us the cushion needed at the interval. Another quickie a minute after the restart from Wallace Duffy impersonating a striker and a steal from Harper with his head ended the scoring to put Inverness in a strong place to qualify from Group G. Three wins for the Caley Jags so far over Kelty, Livi and Albion Rovers. The last time we played Albion Rovers thirteen years ago we also ran out 4-0 winners. Even better, we went on to beat Dundee to the Championship title and got promotion to the Premier League for the second time. Sounds good, let's have another bash at that. Cove Catch-up by Eric A corresponding fixture last season saw Paul Hartley in charge, however after guiding Cove to promotions through the leagues to the Championship he has been lured south of the Border to manage Hartlepool United. Hartley and his assistant left this summer after a fee was negotiated. Incoming manager is Jim McIntyre whose coaching career has included Dunfermline, Bristol City (first team coach), Queen of the South then Ross County September 2014 to September 2017 when he was sacked alongside assistant Billy Dodds. Most recently managing Dundee season 2018/19 but was relieved of duties after only 4 wins in 31 games. Former Inverness players Iain Vigurs, Rory McAllister and Ross Draper are still on the books at Balmoral Stadium. Former Don's Shay Logan Mark Reynolds and Fraser Fyvie are also well established opponents and Mitch Megginson is a danger to any team. Incoming players so far are Evan Towler a 17 year old left back on loan from Aberdeen FC B, and Gerry McDonagh a centre forward once of Nottingham Forest Youth to U23 set up but after being with a number of English clubs has arrived at Cove on a free transfer. Latest Team News Sutherland and Walsh are long term casualties Here's Dodds... View full article

BBC Stats often don't reflect the game and these look like they are a little generous to us. We didn't really take control of the game for any length of time. Our goal was the best piece of play and well worked, but other than that we showed a lot of naivety and allowed Cove to draw us into their game which resulted in is committing needless fouls. We need to be smarter and have confidence that we can execute our own game plan and not be so reactionary in our approach to games. Still, we progress, bring on the next game.

I think he might have had one this morning

My interpretation is that STFU is stating that the club lost £1m due to the concerts earlier this month, whilst others are asking the source of his information. To my knowledge, nothing has been said publicly, but I’m happy to be corrected on that if the figure has been stated and is correct.

Can someone talk sense on this thread please, what is this all about?

The game did have a pre-season feel to it, and would have been a different contest had both clubs had something to play for. I thought Cove's play acting was well over the top, and the ref had a particularly bad game in my opinion, being conned multiple times by the Cove players. We had some nice spells of play, it was our final ball that let us down. We had some good performers, but I really think we missed Sean Welsh in the midfield, he controls the pace and picks a good pass. Really looking forward to the new season next Saturday, and just a word for the fantastic Red and black strip, magnificent, I bought one from the shop today, it really is a beauty.

A Freudian slip. Highland league is a rather pathetic wee dram Much reduced in quantity when Glen Mhor and Tomatin were removed from the blend.

You thinking of having a dram tonight by any chance?!

That looks like very well balanced team. I used to occasionally watch Cove in the Highland park. Hard to believe that they are now in the Championship.

I am looking forward to it. Being the first of five games against them this season we want to start with a win!

Good ice cream there

Congratulations to the club for getting closer to promotion than for many years.

This is becoming a bit of a conundrum - How are we going to feck this up ?

Surely ya cannae be classed as true Invernessian unless both great-grandparents were born within earshot of the parish church bells and no decendant has since travelled south of Tomatin to muddy the true heilan bloodline

As a non seeded team we can now look forward to a game against Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Dundee United, Motherwell, Aberdeen, Dundee or most likely Arbroath away.

Why does it matter where the info came from?