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Willsy + CB + return to CTO + Macaroni = concern + possible CEO conflict. Feel slightly sorry for peeps who no a lot more but unable to share. This is undoubtedly the worst and most serious case of communication breakdown with the fan base. I really fear for the existence of the club and the only short term solution appears to be the Battery Project succeeding and the guilt parties taking their spoils and leaving others to pick up the broken pieces. I will always be pro- Dunc but I also fear that his appointment was a smokescreen and was subsidised by those looking for personal gain. And what can we feckin do other than wait.

Aaron Doran’s goal has been voted the best goal in the fifth round of the cup.

Go on then, it’ll happen one day… Edinburgh City @ 19.00

Even that seems a bit vague. Surely there are more convenient areas to park between the Stadium and the project?

Alan Savage waiting in the wings to buy the club for a quid.

74 from a Google search. Given that only 5 out of 15 members of the Planning Committee could vote, primarily as the other 10 had not been at the Committee meeting that deferred the decision or had not been at the site visit, how are other Councillors now qualified to determine the case when they’ve had no involvement in the discussions and not visited the site? Presumably that increases the chances of an appeal being successful if one is needed.

I understand it is a planning condition for Red John that there is no parking at the site to minimise traffic on the road to the scheme, so construction workers get bussed in, and it’s been agreed with the club that the car park can be used, presumably (my assumption) on condition that the surface is improved. This then gives the club an income stream. The intention is that there will be more fans’ meetings arranged by the Supporters Trust so anyone with questions will be welcome to come along and put them direct to representatives of the club.

Ah well here's to the 40th anniversary and ground sharing with Clach

Again, all I can do is to refer to what the Chairman said at the Fans’ Meeting. He said the funding would allow investment in facilities at the ground which would secure future income streams. One is the Home Car Park, allowing it to be used as a car park for staff involved in the Red John construction project. I think he also mentioned the Sports Bar, but I can’t be certain on that. He also made it clear that, without this sum (and we don’t know how much the “seven figure sum” is) the club will be unable to continue with all its current activities, indicating that it would affect the Trust, Academy, Women’s Team etc. That’s my recollection of what he said, but others in attendance may be able to add more detail or things I have missed.

our 30th year also

Thank you for these responses and any others would be welcome in an attempt to clarify exactly what is going on here. I am more than prepared to be corrected on this, but it is, however, beginning to look likely that this is far from “Caley Thistle’s battery farm” and more like the club being used as a vehicle for ILI to gain access to suburban site for an industrial installation. Whether there is also an element of using the club’s position as a prominent local sporting entity as a lever to realise this objective is perhaps also worth considering. As an ITandC shareholder (very minor!), I’m a bit disappointed that more clarity has not been provided to those who actually own the club. When the BF was mentioned at the last AGM, it didn’t appear to be at an advanced enough stage for detail to be sought, and in any case everyone was still smarting from the demise of the Concert Company. The BF issue will certainly need to be pursued at the next AGM although, remembering that the date of the last one breached the requirements of the company’s Articles of Association by several months, it’s not clear when that might take place. One further observation - for how long would the “seven figure sum” or whatever other benefit is expected here keep the ever present financial wolf from the door, given that there may be loans to pay off (?) and also the fundamentally large loss making football operation?

Nailed it. As Robert says above: the chairman was quite clear at the meeting - the club get a one off windfall from this project and ZERO on-going revenues. This is a tacit admission that they intend to flog it ASAP on to another party. How this benefits the community beyond the (alleged) immediate survival of the club is a mystery. As Mr Bannerman highlights, this has all been horribly opaque and does not sit well.

Who was on the Panel, the chairman of our planning applications committee?

Probably as I have just lost interest to an extent. Partly down to me as the product / entertainment on offer is poor. Partly down to not liking the way the club is run. To summarise, ICT is not as appealing to me anymore for various reasons.

Or it gets passed back to planning with instructions that the rest attend a site visit before another vote. Kicking the decision further down the road.