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I would have let Yogi go to Dee Utd, get decent compensation, that would afford a decent replacement instead of the big gamble with Richie F.

If you could change one event in the clubs history what would it be? It can be anything. E.g. signing or selling/releasing a player, managerial appointment, chairman/director/ceo appointment, outcome of a match etc. The only caveat is that everything after the event is not guaranteed to happen. E.g. if Butcher had stayed we wouldn't necessarily have won the Scottish Cup but we may also not have appointed Gardiner as ceo! Would be interesting to see the reasoning for the change and how you think things would be different today.

With all the turmoil the club is going through it's a time to remember the good times. From the P&J today Mike Teasdale with Ann Nicoll after our Scottish Cup victory over Celtic in February 2000.

We can’t be changing anything pre cup final as that is the pinnacle. It did start to go wrong straight after this though. Even going into the next games v Astra it already started to feel like we were missing a lot. It’s a tough question to answer but I think Yngwie is spot on when saying it would only delay the inevitable. It doesn’t matter where we tweek our history, we were always going to end up back down the leagues. I don’t think anyone ever thought it would be this fast though. Relegation from the Premier was always going to happen eventually, however being reckless with our finances in the Championship was very much avoidable and therefore unforgivable.

Two games that still rip my knitting nearly 20 years later. 2005-6. We are at home to Partick in round 4. We are in the Premier and they are two divisions below us. We have come from behind and lead 2-1. With eight minutes left, Liam Fox is put through on Kenny Arthur but blooters it straight at the keeper. In stoppage time Paul Ritchie wins Partick a penalty which they convert for 2-2. We dominate the replay but go out after one of the worst sets of penalties ever seen, I.e. before the one at Forthbank. Both the ugly sisters were already out and that was the year Hearts beat Gretna in the final. Even worse: 2006-7 and we are at home to Celtic in the quarter-final. For most of the game we lead through a Bayne strike and Celtic rarely threaten. With three minutes to go we are taunting the disguised Tims in the north stand who are leaving early. Then from a corner, Pressley heads the equaliser and we are resigned to a trip to Parkheid for the replay. Then Kenny Miller hits the winner. With Rangers already out, the other semi-finalists are St Johnstone, Hibernian and Dunfermline.

I was going to say the appointment of Foran as manager, but you are right to go back a stage further. The relegation that followed under Foran well and truly set us on the slippery slope we’ve been hurtling down for years. Having said that, maybe a different course of action then would only have delayed the inevitable? We punched above our weight for years, and relegation was simply bound to happen to a club our size.

As a reminder, these were the Club's assets as declared on the accounts to 30 May 2023 Fixed assets £2,043,272 being mainly the stands and stadium and some plant and equipment Investments £1 being the Battery Farm project I assume - described as group interests Current assets - Stocks, debtors and cash £1,093,349 Ross Morrison can certainly be offered some of the stock (anyone for a shirt?) but we know there is no real debtors money or cash left. Having a second hand lawn mover could be useful if he has a large lawn. I have a view on the stands and stadium which is not necessarily shared by others. We can only speculate what are Ross's revised rights and options as a creditor. Does he have the Club over a barrel or are the Administrators in a stronger position?

A plans for a battery energy storage system (BESS) linked to Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC has been refused permission by a Scottish government appointed planning official. The Highland football club had hoped its involvement in the project would generate funds for its community outreach projects. Developer Intelligent Land Investments Group appealed to the Scottish government after Highland councillors refused planning permission for the facility on a site at Inverness' Fairways Business Park. The planning official, called a reporter, has rejected the appeal and refused permission because the project does not comply with Highland Council local development plans. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98d9ezn338o