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Wasps Flying High Top of the table with a game in hand, Alloa Athletic come North on Saturday on Ladies Day for a game scheduled to kick-off at 3:00pm. It's been a great start to the season for the Wasps who were the lowest placed team to get out of the group stages of the League Cup, ousting Dundee in the process and now sit top of League1 after three games whilst almost all others have played four times. It's all happening this week in the Highlands. A hat-trick for Zimba, a lambada, rumba or samba for the ladies, top of the Mickey Mouse League for the CJ's and new strip launched at the Caledonian Sarens PSG Stadium. The feelgood factor is back. What's not to like! Bar 94 opens at 1200, last orders at 1430 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1445). The bar reopens at full time 🚍 Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415. 🚍 Buses return from Stadium to Bus Station 10 mins after the FT whistle and at 1800. 🚍 🎟️ £2.70 single (contactless payments or cash accepted), and Over 60 / Disabled and Under 22 Concession passes are valid, giving free travel on the service to passholders. If anyone can help us distribute the leaflets at the turnstiles from 1400 until just before kick off, please let us know at [email protected]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info New Kit Launch NosCup v Forres KDM Trophy v Binos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We took a deserved win at Links Park last Saturday with this squad. Paul Allan and Ross Millen missed out but Adam MacKinnon started on the bench as he builds up to full fitness, as did Chanka Zimba, Jordan Alonge, Liam Sole and Robbie Thompson. First half goals from Alfie Bavidge and Calum MacLeod did the damage as we eased to the points although questions may be asked why we tailed off in the second half. That's three wins out of four and three clean sheets for the CJ's and that puts us 7th in the table, despite the five point deduction to start the season with. Good to get into the peleton early. League1 results so far Kelty Hearts 0-3 (Mckay, Longstaff, Spoony) Peter Reid 2-0 (Spoony, Sole) Warriors 1-2 (Allan pen) Montrose 0-2 (Bavidge, MacLeod) We unleashed a hungry man in our midweek Mickey Mouse Cup win over the Young Dons. They took the lead through Tristan Stephen but Chanka Zimba soon warmed up. Three minutes later he equalised and was generally too much for the young Dons to handle as he stroked in another couple for his hat-trick before Billy Mckay ended the scoring in the final minute to make it an ultimately comfortable 4-1 win. With Zimba, Sole, Alonge and Thompson all starting, we were always going to be a threat in attack and that was backed up by a superstrong bench. LADIES DAY IS HERE >>> 📅 Saturday 30th August ⚽ ICTFC v Alloa Athletic 🎟️ £70 per person 🎤 The fantastic Michael Lewis 👉 Book your spot now! 💻 Eticketing 📧 [email protected] 📞 01463 222880✨ Alloa are a game behind the rest (Kelty Hearts excepted) but still top the table being the only side with a 100% record in League1. Not high scoring at the moment, but they have shown a penchant for extra late goals this season and have conceded only once in the League. They started the League campaign with an opening day win at Stenhousemuir, coming from behind to win 1-2. Dale Carrick had opened the scoring for Muir but goals either side of the interval by Steven Buchanan and Kurtis Roberts secured the Wasps win. Another away win followed at East Fife by a solitary Dave Devine strike as they dug deep to come away with another three points. A creditable showing at Ibrox saw them bow out of the League Cup 4-2 against Rangers, although maybe that can now be viewed as a shock result... That was the game that resulted in the League1 encounter with Kelty being put on ice. Their resilience knows no bounds and last week they beat Hamilton Accies 1-0 at home with Devine again knocking in from close range to keep the Wasps buzzing. Manager Andy Graham has been keeping his hand in on the park as well and he featured in the midweek KDM Trophy drama against St Mirren. The wasps came from two down to level the game with 91st and 92nd minute goals from a Lewis Bruin Waspy Special and a Luke Rankin tap in. Alas, they were pipped at the post by a 93rd minute strike by St Mirren's Calvin. Their two KDM fixtures have yielded no points thus far. (St Mirren B @ home & Stranraer away) ***Latest News: Alloa made three late signings since yesterday. This morning, striker Callum Gallagher returns after leaving the Smokies and young center back Charlie Dewar comes in on loan from the Arabs with midfielder Calum Adamson arriving as part of a cooperation loan deal from Rangers yesterday. Dramatic ending and some strike by Bruin

It may only be matchday 5 but this is a massive game for us. Win and we burst Alloa’s bubble and end the day two points behind them, albeit they’ve a game in hand. Lose and we are eight points behind them, potentially eleven if they win their game in hand, and that dents our title ambitions. They’ve not been blowing teams away and have had some late goals, so we need to be in our ga e until the final whistle. However, with the way we’ve been playing and what seems to be strength in depth, I’m confident we can get the three points. Hopefully a big crowd is there too.

Real test awaits. A sign of success for me will not be loosing a goal as this remains the weakest part of our team IMO. Hoping more than expecting a ICT victory tomorrow but looking forward to the match nonetheless! bc

Sutton United are playing Carlisle United tomorrow- Cameron Harper should be in Carlisles team, I shall be at the match, might get a chance to wish him well. Carlisle are in third place whilst Sutton are already languishing in a relegation spot, may be a tough match for Sutton. Carlisle play in Red, Blue and White stripes...so wearing a Caley shirt in his honour probably not on 🤪

+1 We really liked that shirt and would have got my wallet out but, at the time, there was too much going on in the boardroom and didn't want any of my money entering the club whilst 'you know who' was still hanging around like a bad smell.