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That was a hard watch. We rattled the woodwork in the first half and their keeper had several good saves. I thought the early goal after half time would galvanise us but we stopped playing and invited Montrose onto us and we could easily have ended up drawing. Our pitch is normally excellent but I lost count of how many times our players slipped (Montrose players didn’t seem to) and that could easily have cost us dearly. Our passing was very slack at times. At half time, I thought MacKinnon, Sole and Macleod were our best players but the first two were hooked early in the second half. I assume MacKinnon is being protected after his injury, whilst Sole was out doing exercises at half time so presumably had picked up a knock. Allan was the stand out in the second half with Zimba taking his goal well and Munro having some decent saves. In previous seasons we’d probably not have seen the game out, but we should not have had the tense ending we had, and it was self inflicted. But let’s remember that we got the job done and are top of the league so let’s put a poor performance behind us and enjoy where we are!

Halloween Trick or Treat The Gable Endies come North on Halloween Saturday as we head into a spooktacular Matchday 12 in League1, where dookin for apples and guising for nuts will be the order of the day. The Caley Jags sit in second place with Montrose slipping up recently losing their last three games which has dropped them to third bottom of the League1 table and shipping ten goals in the process. We picked up a valuable three points at Peterhead last week after a couple of uninspiring performances to get back on track and sit just one point behind Stenhousemuir who face a testing visit to Palmerston and East Fife heading to cash strapped Hamilton Accies. All to play for! The big question is: Will it be a Trick or a Treat... 💀👻🍒 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bar/Bus/Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3rd Round tie at Foresters Park v Tranent will be ALL TICKET. 🎫Ticket Prices for tie to be played weekend of 29th November Adults - £15 👵 Concessions - £10 🧒Under 15s - £5 (must have a ticket and be accompanied by an adult) Tickets will be available to purchase soon - stay tuned for on-sale details and make sure you don’t miss what’s set to be a massive afternoon at Foresters Park! 👊 Our starting XI at Peterhead. Gritty performance in horrendous conditions and a hard earned win thanks to Billy Mckay's birthday present to us. That win got us over the sticky performances against Accies and Kelty. Since we last met: Mont 0-2 ICTFC ICTFC 1-0 Alloa Cove 0-1 ICTFC QotS 0-2 ICTFC ICTFC 4-1 E Fife Accies 3-1 ICTFC ICTFC 2-2 Kelty P'Head 0-1 ICTFC Luis Longstaff sat out the last couple and we await news of his injury situation. Mathew Strachan is the latest youngster to head out on loan. He is off to Brora again on loan until January 2026. Matthew, 20, is an ICT Academy graduate and has made 34 first-team appearances for the club. ℹ️ Matchday Info: Montrose 🎟️ Tickets available HERE 🚗 North & South Car Park Open 🍺Bar 94 open 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 the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time 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. Montrose squad at Cove. Since we last met: Monty 0-2 ICTFC Monty 2-1 P'Head Alloa 0-1 Monty E Fife 1-1 Monty Monty 2-1 Queens Stenny 3-1 Monty Monty 0-4 Accies Monty 3-0 Cove R After our last meeting, Montrose went on a formidable run with 10 points from a possible 12. Unfortunately for them, their losing streak was extended to three following defeat at Cove. Top scorer is Graham Webster with three League goals and he has made over 400 appearances for the club. Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Stenny 11 5 21 2 ICTFC 11 12 20 3 E Fife 11 1 18 4 Alloa 11 2 17 5 P'Head 11 0 16 6 Queen 11 -1 16 7 Accies 11 14 14 8 Monty 11 -11 11 9 Kelty 11 -13 7 10 Cove 11 -9 5 Trick or Treat Q: What did the parent say to the baby ghost? A: Don’t spook until you’re spoken to. Q: What do you call six witches in a jacuzzi? A: A self cleaning coven. Q: Did you hear about the guy who got behind on payments to his exorcist? A: He got repossessed.

I'm not sure hammering the ball repeatedly at the keeper counts as good saves. Once or twice we worked him maybe, but apart from that just poor finishing. We seem to lose cohesion after the substitutions, play becomes very scrappy and we end up on the wrong side of possession, desperately chasing the ball. Still plenty of things to work on in training.

Like everyone has said; we were totally comfortable until we scored. The performance after that was shambolic ! 🤯

Fully agree with all of this. No intensity in the second half at all

That was a hard watch after we scored. Yet again, we just seemed to stop playing, could pass to each other and lost most of the second balls. It's worrying as it's not the first time this has happened. Either we lack fitness or players are carrying knocks. I don't think Kellagher escapes criticism either as, at times, he seems incapable of changing the game with his substitutions. What is more frustrating is that up to the goal, we created plenty chances and had it not been for the Montrose keeper, we would have been out of sight. Typical poor performance from the referee as usual.

Looking good, well done again today!

FT 1-0. Sounds like it should have been all over by half time, but it’s a win and another good day for us.

A win is a win and 3 points is very welcome! But, Feck what happened after we scored? Seems that we mentally turn off! That last 20 mins was frankly ridiculous! Which team was the full time pro ? Cove next week and will our shocking home form mean we scrape a 1 0 and hang on, Wonder how Kell will explain the 2nd half collapse? Anyway, for me the best players were Chalmers, Savage and Allan.

No sign of anyone else, either. Lonely here

At least we don't have Gardyne to booo at now, thank goodness!