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KDM @ FIRHILL We try again Weather permitting, the Caley Jags will face the Harry Wraggs in the last 16 of the KDM Trophy at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill on Tuesday night. The snow was aplenty up North but Partick managed to play against Morton at the weekend with a stirring three goal comeback in a five goal encounter whilst we were snowed off in our home game versus Peterhead. However, don't fret if you are snowbound in the North. Should the game go ahead, the full match will be shown live on BBC Alba with a 7:45pm kick-off. The original fixture was scheduled for 6th January but was postponed due to weather and travel conditions but the big thaw is on and we should be going ahead a week later on Tuesday 13th of January with a 19:45 Kick-off. It was also due to be screened live by BBC Alba but that is unlikely now. Since the original date, Partick went down 2-0 at Dingwall last Friday night with former Caley Jag Jay Henderson bagging two first half goals. We faltered again away to Cove Rangers on Saturday afternoon and had Ross Munro to thank for a 96th minute penalty save to earn a point in a 0-0 draw. No wins in three for the Caley Jags but Chanka Zimba returned to the starting XI after a thigh injury. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That was our team we put out against Montrose in League1 action although we have previously tweaked our side for KDM games. Logan Ross usually gets the gloves but we are in with the big boys this time so Kells and Billy will make the call on that one as we look to progress. Our last KDM game was a bit of a mismatch as we thrashed Dumbarton 9-0 at the Rock, a record breaking score for the Caley Jags. However, we were found wanting in our next two League1 games going down away to Stenhousemuir and Montrose. Partick will be another step up in quality and if we are serious about progressing, then we need to put a strong starting XI on the park. We gave them a game in an early pre-season encounter, but we can't read too much into that. Two early goals from Trialist 'A' believed to be Destiny Ojo, got Inverness off to a great start at Petershill in this pre-season game against Partick Thistle. He scored in the 9th minute when Partick lost possession in midfield and Wotherspoon advanced before slipping a pass through to Ojo who found the net with a tidy finish. Another error and it's another goal for Ojo. He benefitted from the error and he took the ball round Budinauckas before rolling it into the net. It remained that score up to the interval. HALF TIME 0-2 Three quickfire goals from Stanway, Chalmers and Stanway again put Partick ahead within 8 minutes of the restart. Stanway knocked in from close range and a minute later Chalmers, from the edge of the box, found the back of the net with an excellent finish high to the keeper's right. It got worse two minutes later when Stanway received the ball from Crawford on the right and and he fired high into the top right hand corner of the net. Three in three minutes, and that's how it ended. Looks like most subs from both sides got a game. FULL TIME: 3-2 Partick's team that beat Morton 3-2 coming from 2-0 down to take the three points at the weekend. Stanway, Turner and Tony Watt with a 94th minute strike rounding of the comeback at the death. Against County Oisin Smyth replaced Fitzpatrick in the starting XI but he has since returned to parent club St Mirren. Partick went down 2-0 at Dingwall last Friday night with former Caley Jag Jay Henderson bagging two first half goals. Let's not forget that despite an erratic set of results recently, Partick are still second behind St Johnstone in the Championship despite just one League win in their last six and three draws and two losses. Mark Wilson bemoaned at Dingwall: "If you start a game like that then it's incredibly difficult to get a foothold... We just didn't deal with those two moments well enough and gave ourselves too much of a mountain to climb." Logan Chalmers and Alex Samuels are both at Firhill. Partick edged out Cove Rangers 1-2 in the last round with Kyle Turner and Alex Samuel getting the goals. Here's who started in that one Partick ThistleGoalkeeper1 Lewis Budinauckas Defender2 Cammy Logan 3 Patrick Reading 19 Luke McBeth 20 Daniel O'Reilly Midfielder4 Scott Martin 6 Kyle Turner 24‎'‎ ⚽ 26 Ben Stanway Forward9 Alex Samuel 27‎'‎⚽ 10 Logan Chalmers ‎ 11 Steven Lawless

At the end of 2025 we ended the year top of the league after being deducted five points. Here is an update on the Player of the Month up to December and the leaders in the Player of the Year for the season. Player of the Month. Seven different players, well done to all July. Paul Allan/Alfie Stewart. 13 points each with Liam Sole and Remi Savage second and third. August. Oscar MacIntyre. A clear winner on 64 points with David Wotherspoon and Alfie Stewart second and third. September. Liam Sole. 28 points with Calum MacLeod and David Wotherspoon a close second and third. October. Joe Chalmers. 13 points with Calum MacLeod and Liam Sole a close second and third. November. Adam MacKinnon. A clear winner on 39 points with Paul Allan and Remi Savage second and third. December. Remi Savage. 16 points with Calum MacLeod and Paul Allan a close second and third. Referee Performance. The best was Daniel Graves in our 6 – 0 win over Dundee 11. Some were Reasonable and some Poor. Two were Terrible, Iain Sneddon in our 2 – 0 win against Peterhead. Gavin Duncan in our 1 – 2 defeat against Stenhousemuir. The top six so far. 1. Calum MacLeod. 2. Oscar MacIntyre. 3. Paul Allan. 4. David Wotherspoon. 5. Adam MacKinnon. 6. Luis Longstaff. Many thanks to all who have voted so far, please keep your votes coming in, a higher number of votes the more points for the players. Even if you have not voted before it’s not too late, start anytime, even the next game on the TV.

In the space of 28 days in January 2026 we now have 5 away games and 2 home ones. That is some challenge. After Peterhead home this Saturday it is off to Partick on Tuesday, then Aberdeen (Cove) on Saturday 10th. After a week's recovery it's off to Edinburgh and Spartans. We now have a trip to Methil on the 20th. On the 24th its Alloa home but a week later it's off to Dumfries.

No matter what, Charlie Bhoy should ignore his loyalty and refuse Celtic’s approach to speak to Kells! bc