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Today could turn out to be a massive day in the title race. From looking like we’d end up two points behind Stenny to end up two ahead with a game in hand must give the squad confidence and momentum. I thought we played some good stuff in the first half but the Montrose goalkeeper pulled off several saves to keep the score down. I need to see it but am sure the Montrose break that led to the penalty should have been pulled up for offside but I may be wrong. The substitutions made a difference, with the pass from Wotherspoon to Macleod in the build up to the second goal being immense. Longstaff also made a difference. Credit to Kell for hooking Brannon at half time to save him from the risk of getting another booking. It was very nervy until Alonge’s calm finish for the third. He was deservedly the Man of the Match and Billy Mckay described him as the coolest guy in Scotland during the post match interviews in Bar 94. Maybe not pretty at times in the second half, but job done.

Wotherspoons pass😘

We made hard work of breaking Montrose down from 25 yards to their keeper. He made two or three really good saves, but we probably should put four or five past them without needing the late goals. Always on edge until we got the third. Might have been less tense had the fans been playing the game, but it was a bit edgy sitting in the stand. Not sure we should have been conceding a penalty but we got there in the end. Jordan Alonge deserving of his MotM when others around him generally made a hash of things.

Well done lads, good win. Sounds like the late goal made it comfortable. Altogether a very satisfying afternoon , what with Scotland duffing up France as well Onwards and upwards

Felt at one point Stenny just weren’t going away. Still a good result for them away from home so nice to see we finally wrapped it up late.

Phew, left it late but 3-1 FT. 2 points gained v Stenny when at one point they were gaining 2 on us. Job done, good day for us.

Get your point Cherly, But if we dont get 3 points, Stenny win at Queens ( which they are more than capable of) they will knock us off top, This is a big moral boost for them and a brain rattle for ICT! However, we win, Stenny draw and its lift for ICT and us fans!

What a great response. Thank you. I am recent Caly Jag convert - but do come from a couple of dacades of community campaigning which has included being a volunteer advisor to a large local authority - on the governance side. I have an intuitive sense the Alan has the Club's legacy and continuity at heart. And yeh, why not make a bit on the side in return for your efforts. I can also see that Kellacher has total delegated autonomy to design and shape the squad - which shows that Alan seems to be very football centric in his business modelling. Rather than just using a football club as a leverage/kudos to dodgy/birdbrained initiatives. As an aside - I bumped into the owners of Sarens PSG on the plane last time I flew up to Inverness. I was squeezing passed them as I was boarding and they said "I like your scarf. Good to see a Caley Thistle supporter on here!" This sparked a wee chat. I thanked them for their support. So, jokingly requested that they plow more money in to enhance the match-day experience. Their response was "Yep, we have had these suggestions already and we are seeing what we can do and what more money we can spare." So, Alan seems to be briefing what he would like from sponsors. Even, if Sarens PSG aren't able to cough up more - it seems to point towards Alan's stakeholder engagement strategy being very much bringing sponsors into a sense of community. Rather than just a cheap and cold marketing opportunity. He seems to be about team building and unapologetic in this. I already have a sense of the recent existential crisis that faced Caley Jags - a return to stark raving bonkers - to an Accies style management using the 'brand' and its trappings as a personal play thing - or us all moving to Merkinch to follow football in Inverness. So, fair play - if Alan is the guy I sense him to be - then I look forward to seeing, feeling and smelling developments when my pocket allows me to fly/train it up to Inverness. Hope these observations made sense?!

You are correct. 100% of the shares, including the 10% voting right assigned to the Supporters Trust shares, which started life under the members' club when the club was formed are gone. FC Inverness Ltd are confirmed to own all 6102370 ordinary shares in INVERNESS THISTLE AND CALEDONIAN F.C. LIMITED. In practical terms, it means AS can do whatever he likes, and the board membership is at his whim. If he and someone else disagree then he will (or can) always win. Personally, I would say it is not really a board in the traditional sense, but rather a set of advisors who can hopefully keep him grounded to the opinions and feelings of fans, sponsors and the local business community for the good of the club and his own reputation. The alternative is that we may not have existed or may have had Ketan Makwana and our former CEO at the helm. It was a condition of AS's involvement that he had 100% of the shares so that he could make decisions unencumbered. He may want to develop things, he may want to make shares available to some large donors, he may want to sell the club to a worthy owner in future. He could not do that with the fractured nature of our shares. Its a risk, but it was a better risk than the other alternatives and ultimately, he was at pains to point out that he wanted to give back to the city that has been good to him, so screwing up the football club or asset striping like some people may have done is not in his best interests. We - as shareholders - had to choose between keeping the club going under AS or retaining our shares and taking our chances. We chose AS. On the plus side since admin, I think he has shown that he has the club interests at heart. He put money in the kitty all through administration to avoid us being quite as much of a ****show as Hamilton. He appointed Mr ICT (Charlie) as CEO. He retained Kells as manager who has done pretty well so far (I know some will grumble but that's always the way - can't please everyone). Everything he has done to this point has been set out for the club to have local hands on the tiller at every level. Adding side businesses that the club may benefit from, and which may also benefit himself or his partner, or draw in potential future sponsors (like the 'owner' of the NC500 perhaps) are logical and if he makes a few quid out of it himself then he deserves it. A few years ago, the council plan had the stadium as a hub for recreational development in that area of the longman, perhaps that may begin to develop now and in the future and if it does then more opportunities may exist to develop the club revenues beyond the fortnightly home game 18 times a year.

Home defeat for the women today.