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My thoughts on the damage/confrontation As the crowd was more than double our biggest crowd of the season, how many were actual fans in the North Stand invasion group. I met a few people on the day that a know to be big fans of other clubs. They were not involved in any way in the damage or altercations, but how many were in amongst the young team mainly gathered behind the goals. I agree the stewarding was a major part of the problem. They should have got the overspill into the seated area instead of encouraging the pi55he4ds to climb on the wall and carry on with their pre-planned exuberance. The club knew how many tickets they sold therefore they should have been better prepared for all eventualities, including pies... There were some fans who were too drunk to have been allowed into the stadium and the orchestrator in front of the 'mob' was seen to be the centre of a few arguments on the park amongst our own fans. I witnessed one of our regular fans having angry words with him on the park and threatening to report him to the police for whatever he did. All in, it was a very predictable outcome to what should just have been a day of celebration. With regards to the damage to seats. There is no excuse for that. Someone must know who did it. Report it. This trend has been growing in the lower leagues for some time now with bricks thrown at buses, youths confronting away fans etc. Back to Green Street days

Ross County now joined by Airdrieonians - League 1 will again be very competitive next year so no guarantee that THE County will win it!!!

Relax. It's in Malta. https://sport.timesofmalta.com/2026/04/24/77-sports-announces-major-investment-in-newly-promoted-birzebbuga-st-peters/ My wife has just observed: "Ah yes. The home of dodgy finance and money laundering." . Mods, if you feel this is more suitable for "General Nonsense", feel free...

The club has announced the results of the players’ and fans’ votes: Players’ POTY: Remi Savage Players’ Young POTY: Alfie Stewart Fans’ POTY: Alfie Stewart Fans’ Young POTY: Calum Macleod Top Goalscorer: Alfie Bavidge

Security – A selected pertinent comments I took from my post on the Accies game. It was clear to anyone in the main stand the stewarding and security for the match was SEVERELY INADEQUATE. The result was the INEVITABLE charging onto the park when the moment presented itself. I condemned the Old Firm fans for their behaviour at the Cup OFM. – I can’t sit and write here a good number our fans didn’t do exactly the same and run towards the leaving Accies fans GOADING for some action. the kicking and punching that occurred in front of our ( and the many children attending) eyes. - Police were called to restore order, but the fact remains the club ICTFC are SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for the SAFETY of ALL FANS attending. this goes directly up to the CEO and Mr Savage. C Christie’s duties and responsibilities as CEO extend beyond simply trading and buying players. Yes security at matches cost money and if questions weren’t asked then the unsavoury events of 2nd May will (as sure and night follows day) happen again. So in simple language - yes chase the Neds but don’t attempt to disown or whitewash the responsible the part the club had in the pitch invasion and consequential following violence that occurred. The match security was woeful and corners were either cut (for cost savings) or gross negligence in not assessing the risks. The police IMO are also ‘in the dock’ as they would have been aware of the potential for a large attendance. If they meet with the club in advance and jointly agreed the security and stewarding for the match was suitable, then we clearly have a problem, as we will simply repeat this conversation sometime in the future. Does it require a major injury or worse to occur before we take notice and act professionally. bc

Quite simply, those found to have damaged seats etc, should be named and shamed, with photographs etc. Too many young people, for they are not fans, think they can do anything they want in today's society and suffer no consequences as punishment seems to be frowned upon by the authorities. Rant over.

And down again! (Snigger, snigger)