I always found it difficult to understand why caley fans chose not to follow ICT. The merged team played at Telford St, in what was basically a caley strip, the team was full of former caley players and most of the media and fans even referred to the merged team as 'caley' !
Jags fans found it much more difficult to adopt the new team for exactly the aforementioned reasons! Indeed it took me 6 years before I was to attend an ICT match ....and even then I was coerced into it!!! However, 14 years after the merger and here I am an ICT fan.
I wouldn't say that there is a rivalry amongst former jaggies and caley fans in the ICT support, but it does disappoint me that the club does still adhere to 'the predominantly blue' agreement from the merger, when the hardcore of caley rebels that it was designed to appease are not now ICT fans!!! As it also irks me when I hear media and pundits refer to ICT as 'caley' !!
Personally I do know Jags fans, and some caley fans, that refuse to acknowledge ICT but they number only a couple of dozen !