He would, wouldn't he!
It's a pity you didn't ask him for his comments on the fact that, before the merger, an average of around 600 fans combined watched Caley and Thistle playing in the Highland League. Now, following progress within 10 years to the SPL, an attendance of 3501 is regarded as disappointing.
And yes, I do know, among others, one very conspicuous anti merger protester supporting ICT. Mike Shewan (aka Gemmell) was a leading "Rebel" and one of the five of that group at one point lined up to take over in the event of the Rebels managing to oust the established Caley Committee. He has now for some years been a member of the ICT Management Committee and his jobs at home games include manning the end of the tunnel... as it happens with ex Thistle committee man John Falconer. These two have become the best of friends since 1994 and that to me epitomises what this merger has been all about. (And apart from Gemmell, the Social Club is full of old Caley fans after a home game.)
Yngwie... I wonder of your "chap" might have been Alan Douglas (aka Buenos Hornell). I noticed after ICT's accounts showed a loss the other week he was doing his level best to doomsay on the Courier's website. It's a pity nobody pointed out to him that the profits which ICT had returned for each of the two previous years were just the kind of money that Caledonian FC used to struggle to make as total annual turnover in its latter days.
On the other hand that might still be too much for this Lifelong Caledonian Fan to absorb since he is presumably still trying to find out who Chic Allan was. :thumb04:
You cant knock the guy,he loved the club and tried with all his will to keep them from going out of existence,for that alone i take my hat of to him,just a pity ICT dont have any fans like him he would certainly get the atmosphere going at the dump
HAHA the two removel men you had were none other than the editors of the hilarious LSM caley fanzine,both now working in Edinburgh running their removal business