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Had to check that you weren't joking They also had a match against Stirling Albion, with a changed team, but still all Trialists. Stlrlingshire Cup - 60 minute games - 3 games at Ochilview and 3 at Falkirk today. https://dumbartonfootballclub.com/fixtures/stirling-albion-v-dumbarton/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0k786vj1x7o ""Amazing day for the Trialist family," one X user replied to the club..."

So one more Sam or Ross and we could play 4-3-4?

Going to change our name to Ross Country?

Aye. I was thinking of saying "make sure you go to the right circus" - but I decided that we were past all that!

Make sure you go to the right event https://circusvegasuk.com/locations/inverness/ Venue: Caledonian Thistle FC SAT NAV: IV1 1FF Opening Period: Fri July 4th to Wed July 9th 2025 Showtimes: Fri July 4th…… 7pm ONLY Sat July 5th… 2pm, 5pm & 7.45pm Sun July 6th… 2pm & 5pm Mon July 7th… 3pm & 7.30pm Tue July 8th… 3pm & 7.30pm Wed July 9th… 12 Noon & 3pm They have their own big top. So I'm guessing that car parking might be quite limited that afternoon...

One of their vocalists sounds uncannily like the late Bruce Guthro of Runrig. So they won't be getting any more of my attention Though I do wonder sometimes how much great Scottish music I am missing by being down in the south of Engerland....

Are you able/allowed to say what percentage of the money owed to them the unsecured creditors are getting?

Interesting that yesterday's Companies House filing is simply documentation of the 2023 AGM resolutions empowering the directors to create new shares (to "allot shares"). Is this a) filing something that should have been filed two years ago? b) indicative of a plan to issue more shares to Savage? (which would dilute the value (what value?) of each share, unless more security (what security?) was converted into shares) c) a & b? d) demonstrating my ignorance of business practices?

Indeed. On the way out, someone said to me "Whatever happens now, we'll always be in the history books!". Prophetic! If you're here, take a bow, because we nearly were just a memory in the history books

His lapel badge is a clue - it's Spurs.

I think the number one goal for next season is survival. (Assuming that we do come out of administration, of course - which is yet to happen.) A different type of survival, though, from this past season. More a case of seeing what sort of squad we can get together, ensuring that we don't get relegated, and, most importantly, getting the club up and running on a sustainable basis. Anything else would be a bonus, especially in the league where we start 5 points behind everyone else.

Likewise, I am over 500 miles away. Was pleased to see two Highland teams admitted to the league back in 1994, although I did wish that they had been further apart. Yes I wish that we had done better than County, and yes I know that they often field a team with no Scots, let alone Highlanders. Nowadays my feelings towards them are apathy more than antipathy. Not sorry for them - just not bothered.

That's just 9 days' time. Is there anything to stop us talking to other players now, and hoping that they don't sign another deal before we can make them an offer?

Not sure if you meant to ICT or to elsewhere. I don't know the County squad, but I'd have thought that it would be worth sniffing around to see if anyone would be willing to balance the (massive?) drop in salary against the opportunity to stay in the area. Maybe an older player with a wife in a well-paying job and kids in school. That probably narrows it down quite a bit

I didn't understand why. The statement said "the purchase of the lease in respect of the land surrounding the stadium, which involves a splitting of the lease...". What split? Surely any splitting would have occurred at the time that PropCo acquired that lease from the club? And now all that should be needed is a transfer of that lease to FC Inverness or to the club (if it can be transferred to the club whilst it is in administration).

OTOH, there was a guy at my gym, who'd obviously been in some accident and used to come in on crutches for physio on the machines. He used to wear a Palace top, and when I first saw it, with its eagle, I got very excited. But then I realised... Have often thought that we should have got in touch with Palace to investigate potential commercial or other tie-ups. Would be lost in the noise at the moment, and no doubt their price has just gone through the roof! Still, a phone call during the summer would do no harm.

You'd assume that the administrators and Savage are aware that there will be a tiny proportion of the shares that they will never be able to acquire. You'd assume that... but on the other hand I was recently reading an interview with JJ Burnel, the last of the original Stranglers. Apparently he'd been on breakfast TV earlier, and they had asked him if he kept in touch with former members. "Only through a medium!", said he

No - they've said that it's because it wasn't a clearcut goalscoring opportunity. Haaland was heading slightly wide of the goals. But they didn't even give a free kick! I didn't think the penalty was correct either. Silva possibly wouldn't have reached the ball, or have been able to do anything with it. Palace's goal was fantastic!

Aye. When someone asked recently how we could attract more fans back, the discussion quickly turned to ticket prices. But my first thought had been "Get known again, through a lot of presence in the town and community!".

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/11/duncan-ferguson-everton-pigeons-biggest-regrets-questions My question didn't make it Only mention of us is in the very last paragraph, answering a question about proudest moment and biggest regret in his managerial career. "But as a manager I’ve picked two really tough jobs. Dynamo couldn’t have saved Forest Green Rovers but when results aren’t there people start to abandon you. I didn’t know where Forest Green was. They were not my players. They were bottom of the league. This was late January. They had no chance of staying up but I thought, after speaking to the guy, I’d get the rebuild for next year. But promises, promises … When I went into Inverness they were bottom with one point. I took us 19 points above the automatic relegation place and into a playoff, where a refereeing decision against Hamilton killed me. It’s not put me off. I improved Everton and Inverness. I lost my job at Inverness through administration – you couldn’t make it up."

Not as far as I am aware. The unsecured creditors still have to agree to whatever is offered them - which may be nothing. Wasn't 22nd May set as a date for bringing things to a conclusion?

So it looks as though it is now all dependent on the unsecured creditors accepting whatever is offered to them.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/02/duncan-ferguson-questions-everton-rangers-dundee-united-newcastle-scotland The Guardian is asking for questions for Big Dunc, ahead of the publication of his book. I have submitted the following question: "What do you think of Inverness Caledonian Thistle's performance this season after you left them, and after they were deducted 15 points for going into administration?" I doubt if it will see the light of day

If it stops halfway and then starts going backwards, we'll know that he DID write it

Oi! That's my wife's family that you are talking about What the **** did you feed it to end up with hypodermics stuck into the Ochils??? And you missed out the smell from the McCowans toffee factory next door. Now sadly closed down. Could always tell when they were making raspberry.