snorbens_caleyman

Not so. "This fixture is available to watch worldwide on PPV, including within the U.K. and Ireland." https://tv.ptfc.co.uk/product/partick-thistle-fc-v-inverness-c-t-fc-13th-january-2026-pay-per-view/ We're outside the Saturday afternoon window, so no restrictions. I wonder if my login from the covid years still works.

Such blatant (and cheap!) corruption. I've got a fiver in my pocket here. If anyone can match me, then we're through to the next round!

You have all my sympathies. But, as one of the comments I saw yesterday said - that's two seasons in a row that Palace has experienced "the magic of the FA Cup".

69% of possession, 10 shots so far. No goals. I'm getting déjà vu all over again.

That's what worries me. Could turn the match into a lottery, and/or result in serious injury. Fingers crossed.

Cove Rangers website doesn't help. It hasn't been updated with even routine match information for a couple of months.

For heaven's sake, open it out! Utilise the wings!

As I have already said, it was insane to schedule so many matches in January - for Scotland in general, not just for the teams in the north. Have I got this right? The minimum number of games a Scottish League One (or Two) team will play this season is 47 - 36 league games, 6 KDM Evolution, 4 Premier Sports Cup, and 1 Scottish Cup. Cup runs, replays and play-offs can add to that. Minumum number for an EPL club that's not in Europe? I reckon it's 40 - 38 league, 1 Caraboa Cup, 1 FA Cup. Possibly also cup runs and replays, but no play-offs. Which country has the milder climate? And clubs in which league have infinitely more resources, on and off the pitch? Madness. We really need to look at reducing the number of games to be played, and scheduling more matches towards the start and end of the season when the weather is better.

When someone on another thread said that we were playing 7 games in January, I thought that it was utter madness. I rest my case.

Might be useful to have a fully-fit player when the injury crisis hits us as we go into the last quarter of the season

I have it on no authority that Uncle Roy really wanted Kells, but just said "Get SK!"

As McIlroy's caddie (nearly) said to him before the US Masters play-off this year: "You'd have taken this at the start of the season!". (He actually said "week".)

BBC: "Second Half ends, Montrose 0, Inverness CT 1." If only...

I thought so too. Every time I looked, the BBC had Montrose ahead on possession, which is quite unusual for us. But it suddenly seems to have been changed to 59-41 in our favour!

Time to phone him and moan about clubs putting themselves in hock to buy success From the BBC reports and stats, that looks like one we should have won by a barrowload....

But 9 goals to come in the second

Thanks for the great information about Ochilview and about Stenhousemuir. But my wife, most of whose family come from Stenny, reckons you've been using AI There are no canals anywhere near Stenhousemuir. The Union Canal starts at the Falkirk Wheel - west of Falkirk, south of Stenny - and runs round the south of Falkirk to Edinburgh, hence the tunnel to hide it from Callendar House. The Laughin' and Greetin' Bridge is SE of one end of the tunnel, in Glen Village. https://unioncanalunlocked.org.uk/laughin-greetin-bridge.php - "On the Falkirk side the face is greetin because the section of canal involved blasting a tunnel through a hillside and building a flight of eleven locks to join up with the Forth & Clyde canal. The contractor went bankrupt! While the laughin face smiles towards the east which was far easier in comparison and the contractor made a tidy sum." My wife does remember the Stenhouse tower house, which was demolished in 1967 - https://falkirklocalhistory.club/around-the-area/houses-and-estates/stenhouse-2-2/ Even I remember the toffee factory, next door to Ochilview. The smell outside was great, especially if they were making something like banana or raspberry toffee. If you don't read non-ICT threads, you won't have seen that when we were in Stenny a week ago, one of my wife's relatives was moaning about us having an advantage that no other club has - we don't owe anyone any money. Of course I made sure he knew what we'd had to go through to get to that situation, but he kept on moaning. So I will settle for nothing less than another 0-9 today!

I felt that way too, but I know someone who would disagree with that! I was seeing my wife's folks last week. They are all Stenny supporters. I was talking to her cousin about League One - and, BTW, he'll be pleased if Stenny finish the season in the top 4 - when he became quite animated and angry about Caley Thistle. "They've got an advantage that no one else has!", he spat. "What's that?". "They don't owe anyone any money!". Well, I suppose he's right. I did point out what they went through to get to that state, but he wasn't having any of that. So I suspect that he would regard starting on -5 as letting us off lightly. Let's have another 0-9 on Saturday, please, lads.

Right now I'd be doing a larger print run, and flogging them to ICT fans!

I turned down the opportunity last night to accompany my wife's relatives to Stenny vs Annan. Would have made a significant difference. BBC says the attendance was .... 84

Just had a look at the Cup rules, and was a bit surprised to see that there are no requirements for clubs to produce programmes. I used to work with a bloke who was chairman of non-league Ware FC in England. I remember him moaning about the conditions imposed on clubs in the FA Cup - including producing a programme of a minimum of x pages, with at least y pages in full colour. (Can't remember what x and y were.)

Right now I'm in Falkirk, with monsoon-like rain. And a yellow rain warning across the Central Belt today. Fingers crossed, though.

I thought of that, too, but don't forget that it's a sell-out, so Tranent would have to refund everyone. I could see it moving nearby - eg Preston Athletic or Newtongrange Star - which would minimise the refunds. But not Inverness.

It's not important. It's completely irrelevant. Having seen the weather forecast, I can't see the match going ahead on Wednesday either. This farce could seriously derail our season.

Was talking to someone the other day who said "I knew him when he ran a supermarket in Beauly". He seems to done OK for himself