snorbens_caleyman

WT* do we do to them in training??

Given that old Reg is a football man, someone should bring this game to his attention and suggest that he buys a ticket. If 18,000 people paid to see him, then he could return the compliment He'd get Robbo's autograph if he could stretch to a £10 one!

I thought I was there in 1970, but on checking the scores it must have been 1972 as well. Alan Ball scored by nutmegging the keeper, and then spent the rest of the match making V-signs at the crowd. Better stop now before the mods book us for being off-topic

For me, 132,870 at Hampden, 1969 Scottish Cup Final..... so maybe not (Celtic 4 Rangers 0. Alex Ferguson's last game for Rangers. ICT pre-history link - Andy Penman.)

Donald Park???

According to Wikipedia, that's 7753, on 20 January 2008 against Rangers. Though we have had higher attendances at "home" games at Pittodrie and at Tannadice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_Caledonian_Thistle_F.C.#Attendance However, the club's own website says 7512, against Rangers on 06 August 2005. https://ictfc.com/caledonian-stadium Anyway, go for it! it's a fantastic thing to do.

No, but you can see the length and shape of the word. Quite distinctive - unique, in fact, for the line that it's on.

An obvious improvement to our set-up would be to put a second person into the commentary box, to provide contrast, humour, banter, and indeed knowledge of the players. A former player would be ideal, although there are plenty here who could do it. There would be no shortage of volunteers. I was thinking during the second half, with that wind behind us, that if ever there is a time for "route one" football, that was it. When in possession, even if you're still in your own half, just keep lobbing the ball towards the penalty spot, and get down there as fast as possible. Press forward - make it difficult for them to clear their lines. That wind would have caused chaos, and you just need to get a couple of breaks and the match is won.

If you fancy spending a little money on it, have a look at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ . Subscription rates are at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/subscribe . They appear to have the Courier, Highland News and the Northern Chronicle from the relevant period, all online. The papers are scanned in, and then OCR software "reads" the images and produces text files, so you can perform searches. The text is often gibberish, since the quality of the original newspapers is variable, but with the image to refer to, you can usually work it out. I don't have a subscription. I have only used it once, in a free trial, when I discovered that my great-grandfather was killed by a train at the station in the 1890s, and I was able to find reports of the incident and of the subsequent inquiry. Public libraries sometimes have subscriptions to online newspaper archives which you can use for free, but it doesn't look as though Inverness Library does. It does, however, have all the local newspapers on microfilm. How easy it would be to find information in them will depend on whether the Library has indexed them. Something to ask them when they re-open. If you did find some information about the early Inverness clubs and then wrote it up, I would be very interested to read it, and I am sure that there will be many others. Good luck!

In that case, would probably have to delay the start of next season. Everyone deserves a break this summer.

That came to me during the game. No one on the pitch reading the game, assessing how it was going, reacting to the ebb and flow, influencing the team. Just 11 players doing their own things, and not able or not having the vision to adapt when it was needed.

I'm surprised. You've been close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chapel

Is there anyone who hasn't?

This one popped up on my PC recently - it's in my background slideshow. A little different from the usual...

It's far, far away

Disagree. Didn't think that second one was a booking. Harsh. Full marks to the Morton commentators for accepting it so well.

So if we ever get promoted.... ???

Are the League 1 and below teams allowed to train at the moment? If not, they are going to need at least a couple of weeks - maybe more - to be ready to play after permission to restart is given. Could cause a lot of problems in trying to complete the Cup in addition to the leagues.

Would probably have been better to simply say that the the pitch was frozen. Otherwise devious minds like mine start wondering if it was covered properly. Would also be worth taking note of where the "small area" is, to see if it freezes more than the rest of the pitch, and so requires additional protection.

They are dangerous in that they set a bad example to the rest of us. Well, not us, of course, but to others! The players train together, share a dressing room, and there is very close contact with other players during a game. The additional risk to them by a few huddles in a game - very few, if you don't score much! - is minimal. And I'm afraid that looking for footballers as a whole - there are exceptions - to set a good example to society is a lost cause.

The thing to do first of all is find out what the mood is. If 7, 8 or 9 say "play on", then play on, if deemed safe to do so. If it's less than that, then invite the clubs to say what they think should happen - eg temporary suspension, or abandon the league completely - and then get everyone "together" to talk and thrash out the details.

Would have thought that there is more money (TV rights etc) involved in the Scottish Cup than in the Championship, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Championship was abandoned. And then they wouldn't be able to promote anyone, so no one would be relegated from the Premiership.

Yup, that's the man.

It now appears that this could well be the case!

Not in the roads that I am thinking of. Maybe I should have said "a successor" to General Wade rather than "the successor".