snorbens_caleyman

2 minutes ago, WYNESS101 said:

Do tell?

Nothing you don't already know. 

Need to engage with the community, including the business community.  On his first walk through the town one evening, he didn't see any sign that the club existed. 

They haven't budgeted for going up this season, so it's not the end of the world if we don't.  Thinks that we are not quite ready for it, off the pitch, but it would be a challenge that he would love to take on.

Criitical of the play-offs timing and money.  50% of the gate money going to the SPFL means we lost money on Saturday.  Where else do you get penalised for doing well?  Only two days - Sunday and Monday - to promote and sell this game.

Just had an interesting interview with Scott Gardiner on BBC radio.  Making all the right noises.

32 minutes ago, MrCaleyjag said:

I suspect you're correct, I did a quick online search and couldn't find anything concrete but Dundee Utd are advertising the second leg at the same prices - I'd say this backs up your theory.

Also keeps it in line with the final ticket prices as a consistent rise in price which to be honest I'd say is expected.

https://spfl.co.uk/cms-content/images/shares/pdfs/Rules and Regulations SPFL 8_10_2018.pdf

C26A Except with the consent of the Board which may, in exceptional circumstances and on cause shown, permit, in the case of an individual Premiership/Championship Play-Off Match or Matches, that alternative minimum price or prices to be charged by the relevant Home Club, the minimum prices for ground admission that must be charged by a Home Club for tickets to and/or admission of spectators to a Premiership/Championship Play-Off Match at its Home Ground shall be:

(i) other than for ties in the final round of such Play-Off Matches in any Season -adults: £12.00 per person;

(ii) for ties in the final round of such Play-Off Matches in any Season -adults: £18.00 per person;

(iii) other than for ties in the final round of such Play-Off Matches in any Season - juveniles, senior citizens and all other concessionary ticket admissions: £6.00 per person; and

(iv) for ties in the final round of such Play-Off Matches in any Season - juveniles, senior citizens and all other concessionary ticket admissions: £12.00 per person.

C26B Clubs shall not include or provide for admission to a Premiership/Championship Play-Off Match within any ‘season ticket’, ‘season book’ or like or equivalent arrangement sold or otherwise issued by any Club in relation to any Season, part of any Season or other series of matches. All spectator admissions to a Premiership/Championship Play-Off Match, whether ticketed or not, must be individually charged for at least at the minimum prices specified above or, as the case may be, alternative minimum permitted price or prices consented to by the Board

24 minutes ago, WYNESS101 said:

Why put it up?

Can't see it being a big attendance anyway with it being a Tuesday night.

Not required by SPFL rules.

But if we make it to the final, the rules say the minimum prices are £18 adults and £12 concessions.

2 hours ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

2.3.1 All clubs must confirm in writing that their ground is available to them on every Saturday of the season ...

It's just occurred to me that this surely rules out a Highland League team having Caledonian Stadium as their Registered Ground, since it certainly won't be available to them on every Saturday.

There is another rule which says that Saturday games must start at 3pm, unless the two sides agree otherwise and it is approved by the HL secretary.  Nairn, for example, traditionally have a late kick-off on the day of the Nairn Games.   But I am sure that no team would be allowed to do that regularly.  I guess it also implicitly requires the ground to have floodlights.

Similarly, there is another rule which says that a club can play home games at another ground if they are "temporarily dispossessed".  But again I can't see a club being allowed to do that regularly.

However, rules are made to be broken - or at least to be the starting point for discussions.

5 hours ago, WYNESS101 said:

What are the ground standards you need to play in highland League as I don't think we could use a the likes of highland football academy.

I had a look at the rules yesterday.   http://www.highlandfootballleague.com/History/Item/SHFLConstitutionRules2018-19.pdf   The ones concerning the ground are:

2.3.1 All clubs must confirm in writing that their ground is available to them on every Saturday of the season and also that the ground is available for midweek fixtures throughout the season.

7.1.2 All matches must be played on a ground where a gate can be taken. ...

7.6.1 Each Club shall ensure that the field of play at its Registered Ground and at any other ground at which it is the Home Club for a League Match or Play-Off Match is:
smooth and in good condition and repair;
and equipped with an efficient and effective drainage system so as to minimize the chance of the pitch becoming unplayable due to flooding.

There are also rules about when pitch inspections must take place, and on protecting the pitch before and after a game and at half-time, when it may be used for warm-ups, warm-downs, etc.

But nothing about facilities, either for spectators or for players. I am surprised that there is no mention of health and safety requirements, or of licensing of the ground.  Edit: club licensing, including H&S and ground facilities, is the responsibility of the SFA.  https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-fa/football-governance/club-licensing/    And I had missed the floodlight requirement in rule 2.1: All Clubs must be full members of the Scottish F A with floodlights to a lux level determined by the League Management Committee of the [Highland] League.

Thank you very much for an excellent commentary, and many thanks also to everyone involved in setting it up and getting it working.

One happy listener here!

33 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Though I want to hear you celebrate an ICT goal or six

Nearly blew my speakers!! 

Excellent commentary.  Has been rock solid since you published the second link about 12 minutes into the game.

Very pleasant voice to listen to, and a great commentary on the game without the hysterics that the professionals use.

Though I want to hear you celebrate an ICT goal or six

First 5 minutes after the break is crucial.  So often we go to sleep at half-time.

3 minutes ago, TopSix said:

Create an account! 

No need.  I'm listening on a PC, and I don't have an account with either Twitter or Periscope.

Just go to https://twitter.com/ICTFC and click on the image in the tweet which says "updated link for live audio".  

So, what would your tactics be?  

Two-goal advantage, so an early goal for us would just about kill it. 

But an early goal for them would make it a very long afternoon, so you don't want to leave it open at the back while you're going for that goal. 

But you also don't want to hang back and let them come onto us - that's dangerous.

Or, since you can't tell which ICT team will turn up - the motivated, confident team or the disorganised shambles - do you just say "Keep it tight and keep moving forward"?

9 minutes ago, caleyboy said:

 it's about time the inverness football community got together and build from the foundations up.

Agreed, although I am sure that there will still be local opposition.

I don't know how far back you go, but in HL days it was like George Orwell's "1984", in which there are three superpowers, with two always allied and at war with the third.  But the allies and enemies are constantly changing.

In Sneck, whichever two teams that weren't doing so well would float the idea of a merger to go into the Scottish League. But the team which was doing best would say "No way!  We will do that on our own.". 

And so nothing happened for a long time, until 1994.

1 minute ago, Scarlet Pimple said:

Putting individual loyalties aside (smile) why don't Clach conjoin with Caley Thistle and form a really solid, successful, upwardly mobile unit

I'm sure the idea of Clach as a feeder team for Caley Thistle was around back at the time that CT was created.   It could still make sense, although the question of how closely they would "conjoin" would come up.  I assume you mean that they would still compete in the HL.

Many people would want Clach to retain their own identity and ground.   Selling their ground for redevelopment might be an obvious idea, but to me it doesn't appear to be ideally located for either residential or commercial development.

I suspect that the current Board at ICT has enough to do in working out how to keep the club afloat, without spending time considering the pros and cons of a merger with Clach.  But if someone is working on long-term planning, then it should certainly be an option to be considered.

5 hours ago, Jack Waddington said:

Would they be playing at the TCS or a groundshare with Clach?

What would it do to the pitch if two teams were playing frequently on it?  And it would require the Highland League and the SPFL to liaise over scheduling of fixtures.   

OTOH, Clach would want money for a groundshare....

But I've read the P&J article, and it all makes sense.  Keeping the lads together instead of loaning them out, and taking part in a competitive league, would be great if we could somehow pull it off.

2 hours ago, Scotty said:

Great Idea. We have always said this site is a fans' resource so happy to feature anything that is of use or of interest to fans. it does not just have to be previews and reports. Away day info or guides would definitely fall into that category. 

A friendly gesture would be to include a section for fans of away teams visiting Inverness.   Edit: sorry, have just seen you said "could include home as well".

First thing I would do would be to look and see if other clubs have done their own guides - might save you some work, although you could add any information particularly relevant to ICT fans  (eg "IHE is banned from this pub").

Hmmm - a quick search for "fans guide to scottish football grounds" has thrown up these - don't know how good they are:

https://www.footballgroundguide.com/leagues/scottish-spl-premier-and-football-league-clubs.html

https://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/

https://footballtripper.com/europe/scotland/

1 minute ago, Satan said:

Penalty...

Scored!  Jordan White can walk on water...

1 minute ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

He is listed on the BBC site

He wasn't when he came on - they have just now updated it.

2-1 now.

May need to keep that up our sleeve in case we need to claim the match

Ayr have just brought on McCowan (?sp), whom the Beeb say is not listed on the teamsheet.

Can someone please check if he was on the teamsheet handed in to the referee?   (I assume that this is still done.)

Sounds like we got a break there - but it's 2-0!

Love the way the BBC commentary team has had to change tack and acknowledge that there is another team as well as Ayr on the park.

25 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

Here's hoping we take a decent lead home...

...especially given our home record.   5 league wins out of 18.

3 minutes ago, WYNESS101 said:

If the Highland or Lowland team wins the final, they are promoted to League Two, with the team finishing 10th being relegated to either the Highland or Lowland league.

Aye, but how do you interpret that?  It's ambiguous.  Common sense says that a relegated team goes into the geographically-closer league, but as Kingsmills says, the problem with common sense is that it's all too often uncommon!

Would surely go into the Lowland League, restoring it to 16 teams after Selkirk resigned in August.  Leaving the Highland League - not for the first time - with an odd number of teams.

My wife's Stenny-supporting relatives will be having squeaky bum time at Brechin just now.

If Stenny win or draw, they end up 9th, and Brechin go down.  Brechin win, and it's the other way round.

Stenny were 1-0 up, but Brechin equalised and Stenny have had a man sent off.   Classic last-day drama.

1 hour ago, Jack Waddington said:

Interesting to note that the Adult North Stand goes up by £13 outwith the EB Offer, whereas the Main Stand goes up by £16 outwith it...

And the Senior goes up by £13 for main stand, but £9 up for the North.

Would've thought they'd be consistent in price increases...

They are - all just over 5%.