snorbens_caleyman

He's costing us so much he's certainly nae a steal

Two bookings - Oakley and Warren - and two subs for injury - Tremarco and Mulraney - though. Right now I'd settle for a quiet second half and just 3-0

I agree we shouldn't be "concerned", as in "worried". But it could well be worth understanding how they keep afloat, because we might be able to learn something from them!

I'd agree with that. There are a few Highland League programmes on eBay with starting prices of about 75p. Picking up on the point about putting them on display - did anyone ever take over from Ian Broadfoot as club historian? When I was clearing out the family home years ago, I found some old photos of Thistle, including one which claimed to be from the 1890s, and - we worked out - would be the oldest known photograph of Thistle. I left them at the stadium for Ian - foolishly without making copies - and shortly after than he told me he was leaving because he had just moved to Perth. So I have no idea what happened to these photos. Long since discarded, I expect.

Hate to break it to you, CB, but Tannochbrae isn't real. Scotland is. That's relevant.

Great servant to the club he may have been, but it can't be right that he gets to take supporters' children when he leaves???

No, I'm not joking. How bad can Fort William be? I saw Thistle get into double figures once or twice in the late 60s, when they were coming to their peak. I think I remember 11 against Huntly. Can't remember who the others were (though Brora might have been candidates back then.) But 16? When did a Highland League team last score 16?

If anyone collects old programmes, there is one from this match on eBay just now. Ends Monday 27th at 22:28 GMT. Currently (Sunday 26th, 19:08) at £11.55. Two people have bid so far. There's only a photograph of the front, but it looks to be in good condition - much better than mine. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1953-FRIENDLY-SCOTTISH-FA-X1-v-SOUTH-AFRICA-X1-INVERNESS/263295330873?hash=item3d4d9fea39:g:vA0AAOSwke9Z~KtC

Concede goal early after restart, keep trying, but pick up a red card towards the end of the game. Deja vu all over again.

Looks like time has just told

I'm not a shareholder, so all I have seen is the online statement, but that looks to me to be an open and honest summary of the inherited and current situations, and the aspirations for the future. Well worth reading. Communication doesn't win matches, but it surely wins hearts and minds. Interesting: "The company has reported a loss of £422K for the year ended 31 May 2017. It is the inevitable consequence of relegation. The club had budgeted to finish 7th..." So, with a brand new, untried manager, the previous regime had expected to match Yogi's last season, and finish 7th. Optimistic - though of course that's with the benefit of hindsight. All in the past now, though. We seem to be in sensible hands.

Presumably covers are not cost-effective?

Where were you when I posted this on May 27th? "Played in the school basketball team alongside our very own IHE... "

Can they score goals? Should be good at headers...

Looked easy from behind him - looked much more difficult from behind the goal. Good goal!

Proof of multiple overlapping universes, surely?

Thanks, IBM. I had been thinking of posting a couple of photos of the bike on the IBM Transport thread, as a bit of a joke. Now I see that the joke would have been on me! My Dad was very patriotic, and bought British whenever he could. All our cars were British-made - mostly Vauxhalls, and also a Hillman Minx and, unfortunately, a Morris Marina. When they were in the Rifle Club in Inverness, Dad's gun HAD to be a BSA, whereas my Mum was more than happy with her Anschutz.

In 1954 or 55 - before I was around - my parents had a motorbike/camping holiday in Orkney. The photos below show their bike being unloaded at Stromness, and the winchman. There is also a postcard with that b/w pic of the St Ola.

Well, you said it yourself - "Big cup game on the Saturday after". So the derby is a chance to try out players, with no consequences for cup or league. And it minimises the risk of injury to vital players needed for the cup game. Yes, the downside is that it would be another chance for the first team to gel.

The enlarged photos at the shop website show that they don't. They say "Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC".

Fair enough. If I wasn't so lazy I'd have checked Alex Main's book first. However, my old season ticket below suggests that your date is not quite right. Added later Having checked Alex Main's book and a few other sources, I see little to suggest that the club was ever formally called Inverness Caledonian. Pictures of league flags and programmes from all eras invariably say just "Caledonian", apart from one programme from 1991-92 on the Caley Nostalgia website, which says "Inverness Caledonian". The club is always referred to as just "Caledonian" or "Caley" by Alex Main, and by Bill McAllister in his history of the Highland League. CB's "Against All Odds" is no help at all

<pedant> Who was this Inverness Caledonian of whom they speak? </pedant>

I think if we want to continue discussing this, we should take it to another forum - Serious Discussion. However, to answer Caley Stan's question - "Only armed forces. Why?" - it is one of the results of a deliberate policy of UK governments of all colours (Lab, Con/Lib and Con) to improve public recognition of the Armed Forces. Over the last few years, I suspected that I was seeing the military more and more - parades in the streets, TV programmes both factual and fictional, the Invictus Games, Armed Forces Day, even the Military Wives choir, and so on. It turns out that I was right. So if you have had that feeling too, now you know. It's not a secret - although I wonder how many people are aware of it. The report which led to these activities can be found here - http://www.ppu.org.uk/militarism/recognition_of_our_armed_forces.pdf The contents page is a good summary of what it's all about. Please do not read any personal about me in the fact that that link is to the website of a secular pacifist organisation. It's just a link that was in something that I was reading, and until two minutes ago I had never looked at anything on the website other than that report.

Speak to me now, IHE!!

Thanks for replying! I know that one or two here are old enough, so I wasn't being totally facetious when I asked if anyone was there. It was before my time, but my late father must have been there - I came across this in the many boxes of old photographs that I took out of the family home years ago, and that I am only now exploring. I remember my Dad and my grandfather talking about Bobby Bolt, Ginger Mackenzie and Joopie Mitchell - and they'd probably have known all the other Inverness players too. Roy Lytham was on the committee at Thistle when my Dad was there in the late 60s - he was the only man who could get off with taking the mickey out of Jock McDonald. I think I remember Tom McNiven being there too - I don't think he had any official position, but he always used to be in the "tunnel" under the stand.