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If I had an ugly red erse I'd want to keep quiet about it! :015:

OK so that's that sorted. Now then - how about a nickname for the stadium. Personally I like "The Dump".

He was good for us - exceptional even. No reason why he can't achieve these standards again. 33 isn't old.

Found myself in Tyneside many years ago so went along to see Newcastle at St. James Park. They had two pint-sized strikers - a Brazilian called Mirandinha and a Jock called John Robertson! They'd just sold Gazza to Spurs and they were absolutely dire. Week after week I went along to see them in the vain hope of seeing them scoring a goal. Finally, I think it was the 6th or 7th game I saw, against Liverpool, and my mate who was a lifelong Liverpool supporter insisted on going to the away end. Unbelievably it was from there that I saw my first ever Newcastle goal, by Mirandinha if I remember correctly. The absolute joy, euphoria even, and relief I felt had to be hastily suppressed as I reminded myself that I was a lone Geordie supporter surrounded by 6000 pissed-off Scousers. That game ended a 2-2 draw, but it was a flash in the pan. Newcastle got relegated that year, but I've followed them ever since.

Agree with Yngwie there - sitting down to discuss a new nickname is all a bit contrived. "Caley" has become the shortened name by which the media refer to the team and if that's how it goes, so be it. I also like "Caley Jags", even "Thistle", which pop up now and again. My favourite though, has to be when the media refer to us as "the Highlanders". I remember at the time of the merger thinking that Inverness Ca'stle may have been a good quirky official name for the team, inoffensive to both sets of supporters and perhaps the subject of many a sports trivia quiz in years to come, but another part of me thought it rather naff!

Didn't realise you two had been so intimate! Was there no' a team, though, that went down as we went up, and we consequently never met them in the league - Stranraer maybe?

Gretna! Ferkin upstarts - who do they think they are? (And stop yer bickering!)

You can stick yer hanging baskets up yer a**e You can stick yer hanging baskets up yer a**e You can stick yer hanging baskets, stick yer hanging baskets, Stick yer hanging baskets up yer a**e. (To the tune of she'll be coming round the mountain. There was some post merger significance to this one and it was sung at Telford Street - funny as ferk, I thought)

No. Apparently he's related to Donald Sutherland the actor though!

Heard that too. Didn't Hastings play in the Austrian League not so long ago?

Your spot-on there CB. I tactically voted labour to stop the SNP getting in. Doh!

I'm going for Gretna. By a HUGE margin hopefully, every time. Because I have an inexplicable hatred for them. Aberdeen too, and Celtic, but I'm sure they'll be well covered in the poll. And Rangers. And all the others. But especially Gretna!

We'll boo him of course!

Does anyone really know the question? I mean from an official source, as opposed to this media (or website) creation which some are giving so much credence to.

When I go on holiday I put work right to the back of my mind. The last thing I want is people phoning from/about work, so I can sympathise with him.

Didn't think they allowed cantankerous old gits on Bebo! :001:

Devotees of this forum who are members of the Free Church of Scotland and indeed the Free Presbyterian Church will be well aware that it is common practice to sit down while singing psalms in praise of our Lord, so it would not be at all difficult for them to sing songs in praise of our Team while sitting down.

I think that was on the previous forum. Might happen this coming season if **** fulfils his remit. Different leagues though! :015:

I see what you mean jamie ictfc. And if you've got 5000 Gretna fans watching Motherwell v. Rangers, which end do they go to? What colours would they wear? Would there be anyone left in Gretna? Presumably such an arrangement would be geared to assist Gretna, but I can't really see Motherwell fans turning out in their thousands to watch Gretna. It could actually work for us and County because of the proximity of the two grounds, if home games were co-ordinated. I know a few people who will happily go and watch whichever team is playing at home

It's Clach for me, because that's where I used to go as a kid when Caley were playing away

Even the most ardent ICT supporter has probably got at least a passing interest in some other team - perhaps a childhood error, or a past loyalty when living elsewhere, or even a sense of sympathy towards some inferior local team. Perhaps parental pressure forced you to follow one of the OF until you saw the light. Or maybe you're a supporter of some other team and you just visit this forum because you have only a passing interest in ICT. So what is/are your diddy team(s), and why? You can vote for up to 3 teams. (if I've done this right!)

Personally I'd rather go and watch Clach.

I don't believe in gratuitous buying of players every closed season. Leave that to the OF. Buy only what we need if we can afford to. Otherwise grow our own.

Realistically the target must be to survive at SPL level. However, I would always expect the team to try to win every game and would be very disappointed if this was not the case. So far I've seen no evidence to suggest otherwise.

Not a memorable debut today! :015: