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I don't see why not. It wouldn't have taken long for people in Inverness to see the benefit of the town having a senior football team. Money that was directed at ICT could just as well have been directed at any Inverness team. And without the merger baggage, whichever Inverness team decided to go it alone, could have hit the ground running and perhaps made even quicker progress than ICT. But it's all academic now, although it's always interesting to imagine what might have happened. And I do get a bit tired of reading that "it couldn't have happened without the merger." Of course it could - look at Ross County!

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter. Just rise above it!

Fairfield Road, though I haven't been there for many years.

Telford Street Park was a 5 minute walk from my house when I was a bairn. Obvious really!

Hmmm - a Thistle supporter!?

I used to feel a bit sorry for Lennon with all that Northern Ireland / Catholic crap going on back then. I now realise he's nothing more than a thug and deserves no sympathy, ever.

I may not always agree with your opinions, but I can appreciate your wonderful prose!!!

On the subject of bias, Reporting Scotland on Monday evening only had eyes for the OF game. I'm sure they used to give a bit of coverage to all of Saturday's SPL games on Monday evening, but the last few times I've been looking out for ICT highlights they only seem to show Celtic and Rangers and whoever they were playing. Is this just me being biased, or the BBC?

1. Kenneth St / Tomnahurich St 2. High St / Inglis St 3. Bridge St / Church St And the 4th set would perhaps have been High St / Castle St with one of them new-fangled filter arrows!

Oh well, seems I was wrong. County have managed to avoid their traditional February/March collapse. They're coming up to the SPL and this is very bad news for us. Hope I'm wrong about that too!

Gotta agree with Smee there. I've said it before - County's progression to the SPL will be to our detriment. It's not rocket science!

No chance of County going up - they always blow it in the second half of the season and this season will be no different. In fact it's more likely they'll be playing in the same division as Elgin City the season after next!

Goodbye Gordy. It was a privilege knowing you. (I suppose I can write off that pint you owe me!)

Personally I'd prefer to see a few more Highlanders in the first team.

Careful Alex - some of us ex-mariners are still quite fluent in dots and dashes!!

Ha! What a team!!

Don't see how that would make much difference in that particular part of the world!

County always seem to have better gates than us when we're in the same division. Generally we have better gates than them when we're in a higher division. If County do go up (and we stay up), there will no doubt be a wee bit of interest in the first derby or two, so there may well be a record attendance. Sorry to sound gloomy but I can't see subsequent derbies breaking any records and I can see a general drop in our attendances as a result of both teams being in the SPL. It won't do them any harm though.

Ha! I remember that well although I couldn't remember the name of the County player. Reckon Hazza dived both times too - sheer magic! :lol:

Well, I wouldn't put it as harshly as that but it is true that there are many followers of football, rather than of one particular team, attending TCS on matchdays who would maybe prefer to watch Ross County vs Hearts or Rangers than ICT vs. St Mirren or Dunfermline. At the moment the only high profile games in the Highlands are going on in Inverness but if they were to happen in Dingwall too, and perhaps only in Dingwall a year or two down the line then our support would certainly be diluted. Best keep the upstarts in Division 1 or 2, where they belong!

I'm really quite surprised at how many people on this forum view County's elevation to the SPL positively. Make no mistake - such a scenario would be to our detriment and could quite feasibly lead to part-time football in Inverness. Don't underestimate the dangers (to ICT) of County entering the SPL, which fortunately, as Smee points out, is actually quite unlikely.

I dunno - saw an even more blatant one the other week - big Greek fellow went down like a sack of tatties.

It's just P.R., posturing, brinksmanship - call it what you will, but I just can't see TB starting from scratch again in January. Maybe the defence is taking a while to gel but I would hate to see a new group of strangers coming in in January and effectively guaranteeing us 1st Division football next season.

Fully agree with IHE here. Some people find it very hard to admit to making a mistake, and I applaud Mr O'Reilly for coming clean. Pity about the lost points though.

So what's the punishment for feigning injury to get a player sent off? :irritated: