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OH YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :001:

Not a good afternoon for the Welsh so far  :029:

Scotland v France 1-1 - hoping for a home win though  :003:

England v Macedonia 4-1 - hoping for an away win though  :001:

Wales v Slovakia 0-0

Cyprus v RoI 1-3

Denmark v NI 1-0

For what it's worth.... :001:

PS - off to watch Bulgaria v Holland tonight - it's been pretty quiet so far considering the Dutch are in town - hopefully a home win though courtesy of Ili Petrov

From the Inverness Courier - 6th October 2006

US oil man ready to invest in ICT

A WEALTHY businessman with strong links to the American oil industry could be about to invest money into Caley Thistle.

The mystery individual, who is originally from the Highland Capital, held talks with new Inverness chairman, Alan Savage, and director of football, Graeme Bennett, at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium last Saturday after watching Caley Thistle's 1-0 victory over Dunfermline.

Further discussions have been planned for next month with the person in question and Bennett remains hopeful a deal that is suitable for both parties can be agreed.

"The talks went very well,” he said. "In fact they went so well that we are planning to have another meeting in November.

"I now have to go back to board just to inform them of what's happening and talk about how we can move it forward from here.

"The new chairman made it clear when he came in two months ago that he has good connections through his business links, particularly in America, and that is an avenue we are actively exploring.

"As a result of people he knows in the USA, the players could be going out to America next year for pre-season, so that is something we'll have to start thinking about and getting organised."

The arrival of Savage, managing director of the Inverness-based engineering company, the Orion Group, has resulted in a general overview of the football club with a firm focus on trying to attract outside investors.

With Caley Thistle currently operating in the black, however, Bennett was quick to point out money is already available to strengthen the footballing side of the club.

"We are busy at the moment pursuing various avenues of investment and hopefully something on that front should come to fruition over the next few months,” he stated.

"However, our prudent approach to finances over the last five to six years is now beginning to pay dividends and I've been having regular discussions with the board about the budgets for the footballing side of the club.

"Although I don't know what the final figure will be, I am hopeful they will be quite flexible which is good news for both myself and manager Charlie Christie."

The possibility of an increased budget is certain to be welcomed with open arms by Christie given he has several first-team players out of contract next summer.

Mark Brown, Darren Dods, Grant Munro, Roy McBain, Liam Keogh, Craig Dargo, Graham Bayne and Rory McAllister are all free to leave the club next summer when their current deals run out.

It is understood McBain is close to agreeing a new contract, while Bennett also insisted the club were keen to keep a hold of goalkeeper Brown and last season's top scorer Dargo.

"Talks with Mark and Craig are ongoing,” he added. "They were both given offers a month or two ago, so we'll sit down with them at the beginning of next week to see what's happening.

"Without a doubt they are two key players and it didn't help that there was all this hysteria in the summer regarding them possibly moving to other clubs.

"It was the same with Darren and he is another player I'll be speaking to because I want to find out what the position is with him.

"Given the next transfer window is only a couple of months away, I am keen to talk to all the players out of contract and we have been holding ongoing discussions for a while now.

"The talks have been encouraging and I'm hopeful we will have some positive news on that front fairly soon."

Inverness Courier Story - 6th October 2006

Where's the point in this?  :001:

Sad news indeed

At Clyde game the player collapsed on the pitch - don't think it was related to a tackle - hopefully all will be ok.

Bullard [ftp=ftp://http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/5308194.stm]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/5308194.stm[/ftp]

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FULL TIME STATS (from Sporting Life LIVE)

GOALS:          WELL 1  ICT 4

SHOTS ON:    WELL 5  ICT 5

SHOTS OFF:   WELL 4  ICT 2

CORNERS:     WELL 4 ICT 6

FOULS:          WELL 15 ICT 20

YELLOW:       WELL 2 ICT 2

RED:              WELL 0 ICT 0

Great Result - bring on UTD  :011:

HALF TIME STATS (from Sportsound Live)

GOALS:          WELL 0  ICT 1

SHOTS ON:    WELL 2  ICT 3

SHOTS OFF:  WELL 2  ICT 1

CORNERS:    WELL 4 ICT 4

FOULS:        WELL 7 ICT 12

YELLOW:      WELL 0 ICT 2

RED:            WELL 0 ICT 0

Never mind the US pre-season tour - more importantly....

Who is the masked man?  Anybody got any ideas?  :001:

Clues to date:

1. Inverness born  :017:

2. Lives in America  :010:

3. Works in oil industry  :006:

4. Is available for a meeting on 30th September  :011:

Rumour is he is an ex-Jaggie and he only has one or two conditions that need to be met first.... :015:

PS - I myself have recently invested in the club with the purchase of some centenary club numbers.  Didn't need a meeting to be set up though - hopefully our mystery man will be buying more than a few centenary club tickets - how about a 4th stand :001:

Welcome on board Mr McSwegan  :001:

Italy 1 Lithuania 1 - interesting  :017:

Good start against the weakest team in the group - hopefully we can keep the momentum going  :clapping04:

It could have been worse - we could have had Winters as well  :001:

Crawford to Dunfermline and a pay cut - now there's ambition  :017:

All I can say is three letters - B B C  :017:

Ah ha - it appears the programme editor is also the Leamington FC web-site adminstrator and I bet he is a firend of the blog man  :001: :001:  Maybe he is the source of all the mystery  :017:

Leamington FC

Match Day Programmes' Editor

Roger Vincent

91 Stirling Avenue

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire CV32 7HW

Tel: 01926 745014

Email: programme@leamingtonfc.co.uk

Is this your man:

[img width=438 height=450]http://www.leamingtonfc.co.uk/shop/images/home-06-08-short.jpg

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Nothing on the SFL web-site only the 2nd Round Information - no date listed in the news section for when the 3rd round draw will take place - I assume it will be first week in September

Dates for ties.

First Round

Tuesday, 8th or Wednesday, 9th August, 2006.

[Draw was 24th July 2006]

Second Round

Tuesday, 22nd or Wednesday, 23rd August, 2006.

[Draw was 10th August 2006]

Third Round

Tuesday, 19th or Wednesday, 20th September, 2006.

Fourth Round

Tuesday, 7th or Wednesday, 8th November, 2006.

Semi-Finals

Tuesday, 30th January or Wednesday, 31st January, 2007.

Final

Sunday, 18th March, 2007.

How about 4 straight wins and 12 points  :001:

FULL TIME STATS

GOALS:  Hearts 4 ICT 1

SHOTS ON: Hearts  9 ICT 7

SHOTS OFF:  Hearts 5 ICT 8

FOULS:  Hearts 12 ICT 17

CORNERS: Hearts 3 ICT 11

YELLOWS: Hearts 0 ICT 0

REDS: Hearts 0 ICT 0

The stats make interesting reading - 15 shots on goal in an away game and 11 corners against a top 3 team.  I think we paid the penalty today not of an attacking policy that backfired but we just lacked that cutting edge upfront that is required at this level.  Dargo missisg and Wyness having to go off were definitely factors but the stats definitely are interesting.

HALF TIME STATS

GOALS:  Hearts 2 ICT 1

SHOTS ON: Hearts  4 ICT 3

SHOTS OFF:  Hearts  3 ICT 4

FOULS:  Hearts 4 ICT 10

CORNERS: Hearts 2 ICT 3

YELLOWS: Hearts 0 ICT 0

REDS: Hearts 0 ICT 0

Will do - double whammy the goal and losing Wyness  :008:

He's just scored today for Blackpool

Bayne 1-1  :001: