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https://ictfc.com/david-wotherspoon-signs-for-ictfc-2/

As you will have seen, we have now established separate areas for the Supporters Trust and the Travel Club who have started to make use of them to publicise events and add content. These are self-contained areas within the site and the management and moderation of them is under their control. Topics will appear in the main list of topics and calendar events will appear in the calendar sidebar. We have also added the fixture list for 2025-26 to the calendar and it will also be available in the traditional stats program. We are still looking for a sponsor for that part of the site to enable us to pay for an upgrade to the program, or for someone with mad PHP/SQL skills to deconstruct and reverse engineer the program we are using. Its classed as 'abandonware' from the original author and only one person (we know of) has taken it up and kept it modern. Easy option is to pay him for the updates, but the cost is high For now it will trundle along as it is. I am now starting the next stage of updates and as part of that some areas of the site may become unavailable at times, menus may change, and some unused parts of the site, or infrequently posted in forums may be merged into others. If you spot something not working for an extended period, or looking weird beyond a few minutes or hours, let me know. I want to streamline everything and remove any clutter and noise before we perform the actual software upgrade. All being well I hope to do the software upgrade at some point (later) next week or perhaps the week after.

LOL - The 'Wotherspoons' breakfast .... yes, very clever. I hear from a good source that he is indeed training with us today, so fingers crossed. Quite a few other trialists still around and apparently, we are being made aware of these through various people who have been around the club in our good years ... nice to hear about people pulling together for the benefit of ICTFC. Cautiously optimistic for the season ahead.

Will leave it to Kells and the coaching team to evaluate our trialists as we approach the start of the season, but one the one hand you have an international AM/RW/FWD player and a striker coming off a 34-goal season which sounds really good ... but on the other hand, if you scratch the surface, the international is for Dominican Republic, ranked 136th in the world, and who does not appear to have played internationally since around 2018, and the striker is several tiers down and currently without a club. Maybe they are uncut diamonds who will be the finds of the season ... or maybe .... not.

Cheers @CaleyD - that did the trick. We just need to go in and assign the venues but thats brought in the dates alright

If anyone finds ical or ics versions of the fixures let me know - its a helluva lot easier to import into the calendar

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Waiting for Rossnaldo to sign

This is all going to get confusing ... and I see we also signed a right back while everyone was looking at the Remi Savage signing

You can really feel the enjoyment and tongue in cheek banter coming from the posts. its a breath of fresh air from last few seasons.

It is

Not sure if anyone different is running this or they have just become unshackled from the previous regime, but its been really entertaining to read these last couple of weeks. Well done to all involved.

Another Goalie signed. Press Release from club below: "Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC are delighted to announce the signing of goalkeeper Ross Munro on a 1-year deal. Ross, 25 years-old, is from Nairn and came through the academy at Ross County. Prior to joining Ross County’s academy, Ross was involved in the ICT Academy at Under 11s as a midfielder! In 2018, Ross signed his first professional contract at Ross County and made his debut in August that year against Hearts Colts in the Scottish Challenge Cup. He played in each round of the Challenge Cup that season, including the final at the Caledonian Stadium against Connah’s Quey which County won 3-1. While at Ross County, Ross had loan spells with Brora Rangers, Raith Rovers, Cowdenbeath and Annan Athletic. Ross then joined Dundalk in January 2024, he made 20 appearances in total, keeping 5 clean sheets for the League of Ireland First Division side. Earlier this year, Ross joined Scottish Championship winners Falkirk on a short term deal until the end of 2024/25. Upon signing, Ross Munro said: “I’m absolutely buzzing, when I found out the club were interested I was over the moon. It’s a big club with ambitions and there’s a real buzz about the place. I’m really looking forward to getting started.” Head Coach Scott Kellacher said: “Ross has got good experience, he’s come through at Ross County, played as first choice at Dundalk and was with Falkirk last season. He’s a good shot stopper and very good with the ball at his feet.” Welcome to ICTFC, Ross! "

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Paul Allan just signed his new contract extension .... https://ictfc.com/paul-allan-agrees-new-deal-at-ictfc/ Press Release: "Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC are delighted to announce that midfielder Paul Allan has agreed an initial 1 year contract extension with the club. Paul, 25 years-old, joined us from Dunfermline Athletic in August last year, and he went on to become a key player for us last term making 34 appearances and scoring 6 goals. We are thrilled that Paul will rejoin us for the upcoming season and look forward to welcoming him, with the rest of the squad, back for pre-season training next week. Head Coach Scott Kellacher said: “Everyone at the club is delighted that Paul has extended his contract with us. He was a massive part of the team last year and he will be going forward too.” Paul Allan said: “I’m happy to have signed up and I’m looking forward to getting back for pre-season. Now things off the pitch are moving forward positively, I’m hopeful we can have a right good crack at it in the new season."

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Nahh, Donnie Munro for me every time. Just something smoother about a lilting west coast accent when singing. (Boydie not included!) If I listen to the same song sung by either, I am almost always going to come down on DM's side. I think it is the Party on the Moor album or maybe another live album where BG introduces DM to the crowd and he starts to sing, and the difference is night and day. Both have their merits, but DM for me. The longer I stay overseas, the more "shortbread tin" I feel like I get (Billy Connolly fans should get the reference). Started listening to a bit of Runrig again recently after a few years of expulsion from the playlist, as well as P&D, Deacon Blue, Franz Ferdinand and others. Big Country has never been off the playlist, and Simple Minds are apparently in Toronto shortly, but I think I am already committed to something else that night.