Scotty

Jake Mulraney got the opening goal of the game for Atlanta tonight in their 2-1 defeat against Montreal.

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 0-1 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer Accies: Ryan Crowd: 1812 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer Accies: Winter Crowd: 1555 SOS HT: 0-1 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Mckay 1st Scorer Accies: Mullin Crowd: 1777

Scotty : Partick @ 1.85 CDN Girl : Queens Park @ 1.72 SOS : Edinburgh City @ 1.70

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer QOS: Connelly Crowd: 2123 CDN Girl HT: 0-1 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Sutherland 1st Scorer QOS: Paton Crowd: 2212 SOS HT: 1-0 FT: 3-1 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer QOS: Roy Crowd: 1988

Scotty: Forfar @ 1.60 CDN Girl: East Fife @ 2.10 SOS: Raith @ 2.15

Whilst it would not have been possible to attend anyway, I find it a little strange that no documents, proxy forms, accounts, or notice of AGM was received. I usually get this well in advance of any meeting .... did others receive this? Maybe it got delayed in the post. Agree with others though ... its better than expected after the last 18 months of pandemic affected football.

Scotty - Elgin @ 2.00 CDN Girl - Airdrieonians @ 1.90 SOS - Falkirk @ 1.50

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer Pars: Todorov Crowd: 2233 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Sutherland 1st Scorer Pars: O'HAra Crowd: 2003 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 1-3 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer Pars: Todorov Crowd: 2345

My guess is they are paying his wages - or sponsoring the cost somehow. Good thing to have if we want to improve. positive step.

not to be greedy but can you request a couple more?

3-1 Aaron Doran

2-1 Shane Sutherland

1-1 Broadfoot

As we pause to reflect on the events from 20 years ago today, and I am sure UK TV is as full of 'special programming' and documentaries about this date as Canadian TV is (but maybe not as much as USA TV) it got me thinking - where was I on the day? What do i recall from then? How did it change my life (if at al)? Well, it may not surprise too may folk, but I was in Toronto, as a visitor though, not a resident, visiting my then girlfriend, now wife. We had just come back the previous night from a weekend trip to Niagara Falls but - and this is where it gets spooky - we had scaled back what was supposed to be a longer trip to New York that weekend and into the early part of the week and decided instead just to go to Niagara Falls mainly because getting across the USA/Canada border with a British passport requires a few more hoops to jump through than a Canadian one and as we would be taking a train then it was just too much hassle ... if we had gone with the original plan, we would have been in New York that morning although likely to have been jumping on a return train in midtown later that day rather than near a plane or sightseeing in lower Manhattan. The apartment I had rented for my stay in Toronto had a direct view of the CN Tower and I recall looking out the window with one eye whilst watching TV with the other wondering if Toronto's tallest building was next. We had also arranged to meet up with my mum later that day in downtown Toronto for dinner. She was staying out of town with a relative and had to come in on the train. The city was deserted, and everyone was in shock, so it was a surreal meeting to say the least. For some bizarre reason I remember dinner was at the 'Loose Moose' near Union Station and we had Calamari and seafood! The flight back to Scotland a week or two later was also the scariest of my life ... not a bad flight, just everyone scared to get on a plane ... and of course, wasn't I seated next to a structural engineer who explained to me in great detail his theory of how and why the buildings collapsed rather than withstood the impact ... I guess it could have been worse, he didn't seem to be a conspiracy theorist! How did it change me? Well, I love to travel so that has obviously changed in terms of restrictions and precautions in place, but I can honestly say it changed my life entirely. I decided that day that life was too short, you didn't know what was around the corner (eerily accurate now too) so i then decided to pop the question .... that was 2001 and I moved to Canada in 2003 after going through 2 years of immigration paperwork and have been here ever since so that one event changed me completely ..... I also now work for an engineering company so encounter loads of structural engineers in my daily life! May post some pictures of a deserted Toronto that day if I can find them later ....

Thanks for asking @SMEE . So far so good. PSA tests all normal with another scheduled for later this month. Now on a six-monthly cycle of tests for the next year or two, then it goes to yearly if all remains normal. Rest of life is treading water due to COVID. Fully vaccinated but cant travel, still working from home, (not so) little guy has been in online school since March 2020 and will be until at least February of next year which is the next date we can transfer back .... and we will only do that when he is eligible to get his jabs. On the sports front, TFC have just returned to Toronto, with a 50% capacity set at the stadium after playing mostly in USA since March 2020, mainly because our borders were closed and they would have to quarantine for 14 days after each crossing. However, due to the vaccine situation for Simon, I have opted out of my tickets for the rest of the year and will resume them again next year ... probably an excellent choice as TFC have been terrible all season despite having the highest wage bill in the league and one of the strongest teams on paper (just not grass)! Glad to see that ICT are keeping my football sanity going for the most part. Hope you - and everyone else out there is bearing up and keeping fingers crossed that we get back to some form of normal too ....

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer PT: Graham Crowd: 2102 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer PT: Rudden Crowd: 1899 SOS HT: 2-1 FT: 3-2 1st Scorer ICT: Gardyne 1st Scorer PT: Holt Crowd: 1988

Scotty: Annan @ 1.90 CDN Girl: Queens Park @ 1.65 SOS: Raith @ 1.75

Scotty HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 CDN Girl HT: 1-1 FT: 3-1 SOS HT: 0-0 FT: 2-0

anything we get is gravy ... it would be nice to get a hefty slice of a high fee but even at £1m or £2m then we would still benefit to the tune of 6 figures. My understanding is that we had a "very good" sell-on clause. As noted, if he goes for free at end of contract then we get the same percentage but even 100% of £0 is still £0 !

4 wins out of 4, and a proverbial 'six-pointer' today. Can't ask for more than that. Great start to the (league) season. Also needed that after watching Toronto FC slip to yet another defeat last night - to Montreal of all people - and sit bottom of the entire MLS table with the biggest payroll in the league! Football can be hard on the emotions sometimes but thank you ICT for putting a smile on my face for the rest of the weekend.

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Duku 1st Scorer KFC: Naismith Crowd: 3855 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 2-2 1st Scorer ICT: Sutherland 1st Scorer KFC: Polworth Crowd: 4055 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Macgregor 1st Scorer KFC: Alston Crowd: 3912

Scotty : [email protected] CDN Girl : Montrose @1.75 SOS : Forfar @1.83

The stands are permanent. I think this old thread sums it up best : Caledonian Stadium will look second best - Caley Thistle - CaleyThistleOnline

The difference between a team that will be in the mix come the end of the season and one that wont is the ability to grind out results and to win ugly .... it wouldnt be easy to watch and no-one would have fingernails left but I couldn't care less if we win every game 1-0 this season ... if we did then we would win the league by at least 12 points, and likely a lot more .... Would be great to get one over on Killie next week a real confidence boost and the proverbial 6-pointer that could stop the momentum - or at least slow it down - for one of the sides. Would also settle for a hard earned point away from home.

ahem ...