Scotty

According to the file title it is from 20/10/1996 so last game at Telford St.

Came across a few photos I received from Ian Broadfoot when he was writing his 'Milestones and Memories' book of ICT stats (still available at club shop I believe). Copyright unknown, but likely some combination of Trevor Martin, Gordon Gillespie or Ken McPherson. Mike Noble, Grassa, Danny McDonald and Charlie all looking a lot younger (it was 1995!) alongside provost Bill Fraser as he takes the ceremonial first cut for the future Caledonian Stadium. Last Match at Telford Street. The late, great, Alan Hercher scores the first league goal at Telford St. August 1994. Part of a 20 minute first-half hat-trick in a 5-2 win against Arbroath. Jimmy Calder gets man of the match award in our (home) Scottish Cup QF against Rangers at Tannadice. March 1996. Memorable match featuring two goals from Paul Gascoigne for the away team.

If only our previous CEO had bought enough kit to sell! Still waiting for the black kit to hopefully come back into stock. That one is a belter.

Just to close the loop on this one. Confirmation that the payment has been sent to the club for the sponsorship of Matthew Strachan and Ethan Cairns today. Took a little longer than we had hoped but we had to work with the club to verify the PayPal address was still active during administration.

The threads on this forum show how we all felt when we were clinging on to the hope we would not go into administration so I can take no pleasure in hearing this. Hopefully, if this is true, they can also try to get their club facing the right way again too. I think we have seen over the last couple of weeks at ICT that the players have responded to the situation and to the new coaching regime in a positive manner, and I have felt enthused that we would actually not only go on to avoid the automatic drop but could also pull ourselves clear of the playoffs in spite of the 15 point penalty.

Scotty: HT: 1-1 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Mckay 1st Scorer Opp: Rankin Crowd: 1602 CDN Girl HT: 0-1 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Mackinnon 1st Scorer Opp: Donnelly Crowd: 1555 SOS HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Bray 1st Scorer Opp: Sammon Crowd: 1492

Scotty: Falkirk @ 2.05 CDN Girl: Spartans @ 2.05 SOS: ICT @ 2.3

That was the cherry on top. What over here would be called a "hold my beer" moment. For me it was a little earlier and the appointment of Rae and Crook. Perhaps good intentions, but even if they could talk the talk, they could not walk the walk and started the process of decline and of not treating local companies correctly. We threw fiscal responsibility and community engagement right out the window right there and that is why we are where we are today. These figures running the club, and everyone who followed them until now will have their own place in ICT history and not in a good way. I disagree about the "Kenny Cameron Legacy" comment. He held his hands up to being too loyal to Richie, a personality trait we all wish the club had with Doran, Ridgers and others more recently, but he oversaw a period of incredible success for our club, and one where he also tried to juggle financial prudence with the demands of managers who wanted to open up the purse strings to challenge even further in their eyes. A delicate balancing act that I don't think anyone who followed him could even hope to emulate. We were one game away from Premiership survival which is a far cry from where we have found ourselves more recently.

ours isn't much better ... shame we didn't have a camera gantry, capable camera person, and people willing to commentate before buying the pixellot system ... oh wait

aware of this. its a load balancing issue on the site. we sometimes turn that portion off. it will start working again soon. nothing you need to do on your end.

Innes does look a bit like a young Bobby Mann Had not heard of P&D much until maybe last year but a YouTube marathon later, and i am a bit of a fan. It just seems like they are enjoying themselves in every video and the music is aq bonus. Would be great if we could say the same about enjoying ICT games (again). Hopefully that will come.

Bookmarking this for later. It's a really important mindset shift and I think you are right. Was also really refreshing to watch the SK interview. Obviously happy at a much needed - and from the highlights, deserved - victory but just sounding like an honest reflection of the game is such a welcome change. no excuses, no cliches (or not too many) and acknowledging that there will be bumps and we will work through them. Thats our old mentality creeping back in and it's good to see (hear). .

Scotty: HT: 0-0 FT: 0-1 1st Scorer ICT: Mckay 1st Scorer Opp: Megginson Crowd: 701 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Cairns 1st Scorer Opp: Emslie Crowd: 645 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 1-2 1st Scorer ICT: Gilmour 1st Scorer Opp: Fyvie Crowd: 687

Scotty: Partick @ 1.95 CDN Girl: Queens Park @ 2.05 SOS: ICT @ 3.00

anyone know where we can get a rangers leaning CEO to run it? [i'll get my coat]

We WERE a supplier (of website hosting, internet services, upgrades/updates, and other IT services) but Mr. Rae & Ms. Crook put paid to that, although paid is perhaps not an operative word given the moonlight flit to a German hosting company and several unpaid bills at the time. That has long since ceased to be an issue and to be fair to the previous incumbent of the CEO chair, we never had any dealings with him so neither I or CTO are creditors of ICT. I guess it's all down to the shares. Definitely not going to be filing in any claim on that front. I wrote that £250 off when I spent it. If I am still a shareholder once the dust settles, great. If not, then it may be a case of buying more if we get publicly traded. I guess we wait and see. The best thing I ever got from owning shares in ICT was actually when that letter arrived, and my football daft son said "Wait. Daddy? You own shares in a football club? WOW!" and then looking impressed. That on its own would have been worth the £250!

This is how I read it too. 20 expressions of interest in helping the club, ranging from buying advertising to on-site restaurants and possibly more revenue generating ideas as opposed to full-scale 'buyers'. We just have to trust the process now and hope that the administrators sort the wheat from the chaff in any/all actual offers to acquire the club. Got my package from the administrators yesterday with the claim form if I want to be listed as a creditor. I assume this is because any sale of the club will mean we are all no longer shareholders? I can deal with that on a personal level, but how does that affect the likes of the Supporters Trust with their 10% voting right?

I think (hope) Mark is able to distinguish between those who treated him badly and were running the club into the ground, compared to those who are now trying their damndest to mend fences and bring the club back to its community roots and focus. I hope to see the day sometime in the not-too-distant future where we see the likes of Mark, Ryan Esson, Aaron Doran and Shane Sutherland (and likely a few more) welcomed back into the fold and given an apology on behalf of those who didn't have the balls to do things properly first time around. It wont be the fault of those apologising, but it will be deserved by those who are apologised to.

Scotty: Livi @ 1.83 CDN Girl: Alloa @ 2.00 SOS: Clyde @ 2.00

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Mckay 1st Scorer Opp: Cunningham Crowd: 1604 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Devine 1st Scorer Opp: Allan Crowd: 1655 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Mackinnon 1st Scorer Opp: Williamson Crowd: 1745

When it comes to this type of situation its almost entirely a numbers game. If he is getting a higher-than-average wage + accommodation costs on top of that, then his number is likely near the top. Not sure what input the likes of Charlie, Kells or anyone else had into making the decision about who stayed and who went, but the cull was less expansive than most of us imagined. Looking at the ones who went, then I am going to assume we were paying accommodation for most of them, which must be a high cost, and with Dunc, Bollan and Garden, likely in the same situation there too, that has to be several thousand a month off the salary cost as well as accommodation and other hidden costs.

Good video. enjoyed it.

I think we draw a line under this week's game. Its been an incredibly stressful week for all concerned and even if they didn't have the stress of worrying about their jobs, then they also had the mind**** of adapting to the ideas and tactics of a new incoming manager (even if he was already there as #3). I've been in the same boat as described by one of the players in the media over the weekend ... waiting in an office to hear your fate as you know a portion of your colleagues will be gone and hoping it is not you. Your relief at not being on the chopping block is short-lived as you then feel sorry for whoever is gone, and while your body may be going through the motions of the task at hand with minimal input from your brain, the rest of your head is all over the place. Its surprising to me that we didn't lose by more ... perhaps we are lucky it was Dumbarton this weekend! Sounds like SK had us playing a little more positively this weekend but instead of the Dunc method of neither conceding or scoring very many, we employed a different idea to try and win but left ourselves a little open. Reports from those who were there sound somewhat positive so give them a couple of games for the heads to reset and for Kells to instill what he wants them to do and hopefully we might see improvements.

Today would have been a bonus, albeit one we should have tried to take. Players didnt find out until literally Thursday if they had a job or not. Would have been hard to concentrate on the task at hand. The real work starts now. A full week or training, a new mindset (hopefully) and a slow steady progress ... we can but hope anyway. Otherwise, you are right, League 2 next year and a rebuild.

ok, lets get back on topic please