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ok - maybe 'talking bollox' was a bit strong :004: but practice matches and friendlies never count when it comes to stats .... the first official goal at the stadium was scored by Dave McKenzie and the first CT goal by Iain Stewart. lets agree that the following is true First Goal (practice match) - Richard Hastings (27 July 1996) First Goal (friendly) - Norman Kellas (Highland League Select) / Scott McLean (CT) (6th November 1996) First Goal (competitive) - Dave McKenzie (Albion Rovers) / Iain Stewart (CT) (9th November 1996)

Think its Falkirk for me ... I felt sorry for them when they were denied their rightful place in the SPL on at least one of two occasions that they won the league, the fans are usually decent craic, their manager - while not eloquent - has good banter with the fans, they are at about the same level/size as us and looked down upon just as much and I cant remember us having any big problems with them. here's my table of loathing (top of table is least loathed, bottom is most loathed) 01. I.C.T. (of course) 02. Falkirk (see above) 03. Motherwell - know a few decent fans, no bad history between clubs 04. Aberdeen - went to uni there, another team from the north, just wish we could beat them once ! 05. Hibs - Collins is annoying but know a good few decent Hibees 06. Kilmarnock - no feelings one way or the other 07. Gretna - no real hatred but no real respect either 08. Hearts - two words - Vladimir Romanov 09=. Celtic / Rangers - cant really separate the two 11. St Mirren - Rosscoe is sorry. It was clumsy not deliberate. It happened years ago. Get over it. 12. Dundee Utd - mostly because of the chairman and former manager. Fans and current manager are decent (mostly) However ... if I couldnt be an ICT (or Toronto) fan then I'd be a DoonHamer .... their fans are brilliant craic

I think you are talking bollox. (unless of course you can prove me wrong ...........) Iain Stewart scored the first (competitive) ICT goal at the Caledonian Stadium against Albion Rovers, although Dave McKenzie actually scored the first official one ever when he scored for Rovers 4 minutes earlier. There WAS one friendly match played at the stadium prior to that on Wednesday 6th Nov 1996 (and it was a bloody cold night - I remember, because I was there), but these dont count in official stats. However, thanks to Ian Broadfoot's excellent records, I can confirm that Scotty McLean scored 4 that night with Iain Stewart and Paul Cherry bagging one each in a 6-2 win over a Highland League select. ----- match report from first competitive game at Caledonian Stadium ----- SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 1996 CALEDONIAN STADIUM, INVERNESS BELLS SCOTTISH LEAGUE THIRD DIVISION INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE 1 (Stewart 74) ALBION ROVERS 1 (McKenzie 70) INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE - Calder, Teasdale, Hastings, MacArthur, Noble, Ross (Tokely 86), Wilson, Stewart, Thomson, Christie (Bennett 86), MacLean Sub - Hercher ALBION ROVERS - Duncan, Byrne, McGowan, Brown, Martin, McKilligan, Clark, Dickson, Watters (Reilly 65), Moore, McKenzie (McNally 83) Sub - McGuire. REFEREE - J Underhill (Edinburgh) ATTENDANCE - 3734 BOOKINGS - Martin, Watters, Moore & Reilly (Albion Rovers) REPORT - An historic day for Inverness with the official opening of Caledonian Stadium by Provost Allan Sellar. The game did not quite live up to the occasion but the large crowd did see plenty of action and two goals. The home side had most of the game but failed to capitalise due to poor finishing and good goalkeeping by Cammie Duncan. It was Albion who took the lead in the 70th minute against the run of play when Dave McKenzie slid home after a John Dickson cross. Four minutes later Iain Stewart touched in the equaliser after the Albion defence failed to clear a Brian Thomson corner. The Inverness side pressed for a winner but had to be content with a draw. Hastings' 2 goals prior to the 2006/07 season came in the following games: Goal1: 14th October 1995 V Cowdenbeath (2nd goal in a 3-2 home CT win) - direct free kick - also got MOTM Goal2: 4th November 1995 V Arbroath (1st goal in a 5-1 home CT win). - curling shot into right hand corner from 18 yards

Falkirk fans dont rate him at all ..... wide berth.

Don't be. We're not. I also believe you are blurring the lines between the site and the site users which are two very different things. To some at the club and a sizeable proportion of the support at large, this site (or any other site) has never had, nor will it ever have, any credibility. We cant influence that very much and we are not concerned with trying to. Now that we are no longer in a position where we are the official site we (the site) will continue to praise the club to the rafters when they get things right, but we (the site) are now in a position where can also criticise them when they get it wrong. As for the users - We provide a moderated platform where those supporters who choose to use the site can air their views be they positive or negative and like anywhere else where people can air views, some of it is all piss and vinegar whilst others talk the talk and walk the walk so to speak. People are entitled to their opinions and so long as it doesnt cross the boundaries we (the site) have set, then they are free to express them. The person who actually made the formal complaint has conducted a lot of his dialogue in private and I can assure you that his criticism has not melted like spring snow, its just not visible to all at this time. I believe you are incorrect. The comments regarding the singing section have been broadly supportive. Most supporters believe it to be a good idea but some have expressed opinions that although they support it, the previous incident needs to be addressed before they wholeheartedly embrace it. We have also indicated a willingness to assist the club in whatever way we can after the chairman expressed the belief that we might have a part to play. The Supporters' Trust is the appropriate body for the club to deal with in this matter. The idea was 'their baby' and as an organised and elected group with shares in the club and who represent a large number of supporters (although not all) this course of action is wholly appropriate. Again, I believe you are confusing the site with the site users. The site has not called for sackings, or boycotts, although some of the users may have. Please also remember two salient points about this meeting - some of those who were at the Dunfermline game live hundreds of miles away and it was not possible for them to attend and also, the meeting was not billed as a session where answers to previously asked questions would be given ... despite queries about that very aspect of it.

Fraser Tokely McCaffrey Munro © Hastings Wilson Duncan Black Rankin Wyness Bayne Subs Ridgers Duff (U21) Sutherland (U21) McBain/Hart (?) Cowie Paatelainen McDonald

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He had scored a total of 2 goals prior to the one last season (both in 95/96). I remember one was an absolute peach of a free-kick. Cant remember if the other was a FK or from open play.

or you could believe this site ..... http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/n/niculae_marius.shtml

Rankin for me - scored a few beauties last season. nothing wrong with letting Black or Hastings take the odd one though - mix it up a bit and both can hit it pretty sweet.

Shouldn't the last few comments be in another thread ? This isn't about Blackie wanting away on a free transfer it is RUMOUR about other clubs being interested in him.

It would actually be quite interesting to have a reasonably strong set of teams across the traditional Highland League catchment area , it would annoy the **** out of some pundits and grass roots football people who think the country ends just before Perth.

Thought I would start a 'sticky' thread for YouTube videos* ... in this thread, add ICT related ones. *copyright disclaimer: As far as we are aware, it is allowable to add youtube links to footage of past games or compilation clips. we are not hosting the videos on this site, only adding links to content that is freely available on youtube if a user were to go there and search. Please direct any copyright disputes to youtube. Here's my opening contribution .... it has to be this tremendous video of when we won the first division .... this video brought tears to my eyes the first time I watched it, much like the result did when I listened to it over here in Canada wishing I was in the TCS !!!

Thought I would start a 'sticky' thread for YouTube videos* ... in this thread, add NON-ICT ones. *copyright disclaimer: As far as we are aware, it is allowable to add youtube links to footage of past games or compilation clips. we are not hosting the videos on this site, only adding links to content that is freely available on youtube if a user were to go there and search. Please direct any copyright disputes to youtube. Here's my opening contribution .... a classic set of bloopers .... my favourite is the guy who gets the ball in the face about 52 seconds in .... talk about wobbly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xo_s4w8Ifo

:32: to those who are taking this off topic ..... This thread is about the signing of Dean McDonald for ICT. If you want to abuse or bait Sophia, please do it elsewhere. Sophia - If all you wanted to say was "All I was really saying was welcome to Inverness and don't take the any criticism that may come your way personally." then why not just say that !!! 99% of people would actually have agreed with you

If the figure of 4K is correct (and it sounds feasible) then I think that is too much for this player especially if you delve deeper into his stats ..... His stats at Bucharest and Sporting are excellent but Standard Liege and Mainz look pretty grim for some reason. If he were to sign for ICT then its no secret that his aim would be to try and stop the downward spiral, get his scoring rate back up, get back into the national side and ultimately hope for a move to the OF or England and on that basis perhaps 2K per week (1 from ICT (within the wage structure), 1 from a sponsor) would be a fair offer ...... Dinamo Bucharest (1996-2001) Romanian Division A: Domestic: 100 games - 43 goals UEFA Cup: 7 games - 5 goals International: 18 games - 10 goals (inc 5 goals in 6 games in 2000 - 1 V Latvia, 4 V Algeria, 3 V Hungary, 2 V Slovenia) Sporting Lisbon (2001-2005) Portuguese SuperLiga: Domestic: 59 games - 14 goals (7 in 1st season, 3, 3, and 1 in following seasons) UEFA Cup: 6 games - 3 goals (all in 1st season) International: 8 games - 2 goals (against Andorra) Standard Liege (2005-2006) Belgian Jupiler League: Domestic: 26 games - 4 goals UEFA Cup: none International: 2 games - 0 goals Mainz (2006-2007) German Bundesliga: Domestic: 6 games - 0 goals UEFA Cup: none International: none

why do i get the feeling that Gringo is gonna love this thread ......

STV - we will be launching the 2007/08 version of this site soon (same site - with a number of upgrades) and would be delighted to discuss how we might work with you to give fans access to more ICT content. This is perhaps best done via email rather than in here so feel free to drop myself and my co-publisher an email at webadmin@caleythistleonline.com

So is that you volunteering for Match Report duty for all but the Clach game RIG ??? seriously though - As club Historian Ian Broadfoot has now retired from doing the official match reports, we will need to rely on fans to supply reports for all games as we will not be able to simply 'lift' reports from the official site so volunteers are encouraged to come forward. We have one or two people who have said they are interested in doing some of the games but as far as we are concerned, the more the merrier, and if there are any budding journos out there all the better !!!

no problems .... 1. It will benefit the fans (who win). 2. The profits are going to a good cause. Will adjust thread title slightly to make it more appealing and also sticky it

Milk is sold that way over here !!! and the cigarette packs (25s) are also like that (mostly)

fortunately (for ICT), due to the effect of the glaciers, the north of Scotland is actually rising and the south of england is sinking into the sea - post glacial rebound for those who want to look it up. not sure if it is rising at the same rate that sea levels are but personally, I would be more concerned about the rise in levels if I lived further south !!!

Fair play to Richard .... He basically got called up for the squad when no-one expected it and when fans were a little more than scornful of his worth .... a bit like when he returned to ICT !!! He played every game in a position he isnt used to and by the end of Canada's involvement in the tournament had those same fan singing his praises .... again, like his return to ICT As many know, I have not always been his biggest fan, or even a fan at all, but this past 12 months he has performed very well for both his club and his country so well done to him.

probably a pretty good chance ... I am sure some of the pubs down there have legitimate (or otherwise) Setanta channels !!!

I havent seen any 'distrust' of him on here ? Most fans seem to relish his signing. If anything what we might be guilty of is expecting too much from him too soon and I would agree that this could have negative connotations with some supporters if things dont go well for him from the very start (ie. he doesnt score goals !) if that is what you meant. The player himself seems pretty switched on and realised this before he even signed. He said that the first thing he did when he heard of the club's interest in him was to have a look on the internet and I reckon he has probably visited here and read a few of the comments which prompted him to make the comments in the press that he is a different type of player than Dargo and not necessarily an out and out goalscorer/poacher. However, he seems confident enough in his ability to tell us what he is good at and if he can score some decent goals and show the kind of in-the-box skills we have all now seen on YouTube then he will have some very vociferous supporters to speak up for him when any doubters do start their nonsense. As for leaving the club - lets worry about that later ... he hasnt even kicked a ball for us yet !!! He has signed for two years with an option for a third (not something I have ever heard of in an ICT contract before incidentally). If he does well for us then it might be inevitable that he either goes back to a bigger team in England or to one of our higher paying rivals in the SPL. I dont think ICT fans in general have a problem with that scenario so long as the player himself is honest with the fans. Dods got some stick last season when the DUFC interest was noted but a lot more people gave him credit for finishing the season and giving 100% even though he was moving to another club. Many of these same people were angry at Dargo because they felt he was stringing the club along .... Its not the fact of the player leaving, its how they do it that generates the reaction. Dennis Wyness going to Hearts is another prime example of how to do it right. Again, I credit Dean with being pretty savvy when it comes to this and if the time comes, perhaps he will check the internet again, gauge the fan mood and make the appropriate (honest) comments. Sophia .... it appears to me that in this case, it is the fans who are being distrusted from the off and I seriously doubt whether we will be given the benefit of the doubt at any point.