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we'll be adding them to our calendar here (so typing them in for everyone) and there is an 'events' feed you would be able to subscribe to.

My son suggests this one !

Been there, done that .. Worked my ass off while my employer was putting down obstacles and trying to get me to quit ... had the last laugh though ! After about a year, when the manager realised my worth to them and tried to re-promote me to my original position I gave them 7 days notice and walked across the street to start working for a direct competitor ! Enjoyed that immensely. Taking it back to Jake ... I see similarities with Barry Robson. Barry was a petulant SOB who got frustrated all the time. The problem was not that he wasn't trying, or didn't have the talent, it was that he had a better football brain than some around him and no shortage of self-esteem to go with it and when the frustration set in he stopped trying at times. I dont think Jake was as petulant as Barry (who was still a gurney b****** even by the time he got to Vancouver !) but I have seen him try hard for a bit then when things were not going our way to become a bit anonymous and fade out of games .... I think (hope) he might flourish at Hearts and wish him well. Now - back to championship discussion .....

I hope you are right ..... I am now looking forward to World Cup 2026 !!! Quite fancied a trip to Morocco if the vote didnt go our way but with Canada, USA and Mexico winning the bid and Toronto likely to host at least a handful of games then I may just get to go to a World Cup within my lifetime .... now if Scotland could qualify .....

Met Jake several times on our last two or three trips and always got the impression he was a great chap. He was wonderful with my little boy - in fact the vast majority of the players were - so not sure where the 'prima donna' or 'control his emotions' bit comes in? I would also wish him good luck ....

I did not submit a nomination as I dont know what I could do from even further afield, or even if I am still a member or not ... did have a card once, dont think I ever renewed it after a couple of years, but cannot find it to try and verify the info. Will take another look. Regardless, I do however leave my offer on the table to assist - through CTO - in any way I can ... whoever gets elected can let me know what they need, and if I can help, I will.

add in Calais and we'd have been all set .... if they hadnt gone out of existence last year

At TFC they use AC/DC "Hell's Bells" which has that malevolent instrumental track underpinning it all the way through. works really well and fires up the crowd to commence the (verbal) battle with the opposition. A similarly hard rock tune might work well for ICT ... Thunderstruck perhaps, or for some fan's maybe Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' or Ozzy doing 'Crazy Train' ! To stick with the heavy rock theme ... Rainbow 'All Night Long' or maybe someone else ....... ? I do have to say I kind of like the concept of the Sean Connery voiceover preceding an appropriate song .... not sure we could get permission from either Connery or Queen to use it, nor might we be able to afford whatever they would ask for in payment .. but the concept is solid. At TFC one of the fans groups also managed to get Alan Frew from Glass Tiger to re-record 'My Town' at the end of their first season, replacing a lot of the Rod Stewart bits with TFC related stuff .... I liked it but it kind of died off in popularity after the first few years. I resurrected it on my iPhone last year for the cup final though ?

He's moved on to questionable hats ... but still drones on

You mean this one ? (extended mix) I would go with a clip from the faster paced portion of Wolfstone's - 'Battle' or maybe ask one of our own members here to re-mix his cup final song ! If something 'local' is considered 'twee' then how about 'heroes' by Bowie or a little respect by Erasure, both of which are in this video Or maybe 'Miserlou' by Dick Dale and his Deltones as for the original suggestion .... no, no, no, no, no ..... NO !

Here is a form I was asked to post this weekend. Notice of election and nomination form CJT Election June 2018.doc

Its time for Player Sponsorship for the 2018/2019 season. PLAYER TO BE SPONSORED: We will once again sponsor LIAM POLWORTH's Home Top. If we reach additional milestones we will look to add sponsorship for other players for 'lesser' items.: COST The cost has been confirmed to us for this coming season as the same as last season so £350+VAT. Other items are also the same as last year so those additional items are listed for reference. If we go well beyond the initial target we will look to sponsor other items as we can. Home Shirt - £350 +vat (420) Away Shirt - £250 +vat (300) Training Top - £100 +vat (120) Boots/Gloves - £100 +vat (120) HOW TO TAKE PART To take part in this sponsorship you will need to upgrade your site membership and join the "Player Sponsor" group. We in turn will use the money received from these memberships (minus paypal fees) to purchase player sponsorships from the club. We will set all memberships - regardless of when ordered - to end on June 1st of each year. This allows us time each year to gauge the interest in continuing for the following season. The cost to join this group is £11.00 (this amounts to £10.00 joining fee plus £1 to cover the aforementioned paypal fees). You may purchase multiple memberships if you wish, just amend the total in your shopping cart and add a note when placing the order if it is to cover family members who may not officially be site members !!! NEW MEMBERS: To join the group simply go to this page http://caleythistleonline.com/store/ or access the CTO Store from the main menu at the top (under shop). All our site membership upgrades are handled securely via Paypal's platform which will accept direct payment from the majority of credit/debit cards so it should be easy enough to upgrade your membership whether you live in Sneck or somewhere thousands of miles from there. RENEWING MEMBERS: You can either use the same process that new members use or, as some have done already when they got a reminder email and invoice, you can do a simple renewal from your account. Go to http://caleythistleonline.com/clients/purchases/ and you should be able to renew from here. If you do not want to renew simply ignore any reminders and you will not be billed. CASH MEMBERSHIPS: We do NOT take cash payments. Everything needs to go through Paypal. Once we know how many members have joined the group, we will make a decision on what gets sponsored. The first item will be the selected player's Home Kit ... but the more members who upgrade to "Player Sponsor" membership, the more we can sponsor. At the end of the season, members of our sponsor group will be selected at random to receive any gifts we may receive from the club and the first selected user can - if they wish - attend the sponsors' event held by the club as our representative. If you are interested, please add your name to this thread or go ahead and join the sponsor group. You will be marked as once we confirm payment received via membership upgrade .... EDIT: As questions are raised in the thread, we will clarify any that need a response below: Technically the payment is listed as a 'subscription' when you pay, but that is internal to this site only and is done this way so that in a year's time it will generate an invoice on here allowing existing members to renew (if they wish) or to let it expire. Renewal (or not) is at the user's discretion and as far as paypal is concerned its a one-off payment and there will be no automatic re-billing from their side.

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Davie - I would like to make a donation on behalf of CTO but I use a specific account for my personal online activities. This account does not have Visa or any UK valid debit card attached to it so I cannot use the donation page. I can send to you directly as an EFT from the account or I can pay you via Paypal and have the funds come straight out of my personal account. Let me know.

Agree. I think Austin played 1 game when I was last over before going out injured. He didnt score but I saw enough nice touches in that game to think we had picked up a player who might be pretty good for us. If he can stay fit next season I think (hope) he may prove me right.

three things charles 1 - like it or not, CaleyD's criticism is of the club as a whole not individuals. There are individuals running the club, but he has not named any of them specifically and the club itself is not a person therefore criticism of it cannot be personal. Yours on the other hand is entirely personal in nature and in several cases crosses the lines we have in our rules. it cannot continue. Debate the topic, agree, disagree, but when it gets personal its done. You want to counter any claim that he makes about how badly he thinks things are running ... then do so with the other side of the coin if you see it that way .... 2 - Also from our rules ... you seem to be getting offended on behalf of someone else? Posters here are a fairly intelligent bunch and will decide if they agree or disagree with CaleyD's posts. Some will agree with your oft-posted point of view and will dismiss his posts as those of a bitter ex-employee (a point he has corrected in response), whereas others with different experiences may agree with him. Thats for them to decide. However it appears that it is only you who are getting personal about this. Others are debating the topic. 3 - All of this is completely and utterly off topic and it is not the first thread where this has happened between you and CD. It is however the last one. CTO goes wherever the opinions of the members take it. We dont sail a particular direction. Its not rocket science to think that after the pain of relegation that direction would be somewhat negative. If you do decide to give things a miss then that is up to you. I will miss the contributions, but i will not miss your significant role in the current lack of vibrance and constructive mindset that you talk about. its the silly season. thats how it always goes. 3 months with nothing to talk about on-field and plenty of conspiracies and overly personal digs. >Look back to June/July of almost any season and you will see this kind of thing. then look at other teams' fora and you will see the same there too. Yup. I have been on loads of football forums, including P&B, and we are most definitely the most polite. I make no apologies for that. I do however get pissed off myself when some get oversensitive and pissed off on behalf of others ... that does rankle! 25 years of the club ... and 25 years of CTO - definitely something to celebrate next season. think I will leave the last word to Jockdoonsouth ......

ok people - I have had enough of this. You want to get overly personal DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE !!! Whilst everyone is entitled to an opinion and can take and debate whatever position they like in a topic, they are not entitled to cross the line and get overly personal. Rule 1 of the site makes that very clear. If this continues, then those that are making things personal will be put on moderated posting.

Whilst I am always wary of nepotism, if its the right fit then its the right fit. Will judge her on initiatives or results that are achieved.

If he does not want to move family north for family reasons then maybe that has more to do with it. depending on ages of children it could be quite an upheaval to move them from schools where they are settled, doing well and away from friends etc Not that we are looking ... but I would not want to move house with my own family right now for that very reason.

Not that it matters much, but I believe OCG may be right .... Just checked my flight tickets and car hire receipts from last year ... We were in Inverness last year until May 24th and were scheduled to head down the road that day to Edinburgh to fly out to the next leg of our trip the next morning (25th). I had wanted a strip for my little guy before we left but there was none of the new stuff in the shop on the 23rd as the truck had not arrived, so we bought what we needed then actually stopped at the stadium on our way to the A9 the next day (24th), grabbed a few bits and pieces for us all from the truck then headed down the road mid/late afternoon ... Talking to the people manning the truck, apparently it was not going to be far behind us. Not sure if it left on schedule or not, but can certainly attest to the day before and the actual day it was supposed to be there ...

In the same timezone might be workable, but across an ocean and 5 time-zones may be a stretch. I do however re-iterate that through CTO I am happy to assist in any way that I can.

at first glance I would say I like it, although the small picture makes it hard to tell close up. My biggest question would be why we are changing both kits in the same year? If it is some kind of 're-jig' to get back into sync after the Carbrini debacle then fair enough, but if it is for any other reason then thats wrong !

somebody is in trouble ... the pictures were supposed to be embargoed until midnight !