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Is the railway station a long walk from the ground? If I go through I need to get the 1717 back to Central.

There's bound to be a twist with this.

Personally I think if we get through it will be amazing.

A win is a win. Good to win at Firhill.

Butcher made mistakes in the post-split matches - we all recognise that. However, the overall feeling at the end of the season was that the appointment of Butcher and Maplas had a positive impact on the team, that our results improved significantly and that we were very close to staying up. 99% of the ICT fans i spoke to at the end of season felt that Butcher deserved the chance to manage us in the First Division.

Now he's got that chance and he's building a new team. It has potential and it's too early to judge whether it can challenge for the title. That's what i'm thinking about and i don't understand why some people feel the need to dwell on disagreements over team selection in games that took place four months ago when we had a different team in a different league.

Good post Stan, but I would suggest our results were always going to improve from the moment Brewster departed - no matter who had been appointed to replace him.

I agree he should be given till the end of the season in the hope that he can build a team capable of getting us back to the SPL... I don't think our finances provide us with the luxury of many alternative options.

good to see a positive post on here.

We have limited resources, 'fans' who only turn up for big games (if these people turned up every week we would still be SPL) and a decent cohort of players who are capable of holding their own in the first division. I thought golly was a breath of fresh air today.

If we can rebuild this season, finish in a decent position and challenge next year I'll be happy.

If you have to come to the big games, please don't boo the players.

I'll be heading through for it. Anyone know the ticket prices?

bit of a rough one! Any need to slag off where someone is from?

I don't think anyone will boo on Sunday

especially after the good away support in Dundee.

Has Butcher got what it takes? Who knows at this stage. We're hardly buying the league though with transfer fees being paid...

And you've got to remember that in the first division all teams will take points off each other at some stage. (Let's just hope it's early in the season for us...)

The spectators in the North Stand were shocking yesterday. I think Butcher and Malpas will last til the end of the season. From their management point of view if they DON'T win the Scottish First then they're CVs will be a bit poor to secure alternative employment when they leave. I make this statement on the assumption that they only have this season left on their contracts?

The home spectators need to get real.

Win the league, no real cash investment, no time for new signings to gel. I can understand why people were booing yesterday but I was disappointed with people booing LDZ. Hardly encouraging from his perspective?

I think we will fare a lot better next Sunday in the cup.

Personally a big fan of the 27. Good grub and good beer...

Feeling a bit stuck in a rut going to the same places when up for the football. Anyone got any reccomendations for some of the newer places

Tune of yellow submarine *edit Dundee for County

Welcome to the forums. Pity there's so little coverage of ICT for you this season. Highlights of the dundee match would be ace. Out of interest, which London club do you follow?

Can see him doing well. I lol'd at his suggestion that Yogi may end up managing in the Premiership! maybe managing a club's kit perhaps...

It's a wee bit steep but hosting the game, paying match officials etc needs to be covered.

The club will cover these costs with a hardcore contingent turning out. If I didn't live in the central belt I would be going along. Good chance to see some of the fringe players in action.

Football's an expensive business these days ...

It may be selfish, but I don't want the person sitting next to me going for a smoke and coming back reeking of stale smoke.

I wouldn't worry about that, someone who cant go without a cigarette for 2 hours probably reeks anyway,

CALEYD has made a very valid and reasonable point if you really need to smoke at half time give the club ?100 for the privilege,

When you take off free parking,free halftime pie and drink plus other perks how little is it really costing you.

I would like to buy a pre match drink at the stadium or the occasional late lunch. If I gave the club ?100, I could do that too.

I wouldn't expect someone to moan that they want a dram,food, free parking or bus, free halftime p&b etc at the ground but don't want to pay the ?100.

So the same applies to smoking.

Take it you're a paid up member then?

Posted it as there's usually a pinned threat with away match information. Apologies for not trawling through the 'who's going to Dundee' thread. 17 notes is a lot of cash which I kinda grudge especially as they're flush.

Phoned Dens Park today. It's pay at the gate. ?10 concessions and ?17 for full price tickets.

Martin,

have you still got the tickets? PM me if you do please.

It's about time that Scottish football started again, focusing on community clubs instead of those 'historical' clubs cluttering up the leagues. The likes of Stenhousemuir or Alloa are leftovers from the past, with too many teams in the same area (e.g. Airdrie, Hamilton, Clyde). How about two leagues of 16, filled with the larger clubs, plus representatives of various areas, e.g. Stranraer, Queen of the South, Forfar, Livingstone etc etc.

No chance of that then!

Theoretically mergers would be the most financially sound routes to take...

However could you see the likes of caley merging with county?

The clubs need to address match days and look again at what's on offer to people. I think summmer football would be a good move in terms of increasing gates

It's a pity the club isn't shifting twice this number of season tickets. If we had then I highly suspect we wouldn't have found ourselves in division 1.

The crowd for the last game of the season was very good - if we had that many every week then I think we could have kept a few players...

Can this post be pinned please? Save posting all the time to keep it up there. Quite amusing that the OP has said no more on the matter. Good wind-up methinks. Wish we could have signed higgins from them

Have to say that I would be more than happy to pay a fiver or so for a love stream of the home games I can't make it up to. I wonder if the club would think about doing this?

Good run out for some of the fringe players. Will be interesting to see how they get on tonight without terry. This is off topic BUT those of you who have an iPhone or itouch can download the sky sports news app which gives you scores for free. It's a good app and covers the Scottish first division unlike the recent eurosport app which was added recently. They're not covering this match but it'll come in handy for keeping up to date at matches.

Sounds like a good idea to keep this on page 1.

I can see this thread coming back to bite the op on the ass. Who have county got next?

Dafc match report - pretty amusing:

http://www.dafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/FMatc...8~49632,00.html

photos from the match:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/youngpars200...ERNESSCT080809#

Anyone really care? If he was deemed not up to scratch by county then he'll probably put in a good shift (if he gets a game against them). Still think we could have done with mike Fraser this season

I'm struggling to use the search functions on your forum, i was looking for an old thread. The thread I was looking for had the same title as this one. Must have been deleted or something.

Anyway, well done on your jammy result today.

what does 'your no' mean? Are you trying to say you're not? Inbred tink. County are going to get seriously pumped at the end of the month mate. Keep your gloating in your peg bag.