IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

That is exactly the analogy - just imagine Bury merging with Bowton and then you have that feeling that many Caley and Thistle fans actually experienced. And would you like the yoof of Bury to be aware of the history of the club before they started eating black pudding pasties ?

Well must have noticed something awry. It wasn't about money with them.

Sounds quite painful Just like most of your posts on this thread. At least you are now having a laff and that evidently means that you have finally accepted the facts.

I will provide a Smileymometer template following the Brum game.

Jhesus if they had only found life in the galaxy - we could have had Uranus Thistle.

How much money do we have ? I suspect that we spent most of it renewing contracts.

Where has the Hughes out thread gone to ? Fer fecks sake it is pre pre season !!

I am shure Laurence that you would agree that the yoof and the newcomers are made fully aware of the true history of Caledonian and Thistle FC. Otherwise it is a bit like watching Braveheart and taking it fer granted that it was the real thing.

Ferben - read from page 20 onwards and read the truth about the merger. It is about time the yoof of Sneck learnt about the sacrifices of their forefathers and how the birth of ICT coincided with the death of two beloved institutions.

It is for some and there are evidently the usual media and management myths and mistruths to dispel. The future is important and I think that you forget that most of the participants in this debate are loyal supporters who have spent a lot of time supporting ICT and encouraging their families to follow in their footsteps. Supporting a team from afar means you can't help as much as you can so little so called words of wisdom become annoying patronising phrases - probably from someone who has swallowed the myths. Thanks for the response Ferben - that is very reassuring - keep up the good work but learn from the past and keep an open mind unlike some of the bitter old fossils.

I think it is a typo and should have read debris or perhaps rubbish - both words that succinctly describe Charlie's posts on this thread. And this is a thread that has positives and negatives and is possibly containing "real" issues about the merger that have been discounted previously. I starred posting again on here becos of the debate about the attendance. The posts on the Facebook page show that there are many who have withdrawn since the merger - and they are not the known refuseniks. But the more recent posts are more heartening as it seems that many are allowing their children to watch ICT and not trying to influence that decision. So the Family Section and the great work being done in the Community does appear to be working. Have to laff at the journalistic twaddle linking Caley with Rangers and the vote and a pathetic Seville joke. Again the true fans know the reality of the situation. There was never anything bitter about Caley - with Jeggies it was banter - and there was always an allegiance with Clach and many Clachers also watched Caley. There was a lot of ENVY as Caley had traditionally been the BIG club in the town and in the Highlands. Elgin were of similar ilk and that bred the hostile rivalry.

Now that is spot on. And the success has to be maintained. Are any of your mates influenced by their oldies to follow other teams ?

I am being totally serious in my statement that the merger has been responsible for a lot of potential ICT supporters. It is not a few it is considerable. The delusion that it is minimal is my frustration and it is being shown on the Facebook page as these are not the voiciferous refuseniks but are Joe Soaps - and they influence their offspring. I clearly do not give a feck but get feckin pisssed when some peeple are blind to the facts.

Hmmm I think your nose is growing! Lol The intro was evidently a bit of a wind up to get people's attention. The responses are getting more and more interesting and show that there continues to be a real opposition to ICT related to the merger. In all honesty it really is quite concerning - would you not agree ?

Have a look for yerself - very interesting thread - and it would appear that there as many derisory Jeggies as there are Caley. Wish you would take yer biased, misinformed, manipulated head out of yer erse and understand the feelings of the "real" pre merger support. You are beginning to be a bit like Brazil in terms of embarrassment.

Dougal is but a mere mortal with less intelligence, less charm and less appeal. But at least he knows the facts about the merger and it's longstanding effect on attendances. Ther has been an interesting thread on the Inverness Facebook forum where a piccy of Telford Street was posted and apart from adores boy and myself there is nobody who used to go that is now following ICT.

At least now people will appreciate us chanting "it's just like watching Brazil"

He is still writing about us - in the sports pages !!

Some things are fecked and are better off being left alone. Squirrel was a Diugalesque poster from a few years back. That is why it may be better that Dougal remains unknown as poor Ewan has never been the same since !

Personally it Disney matter what sponsor there is.

Yes I can appreciate that I am more apt to observe such phenomena due to my psychological prowess.

It is a good job that the sponsor does not take offence to those comments. My butt is pert according to most voyeurs

It was a factual observation and a rather friendly piece of attempted banter which evidently hit a nerve. His tale actually rings bells to me !! The world of correctness has gone awry. So what is our team and who needs sponsorship ?

Doubt that.

I reckon that I could portray a Subway foot long buttie with a minimum of costume expense.