IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

He was only just before my time.

Highlights are very promising. Was there any sign of practised dead ball moves and what about throw ins ? The penalty was lucky but woeful. Now if had been drilled low and hard ??!! Had MCkaay been replaced before the award ?

Should that not be keith ?

What iss all this nonsense abrout ?

I'd say we were using a fluid 4-4-2, moving from a flat formation to a diamond in the middle when LB/RB were pushing forward...akin to more traditional wingbacks. Cheers and thanks for not pointing out my big K error - LOL

At least Brill hasn't got any long standing injuries !! And many thought that Reguero was past his sell by date. Perhaps I may be wrong here but to me a goalie position is more secure when he is a save stopper but has an established and confident defence in front of him. As fer penalties I only missed one in my Welfare career and I hi every one low and to the keepers right. I can recall scoring three in one game against Derek Rudkin. OK there is far more technology and keepers study kickers BUT if you know where you are going to place it and hit it sweetly then it's a feckin goal. However I do feel that Foran looks the most accomplished but McKay's confidence was sky high and he was scoring so he was the man in possession.

That is my main concern in that Allen and McKay appear to be out and out scores and whether TB attempts to incorporate them in to the favoured 4-5-1 and plays one of them wide or in the "hole" - I hope that it is more of a case of 4-4-2 at home 4-5-1 away or able to interchange the systems would be even better - and achievable now. CaleyD- what was the system yesterday ?

Charlton 0 ICT 9 ?

Personally I can't see TB deviating from the 4-5-1 or to me more like a 4-2-3-1 system. At least this coming season he appears to have more strength in depth and a squad of players who can adapt to that system

Well the basic reason behind this extended thread was to attempt to express the frustration of an INDIVIDUAL Howden Ender (and hopefully many others) in regard to the pre-merger process. I aimed this at the yoof of ICT and the followers who came post-merger, This is like ICT nowadays thinking about merging with Hellgin or the Gypos. Just feckin think about that when ya think that some of the oldies are feckin whingeing about the past. As far as I am concerned I am Caley till I die and I respect anybody who states that they are a Jeggie till they die. We are now Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC and we are blue and white and red and black and united – as some of us have tattoos to prove it! CALEDONIAN THISTLE TILL I DIE – Caley Jags - O2FECKINB – BUT THE HOWDEN END WILL NEVER DIE So let us look to further success in 2013-2014, stick together, multiply and put Sneck SLAP back on the feckin Map!! DID WE HAVE AND WILL WE HAVE A FECKIN GOOD TIME OR FECKIN WOT ??!!

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Well I would initially wish to make this to all the post-merger Howden Enders and Jeggies who stuck by the merger - As Sister Sledge emphasised – “We are Feckin Family”. But I would wish to acknowledge the friendships and support of the friends who made up the original “Caley Animals” – Norman Gordon (RIP); Rodger MacDonald (RIP), John Duncan (RIP), Colin Arnott, Nicky Evans (missing in action), Willie Fraser, Sandy Rose, Neil Findlay (part timer !!), Davie Frame (part timer - dependent on the missus). DID WE HAVE A FECKIN GOOD TIME OR FECKIN WOT ??!!

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The bludgeoned and debilitated eagle, the personification of the Howden Enders, may have been in cardiac distress but the soul and spirit lived on - and always will. The dispirited and "dying" Howden Ender family gathered strength to, at least, go out with a feckin blast. The mighty Golspie Sutherland fell to a 15-0 defeat, the Jeggies were hammered in the last ever game at the dilapidated Kingsmills Meeting Place and, before the unfortunate fire the Howden Enders won yet another F1 trophy, speeding ahead from the Mechanics of Forres . And then it was on to the final Howden Ender and Jeggie meet at the Telford Street Meeting Place - the illegal or so feckin what return of the legend otherwise known as Barley Yoghurt. This was the only feckin goal. Perhaps Mantis can add the goal ?? And afterwards : http://youtu.be/s9MtELz35Fo But that was not a real reflection on the Jeggies - it was a projection against the unfairness and sneakiness of all the other interferers - such as the Sneck Council, the INE and its known associates. And it was so to the burial and the funeral of the Howden Ender family which took place on the fourteenth of May 1994 in Huntly. And Don MacLean sang: A long, long time ago I can still remember how The Caley used to make me smile And I knew if we had been given a chance That we could be ALONE doing the SPL dance And maybe we would go the full mile But Late ‘93 had made me shiver With every blow the INE delivered Bad news on my doorstep I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried When I watched in Huntly, full of grief and pride, But something touched me deep inside The day the Caley died So [Chorus] Bye, bye Caledonian FC From Sneck full of bevvy but my throat was still dry And us Animals were drinking whiskey in Rye Singin' this is the day that we die The day the Howden End died. But from the ashes flew the feckin bird of destiny and the future. To Be Explained

The Battle of Rosie Street really was a “no win” for the Righteous and their supporters. The decision to unite the families had clearly been decided and retrospectively, the evening turned in to a bit of a sham and only served to stoke the fires of dissent and discontent amongst the Howden Ender family. There were several types of Howden Ender at that meeting – The Righteous who were there to fight to the bitter end and back the Howden Ender alone movement – the Elders and their flock who did not wholly realise at the time that they were being duped with promises of control in the new Family Circle and that the traditional Howden End philosophies and traditions would still be adhered to for years to follow – the Howden Enders who viewed the “fight” to be futile and lost - and the Howden Enders who were fed up with the whole sorry debacle. BUT, to a man, woman and child they all did not want the Howden End family to be eradicated and the large majority did and still do believe that the Howden Enders on their own could have become a major family Unit nationally. The evening was disorganised and discredited from the off – the first proposal was to de-bar the petty sausage and quiche chuckers of Rothes. The mere fact that this ludicrous decision was not overturned showed that there were clearly political influences at large. Especially as many months later all the perpetrators were given Absolute Discharges by the legal system. Again there appeared to be political overtures to the vote to allow Billy Beaumont to stay, especially taking in to account his climb down in the following weeks. Then there was the key vote of the Domino League squad who had previously been voicing a fair degree of support to the cause of the Righteous. Lo and behold they voted for the merger unanimously and declared that they had not been instructed to do so. And then the decision moved from a 66% majority to a 50% majority and the “official result” was 250 to 226 – 52.5 %. An outcome clearly reached due to the “types” of Howden Enders present and a fair degree of unknown family members who nobody had seen before the meeting and never saw them again after the meeting. There continue to be months of political shenanigans, mainly pertaining to assets. Even the Jeggies were enraged, declaring that the union was more like a takeover than a merger. It was just a never clever ploy of the Sneck Council, the INE and its known associates to dub the new family as the Howden Enders and blue to their roots. And it worked as some of the Righteous feel fer it and the declarations made prior to the Battle of Rosie Street took a significant U-Turn. The rest of the political manoeuvres are mainly boring and by now guessable. But as the last Howden Ender trooped out of Rosie Street the Howden Ender Family was probably aptly put on a Life Support Machine. TO BE ENDED

The internal family friction within the Howden Enders only heightened and Family Mediation orders were being served left, right and centre. This of course could only lead to further division and tension and fell straight in to the advantage of the forever goading Sneck Council, the INE and its known associates. The clan membership suddenly rose from under 200 and close to 500 and this was ridiculed by many. The simple fact was that a “Call to Arms” had been sent to Howden Enders across the Globe and many had answered the call. The other reason was that the opposing faction had proffered freebies to “ringers” and false hands were a big sell. Another influence was to be false promises from the Sneck Council, the INE and its known associates. Piggott and Dodd compiled another “reliable” financial report on the eve of the Gathering. The final audit had been carried out by Ronnie Biggs. The INE, who had no monies to provide to the Howden Enders previously, suddenly came forward, again on the eve of the gathering, with options for a palatial new palace for the Howden Enders and the Jeggies to live in happily ever after. The spondoolachs were being flashed. The Sneck Council, the INE and their known associates were flexing their muscles, using psychology at its manipulative best and announcing “There can only be one” and brandishing a business Samurai in readiness to lop the head of the Highlander HowdenEnder. And to appease the Jeggies and rile up the Howden Enders they announced that the family leads of the united families would be Big Jock and wee Scotty from the Jeggie fraternity. They had even recruited Dynamo the Magician who changed the deeds of the Kingsmills Meeting Place from the name of the Church of Scotland to the Jeggies and the Sneck Council, the INE and its known associates named Kingsmills as the new Family Meeting Place. They also offered new wellington boots, nose pegs and benzodiazepines to anyone wishing to go up the hill. That fitted in well with the “Fools from the Hill” terminology. It was clearly also non-sexist days as wummin were not allowed to walk in to the inner sanctity of the Jeggies - apart of course Piano “Snow White”. The Gathering at Rosie Street was compared to battles of the First or Second World Wars but to the more astute Howden Enders this was The Alamo, Beaumont was Davy Crocket and the Righteous would stand their ground on the parapets. "It's amazing what a little harmony can do !!"

Still waiting for the young Arsenal striker on loan.

Whoosh - perhaps this was intended to be caustic parody - a fairy tale that was ironically far closer to the truth than previous factual publications. The fairy tale comes to a sad conclusion on 14/05/1994. Your avid interest and literary acclaim is however appreciated. Read on and learn.

So who exactly were the Righteous - The Sneck Council, the INE, its known associates and members of the local press revelled in portraying them unfairly as unruly, troublemaking diehards. They were in fact average Joe Publics, devoted to the traditions and history of the Howden End who simply felt that they were being unfairly treated and represented and were willing to "die" for the cause. The Howden Enders never hated the Jeggies. It was a local rivalry that embodied banter rather than friction or altercation. The Howden Enders simply viewed themselves as being superior and felt that they could progress in their own right and if there was to be a merger that they would be the landlords and the Jeggies the lodgers. The Howden Enders were further angered and embittered by the news of the other four applicants to the Family Unity Society - the scum of Morayshire, the gypos of Ross-shire, an isolated rugby town in the Borders and a leper colony spilling in to England. The Howden Enders again felt that they were superior to all four and felt that if that bunch of numpties could go it alone then so should they. Even the Jeggies, on their own, had more feckin tradition. It was then that Mr Beaumont found a potential "hole" in the dam being cemented by the Sneck Council, the INE and its known associates. There needed to be a 2/3rd majority vote by the Howden Ender family in order to release the family silver. The clearly rattled Sneck Council, the INE and the local press attempted to ridicule the attempt and tried desperately to prevent the disclosure to spread. Their apparent scheming was to dish the dirt, delay, delay, hit the bestards in their pockets, delay, delay, ridicule, blame, blame, delay, delay. The application date to the Family Unity Society had closed but the Righteous were quite happy to plod on as the Pride of the Highlands and wait for another opportunity to go it alone nationally. The intent of the Sneck Council, the INE and their known associates was to split the Howden Ender family and create friction and disharmony. The splitting tactic was working but the Righteous simply became stronger, determined and more supported. The side show battle between Piano and Beaumont brought some surprising similarities in that they were both single, had no concept for family values, were clearly in it to make a bob or two and were both used to being in a ruck and sticking their heads up the erses of props and hookers. Then the powers to be nationally, evidently influenced by the Sneck Council, the INE and their known associates attempted to ban a faction of the Howden Enders from attending any further family outings based on their behaviours at the Rothes Tea Party. The Howden Enders were due to play the Merkinchers in a Croquet match at the Telford Street Temple and the ban on the aforementioned "offenders" was placed. Boy "The Traitors in the stand were in fer a feckin shock as that tactic only gave rise to: From Left to Right - Lizi, Young CaleyGirl,Mantis, the Black Douglas,John Drunken,Rod the Mod and Kenzers The caption underneath displays a Howden Ender Elder and one of the Seven Smurfs - Shuggie Grout - trying to prevent the "crew" going down Telford Street. And after the Croquet march the Bus and a following convoy headed to Farraline Park and the Battle of Rosie Street. TO BE CONTINUED