Yompa

Team Yompa will relish the challenge of HMing from TCS to Gretna, even if we do have to follow that up by hitching a lift in Brook's Mileson's roller to the game... :004:

The man's a balloon. I seem to recall he did the semi-final against Dundee when he failed to send off Wilkie for the blatant second yellow. And then there was the 28 minute tie at Rugby Park... :017:

I know the cat's kind of out of the bag already, with the article in Friday's Courier and LG's cryptic post about Mrs PB's newfound fame, but maybe it's time to say one or two things about the huge amount of work that's been going on behind the scenes with respect to HMV. When the team reviewed HM4, we knew that some things had gone very well, whilst other things required our attention. At the same time, we recognised that after four years, we either needed to build on the experience of the past four years, or perhaps call it a day. Well one thing we ain't is a bunch of quitters, so here we are, back, bigger, and better than ever. Crikey, it's really a case of where to start... well let's try the beginning... HM1 raised over three grand for the MFR Charity Trust, HMs 2 and 3 raised two and a half each but HM4 fell flat on it's face with a disappointing fourteen hundred. Fortunately, we'd teamed up with Team ICT, the club's own youth development charity, and through the combined efforts of the marchers and the youngsters, raised three grand for the ICT kids. After some debate, we came to the conclusion that the link with MFR had run its course and that a new direction was required. That direction has evolved into the slogan "ICT supporting I©T" for if you check the website www.ictinfo.org.uk, you'll find the Highland March prominently mentioned across the top of the home page of the International Childrens Trust. All of the money raised from HMV will be shared between the International Childrens Trust and Team ICT. In particular, the money raised for the I©T will go to a development project in Tamil Nadu in Southern India in support of children's education. With over 87% of the funds raised by the I©T actually reaching the children, we are very, very happy to be involved with our new partners, and following on from the daft CBB row that threatened relations between the UK and India, it's nice to be able to put a positive spin on things. The UK director of the I©T will be out in India later this month and she is very excited at the prospect of showing the children what the eccentric supporters of the other ICT are going to be doing for them! One of the greatest things that happened during HM4, and which looks like leaving a legacy way into the future, was the welcoming onboard of Caley D, or 'The General' as he answers to the troops (General as in Dogsbody). The General brought a stack of new ideas to the table, and even now we are only just scratching the surface. Suffice to say, perhaps, that www.highlandmarch.co.uk is the brainchild of messrs Caley D & Scotty and the HM team are both proud and excited at the look of the new site. We couldn't possibly have imagined that we would be in this position when we started out back in 2003. Also new for this year is corporate sponsorship. Yes, it might blow up in our faces and we might only raise a few quid, but to be honest, we'd been fleecing the same old people year on year, and we felt the time was right for a change of direction fundraisingwise. But don't worry, all of you lovely people won't escape our clutches that easily for The General is busy setting up the official (and properly registered) Highland March Charity Trust, along with a business Paypal account!!! The aim between now and May 12 will be to get this fully operational then hit the Nationals with our story. Mrs PB is our co-ordinator (because she's good at these kind of things) and she's got the list of who's targetting who. The squad for 2007 is a good one... Gringo Junior and myself have completed all four HMs to date, Gringo and Dozza are only half an HM down on that, whilst PB, Mrs PB, EGG and Chumba (the marcher formerly known as Beatonio) all completed their one and only HM with something to spare. So we kind of know what to expect (if that's at all possible) and we are once again looking forward to each other's company. The General, bless him, will once again be our guardian angel and doing what he does best... driving the bus! And that's about it for this short introduction. Please have a rummage on the two websites (www.highlandmarch.co.uk and www.ictinfo.org.uk) and familiarise yourself with what's going on. You never know, you might even fancy a shot next year....

An old fashioned Palmerston away day would be nice but I suspect, like the Mantis, that it'll be Partick again.... probably at their place.

My favourite memories of Keogh are of him arriving as a striker from Celtic, then taking a year to score his first goal. But despite all of that, he had a great rapport with the away support. Who could forget the raucous renditions of the Banana Boat Song in the Scumerset days when we had about thirty behind the goal and wee Liam would give us a wave. Ah... the good old days.....

I wonder how the takeover of Tulloch Construction by the Exeter based development services company Rok plc will affect Inverness Caledonian Thistle....? Pre-season friendlies on the English riviera?

Brain out of reverse gear... it's Six Pockets On A Snooker Table!

Six Players On A ? Team perhaps? But I can't think of any team games that begin with S and have six players!

The ground is very easy to find. If you're driving down from Glasgow, just follow the signs for football traffic. If you arrive around half two, you should be able to park within five minutes walk of the ground.

yow can remember Eamonn Andrews on Crackerjack...

The last four weeks have brought about the TV licence, road tax, motor insurance and a £150 excess for downing a deer so my 2006/07 live football experience will have to wait till the next pay day.... ;o(

You got your bread delivered daily by the bread man off a van (much like a milk float...)

You remember Dennis Tanner....

Apparently, 740 tons of dog sh!t are deposited on the streets and verges of the UK by K9s every day. So where does it all go to... why isn't there some enormous pile of dog mercury out there?

You can still remember how to make a paper water bomb.

You know who Biggles is (didn't he play for Celtic... oh no, that was Wayne Biggins... )

You used to buy chewing gum out of a slot machine that gave you a free packet every third penny.

You used to make go-karts out of orange boxes (with old pram wheels) and string for steering.

You used to stand behind the goal that your team was attacking for both halves of the game, which therefore entailed passing the other lot at half time!

You remember the half time scores being hung up on pegs alongside letters that corresponded to games listed in the match programme (now... there was a real reason for buying a programme).

and you still listen to the wireless.

you still refer to Marathon bars and Opal Fruits....

10-1 Arthur Montford

I take it your passport will be the only piece of hand luggage you'll be allowed to take into the game, and that it'll have to be carried in a clear plastic bag....

Oi Gringow... oi can remember being up the Oltend at the semi foinal... who was it the Baggies beat again? :016: