americanictsupporter

Minor correction - the game kicks off at 12:45.

Also, it appears that the link to ICT Official Website Highlights [Worldwide - Registration Reqd (free)] just redirects to ICT's main website. I think that they are just posting their highlights and interviews to their YouTube channel now. (http://www.youtube.com/OfficialICT)

The crowd was poor both in terms of numbers and noise. The guy next to me, for example, clapped when Shinnie scored and at no other time. I just do not get the mentality of people who attend and cannot be bothered to even applaud when players play well. Then there were the usual hecklers who shouted abuse to our own team whenever a move broke down. How on earth do they think that is going to motivate the guys? Then there were the ones who left early - a couple of guys left, one saying "I've had anough of this sh*te". It's not what goes on on the pitch that might put me off going to games, it is being surrounded by people like that which p***es me off.

This is exactly why I would rather be in the midst of a more intense/positive crowd, even if it's smaller, than one that is so quiet and negative as it appears that ICT home games have been for a while. I can enjoy a game, no matter how bad the quality of the football, but being surrounded by people who only focus on the negatives would drive me crazy. Then again, I am definitely a glass-half-full person.

This was taken from the Hearts-ICT match thread ...

Not being broadcast overseas so I found my way to the Hearts site. You can get online video live it seems but at a huge cost for one game. It would be fine if you were a Hearts supporter and purchased this service at the beginning of the season  but this late in the day it is not worth it I think.

So I tried their live audio but it was blocked too (no surprise there--I suppose you must also purchase that earlier too).Finally I find a blow by blow account on texting being updated by the two minutes on their web site.It reveals an end to end game conveying the impression that there are corners galore at both ends, play is frantic and not one sided as one punter o here says.

So texting is the most boring dry way of following a game and apparently it doesn't convey the true run of the game.

Oh my ,when will Caley Thistle get their act together and give us some form of match day communication here in the Overseas Department?

The Hearts website is absolutely stuffed with match day options, English games online, SPL games online, previews, post-match/pre-match commentaries and videos --very busy site indeed but all available if you are willing to join up and pay. That's fair.

It is in fact really difficult to follow ICT outside of Scotland because the team does not sponsor audio play-by-play and North Americans are not legally allowed to follow the coverage at BBC Sport. That is a shame, as well, because I used to listen to Scotland games on there until they took away my access.

Hearts does have good coverage, but I do not believe they offer live video of their games. It appears that Hearts.TV consists mostly of highlights and interviews, but nothing live. Now they do offer live audio of each of their games, which is actually a better buy than it may appear at first sight.

The cost is 3.99 pounds per month (20-25 pounds for half a season of coverage), but you don't just get audio coverage of Hearts games, but also for Aberdeen, Hearts, Kilmarnock and Rangers (give or take a team). I currently subscribe to the service because it also includes audio for practically every English Football League team and a handful of EPL clubs and every single game that ICT plays, there actually is a link for audio coverage, but the link is always dead (meaning, when single time I have ever clicked on the ICT broadcast, all I ever get is dead air). Maybe that means that next year ICT will start broadcasting on there. That would be really cool and something I would highly recommend to ICT that they start doing - any cost would well be worth it!