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Kevin has undergone surgery on his achilles, but there's no news on how long he will be out for.

Remember to get tickets in advance as Hearts have advised there's no plans for matchday sales at this time.

Tickets are on sale now from the club - Prices at http://ictfc.com/info/matches/tickets/ticket-prices NOTE: Been advised by Hearts that there is no plans for matchday sales at this time. If this changes then the club will put out notice to that effect.

Not that good a piece as there is no UK legislation and it's not, and never has been, banned by law or government legislation in Scotland. It was a self imposed restriction by the SPL who just about drove several clubs to the wall by making it/all seater stadia a condition of membership for the top league.

Audio only interview with Richie this week... https://audioboom.com/boos/4932363-ictfc-richie-foran-match-reaction-v-ross-county-13-08-16

As I pointed out on another thread....yesterday was the best league crowd for a home game against Ross County (not counting new year derby) for 3.5 years.

That's clearly a bald headed eagle and not a golden eagle....and not sure we're allowed to use a shield due to heraldry laws....back to the drawing board P.S. You've also got too many pricks on the thistle....there was never that many of them!!

Leaving aside the new year match which always attracts a bigger crowd, you have to go back to March 2013 to find a larger crowd for a home league game against County than we had yesterday. Does that mean raising prices is attracting more people along? (yes, that's sarcasm)

The cheaper per match tickets were being heavily abused...and also carried a higher administration cost than a season ticket. As already highlighted, there was also demand for U12 prices/free ST to be made available across the whole stand. The only practical way to open up cheaper/free options across whole stand for kids without increasing opportunity for system to be abused further was to restrict it to free U12 season tickets. As with any system it won't suit everyone and, without individually means testing everyone wishing to obtain tickets then, you'll never find a perfect solution. Not only do the books need to be balanced, you need to ensure you maintain season ticket value. Every time you incentivise individual ticket sales or reduce the price, you devalue the season ticket. We all like to believe ST holders don't care and buy their ST to support the.club regardless....but that doesn't play out in reality. More moans and complaints come about from ST holders about individual ticket offers than anything else....and ST holder offers to bring friends for a fiver etc. are little used. So, what to do? Make Season Tickets as attractive as possible and try to make them worthwhile to those who may miss a few games over the season. Also, when the club do individual ticket offers, you hope those attracted along who end up wanting to come again seriously consider the value in the ST option and are properly "hooked".

2 Adult + 2 Kids = £60/ £70 per game. 2 Adult + 2 Kids Season Tickets = £660 or £34.74 per game. So long as you can make 10 games over the season then you're saving money....or looking at it another way, you're getting 9 games for free. Not a kick in the butt off half price football!!

P.S. If you buy a season ticket, then you effectively get 6 games "free".

£30 is the MAXIMUM (if you exclude boxes & hospitality)....there are cheaper options for those who do not wish to pay that much. Whether you agree with the £30 ticket or not, those bleating on about it without giving any consideration to/credit for the cheaper options are doing the club more harm by putting people off than that ONE ticket price is doing....thus reducing the clubs income. Prices in the North Stand are £25, £20 & £10....the vast majority of matchday ticket sales fall into the £20 or less categories.

Apologies for the terrible video angle/quality....was trying to juggle several tasks at the same time today and forgot to change the lense on the camera and get it properly positioned.

One man's unrealistic expectation, is another man's hopes and dreams. What's the point if it's not the latter?

Here's a screenshot of the schedule....note the times/days and number given for each.

The 0844 number has been in place for years...so not new. It's also 24 hour. There's not much point in directing people to call the club number out of hours, or when there's nobody there to answer!!

Big Dunc is a fan of including the U20s...and talks here about changes at the club also helping Development Players.

I'm not saying for one second that fans aren't allowed to express legitimate concern....what I'm saying is, that there's absolutely nothing wrong in wanting/expecting your team to win (regardless of the opponent) and expressing that as vociferously as you like without fear of some grumpy beggar coming along saying "let's not get carried away" etc. I'd far rather spend all week being upbeat and positive and risk a day of being down if we get beat, than spend all week being dull and cautious then having one day of "yeah" before returning to being dull again before the run up to the next game. People seem to have forgotten that following football is a pastime, something which people should look to enjoy first and foremost. Of course there will be moments of upset, or things that happen which we don't like....but all those things can be discussed without the need to banish all hope. It's no wonder we're fast becoming a country full of depressives when the slightest hint of optimism is met with such negativity.

Leave it to the Manager and Team to worry about not underestimating the opposition.....as fans we should be giving it hot licks and bigging up our chances to the max for every game.

Strictly U20s, so no overage players like they can do in the Development League.

Not sure the reason, but seems Alloa always kick off at 7:30 midweek...they were the same for their 2 midweek games in the group stages.

We've not totally dismissed the idea....just going down a different route at the moment. Part of the problem is that everyone wants to tie us into contracts for 3+ years (most 5 years)....and with contracts being for thousands of pounds, it's a big commitment when you're not sure what's around the corner. Ideally if we're looking at that kind of contract then it needs to pay for itself in year 1....thus removing that financial risk/burden from further down the line. Having been looking at the issue for 12 years (maybe more), I would hate to think of the number of hours Scotty and I have put into pouring over the options and then re-visiting them to see what's changed. I'm sure we'll get there eventually.

Some line chackers will tell you we can get that as well.....but we can't.

Not sure how much I can say on BBC other than the setup is changing this season....from the camera setup at games right through.