Sneckboy

As always, thanks for your updates!

He was an impressive player - not surprised he's now become a regular at Leeds United. I know Tremarco's a capable deputy, but when Shinnie goes, he'd be a terrific replacement - but, likely now out of our wage bracket!

English Conference North Aidan Chippendale (Guiseley 0-2 Stalybridge Celtic)

Does anyone think we'll ever see Richie Foran wearing an ICT shirt again?! He seems to have become almost a forgotten man after being out for what feels like an eternity. Stat attack - Foran and Ryan Christie have never started together and played a total of only 66 minutes on the same pitch!

Monday April 6, 2015 Inverness Caley Thistle v Partick Thistle - Highland Football Academy, 6pm

It'll be ridiculous if Graeme's not on the short-list for Player of the Year! He's been the best left-back for a while now - there are simply no better! I used to like the energy, touch and drive of Emilio Izaguirre, but he's lost a bit of form recently and isn't as effective as Shinnie at supporting attacking moves. Certainly Team of the Year again for GS, and hopefully more! But wait!! He'll only get the plaudits he so rightly deserves, including international recognition, when he's at Aberdeen next season!

Championship Liam Fox (Falkirk 1-0 Raith Rovers) League One Bryan Prunty TWO GOALS (Stirling Albion 0-2 Airdrieonians) League Two Garry Wood (Montrose 2-2 Queen's Park) Highland League Stuart Soane (Nairn County 1-2 Forres Mechanics) Andy MacAskill (Turriff United 4-2 Fort William) English Conference North Aidan Chippendale (Stalybridge Celtic 2-1 Harrogate Town)

Signed up until the end of this season (2014-15): • Daniel Devine • Graeme Shinnie (going to Aberdeen) • Nick Ross • Marley Watkins • David Raven • Liam Polworth • Lewis Horner • Edward Ofere • Ali Sutherland • Calum Ferguson • Tarmo Kink

This is a Word document that may be better. Stats & Facts.doc

Attendances Highest League Attendances (Home) 9530 vs Aberdeen (SPL, Pittodrie, 16.10.04) 7753 vs Rangers (SPL, Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, 20.01.08) 6092 vs St Johnstone (Div 1, Caledonian Stadium, 15.5.2004) 3279 vs Livingston (Div 2, Caledonian Stadium, 27.02.99) 5525 vs Ross County (Div 3, Caledonian Stadium, 15.03.97) Highest League Attendances (Away) 57451 vs Celtic (SPL, Celtic Park, 22.03.06) 7300 vs Falkirk (Div 1, Brockville Park, 10.05.03) 6013 vs Livingston (Div 2, West Lothian Courier Stadium, 01.05.99) 5017 vs Ross County (Div 3, Victoria Park, 12.02.97) Highest Cup Attendances (Home) 11296 vs Rangers (Scottish Cup, 09.03.96 - played at Tannadice) 7119 vs Celtic (Scottish Cup, 25.02.07) 5164 vs Aberdeen (League Cup, 08.08.98) 2631 vs Ross County (Challenge Cup, 26.08.03) Highest Cup Attendances (Away) 34389 vs Celtic (Scottish Cup, 08.02.2000) 32122 vs Celtic (League Cup, 23.10.02) 2110 vs Raith Rovers (Challenge Cup, 16.09.03) Highest Attendance ('Neutral Ground') 51143 vs Aberdeen (League Cup Final, Celtic Park, 16.03.14) 16326 vs Hearts (League Cup Semi-Final, Easter Road, 26.01.13) 14429 vs Dundee (Scottish Cup Semi-Final, Hampden, 20.04.03) 13255 vs Dunfermline (Scottish Cup Semi-Final, Hampden, 10.04.04) 12762 vs Hearts (League Cup Semi-Final, Easter Road, 02.02.14) 8031 vs Dundee (Challenge Cup Final, McDiarmid Park, 22.11.09) 5728 vs Dunfermline (Scottish Cup Semi-Final, Pittodrie, 20.04.04 5428 vs Airdrie Utd (Challenge Cup Final, McDiarmid Park, 26.10.03) Lowest Attendances(Home) 1125 vs Dundee Utd (SPL, Pittodrie, 23.11.04) 2366 vs Motherwell (SPL, Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, 01.04.14) 984 vs Raith Rovers (Div 1, Caledonian Stadium, 19.09.01) 1315 vs Forfar (Div 2, Caledonian Stadium, 04.04.98) 491 vs Albion Rovers (Div 3, Telford Street Park, 11.04.95) 1100 vs Queen of the South (Scottish Cup, Telford Street Park, 17.12.94) 667 vs Dumbarton (League Cup, Caledonian Stadium, 10.09.02) 635 vs Clydebank (Challenge Cup, Caledonian Stadium, 14.09.99) Lowest Attendances(Away) 431 vs Gretna (SPL, Fir Park - Motherwell, 05.04.08) 168 vs Clydebank (Div 1, Cappielow - Greenock, 04.03.00) 326 vs Clydebank (Div 2, Boghead, Dumbarton, 13.12.97) 220 vs Cowdenbeath (Div 3, Central Park, 15.04.95) 577 vs Stranraer (Scottish Cup, Stair Park, 13.01.97) 403 vs Albion Rovers (League Cup, Cliftonhill, 11.09.01) 298 vs Hamilton (Challenge Cup, Firhill - Glasgow, 24.08.99) Record Scores Highest League Win (Home): SPL 6-1 vs Gretna (03.05.08) SFL1 5-0 vs St Mirren (06.05.00) (+3 others) SFL2 5-1 vs Clyde (17.01.98) 4-0 vs East Fife (27.12.97 & 13.03.99) SFL3 6-1 vs Albion Rovers (21.10.95) Highest League Win (Away): SPL 0-4 vs Gretna (27.10.07) 0-4 vs Dundee Utd (22.08.10) SFL1 0-7 vs Ayr United (24.04.10) SFL2 1-6 vs Clyde (14.03.98) SFL3 0-5 vs Alloa (23.09.95) 0-5 vs East Stirling (07.10.95) Highest League Defeat (Home): SPL 1-5 v Motherwell (18.11.12) SFL1 1-5 vs Airdrie (15.04.00) 1-5 vs Ross County (25.02.03) SFL2 0-2 vs Queen of the South (21.03.98) SFL3 0-4 vs Queen's Park (20.08.94) (+2 others) Highest League Defeat (Away): SPL 6-0 v Celtic (27.04.14) SFL1 6-0 vs Airdrie (22.09.01) SFL2 4-1 vs Clyde (26.09.98) SFL3 2-0 vs East Stirling (03.12.94) (+2 others)(+1 x 3-1) Highest Cup Win: HOME 8-1 vs Annan Athletic (24.01.98) AWAY 1-6 vs Stirling Albion (06.01.07) 0-5 vs Gretna (02.08.03) Highest Cup Defeat: HOME 0-5 v Dundee United (09.03.14) AWAY 6-0 vs Celtic (22.09.10) Most League Goals For 7 vs Ayr Utd (02.12.00) (H) & vs Ayr Utd (24.04.10) (A) Most League Goals Against 6 v Airdrie (22.09.01) (A) 6 v Celtic (27.04.14) (A) Most Cup Goals For 8 v Annan (24.01.98) (H) Most Cup Goals Against 6 v Celtic (22.09.10) (A) Highest Aggregate Goals 10 : 7-3 v Ayr United 02.12.00 (SFL1 - Home) Goals Most Goals in a season 29 - Ian Stewart (1996/97) 27 - Dennis Wyness (2002/03) 27 - Adam Rooney (2009/10) 27 – Billy Mckay (2012/13) 26 - Dennis Wyness (2000/01) 24 - Ian Stewart (1995/96) 23 - Paul Ritchie (2003/04) 22 - Dennis Wyness (2001/02) 22 – Billy Mckay (2013/14) 21 - Adam Rooney (2010/11) 20 - Ian Stewart (1997/98) 20 - Brian Thomson (1997/98) 20 - Scott McLean (1998/99) 20 - Paul Ritchie (2001/02) 20 - Paul Ritchie (2002/03) 20 - Craig Dargo (2005/06) Most Career Goals 101 - Dennis Wyness (243 appearances - 42%) 83 - Barry Wilson (338 appearances - 25%) 82 - Iain Stewart (144 appearances - 57%) 63 - Paul Ritchie (132 appearances - 48%) 62 – Billy Mckay (141 appearances - 44%) 54 - Adam Rooney (125 appearances - 43%) 45 - Paul Sheerin (142 appearances - 32%) 35 - Scott McLean (82 appearances - 43%) 35 - Ross Tokely (557 appearances - 6%) 34 - Charlie Christie (314 appearances - 11%) 34 - Brian Thomson (93 appearances - 37%) 32 - Craig Dargo (67 appearances - 48%) Most goals in one match 4 - Dennis Wyness vs Raith Rovers 19.09.01 3 - Paul Ritchie (6 times) 3 - Dennis Wyness (4 times) 3 - Iain Stewart (4 times) 3 - Adam Rooney (3 times) 3 – Billy Mckay (twice) 3 - Alan Hercher vs Arbroath 13.08.94 3 - Charlie Christie vs Alloa 23.09.95 3 - Brian Thomson vs Stenhousemuir 02.08.97 3 - Paul Sheerin vs Alloa 21.11.99 3 - Davide Xausa vs Livingston 18.03.00 3 - Richie Foran vs Ayr Utd 24.10.09 3 - Andrew Shinnie vs Kilmarnock 05.11.11 Fastest Goal for 19 Secs - Rory McAllister - Friendly vs Montecatini (Italy) 06.07.06 29 Secs - David Bingham - Friendly vs Forfar 26.07.03 31 Secs - Craig Dargo - SPL vs Celtic 18.12.05 31 Secs - Dougie Imrie - SPL vs Gretna 03.05.08 32 Secs - Marco De-Barros - Friendly v Wick Academy 19.7.97 40 Secs - Barry Robson - League v Ross County 9.11.02 54 Secs - Craig Dargo - League v Livingston 8.11.05 56 Secs - Steve Hislop - League v Brechin 29.11.03 80 Secs - Paul Sheerin - League v Partick Thistle 17.10.98 82 Secs - Brian Thomson - League v Clyde 17.1.98 94 Secs - Scott McLean - Cup v Stenhousemuir 31.7.99 Fastest Goal against 16 seconds - Steve McConologue - League vs Clyde 18.03.03 27 seconds - Billy Dodds - League Cup vs Aberdeen 08.08.98 Fastest Hat-Trick Iain Stewart - 20mins - Friendly vs Huntly 29.07.00 (49, 64 & 68 mins) Alan Hercher - 21mins - League vs Arbroath 13.08.94 (13,31 & 33 mins) Dennis Wyness - 22mins - League vs Alloa Athletic 19.10.02 (6,19 & 27mins) Scored in consecutive games 7 – Craig Dargo 14.01.06 to 11.02.06 7 – Billy Mckay 24.11.12 to 22.12.12 6 - Adam Rooney 03.04.10 - 01.05.10 5 – Iain Stewart 21.09.96 to 19.10.96 5 – Davide Xausa 22.04.00 to 08.08.00 5 – Dennis Wyness 10.03.01 to 27.03.01 & 05.10.02 to 02.11.02 5 – Paul Ritchie 02.09.03 to 27.09.03 A record that cant be matched for 100 years Barry Wilson scored the last Scottish League or Cup goal of the 1900s with an 87th minute goal on Monday 27th December against Clydebank (3:30pm kick off). He also scored the first of the 2000s with his 72nd minute goal against Livingston on 3 January 2000 - 1pm kick off. Appearances Most Appearances 557 - Ross Tokely (First to reach 350, 400, 450, 500 & 550) 367 - Grant Munro 366 - Richard Hastings 353 - Barry Wilson 353 - Russell Duncan 342 - Roy McBain 314 - Charlie Christie (First to reach 150, 200, 250 & 300) 263 - Stuart Golabek 243 - Dennis Wyness 221 - Mike Teasdale 214 - Bobby Mann Most Consecutive Appearances 176 - Mark Brown (03.08.02 to 29.04.06) 130 - Billy Mckay (13.02.12 to 24.02.15) 119 - Dennis Wyness (21.10.00 to 10.05.03) 98 - Paul Sheerin (31.01.98 to 18.03.00) 88 - Iain Stewart (13.01.96 to 31.01.98) 84 - Mike Teasdale (21.03.98 to 29.02.00) Most Appearances in one season 1994/95: 39 - Mark McAllister (Max possible = 40) 1995/96: 43 - Mike Noble (Max 43) 1996/97: 42 - Mike Teasdale (Max 42), Iain Stewart (incl 3 sub) 1997/98: 43 - Richard Hastings (Max 44) 1998/99: 39 - Mike Teasdale (Max 39), Barry Wilson (incl 1 sub), Paul Sheerin (incl 2 sub) 1999/00: 46 - Mark McCulloch (Max 47), 43 - Paul Sheerin 2000/01: 42 - Charlie Christie (Max 43), 40 - Roy McBain , Paul Sheerin, Bobby Mann 2001/02: 46 - Dennis Wyness (Max 46)(incl 2 sub) 2002/03: 44 - Mark Brown (Max 44), 44 - Dennis Wyness (incl 1 sub) 2003/04: 47 - Mark Brown (Max 47) 2004/05: 42 - Mark Brown (Max 42), 42 - Graham Bayne (incl 8 sub) 2005/06: 44 - Mark Brown (Max 45), 43 – Darren Dods 2006/07: 43 - Graham Bayne (Max 43) (incl 9 sub) 2007/08: 41 - Don Cowie (Max 42) (incl 2 sub) 2008/09: 43 - Dougie Imrie (Max 44) (incl 6 sub) 2009/10: 46 - Adam Rooney (incl 14 sub) (Max 46), 45 - Grant Munro & Ryan Esson 2010/11: 43 - Adam Rooney (incl 1 sub) (Max 44), 40 - Ross Tokely & Grant Munro 2011/12: 41 - Richie Foran (Max 42) 2012/13: 45 - Aaron Doran (Max 45), Andrew Shinnie (incl 1 sub), Billy Mckay (incl 5 sub) 2013/14: 46 - Billy Mckay (Max 46) 'Streaks' Consecutive Wins 11 - 16.11.96 to 15.02.97 (SFL3) 10 - 23.03.10 to 31.07.10 (All games) 09 - 23.03.10 to 01.05.10 (SFL1) 08 - 05.10.02 to 30.11.02 (SFL1) 06 - 26.10.02 to 30.11.02 (All games) 05 - 15.04.06 to 06.05.06 (SPL) - Also conceded 0 goals (SPL record) 05 - 24.11.07 to 22.12.07 (SPL) 05 - 01.01.15 to 24.01.15 (SPFL Premiership) Consecutive Defeats 08 - 29.11.08 to 24.01.09 (SPL) 07 - 20.02.08 to 29.03.08 (SPL) 06 - 19.8.00 to 16.9.00 (All games) 06 - 04.08.07 to 15.09.07 (SPL) 04 - 18.3.95 to 11.4.95 (League) 04 - 18.2.03 to 25.2.03 (League) Consecutive Draws 6 - 23.12.00 to 10.3.01 (SFL 1) 4 - 23.12.00 to 13.1.01 (All games) Consecutive Undefeated 22 - 02.11.96 to 19.04.97 (League) 21 - 05.12.09 to 01.05.10 (SFL1) 16 - 13.02.10 to 31.07.10 (All games) 13 - 01.02.97 to 19.04.97 (All games) 11 - 26.11.05 to 21.01.06 (All games) Consecutive Undefeated (Lge Away) 19 - 05.12.09 - 18.12.10 (09/10 SFL1, 10/11 SPL) Consecutive games not finishing 0-0 160 - 4.4.98 to 29.12.01 Scored in consecutive games 7 - Craig Dargo 14.01.06 to 11.02.06 7 – Billy Mckay 24.11.12 to 22.12.12 6 - Adam Rooney 03.04.10 to 01.05.10 5 - Iain Stewart 21.09.96 to 19.10.96 5 - Davide Xausa 22.04.00 to 08.08.00 5 - Dennis Wyness 10.03.01 to 27.03.01 5 - Dennis Wyness 05.10.02 to 02.11.02 5 - Paul Ritchie 02.09.03 to 27.09.03 Miscellaneous Youngest Player 16 years 211 days - Liam Polworth v Hibernian 11.05.11 17 years 94 days - Richard Hastings v Queen's Park 20.08.94 17 years 98 days - Neil MacDonald v Airdrie 15.04.00 17 years 100 days - Mike Sanderson v Cowdenbeath 04.03.95 Youngest Debut Goal 17 years 166 days - Wayne Addicoat v Arbroath 30.11.96 17 years 344 days - Ross Tokely v Albion Rovers 15.02.97 Oldest Player 41 years 272 days - Jim Calder v Partick 27.04.02 40 years 286 days - Craig Brewster vs Gretna 25.09.07 38 years 172 days - Billy Urquhart v Queen's Park 13.05.95 Record Transfer Fee Paid 65k - John Rankin (from Ross County) July 2006 Record Transfer Fee Received 400k - Marius Niculae (to Dinamo Bucharest) July 2008 150k – Billy Mckay (to Wigan Athletic) January 2015 110k - John Rankin (to Hibernian) January 2008 Inverness CT Honours & Achievements Scottish League Third Division Champions: (promoted to Div 2) 1996/1997 Scottish League Second Division Runners-Up: (promoted to Div 1) 1998/1999 Scottish League First Division Champions: (promoted to SPL) 2003/2004 2009/2010 Scottish Cup Quarter Finalists 1995/1996 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2008/2009 2010/2011 2013/14 2014/15 Scottish Cup Semi-Finalists 2002/2003 2003/2004 2014/15 Bells Challenge Cup Finalists 1999/2000 2003/2004 2009/2010 Bells Challenge Cup Winners 2003/2004 Highland League Championship: Caledonian FC (18 Championships) Inverness Thistle (8 Championships) Scottish Qualifying Cup Winners: Caledonian FC (14 wins) Inverness Thistle (8 wins) North Caledonian League Winners: 1994/1995 1997/1998 Inverness Cup Winners: 1994/1995 1995/1996 1996/1997 1997/1998 1998/1999 1999/2000 2001/2002 2003/2004 2004/2005 2009/2010 Inverness Courier Challenge Cup Winners: 1994/1995 1995/1996 2004/2005 Chic Allan Cup Winners: 1994/1995 1998/1999 Football Times Cup Winners: 1998/1999 PCT Cup Winners: 1998/1999 North Cup Winners: 1999/2000 2007/2008 2009/2010 2011/2012

Scotty, I've 'worked through' each section and added updates where applicable. Changes made are in bold. Excuse the 'formatting'!

Although those dates are correct, I jumped the gun with order of home team in the HL v LL play-off. I understand that there's to be a draw today to decide who hosts the first leg. Although, it appears that the bottom SPFL 2 side will still have the 'advantage' of playing their home leg last in the final. Crikey, the SPFL are almost as guilty as me for making stuff up as they go along!

Highland League Zander Sutherland (Nairn County 0-3 Brora Rangers) Ross Tokely (Nairn County 0-3 Brora Rangers) Grant Munro (Nairn County 0-3 Brora Rangers) Daniel Park (Buckie Thistle 1-5 Cove Rangers)

Brora will do okay financially in SPFL 2 if they get there. (disclaimer!) I have no official sources - only my own 'findings' from various internet searches. The figures being talked about are all relatively small but looked at relatively, Brora's main problem would be simply the distances they have to travel. However, Elgin is closer than many journeys they have to make in the Highland League, so effectively they're looking at a burden of 16 away trips in the season. Currently the Highland League champions get approx. £15,000 for winning it plus £17 per-point = £17,000 in a great season. The Highland League Cup only offers £2,000 to the winners (Brora, in their entire history have never even been in the final of this!), with the North of Scotland probably being £1,000 plus gate money share. Little over £20k in income for Brora. Their local sponsors will likely stick around for the increased national exposure, especially in the first season - and the novelty factor could draw interested spectators from the Sutherland area, with a catchment area that includes Dornoch, Golspie and possibly even Helmsdale. Brora would also enter the Scottish Cup a round later, automatically be included in the Challenge Cup and obviously be in the League Cup, which I understand pays £10,000 for even first round losers. The worst they could do would be to finish bottom of League Two and enter next season's play-off! Even then. they'd get £32,000 for finishing last! Plus a 'parachute payment' of £40,000 for their first season back in the Highland League, and £20,000 the following season! Competing in SPLF 2 would also have, initially, many away fans making 'a weekend of it' by travelling up. I understand much of the extra finance will go on travelling costs, but it's an adventure they surely must embrace! For me, the 'beauty' of the Pyramid System' is, that should it be a step too-far for Brora, then they won't be left stuck at the bottom of the formerly closed system and a likely 'folding' or administration 'event' would be averted, as now, if/and when a club's not good enough, they'll simply drop down and 'find their level' again. A full pyramid system, correctly managed, should ensure clubs no longer have the face the wall of insolvency - teams would simply operate at their 'correct' level. N.B. This is all presumptuous as Brora have their work-cut-out to get past Edinburgh City!

Having failed to find the net since leaving us, Toby Agdestein has been loaned-out to a club called Kristiansund, a 'tier 2' club in Norway.

Dundee United (away) today at 2pm. Apparently at Station Park, Forfar.

Hard luck, Laurence! This idea is now rightly, dead-in-the-water. We 'got away' with it for the occasion of the London 2012 Olympics, but any future GB teams are unnecessary and would seriously jeopardise the future of the individual national teams.

League One Bryan Prunty TWO GOALS (Airdrieonians 2-1 Stenhousemuir) Highland League Daniel Park (Cove Rangers 3-2 Nairn County) Stuart Soane (Forres Mechanics 2-1 Deveronvale) Andy MacAskill (Turriff United 1-2 Brora Rangers) Welsh Premier Jason Oswell (The New Saints 4-2 Newtown) Irish League Premiership Curtis Allen (Glentoran 2-0 Dungannon Swifts)

Inverness Thistle's record of 124 goals in a Highland League season (from 1970) has gone! Brora now have 125 after yesterday.

SPFL football...as they're already senior. (sorry - but it was like an itch that needed scratched)!

Saturday 25 April 2015 Brora Rangers v Edinburgh City Saturday 2 May 2015 Edinburgh City v Brora Rangers Saturday 9 May 2015 Brora Rangers/Edinburgh City v Montrose Saturday 16 May 2015 Montrose v Brora Rangers/Edinburgh City

We like to shower him in praise, the way he bounces off challenges - he's like Mr Muscle!

My sympathies! It's awful when that happens. This will make you feel better - A couple of years ago my laptop started making crunching noises which sounded ominous. Wasn't sure if it was 'just' the fan or the dreaded hard-drive about to fail. Wasn't overly concerned as everything was saved to an external HDD, so just persevered. A few weeks later, it wouldn't switch on - not even a blue scree or an option of a 'safe load up'. Nothing - it was kaput. However, no problem. Simply back-up my saved stuff from the HDD to my new laptop. Plugged it in. Was too busy familiarising myself with the 'newness' that I paid little attention to the pop-up 'new hardware detected - format disc?' notice and pressed YES, rejoicing in how straightforward it all was! There I was thinking it was loading all my stuff onto my new laptop, when it was actually deleting, from the HDD, over 10 years of religiously saved AND backed-up documents/photos etc I still get a 'sick' feeling in my stomach thinking about it! Then came the pain, time and effort and wasted money on 'sophisticated' data retrieval software - none of which worked.....

I just don't like the 'split' in its current form, often with mismatches of home-and-away games against some teams - and/or even a 20-18 overall home/away imbalance. I'd like the 42 SPFL clubs split into 3 leagues of 14. (Retaining the new 'pyramid' play-off between the bottom club vs the champion non-league side). Play your 13 opponents home & away, giving 26 games, then have the split - into top/bottom halves of 7 clubs. Post-split would simply be meeting those teams again (6 home : 6 away) giving a further 12 matches and a total of 26+12 = 38 league fixtures. Same as now, but a completely 'even' composition of fixtures!

...and you've taken until now to show your gratitude!!