Sneckboy

Well done to Ryan for his part in Scotland U21s win in Hungary last night! The Scots won 2-1, with Christie playing the whole of the 2nd half.

While not all semis used to be at Hamden, the games that attract bigger crowds used to be played there. There is no way a Scottish Cup Semi against Celtic would be played anywhere other than Hampden if it was available. But the point is they don't have to be. This game could be played at a neutral venue, not in Glasgow, be a sell out and would still be able to be seen on TV. Atmosphere would be miles better that will be generated at Hampden. Still maintain the SFA could have had our game on the Saturday which would have been a bit better than the Sunday. On a personal level, having the game on a Sunday makes it more difficult for me to travel to so am in danger of not being able to attend. Having been at all our major cup semi finals before, this really annoys me. What 'neutral' venue do you have in mind?!

Premiership Adam Rooney (Dundee 1-1 Aberdeen) League One Darren Dods (Brechin City 2-3 Forfar Athletic) Rory McAllister (Stirling Albion 2-1 Peterhead) Highland League Zander Sutherland (Formartine United 0-5 Brora Rangers) Martin Laing (Fort William 0-6 Inverurie Loco Works) Dale Gillespie (Formartine United 0-5 Brora Rangers) Martin Bavidge (Fort William 0-6 Inverurie Loco Works) Andrew Greig (Formartine United 0-5 Brora Rangers) Welsh Premier Jason Oswell (Newtown 3-3 Aberystwyth Town) Northern Irish Cup - semi-final (neutral venue) Curtis Allen (Crusaders 0-1 Glentoran) N.B. The Northern Ireland FA cup final is between Glentoran and Portadown - the winner enters the Europa League. A Belfast trip for Inverness? I'd take that!

At least we didn't pick up any bookings! And it seems Brill has recovered sufficiently to be included in the squad again. We had a player, Tarmo Kink, making his league debut, and we again halved Partick's winning margin over us in the league this season (4 goals, 2 goals, 1 goal) - so surely we're sussing them out!? No positives?!

There's Something About Mary.....hill.

This thread can be 'put to bed' now, until next season!

A chance beckons to complete the set! And to add another entry to the 'Milestones achieved' list. We managed to win at Firhill in the cup earlier in the season, so hopefully we can get the points tomorrow and edge nearer a European place!

Very disappointing, but there was almost a feeling of inevitability about it. At least there may now be an announcement regarding dates!

Stuart Soane x2 (Fort William 0-3 Forres Mechanics)

The final will be on the 30th of May, right? Yeah, that's right.

Shane Sutherland (Elgin City 1-2 East Stirlingshire)

Seems it's the default stance of managers to defend their players at all costs. Here's a cracking clip from a Stockport County game last month - a blatant 'assault', yet the manager still took his side, citing 'provocation'! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njQCuomonig

Despite an inauspicious start to his Wigan career, Billy has retained his place in the Northern Ireland squad for their forthcoming internationals.

(Edit. I had Butcher instead of Brewster in no. 5) 1. Avoiding automatic relegation spot (earliest ever for us in top flight) 2. Top 6 assured (earliest ever) 3. Cannot be relegated via the play-off (earliest ever) 4. ICT record for longest time without conceding a goal (616 minutes) 5. Equal most 'Manager of the Month' awards in a season (x2 Hughes = Robertson & Brewster from 2004/05) 6. First Scottish Cup semi-final as top flight side 7. 3rd semi-final in a row 8. Yet another season finishing above the shadow dwellers!! 9. Equal highest 'Young Player of the Month' awards for the club in a season (x2) = (Doran & Meekings from 2012/13) 10. Record number of 'Young Player of the Month' awards for an individual (2 for Ryan Christie) 11. A record 5 'Monthly' awards for Inverness in a season (x2 Hughes Manager, x1 Draper Player, x2 Christie Young Player) 12. Record number of 'Manager of the Month' awards for an individual in a season (x2 for John Hughes)

Yep!, I reckon he'll be in a Scotland squad next year. As a non-Inverness player!! Strachan's best days at Aberdeen were in the 80s when Caledonian and Inverness Thistle were still playing Highland League - he'll obviously have a subconscious disdain for these clubs.

Just realised that as I was typing! 1. Avoiding automatic relegation spot (earliest ever for us in top flight) 2. Top 6 assured (earliest ever) 3. Cannot be relegated via the play-off (earliest ever) 4. ICT record for longest time without conceding a goal (616 minutes) 5. Equal most 'Manager of the Month' awards in a season (x2 Hughes = Robertson & Butcher from 2004/05) 6. First Scottish Cup semi-final as top flight side 7. 3rd semi-final in a row 8. Yet another season finishing above the shadow dwellers!! 9. Equal highest 'Young Player of the Month' awards for the club in a season (x2) = (Doran & Meekings from 2012/13) 10. Record number of 'Young Player of the Month' awards for an individual (2 for Ryan Christie) 11. A record 5 'Monthly' awards for Inverness in a season (x2 Hughes Manager, x1 Draper Player, x2 Christie Young Player) 12. Record number of 'Manager of the Month' awards for an individual in a season (x2 for John Hughes)

1. Avoiding automatic relegation spot (earliest ever for us in top flight) 2. Top 6 assured (earliest ever) 3. Cannot be relegated via the play-off (earliest ever) 4. ICT record for longest time without conceding a goal (616 minutes) 5. Joint record for number of Manager of the Month awards (2 for JH) 6. First Scottish Cup semi-final as top flight side 7. 3rd semi-final in a row 8. Yet another season finishing above the shadow dwellers!! 9. Equal highest 'Young Player of the Month' awards for the club in a season (x2) 10. Record number of 'Young Player of the Month' awards for an individual (2 for Ryan Christie) 11. A record 5 'Monthly' awards for Inverness in a season (x2 Hughes Manager, x1 Draper Player, x2 Christie Young Player) 12. Equal most 'Manager of the Month' awards in a season (x2 Hughes = Robertson & Butcher from 2004/05) 13. Record number of 'Manager of the Month' awards for an individual in a season (2 for John Hughes)

Just thought of another one. With Hughes having x2 'manager' awards this season, and Christie also having x2 'young player' - add in Draper's Player of the Month - that's 5 SPFL monthly awards the club has achieved - I've checked this! Another record! 1. Avoiding automatic relegation spot (earliest ever for us in top flight) 2. Top 6 assured (earliest ever) 3. Cannot be relegated via the play-off (earliest ever) 4. ICT record for longest time without conceding a goal (616 minutes) 5. Joint record for number of Manager of the Month awards (2 for JH) 6. First Scottish Cup semi-final as top flight side 7. 3rd semi-final in a row 8. Yet another season finishing above the shadow dwellers!! 9. Equal highest 'Young Player of the Month' awards for the club in a season (x2) 10. Record number of 'Young Player of the Month' awards for an individual (2 for Ryan Christie) 11. A record 5 'Monthly' awards for Inverness in a season (x2 Hughes Manager, x1 Draper Player, x2 Christie Young Player)

Pedantry alert! Changing no.6 to include 'Scottish Cup' as no.7 otherwise doesn't make sense! 1. Avoiding automatic relegation spot (earliest ever for us in top flight) 2. Top 6 assured (earliest ever) 3. Cannot be relegated via the play-off (earliest ever) 4. ICT record for longest time without conceding a goal(616 minutes) 5. Joint record for number of Manager of the Month awards (2 for JH) 6. First Scottish Cup semi-final as top flight side 7. 3rd semi-final in a row 8. Yet another season finishing above the shadow dwellers!! 9. Equal highest 'Young Player of the Month' awards for the club in a season (x2) 10. Record number of 'Young Player of the Month' awards for an individual (2 for Ryan Christie)

Yeah, Ryan's two Monthly awards equals the two we got in 2012/13 when Doran and Meekings won them!

That's goals at Easter road and Ibrox in the space of a few days - get in there, Ibra! A quick scan at other results - Prunty netted for Airdieonians Calum Dingwall for Formartine in the Highland League. Plus, Andrew Greig & Gavin Morrison for Brora.

6. First Scottish Cup semi-final as a 'top flight' side

There's a poster on a Dundee United forum, with a 'legal' background who predicted that Ciftci would 'get off' due to an error in the wording of the citation. The Compliance Officer suggested Ciftci had 'deliberately' kicked a player on the head. The poster suggested that the word 'recklessly' would have been more appropriate and in that case, Ciftci would certainly have been found culpable. Apparently, from a legal standpoint, it's difficult to PROVE deliberate intent from video evidence - hence the not proven verdict. So, perhaps the Compliance Officer made a blunder!

I don't think he featured when Accies U20s came up - but, he certainly could in the future. 'Ticking off' Iraq would be great! http://www.acciesfc.co.uk/index.php/news/211-u20s-win-at-inverness

Playing Kilmarnock at the TCS right now! 2-0 up! Approaching H/T From Twitter: 1-0 Chris Blackett goal - played through by Liam Polworth for a one-on-one with the 'keeper 2-0 another surging Polworth run sees the ball finding Ali Sutherland who squares for Calum Ferguson to net