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KDM @ FIRHILL We try again Weather permitting, the Caley Jags will face the Harry Wraggs in the last 16 of the KDM Trophy at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill on Tuesday night. The snow was aplenty up North but Partick managed to play against Morton at the weekend with a stirring three goal comeback in a five goal encounter whilst we were snowed off in our home game versus Peterhead. However, don't fret if you are snowbound in the North. Should the game go ahead, the full match will be shown live on BBC Alba with a 7:45pm kick-off. The original fixture was scheduled for 6th January but was postponed due to weather and travel conditions but the big thaw is on and we should be going ahead a week later on Tuesday 13th of January with a 19:45 Kick-off. It was also due to be screened live by BBC Alba but that is unlikely now. Since the original date, Partick went down 2-0 at Dingwall last Friday night with former Caley Jag Jay Henderson bagging two first half goals. We faltered again away to Cove Rangers on Saturday afternoon and had Ross Munro to thank for a 96th minute penalty save to earn a point in a 0-0 draw. No wins in three for the Caley Jags but Chanka Zimba returned to the starting XI after a thigh injury. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That was our team we put out against Montrose in League1 action although we have previously tweaked our side for KDM games. Logan Ross usually gets the gloves but we are in with the big boys this time so Kells and Billy will make the call on that one as we look to progress. Our last KDM game was a bit of a mismatch as we thrashed Dumbarton 9-0 at the Rock, a record breaking score for the Caley Jags. However, we were found wanting in our next two League1 games going down away to Stenhousemuir and Montrose. Partick will be another step up in quality and if we are serious about progressing, then we need to put a strong starting XI on the park. We gave them a game in an early pre-season encounter, but we can't read too much into that. Two early goals from Trialist 'A' believed to be Destiny Ojo, got Inverness off to a great start at Petershill in this pre-season game against Partick Thistle. He scored in the 9th minute when Partick lost possession in midfield and Wotherspoon advanced before slipping a pass through to Ojo who found the net with a tidy finish. Another error and it's another goal for Ojo. He benefitted from the error and he took the ball round Budinauckas before rolling it into the net. It remained that score up to the interval. HALF TIME 0-2 Three quickfire goals from Stanway, Chalmers and Stanway again put Partick ahead within 8 minutes of the restart. Stanway knocked in from close range and a minute later Chalmers, from the edge of the box, found the back of the net with an excellent finish high to the keeper's right. It got worse two minutes later when Stanway received the ball from Crawford on the right and and he fired high into the top right hand corner of the net. Three in three minutes, and that's how it ended. Looks like most subs from both sides got a game. FULL TIME: 3-2 Partick's team that beat Morton 3-2 coming from 2-0 down to take the three points at the weekend. Stanway, Turner and Tony Watt with a 94th minute strike rounding of the comeback at the death. Against County Oisin Smyth replaced Fitzpatrick in the starting XI but he has since returned to parent club St Mirren. Partick went down 2-0 at Dingwall last Friday night with former Caley Jag Jay Henderson bagging two first half goals. Let's not forget that despite an erratic set of results recently, Partick are still second behind St Johnstone in the Championship despite just one League win in their last six and three draws and two losses. Mark Wilson bemoaned at Dingwall: "If you start a game like that then it's incredibly difficult to get a foothold... We just didn't deal with those two moments well enough and gave ourselves too much of a mountain to climb." One would expect Partick to have enough in the tank to see off the Caley Jags, but the underdog tag suits us better. Logan Chalmers and Alex Samuels are both at Firhill. Partick edged out Cove Rangers 1-2 in the last round with Kyle Turner and Alex Samuel getting the goals. Here's who started in that one Goalkeeper1 Lewis Budinauckas Defender2 Cammy Logan 3 Patrick Reading 19 Luke McBeth 20 Daniel O'Reilly Midfielder4 Scott Martin 6 Kyle Turner 24‎'‎ ⚽ 26 Ben Stanway Forward9 Alex Samuel 27‎'‎⚽ 10 Logan Chalmers ‎ 11 Steven Lawless

Munro gets us out of Jail First game of 2026 for both clubs with something to prove. Cove looking to show their last two games were not a flash in the pan and Inverness hoping to show their last two were just a flush in the pan. Plenty of doubt over the state of the pitch and surrounding areas given the recent Arctic weather but some hard graft has shifted tons of snow to enable the game to go ahead, so well done everyone at Cove. Inverness had won both of the previous encounters this season by 1-0. Ross Millen was suspended and Alfie Stewart's contract has still to be sorted. Chanka Zimba returned to the starting XI to lead the line with Sole, Mckay and Bavidge on the bench. Cove had a sturdy looking squad on the field with Chris Maguire, Adam Emslie and Mitch Megginson big threats up front. As it turned out, we had to rely on Ross Munro for a point as he saved a penalty at the death from Reuben McAllister. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A brisk afternoon at Altens as the game got underway with a few mounds of snow in front of the stands and Cove in blue with the Caley Jags in the pink. There was an early warning for the Caley Jags when Mitch Megginson hit the post from inside the box when put through on goal by former Aberdeen player Chris Maguire in the fourth minute. The response from the visitors was a great ball in from Mitchell Robertson that was close to finding Chanka Zimba in the box. Luis Longstaff found Adam MacKinnon in the box but he knocked wide from ten yards. The visitors forced a couple of corners to no avail as we passed the first quarter of the game with the pressure mounting on the home box. A Joe Chalmers free kick came off the post before Zimba's follow up was saved by Robbie Mutch in goal. Joe Chalmers shot wide after good work by Calum MacLeod. Ten minutes before the break Ross Munro was called into action to save from Megginson as he shot on the turn but the keeper wasn't overly troubled. Allan then saw Mutch save his effort before Munro denied Megginson at the other end with a good stop as half time approached and then had to save from Maguire as the hosts finished the half strongly. Not much in it at the break. HALF TIME: 0-0 Strachan replaced Parker at the interval but it was the visitors that got the first couple of attempt away through Zimba with Mutch saving from a tight angle then denying Zimba off Wotherspoon's cross. The Caley Jags were pressing for an opener and Chalmers saw Mutch save his attempt. Big shout for a penalty for the visitors but the free kick was given outside the box which Paul Allan took and the busier keeper Robbie Mutch gathered. A bit of composure needed here from both sides as Maguire shot wide for the hosts. On came the cavalry with Liam Sole and Alfie Bavidge replacing Spoony and Longstaff with twenty minutes remaining. Billy Mckay was on for MacKinnon and Mutch was soon saving from him as the clock ticked down. Danny Devine had his header saved off Paul Allan's corner with five minutes to go. Adam Emslie missed the target after ninety minutes, but there was even more late drama as Cove were awarded a penalty after a Mitchell Robertson shove. Fortunately Ross Munro saved the day in the bottom corner from substitute Reuben McAllister in the 97th minute and Paul Allan was alert enough to stop McAllister from getting cleanly onto the loose ball. Yay I suppose FULL TIME: 0-0 Whilst we were faffing about at Cove, Stenhousemuir were stretching their lead at the top with a 5-0 thumping of East Fife and Queen of the South came from behind to beat Kelty Hearts 3-1. We had Ross Munro to thank for gaining a point with that late penalty save and good reaction from Paul Allan who kept alert to disrupt McAllister as he tried to get on the end of the rebound from the keeper. Alas, it's another disappointing result as our season falters. No wins in three now and three points behind Stenhousemuir who are on the longest unbeaten run across the SPFL and sixteen games unbeaten at Ochilview and counting, and starting to impress in the scoring stats The natives are getting a bit restless of late with our continuing profligacy in front of goal as we squander chance after chance. It's getting a bit tedious now and with a difficult run of cup and league games coming up we could be in for an even bumpier ride. January games still to come: 13th: away to Partick in KDM 17th: away to Spartans Scottish Cup 20th: away to East Fife League 24th: Home to Alloa 31st: away to QotS Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Ste 21 12 37 2 ICTFC 19 20 34 3 QotS 21 4 34 4 Alloa 20 10 30 5 P'Head 19 -11 26 6 E Fife 19 -8 25 7 Monty 19 -9 24 8 Cove 20 -4 17 9 Accies 19 12 16 10 Kelty 21 -26 13 No Listen>>> More points dropped Date: 10/01/2026 Venue: Balmoral Stadium, Altens Attendance: 0575 Referee: Jordan Curran Cove Rangers: 0 Manager: Paul Hartley Lineup: Mutch; Bisland, J Eguaibor, Parker (Strachan 46), Doyle, O'Donnell (Fyvie 72), Yule, Harrington, Emslie, Maguire (D Eguaibor 72), Megginson (McAllister 92) Subs (not used): Demus; Scorers: none Booked: Parker (21), Maguire (70), D Eguaibor (90+4) Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 0 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod, Devine, Savage, Robertson, Longstaff (Bavidge 67), Allan, Chalmers, MacKinnon (B Mckay 80), Wotherspoon (Sole 67), Zimba Subs (not used): Ross; S Thompson, McIntyre, Alonge Scorers: none Booked: Savage (90+4) Sent Off: none

Game on Apparently Snow Show or No Show? That is the question? I'm afraid it's another weather permitting weekend as we are due to face Cove Rangers in the middle of the Arctic freeze at Balmoor. The Caley Jags have not played since the back to back defeats against Stenhousemuir and Montrose, the last game played at Links Park on 27th December where we squandered numerous opportunities to take something from a less than clinical performance against Montrose. That result, coupled with Stenhousemuir beating Queen of the South sees the Warriors top the table in the first week of 2026. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Travel/Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's the chances??? Good apparently!!! If it's a No Show in the Snow yer no getting a Preview you know Yer still no getting a full Preview, it's too late now... That was our starting XI at Links Park where we went down 2-1 after going in front through a great strike from Alfie Stewart, whom we are still trying to tie down for the rest of the season. League1 last six ICTFC 1-0 Cove✔️ ICTFC 4-0 QotS✔️ Alloa 1-1 ICTFC✔️ ICTFC 4-0 Accies✔️ Stenny 1-0 ICTFC❌ Monty 2-1 ICTFC❌ On the plus side, the break might have given Chanka Zimba the time he needs to get back to full fitness. TICKET INFO Tickets available online from: https://coverangersfc.com/tickets-away/ Adult: £15 Concession (Over 60/Students): £9 Youth (12-17): £6 Under 12: Free All children 12 and Under MUST be accompanied by a person over the age of 16. ICT Supporters Travel Club 🚍The Bus is £20 per seat and leaves the Sarens PSG Stadium at 10.30am Book through Facebook or on 07462218717. Cove team that thumped Peterhead in the North East Festive hammering. Cove appear to be a recovering beast recently and have won their last two games with 11 points from their last six. The Caley Jags have 10 points over the same period. Those two wins saw nine goals scored in the 4-0 win at Peterhead and a brilliant 5-2 win at Kelty Hearts whilst we were going down to Stenhousemuir and Montrose. Cove pulled off a superb result in the Scottish Cup dumping runaway Championship leaders St Johnstone out of the competition. Adam Emslie scored an extra-time winner after Mitch Megginson had levelled the match with twenty minutes to go. These two are important players for Cove and it would be prudent to keep a close eye on them. Balmoral Stadium is located in Altens in the South of Aberdeen and is easily accessible from the North, South and via the Aberdeen Western Periphery Route (AWPR). There is a small car park at the stadium. Street parking is also available on the surrounding industrial estate. The all-weather pitch is the exact dimensions of Hampden Park, Scotland’s national stadium. The Stadium was opened in 2018. Matches at Alloa & Peterhead now Postponed Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Ste😮 20 7 34 2 ICTFC 18 20 33 3 QotS 20 2 31 4 Alloa 20 10 30 5 P'Head 19 -11 26 6 E Fife 18 -3 25 7 Monty 19 -9 24 8 Accies 19 12 16 9 Cove 19 -4 16 10 Kelty 20 -24 13 Great effort to get the pitch clear for this game to go ahead 👏 A massive thank you to the following who helped clear the pitch in preparation for the game: CRFC Staff Phil Sinclair from John Lawrie Metals Andrew Strachan Lyall Strachan Scott Davidson Ian Yule Due to the heavy snow fall, there will be limited access to our car park. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

KDM @ FIRHILL Weather permitting, the Caley Jags will face the Harry Wraggs in the last 16 of the KDM Trophy at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill on Tuesday night. The snow is aplenty up North but Partick managed to play against Morton at the weekend with a stirring three goal comeback in a five goal encounter whilst we were snowed off in our home game versus Peterhead. However, don't fret if you are snowbound in the North. Should the game go ahead, the full match will be shown live on BBC Alba with a 7:45pm kick-off. There will be a pitch inspection at 11:00am at Firhill, with another few games also in doubt @ Ayr United, Arbroath, Queens Park and Stirling Albion. St Johnstone v Ross County will be worth keeping an eye on and Raith v QotS if you are looking for Cup shocks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info 📺 Live on BBC Alba 📺 ⛄ Pitch Inspection ⛄ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That was our last team we put out against Montrose in League1 action although we have previously tweaked our side for KDM games. Logan Ross usually gets the gloves but we are in with the big boys this time so Kells and Billy will make the call on that one as we look to progress. Our last KDM game was a bit of a mismatch as we thrashed Dumbarton 9-0 at the Rock, a record breaking score for the Caley Jags. However, we were found wanting in our next two League1 games going down away to Stenhousemuir and Montrose. Partick will be another step up in quality and if we are serious about progressing, then we need to put a strong starting XI on the park. We gave them a game in an early pre-season encounter, but we can't read too much into that. Two early goals from Trialist 'A' believed to be Destiny Ojo, got Inverness off to a great start at Petershill in this pre-season game against Partick Thistle. He scored in the 9th minute when Partick lost possession in midfield and Wotherspoon advanced before slipping a pass through to Ojo who found the net with a tidy finish. Another error and it's another goal for Ojo. He benefitted from the error and he took the ball round Budinauckas before rolling it into the net. It remained that score up to the interval. HALF TIME 0-2 Three quickfire goals from Stanway, Chalmers and Stanway again put Partick ahead within 8 minutes of the restart. Stanway knocked in from close range and a minute later Chalmers, from the edge of the box, found the back of the net with an excellent finish high to the keeper's right. It got worse two minutes later when Stanway received the ball from Crawford on the right and and he fired high into the top right hand corner of the net. Three in three minutes, and that's how it ended. Looks like most subs from both sides got a game. FULL TIME: 3-2 Partick's team that beat Morton 3-2 coming from 2-0 down to take the three points at the weekend. Stanway, Turner and Tony Watt with a 94th minute strike rounding of the comeback at the death. One would expect Partick to have enough in the tank to see off the Caley Jags, but the underdog tag suits us better. Logan Chalmers and Alex Samuels are both at Firhill. Partick edged out Cove Rangers 1-2 in the last round with Kyle Turner and Alex Samuel getting the goals. Here's who started in that one Partick ThistleGoalkeeper1 Lewis Budinauckas Defender2 Cammy Logan 3 Patrick Reading 19 Luke McBeth 20 Daniel O'Reilly Midfielder4 Scott Martin 6 Kyle Turner 24‎'‎ ⚽ 26 Ben Stanway Forward9 Alex Samuel 27‎'‎⚽ 10 Logan Chalmers ‎ 11 Steven Lawless

New Year without a bang It was Peterhead that drew the short straw and will make the journey to the Highlands to bring coal, shortbread and a wee dram to the Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium on the 3rd of January 2026. Inverness topped the table as we entered a new year with the baying pack snapping at our heels after back to back defeats at Ochilview and Links Park. Hopefully getting back on the green green grass of home will give us a lift as 2026 kicks off. It never did Tom Jones any harm back in the day. Ross Millen will not be involved after his red card last week. Alfie Stewart is available for selection with his loan contract still under discussion. Chanka Zimba will hopefully get more game time as he nurses his injury and let's hope we can be more clinical in 2026. Here's hoping the weather doesn't play a major factor in this fixture with colder weather due to sweep down from the North accompanied by strong winds and snow in places. Temperatures dropping as well. Take care out there! 🚨Volunteers Wanted for Tomorrow 🚨 ⛔ STAND DOWN, GAME OFFFFFFF ⛔ Any supporters available to assist with removing pitch covers, please head to the Sarens PSG Stadium at 9am tomorrow morning ahead of our game against Peterhead. ❄️⛄ Any assistance would be much appreciated 🔴🔵 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Bar/Info West Stand Closed this Saturday Jake Davidson contract extension East Fife date 20th January ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Full Story in link above Following our recent statement regarding the unacceptable conduct at our home match against Hamilton Academical on Saturday 13 December, the club can confirm that the West Stand will be closed for this Saturday’s William Hill League 1 fixture against Peterhead. This decision follows the use of pyrotechnics in the West Stand at the last home match, during which a device entered the field of play and forced the referee to temporarily stop the game. The club intends for the West Stand to reopen for our next home match against Alloa Athletic on Saturday 24th January. We hope this course of action demonstrates our zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable conduct and the use of pyrotechnics within the stadium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our festive lightweights at Links Park following on from the defeat at Ochilview. Plenty of endeavour but we lacked a clinical finish or five as we went down 2-1 to form side Montrose last weekend. League1 last six ICTFC 1-0 Cove✔️ ICTFC 4-0 QotS✔️ Alloa 1-1 ICTFC✔️ ICTFC 4-0 Accies✔️ Stenny 1-0 ICTFC❌ Monty 2-1 ICTFC❌ A third minute strike from Alfie Stewart got the visitors off to a great start in a first half full of missed opportunities. Blair Lyons tied the game on the hour with Ross Millen sent off in the aftermath of that goal. Stewart then smacked the underside of the bar. The winner came from Ker Waddell after 74 minutes. Meh! Ross Millen will miss at least the next two games for his straight red card at Montrose after a bit of verbals saw him take the early bath. The two previous encounters against Peterhead this season have seen the Caley Jags take all the points available. Our second game of the campaign gave the Caley Jags a 2-0 win over the Blue Toon and a 1-0 win at Balmoor in October. Wotherspoon and Sole were our scorers at home and Billy Mckay nicked the winner away from home. Bar94 will be open and the usual Matchday Bus service provided by Stagecoach will be in operation. BAR 94 Bar 94 will open at 1200, with last orders at 1430 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1445). The bar reopens at full time. GETTING TO THE GAME 🚍Stagecoach Service Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415. Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800. The bus fare is £2.70 single (contactless payments or cash accepted), and Over 60 / Disabled and Under 22 Concession passes are valid, giving free travel on the service to passholders. Peterhead took a sore one in the North East festive derby against Cove Rangers going down 4-0 at home. Merry Xmas. The three defeats were all crushing blows conceeding 12 goals. Good win at Bayview though where a goal from Jason Brown was the difference between the sides. Flynn Duffy was red carded against Kelty but should be back for this one. Last Six League1 P'Head 1-1 Monty➗ P'Head 1-4 Stenny❌ Alloa 4-0 P'Head❌ P'Head 3-2 Kelty✔️ E Fife 0-1 P'Head✔️ P'Head 0-4 Cove❌ They also went out of the KDM Trophy losing 2-1 at Ayr United on 9th Dec. After a 2-2 draw over 90mins, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Morton on penalties. Andy McCarthy could come back in after suspension and Adam Carnwath will be added to the squad as he returns from injury. Defender Josh Kerr will be pushing for a start after coming on in the defeat to Cove. Fraser Mackie has since gone out on loan to Fraserburgh and striker Tom Horn has returned to Partick Thistle at the end of his loan. Kieran Shanks is top scorer with seven League1 goals. Jason Brown has six and Max Barry and Cammy Smith both have three strikes. Despite some indifferent results of late, Peterhead are only seven points off the top of the table. Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 ICTFC 18 20 33 2 Stenny 19 5 31 3 Queens 19 4 31 4 Alloa 19 10 29 5 P'head 19 -11 26 6 E Fife 18 -3 25 7 Monty 19 -9 24 8 Accies 19 12 16 9 Cove 19 -4 16 10 Kelty 19 -24 12