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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 🚨 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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC are delighted to announce that defender Jake Davidson has extended his contract until the end of the season, subject to SFA clearance. Jake, 25 years-old, has been working hard on his recovery after suffering a knee injury in November 2024. The defender had initially signed a deal until January 2026 last summer, but has now extended his terms until the end of the 2025/26 season. Jake returned to action last Friday, playing 45 minutes for our Under 19s side in their 1–0 win against Dundee. Upon signing his contract extension, Jake said: “I’m delighted to have things finalised and to sign until the end of the season. It’s been a long road for me, but I was glad to make my return last Friday and play my first game of football in over a year.” “I’d like to thank all the staff at the club for their support during my recovery, as well as the boys, who have been fantastic with me. I can’t wait to be back involved, and I’m currently building up my fitness in training to return to the squad.”

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 No Listen!

Nobody wants to read this one, but another Festive Flop comes our way. Mind you, it's better than the BBC who lost the plot half way through the game. Ten men down at the Links After much speculation over the Links Park pitch, this game went ahead as scheduled at the home of the Gable Endies. Montrose are one of the form sides over recent games with three wins over the last four, and Inverness, despite also losing last week, were still top of the table with two wins and a draw over the last four. Scott Kellacher rang the changes after last weeks lacklustre performance at Stenhousemuir with Sole, Bavidge, Wotherspoon and MacKinnon rested, Zimba restrained and Millen, Stewart, Longstaff and Mckay starting. Full squad from Montrose but no Machado. Twelve points separated the teams ahead of kick off and when the dust settled Montrose were three points closer to us. A third minute strike from Alfie Stewart got the visitors off to a great start in a grim first half. Blair Lyons tied the game on the hour with Ross Millen sent off in the aftermath of that goal. The winner came from Ker Waddell aftr 74 minutes. Meh! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Caley Jags were quick out of the blocks and the reinstated Alfie Stewart fired us ahead after just three minutes shooting home from inside the box into the top corner off a precision pass from Danny Devine (never thought I'd be writing that). That'll do his prospects of extending his loan here no harm. Mitchell Robertson was put through on goal after Luis Longstaff's equally precise ball sent him in on the left side but he shot just wide. Montrose were seeing plenty of the ball in the opening quarter and forced a couple of corners which came to nothing. Top scorer Graham Webster shot wide of the top corner as the hosts looked to get back on level terms. Billy Mckay was set free by another long ball forward but Cammy Gill was equal to the effort to keep it out and Ross Millen picked out Paul Allan coming in from the left but his effort was weak whilst at the other end the dangerous Callum Sandilands brought Ross Munro into action as he saved his close range header brilliantly towards the bottom corner with half an hour gone. Montrose were knocking on the door though as half time approached and Terry Masson shot over as we maintained our precarious advantage to the interval in a half devoid of serious goalmouth action. Here's hoping we can be more clinical after the interval. HALF TIME: 0-1 Montrose were first to threaten after the break and Ross Munro denied Webster five minutes after the restart. He then missed the target three minutes later as the hosts again dominated proceedings. Chances at both ends as Cammy Gill saved from Paul Allan where he appeared to slip as he shot with Gill gathering the trundled effort easily after another tremendous long ball from Danny Devine and Ross Munro kept out an effort from Sandilands. Paul Allan then headed a Longstaff chip into the ground which took the sting out of the ball and made it an easy catch for the keeper. Can't say we weren't warned and Blair Lyons levelled the game just after the hour and we were reduced to ten men when Ross Millen was red carded in the aftermath of the equaliser, presumably for talking out of turn. Alfie Stewart hit a free kick off the bar as we plodded on before Montrose took the lead after 74 mins through Waddell as he showed how to head down and up into the net. Inverness rang the changes with Alfie Bavidge, Chanka Zimba and Oscar MacIntyre on for Billy Mckay, Luis Longstaff and Alfie Stewart. All five subs were on before the end and Alfie Bavidge was denied by Cammy Gill as injury time came and went. FULL TIME: 2-1 Sorry it's not happier reading for you. Have a good New Year.

Whilst it's a rubbish result, BBC broke and their stats are wrong. Gill made three or four saves and Stewart hit the bar from a free kick. That apart, it's a p!ss poor result.

Unless our Twitter has been hacked, we are now 2-1 down.

1-1 and Ross Millen sent off Trump wins. BBC is broken bad

Shurely shome mishtake...

A half devoid of much goalmouth action with Montrose just about dominating possession. However, possession doesn't win games and Alfie Stewarts third minute strike has us ahead at the break

Cheers Roddy. We try our best and with IBM on the stats we try and keep everything up to date. Sometimes the system goes t!ts up which affects fixtures/stats/league tables etc but that's what Scotty is for and he does a geat job keeping it all working. You have all been good boys and girls recently which makes life easy for the mods. All the best.

Montrose Away Should Montrose have their ground ready in time for this weekend, then we will be facing them on Saturday. They are having similar issues to Tranent with drainage problems over the last few weeks of monsoon like conditions and have already moved their KDM Trophy tie against the Spartans to Cove Rangers ground on Monday night. The Gable Endies results have been hot and cold recently with some good results in amogst some less notable achievements. A less than impressive performance from the Caley Jags one week after the high of a record performance at Dumbarton, has cast a shadow over our credentials. Here's hoping it's just temporary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Tickets/Bus/Info 🎅 Hope you all had a Merry Xmas 🎅 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montrose Club Update On New Artificial SurfaceMontrose FC wishes to update supporters following the third postponement of a first-team fixture at Links Park in the last six weeks. Having replaced the natural grass playing surface almost 20 years ago, fans will appreciate this situation is unprecedented, and has come as a genuine surprise, shock, and disappointment to everyone at the Club. Back in the summer, knowing the artificial carpet was reaching the end of its lifespan, we made the decision to upgrade. In full consultation with the pitch manufacturer, we selected both a new playing surface and a preferred and recommended type of infill. Despite having previously used both black rubber pellet infill, and green rubber shards, we were made aware of an impending ban on this type of material in the next few years, due to environmental concerns around microplastics. As a result, the industry is moving towards more sustainable alternatives, so in good faith, and with a view to staying ahead of legislative changes, we opted for a new infill made from specially treated woodchip. This was a more expensive option than the traditional rubber. Regrettably, this material has not performed as expected, resulting in the surface now retaining rainwater and taking a significant time to drain away. This has made it very difficult to predict the playability of the pitch, resulting in not only the postponement of fixtures, but also the cancellation of community pitch bookings, all at short notice. The consequences of this have been far reaching, with our reputation affected, added strain placed on staff, and financial losses incurred through reduced revenues. Rest assured, we remain fully committed and determined to resolve the issue and we are in constant dialogue with the manufacturer and installation contractors to fully understand the problem and implement a solution as quickly as possible. We are also keeping the relevant league bodies updated in relation to the impact of all this on our fixtures. We sincerely appreciate the inconvenience this has caused – not only to our loyal fans but also to the wider community of pitch users – and we ask for your patience and support as we work to rectify the matter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This fixture is SEGREGATED and entry for both home and away fans is by TICKET ONLY. AWAY fans MUST purchase a ticket online in advance as AWAY tickets WILL NOT be on sale at the ground – Please do not travel if you have not purchased a ticket in advance. ONLINE TICKETS – these are available for BOTH home and away fans and can be purchased online up to kick-off time. Tickets can be purchased here: https://montrosefc.co.uk/tickets/ TICKET OFFICE – tickets will be available for HOME FANS ONLY from the Ticket Office from 2pm on Saturday. These can be purchased using either cash or card. TICKET PRICES When tickets are purchased online, discounted prices apply, which are: Adults £18 Concessions £10 U12’s* £5 *Under 12s will ONLY be admitted if accompanied by a paying Adult/Concession. AWAY SUPPORTERS – should enter the stadium from the turnstiles located at the East end of Links Park Stadium adjacent to Union Street/Union Row. Turnstiles will open 1 hour prior to kick-off time and will remain open until 15 minutes after the match commences. ICT Supporters Travel ClubMontrose bus 27th December leaves stadium at 10.00. Picking up in Aviemore and Pitlochry. £20 a seat. Book through Facebook or on 07462218717. ~~~~~~~~~ Here's the guys that failed inexplicably against a depleted Stenhousemuir last weekend going down to a second half Olly Whyte goal at Ochilview. They seem to hold the Indan sign over us this season. Chanka Zimba is a doubt and may have to start on the bench again. League1 last six ICTFC 1-0 Monty✔️ ICTFC 1-0 Cove✔️ ICTFC 4-0 QotS✔️ Alloa 1-1 ICTFC✔️ ICTFC 4-0 Accies✔️ Stenny 1-0 ICTFC❌ Been a great season so far but one wonders why we have these massive dips in performance every so often. We can't really complain though as we usually rectify thing in the next game having not lost back to back games since Scott Kellacher took over. Man for man our squad must be one of, if not thee strongest first XI's in league 1 with a second string almost as good. That's the frustrating part. Inverness won both of the previous fixtures this season against Montrose. 2-0 (Bavidge & MacLeod) at Links Park and 1-0 in the Highlands where a goal from Zimba was the difference between the sides. 2026 starts on the 3rd of January with a home fixture against Peterhead followed by an away game at Cove the following week. We have another tough Scottish Cup game to look forward to in January having edged our way past Tranent. We are away to Spartans on 17th December in for a 3:00pm kick-off, but that has still to be officially confirmed. Montrose had this squad at Palmerston last Saturday as they fell to a narrow defeat to Queen of the South thanks to Mike Hewit's great strike. Last Seven League1 results ICTFC 1-0 Monty❌ Monty 0-4 Alloa❌ P'Head 1-1 Monty➖ Monty 2-1 E Fife✔️ Kelty 0-3 Monty✔️ Monty 3-0 Stenny✔️ Queens 1-0 Monty❌ Some great results in there, the highlight that 3-0 win over Stenhousemuir. Goals from Graham Webster and a brace from Callum Sandilands on loan from Hearts. The 3-0 win a Kelty is not to be scoffed at either. Lyons, an own goal and Sandilands again scored in that one. That was countered by a whooping at home by Alloa. Montrose were forced to play their KDM Trophy tie versus Spartans at Balmoral Stadium Cove on Monday night. Our next Scottish Cup opponents fielded a fairly young side with a couple of their youth players making their debut. They grew into this tie before eventually going down 2-1 to Montrose, who had also rested some first team choices but just had enough to get over the line. Like Tranent, they will not make it easy for the Caley Jags to progress. Defender Jake Davidson made a return to action recently, playing 45 minutes against Dundee for our Under 19s, which we won 1-0 thanks to Archie Beaton's late winner. That was Jake's first appearance back on the pitch since suffering a knee injury in November 2024. Great to see you back on the pitch Jake! 👏 Fantastic news about Jake after his serious injury which happened at a time when he was looking good as a strong midfielder before this massive setback. All the best to Jake as makes his comeback and I hope he can get back to his previous fitness. What an asset he would be in the new year! Edited Just now by tm4tj

My friend AI said it..... So it must be true 😂

The view from Ochilview: It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir. The stadium has a capacity of 3,746 with 626 seated. Ochilview was opened in 1890 and has been the home of Stenhousemuir since then. Pitch Size: 110 x 72 yards ; Address: Gladstone Rd, Stenhousemuir. The pitch is 4g artificial surface. Ochilview Park ⚽ hosts a full-size 11s pitch and 2 five-a-side pods 🏟️ which are available for use 7 days a week. All pitches were upgraded to the latest FIFA approved artificial surface in 2022. Changing rooms 🚿, showers 🚿, and car parking 🅿️ are available for all users. Here are some quirky facts about Stenhousemuir: Mystery Floodlight Donor: In 1945, Stenhousemuir's Ochilview Park became a pioneer in floodlit football, funded by a local butcher whose identity was a secret until later revealed as Tom Douglas, adding a touch of intrigue to the club's early days. Cattle Statues: The prominent Highland Cattle statues aren't for the old toffee factory, but commemorate the historic Falkirk Tryst, where drovers brought cattle from the Highlands to sell, linking the town to ancient trading routes. The "Laughing & Greetin' Bridge": The Union Canal runs through Stenhousemuir, featuring the "Laughing and Greetin' Bridge" (named for the sounds of people passing under it) and a tunnel designed to hide canal traffic from the owners of Callendar House. Toffee & Tryst History: The area was once home to McCowan's Toffee, a major local factory, but its heritage is also deeply tied to the great cattle markets that shaped the region, a history symbolized today by the cattle statues. Whispers of a Lost Tower: A tower house, Stenhouse, once stood in the area, built in 1622, adding another layer to the town's long history before it was significantly altered and eventually lost to modern development.

Cheers ICTP Slip of the tongue. It is as the link said 26/27

Ochilview View It's been a hectic month so far and there's no rest for the wicked as the Caley Jags head for Ochilview to take on fellow title contenders Stenhousemuir in the latest six-pointer in League1. The Warriors are one of only two teams who have beaten the Caley Jags on League duty this season, the other being Hamilton away. They won the first fixture between the clubs up in the Highlands on the 16thAugust when they stunned the home support by coming from behind to run out 1-2 winners. A Paul Allan penalty set us up nicely but Matty Aitken scored from the spot ten minutes before the break after a dubious penalty award. Ross Taylor scored a second after Stenhousemuir managed to park the bus and on a rare foray forward stole the points ten minutes from the end. It had been a frustrating afternoon for the hosts who dominated everything except putting the ball in the net more than our opponents. We avenged the Hamilton defeat in style last week and will be looking to avenge our lapse from matchday 3. The depth of our squad is much improved from the start of the season as shown in the midweek nine goal thrashing of a young Dumbarton side in the KDM Trophy where we were able to make eight changes from the side that beat Accies last Saturday. 🎅 Merry Xmas when it comes from all at CTO 🎅 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***Pyrotechnics Warning*** Match/Ticket/Travel/Info Adam MacKinnon contract extended ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The squad that put four past Accies last week. We also went goal happy in midweek in the KDM Trophy at Dumbarton with Alfie Bavidge bagging four of our nine goals. 12 goals scored in the last six League games with only one conceded at Alloa. League1 last six P'Head 0-1 ICTFC ICTFC 1-0 Monty ICTFC 1-0 Cove ICTFC 4-0 QotS Alloa 1-1 ICTFC ICTFC 4-0 Accies Unfortunately a section of our support have been guilty of undesirable conduct during and after the Hamilton game which has led to the club issuing a warning statement: The good will and deserved plaudits the club have been delighted to extend to other clubs recently were completely negated on Saturday by the behaviour of a small section of the home support both during and after the match. Despite the previous warning with regards Pyrotechnics, these made a reappearance both at the start of and during the match culminating in one such device being thrown onto the pitch causing the referee to pause the match while it was dealt with. This will be included in the referees’ report and could result in financial and restriction actions being taken against the club. This means there will be less funds available to the manager and the club to continue improving both the team and the stadium facilities. Following the match, the behaviour of this group in the goading and subsequent attempt to clash at the visitor’s buses in the car park will not be tolerated by the club. This is classified as a public order offence, and any repeat could see the club being forced to have a police presence at the stadium on match day along with increased stewarding numbers which again will have a huge financial impact on the club and the desire of the new owner to improve the club in all areas FULL STATEMENT Stenhousemuir slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Montrose last week and have not been on the best run of results of late. D D L W D L The last six league games started with a decent draw at Palmerston (1-1) followed by another draw at home to Kelty (2-2). Defeat at East Fife (1-0) then their best result, a 4-1 win at Peterhead. The goalless draw at home to Accies was then followed by their worst result, a 3-0 reverse at Montrose. Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 ICTFC 16 22 33 2 Alloa 17 11 28 3 Stenny 17 4 27 4 QotSth 17 0 25 5 E Fife 16 -1 25 6 P'Head 17 -8 23 7 Monty 17 -9 21 8 Accies 17 14 13 9 Cove 17 -11 10 10 Kelty 17 -22 9 Here's your League1 fixtures for this weekend Upcoming fixtures & titbits After our record breaking goalfest at Dumbarton in midweek, the Caley Jags will travel to Firhill on 6th January in the last 16 of the KDM Trophy. This game will be shown live on BBC Alba with a 19:45 kick-off. Our final fixture of the year will be at Montrose on Saturday 27th December. Hope they get their pitch sorted before then... Liam Sole will be at Inverness for the rest of the season, and Adam MacKinnon has extended his contract until the end of season 26/27. Good to see Scott Kellacher getting his business done early to give us the best possible chance of chasing top spot. Forward Sam Reid has joined Wick Academy on a short term loan. Last but not least: Thanks to Scott Young for seeing us through the mire. "After careful consideration, I have made the decision to step down from my position on the club’s Financial Board. This was not an easy choice, but I believe it is the right one for both myself and the club at this time. I am proud of the work we have accomplished together, and I remain fully supportive of Alan and the board as it continues to guide the club’s financial strategy." FULL STATEMENT FROM SCOTT YOUNG"