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Sole Stunner Sets the Scene The late game this week saw the Caley Jags who were on a three game winning run face Queen of the South who had lost two of their last three. The covers came off the pitch early and the frost had given up to reveal a pitch in perfect condition for this tea-time fixture. The earlier games saw Stenhousemuir record a big win at Peterhead to move level at the top with the Caley Jags on 23 points. Next Tuesday's opponents Alloa were held at Cove and are on 24points and Oli Shaw scored twice to keep Accies in touch on 21points with East Fife who lost at Montrose 4th on 22points. Ross Millen was on the bench after returning from injury. Chanka Zimba started with Alfie Bavidge on the bench. Supplier Kai Kennedy started with Kurtis Guthrie the big danger up front for the visitors. A couple of early opportunities for the hosts with Ross Stewart having to save from David Wotherspoon in the opening exchanges but we didn't have to wait long for the opener, and what a strike it was from Liam Sole. Chanka Zimba set it up with a superb spin on the left wing to leave the defender in his wake. He drilled his cross back to the edge of the eighteen yard line where Liam Sole met it without breaking stride 15 yards out to volley spectacularly behind the keeper. Great goal, great start for the Caley Jags. A Paul Allan free kick was tipped round the post by Stewart as we looked for a second in the twentieth minute. After a bit of a lull, we eased further ahead after half an hour when Sole won a free kick wide right. Joe Chalmers found Adam MacKinnon's head and he flicked it on for Zimba to react quickest to put the ball into the net a la Lawrence Shankland. Calum MacLeod went close as he met a ball inside the box but the keeper and defender managed to divert it just wide for a corner. It remained that way to the interval with Inverness dominant and Queens sporadic in their forays forward. HALF TIME: 2-0 After the break the Caley Jags continued their possession game before extending their lead after some patient ball retention. Paul Allan and Mitchell Robertson combined for the latter to drill a low ball across the face of the goal where MacKinnon met the ball at the back post to punch it high into the net to give us the cushion to relax. No relaxing for Alfie Bavidge though as one minute after coming on he got on the end of a neat reverse pass from MotM MacKinnon to clip the ball behind the keeper. Queens were bedraggled by now and had we scored another four they could have no complaints. MacIntyre almost manufactured a last second goal for himself after getting through a couple of tackles, his parting shot bobbling across the face of the goal and just wide. FULL TIME: 4-0 A totally dominant performance from the Caley Jags with Queens in disarray. Great all round display with quality goals. Adam MacKinnon was the TV MotM and few could argue with that. However, there were no failures tonight and this win should put us in fine fettle for the trip to Alloa on Tuesday night. We go back to three points ahead of Stenhousemuir who easily disposed of Peterhead at Balmoor. Scott Kellacher was delighted with this Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 ICTFC 14 18 29 2 Stenny 15 7 26 3 Alloa 14 9 24 4 E Fife 15 -2 22 5 Accies 15 18 21 6 QueenS 15 -2 21 7 P'Head 15 -5 20 8 Monty 15 -15 15 9 Cove 15 -10 9 10 Kelty 15 -18 9 Date: 22/11/2025 Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2003 Referee: Jamie Wilkie Inverness CT: 4 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod, Devine, Savage, Robertson (MacIntyre 78), Sole (Longstaff 74), Allan, Chalmers (S Thompson 83), MacKinnon (Stewart 78), Wotherspoon, Zimba (Bavidge 74) Subs (not used): Ross; Clark, Millen, Alonge Scorers: Sole (8), Zimba (35), MacKinnon (65), Bavidge (75) Booked: Zimba (31) Sent Off: none Queen of the South: 0 Manager: Peter Murphy Lineup: Stewart; Mackenzie, Douglas, Hannah, Dickenson (Johnstone 76), Luissint, Smith (Charters 46), Lyon, Stott, Kennedy (Rogerson 69), Guthrie (Gray 82) Subs (not used): Green; Leslie, Ross Scorers: none Booked: Luissint (79), Mackenzie (85) Sent Off: none

Back to Business as Usual After the scenes, limbs and euphoria of a McTominay overhead bicycle stunner, a Tierney peach and a Kenny Fekkin MacLean whopper, there's a more mundane task ahead as Queen of the South are our visitors on Saturday. It's scheduled for a 17:30pm kick-off in League1 as we endeavour to consolidate our position at the top of the table. We managed that without playing last weekend but Queens can be a difficult proposition at times and are not to be underestimated. Queens will be looking to get involved in the race for a place, currently only five points behind the Caley Jags. Weather wise it's been a pretty chilly week with snow showers leaving a fine blanket on the surface and we are taking nothing for granted by getting the covers down early before the frost gets any worse. The late kick-off time can mean only one thing. Get yer Gaelic phrase books out as BBC Alba will be covering this one live. We are on the telly! 📺 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Hospitality/Info Scottish Cup v Tranent KDM TROPHY v Dumbarton (away) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🎅 Annual Xmas Hampers 🎅The Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development Trust are collecting items for their excellent annual hampers. When grabbing your scarf & match ticket for Saturday’s game, why not grab something from the list below as well and drop it into us at Bar94. What you can donate: • Festive Treats – mince pies, chocolates, biscuits, cakes • Winter Warmers – soups, porridge, hearty cupboard fillers • Long-Life Foods – tins, packets, dry goods • Or, if you prefer, monetary donations to help us purchase extra essentials THANK YOU Our last XI to take to the field was on the 11th of November against Dundee United 'B' in the KDM Trophy. Since we last met all games: QotS 0-2 ICTFC KDM v DeeB 6-0 ICTFC 4-1 E Fife Accies 3-1 ICTFC KDM v Forfar 1-4 ICTFC 2-2 Kelty P'Head 0-1 ICTFC ICTFC 1-0 Monty ICTFC 1-0 Cove KDM v Arabs 6-0 That KDM fixture resulted in an emphatic rain soaked 6-0 win with Chanka Zimba notching a hat-trick, a brace for Alfie Bavidge and one for Jordan Alonge. With Saturday’s game being a late kick off at 1730, to let you enjoy your afternoon and the build up to the game, Bar 94 will open at 1400, with last orders at 1700. The bar will reopen at full time and remain open until 2100. Billy Mckay and Ross Millen are still recovering with Jake Davidson out long term The Stagecoach matchday bus service will leave the Bus Station at 1515 and 1645, returning from the Stadium 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 2030. 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. And please don’t forget that, following the success of the “Johndo Away Day” to Kelty last season and requests from members, we are running a Supporters Trust Coach to the away game at East Fife on Saturday 6 December. O2O2BO2BA JAGGY The coach will leave the Stadium at 0930, returning after the game. The cost is £20 per person>>> To book and pay for your seats Queens at Kelty last Saturday which ended 1-1 with Kai Kennedy scoring a penalty to open the scoring just after the break with Diack levelling five minutes later. Since we last met L1 QotS 0-2 ICTFC Monty 2-1 QotS QotS 1-0 Alloa P'Head 3-0 QotS Accies 1-2 Qots QotS 1-1 Stenny QotS 3-0 E Fife Kelty 1-1 QotS Some great results in there beating Accies (1-2) and East Fife (3-0) but countered by a couple of disappointing ones at Montrose and Peterhead. Top scorer is Kurtis Guthrie with 4, League goals, Kai Kennedy and Jack Stott with 3 apiece. Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 ICTFC 13 14 26 2 Alloa 13 9 23 3 Stenny 14 4 23 4 E Fife 14 -1 22 5 Queens 14 2 21 6 P'Head 14 -2 20 7 Accies 14 16 18 8 Monty 14 -16 12 9 Kelty 14 -16 9 10 Cove 14 -10 8 🏆 Scottish Youth Cup U 18s face Killie U18s Youth Cup 4th Rnd. Fri 21st kick-off at 2pm Highland Footy Academy Dingwall <POSTPONED

Stinging in the Rain Dundee United B came North knowing that only a win would be good enough to give them any chance whatsoever of progressing. Scott Kellacher was adamant that he wanted to continue our winning ways at the top of the KDM Trophy table ahead of the knockout stages draw which was due to take place on Wednesday, but has now been postponed as the Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir fixture has been called off because of a waterlogged pitch at the Rock. Inverness were in no mood to sit back and hit United with a sackful of goals. With a few players rested tonight, Chanka Zimba opened the scoring in the 7th minute when Adam MacKinnon's ball played him in to find the net. He added a second after 20 minutes, assisted by Jordan Alonge. We then hit the woodwork twice through Bavidge & MacKinnon before Zimba notched his hat-trick just before the interval having been played through on goal by Alonge. HALF TIME: 3-0 Kai Hutchison, who had a goal disallowed in the first half forced Ross into making a couple of quick saves at the start of the second half. Normal service was restored though when Alfie Bavidge fired high into the net for number 4 before Jordan Alonge with a great finish made it 5-0, James Clark with the assist. A raft of substitutions on a damp night disrupted the flow somewhat after the hour and stemmed the tide to stop the floodgates opening with Inverness. Substitute Archie Kerr had an effort saved by keeper Richards, as did fellow sub Liam Sole. Ross denied Hutchison before the end but alas for the youngsters, Bavidge got his brace to make it six with an assist from Kerr. FULL TIME: 6-0 What a glorious feelin, I'm happy again... Do, do-do-do Do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do Do-do, do-do-do Do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do Do-do, do-do-do Do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do Do, do-do-do Three from Chanka Zimba, two from Alfie Bavidge and one from Jordan Alonge! What's not to like as we end the group stages on a high. Date: 11/11/2025 Venue: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: **** Referee: Alastair Grieve Inverness CT: 6 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Ross; MacLeod (Clark 46), Robertson, Savage (Sole 73), McIntyre, Longstaff, Allan (Thompson 46), Alonge, MacKinnon (Harkness 52), Bavidge, Zimba (Kerr 52) Subs (not used): Munro; Devine, Wotherspoon Scorers: Zimba (7, 19, 43), Bavidge (50, 89), Alonge (51) Booked: none Sent Off: none Dundee Utd 'B': 0 Manager: Alex Cleland & Andy Payne Lineup: Richards; Mudie, Gilligan, Buchanan (Shields 58), Reynolds (Lee 58), Forrest (Beverly 74), Leiper, Beattie, Hutchison, Anderson (Franczak 63), Welsh Subs (not used): Zerebecki; Scorers: none Booked: none Sent Off: none