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KDM Evolution Time Aberdeen 'B' are the visitors on Tuesday night in the Cup of little interest in the early stages for many. I'm sure it will pick up in the latter stages, but with another five games to go before the knockout stages, that's a while away yet. Kick off is 7:45pm on Tuesday 26th August at the Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium. Inverness beat Elgin City 1-4 in their first game and the Young Dons lost 4-2 at Peterhead. TICKET INFOTickets for our KDM Evolution Trophy match v Aberdeen B are available now Prices: Adults: £10, Concessions: £5 (Over 65s & Under 16s) Tickets for this match are available now from eticketing.co.uk/ictfc Tickets for this match available in the Main Stand only with Section Lower F available for Aberdeen B supporters. Under 16s Tickets are not available online but are available in-store from the Sarens PSG Stadium or over the phone on 01463 222880 during office hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This was our fairly strong squad at Borough Briggs with Remi Savage, Paul Allan, Mathew Strachan, Jordan Alonge, Robbie Thompson and Alfie Bavidge all regular first XI performers and Chanka Zimba now a regular in the squad. There was no scoring at the interval, but goals from Alfie Bavidge and Robbie Thompson put us in the driving seat. A Paul Allan penalty ended the contest although Elgin pulled one back with a spectacular strike from Mark Gallagher before another penalty was scored by Bavidge in time added on. The new Challenge Cup format has been heavily criticised by managers with our own Scott Kellacher adding his own thoughts about the amount of additional games this can add to the squads season. It's a minimum of at least five extra games before the round of 32 knock out even begins. The end game is still light years away. Alfie Stewart was cup-tied, and apparently unavailable for both sides and Billy confirmed in video below Alfie Bavidge will not be permitted to play either with Aberdeen the parent club. Bar 94 and Matchday Bus Service Arrangements for Challenge Cup games: Bar 94 will be open and the matchday bus service will be operating for the four home cup games 🚍 Midweek game: 1945 kick off: Aberdeen on Tuesday 26 August Bar 94 will open at 1730, with last orders at 1915 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1930). The bar reopens at full time 🥳 🚍A bus will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1900, returning from the Stadium 10 minutes after the full time whistle. The Young Aberdeen starlets starting XI at the Balmoor Stadium showed Alfie Stewart in the side but no Alfie Bavidge Niall McGinn ran the show for the Blue Toon, scoring twice in a 4-2 win and used his experience to great effect in his MotM performance. The young Dons had come from 2-0 down to level the game but Peter Reid went on to score another twice. These were the subs against Peterhead. Jay Henderson -> Jamie Mercer (40) Aaron Cummings -> Dylan Ross (46) Jack Searle -> Zak To (46) Bradley Chikomo -> Tristan Stephen (72) Sam McLean -> Josie Teasdale (81) Conner Douglas (GK) Oliver Green Goals ⚽⚽ Jack Searle (50) Tristan Stephen (62)

Alfred the Great Provider After Blair Lyons had missed an early chance for Montrose, Alfie Bavidge opened the scoring in the fourth minute. It started in defence where David Wotherspoon won the ball after Joe Chalmers was mugged by four players in midfield. Spoony passed through the middle to Alfie Stewart who spun round before releasing a great ball into the box for Bavidge to run onto and drill home from fifteen yards. Wotherspoon was denied by the keeper soon after and Stewart had an effort of his own from twenty yards saved as we searched for a second goal. Calum MacLeod headed in a second after half an hour as the visitors dominance paid off following a Stewart corner and flapping from the keeper. Billy Mckay might have done better than slip the ball just wide after robbing the last man and running in on the left of centre. Just on half time Wotherspoon was denied by tremendous save by Cammy Gill from the left side of the six yard box, the keeper tipping it over after Stewart had set him up. HALF TIME: 0-2 Michael Tidser replaced Clark for the hosts at the interval as they looked to stem the tide. A few stoppages at the beginning of the second half with Louden, Devine and Mckay all needing attention. An hour gone and Montrose were still within touching distance of the Caley Jags despite another couple of efforts from those Alfie boys. Loudon tried to buy a lifeline penalty but the referee booked him for simulation. (He might have got away with it last weekend). Liam Sole replaced Longstaff for the final twenty minutes. More substitutions continued to break play up as Inverness saw out the game without any hassle from their hosts as McClenents headed just over to miss out on a consolation goal as the Caley Jags recorded another win on the road and three points to lift us up to 7th in the table. FULL TIME: 0-2 No Paul Allan today, but it was a tremendous first half for the Caley Jags with Alfie Stewart pulling the strings with both assists and more. Such was our dominance we could have been out of sight again by the break. As such, the two goals we did score were sufficient to do the damage. Big difference this season is that the bench has potential match winners throughout whilst last season we had to make do with what we had due to our circumstances. Good to see Bavidge and MacLeod off and running with the vital goals today. Alloa are in Inverness next week and they top the table with 9 points and a game in hand followed by QotS and Stenhousemuir on 7 points, We are up to seventh on 4 points and Cove & Montrose take up the relegation spaces with a point apiece.. Date: 23/08/2025 Venue: Links Park Attendance: 0776 Referee: Grant Irvine Montrose: 0 Manager: Stewart Petrie Lineup: Gill; Freeman, Smith, Quinn (Brown 84), Steeves, Clark (Tidser 46), Masson (Craig 76), Sandilands, Machado (McClenents 76), Loudon, Lyons (Webster 76) Subs (not used): Millar; Shrive, Waddell Scorers: none Booked: Louden (66) Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 2 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod, Devine Savage, McIntyre, Longstaff (Sole), Stewart (Alonge 90), Chalmers, Wotherspoon, Bavidge (Zimba 76), B Mckay (R Thompson 75) Subs (not used): Ross; Clark, McKinnon, Robertson, Strachan Scorers: Bavidge (4), MacLeod (33) Booked: none Sent Off: none

Off to the Links It's an away day for the Caley Jags on Saturday as they head to Links Park in Montrose. Both clubs have one point from the first three fixtures although Inverness are in a group of five teams that have won twice. Bad day at the home office for us last weekend as Stenhousemuir dug their heels in to sneak away down the A9 with all three points on a frustrating afternoon in the North. Montrose, on the other hand, saw mixed emotions as they came away from Cove with a red card and a point which could easily have been three but for a 94th minute equaliser. Scott Kellacher will be looking for a reaction this weekend and he has options after our squad players reeled Strathspey Thistle for six in the NoS Cup. Montrose must be like a retirement home for knackered footballers. Michae Gardyne and Craig Wighton have both retired. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ❤️Condolences to former player Dougie Imrie, Lauren and family given the heartbreaking news of their daughter Remi❤️ Dougie had posted below message on social media. 👼 Sleep tight precious angel 😢 30.07.25-19.08.25 Our girl got tired in the early hours of Tuesday morning & decided it was time to rest ‘If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever’ 💔 20 days of loving you Remi, I hope you know how much you were loved and we will cherish the short time we got to spend with you, a true wee fighter from the minute you were born. We love you baby girl 💔 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Supporters Bus/Info Ben Gardiner Loan to Brora Ticket Info v Aberdeen 'B' KDM Ladies Day next week with Michael Lewis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ticket InfoTickets available from montrosefc.co.uk/tickets/ Adults: £18, Concession (U18s / Over 65s): £10, Under 12s: £5 ICT Supporters Travel ClubTravel Club Bus leaves Sarens PSG Stadium at 10am. Picking up Aviemore and Pitlochry. £20 a seat. Book through the Travel Club’s Facebook or on 07462218717 ✨ Ladies Day at ICTFC ⚽🍾 📅 Saturday 30th August ⚽ ICTFC v Alloa Athletic 🎟️ £70 per person 🎤 The fantastic Michael Lewis will be performing throughout the day 👉 Book your spot now! 💻 https://www.eticketing.co.uk/ictfc/EDP/Event/Index/76 📧 [email protected] 📞 01463 222880✨ Inverness were mugged last weekend when Stenhousemuir came North to park their bus before catching us on the hop with a late strike from Ross Taylor ten minutes from the end. It had been a game ruined by the incompetent Gavin Duncan who stopped the game, rightly or wrongly everytime a player landed on the turf. He dished out a penalty to both sides before the late strike secured all three points for the visitors. Paul Allan scored our spot kick while Matty Aitken levelled for the Warriors. Our opening fixtures saw victories over Kelty Hearts (3-0 Mckay, Longstaff, Wotherspoon) and a 2-0 home win over Peterhead (Wotherspoon, Sole). An Inverness CT XI played a North of Scotland tie against Strathspey Thistle and ran away with a 6-0 win as they sent Strathspey reeling. A good workout for most of the squad fringe players and those returning from injury. Two goals each for Robbie Thompson and Liam Sole and singles for Jordan Alonge and Mitchell Robertson, all in the first half, killed the tie as we cruised into a semi-final appointment at Forres Mechanics. Great to see Adam MacKinnon back on the park as part of his journey back to fitness. Alfie Bavidge and Chanka Zimba sat this one out, presumably keeping them fresh for this weekend. Robbie Thompson must be knocking on the door as well with another good performance captaining the side. Scott Kellacher: Has not suffered two defeats in a row yet since becoming manager and he will be looking to get back on track after the setback last weekend. Doc Proc has a few niggles to contend with ahead of this one but we now have a decent depth to the squad. Maybe a start for Bavidge and Adam MacKinnon might be ready to step up a notch after his rehab. Ben Gardiner has gone out on loan to Brora Rangers for six months. Montrose gained their first point last Saturday despite playing with ten men for the majority of the game. It still took a 94th minute headed goal from David Eguaibor to salvage a point for Cove Rangers in a see-saw game. Ewan Louden scored a brace whilst Callum Sandilands put Montrose 3-2 ahead with around half an hour of play left. Keir Bertie will miss this game after his red card with Ali Shrive likely to replace him. They started the season going down 2-0 at Hamilton on opening day and followed that with a 2-1 defeat at home to Kelty Hearts, Kieran Freeman with the Gable Endies goal. Sean Dillan & Ryan could be fit with Graham Webster ready soon. Latest from the Links: Defender Evan Towler has signed on a one-year deal, following the 20-year-old’s recent departure from Aberdeen. Montrose announce the premature departure of Craig Wighton from Links Park, following the strikers sudden and unexpected decision to retire from the game at 28. GABLE ENDER - ON SALE SATURDAY! The next edition of the year of our award winning Matchday Programme will be on sale on Saturday for our game against ICTFC, jam packed with features, facts and photos. £3 for a Gable Ender; oooooft! From BBC Sport In: Ross Clark, midfielder (Dundee); Kieran Freeman, defender (Raith Rovers); Michael Tidser, midfielder; Ewan Louden (Brechin). Loan in: Callum Sandilands, midfielder (Hearts). Out: Michael Gardyne, forward (retired ☠️); Lancelot Pollard, midfielder; Paul Watson, midfielder; Ben Maciver-Redwood, forward; Aulay Martin, defender. Craig Wighton, forward (retired); Loan ended: Owen Stirton, forward (Dundee United). Loan out: Ross Matthews, goalkeeper (Dundee North End).

North of ScotlandSole Destroyer Having beaten Lossiemouth 6-0 in the first round, the Caley Jags were drawn at home in Rnd2 against Strathspey Thistle who were given a bye into this round. The Highland League outfit had made their best ever start to a season winning four of their opening six games. Inverness lost their first League1 fixture on Saturday going down to Stenhousemuir which sets this game up nicely on a fine Summer evening. No Alfie Bavidge or Chanka Zimba tonight, but Adam MacKinnon, Liam Sole, Jordan Alonge and Robbie Thompson all started. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The stage was set on a fine night in the Highland capital as the game got underway. On paper, strong attacking options for the hosts with the visitors in good form and Shaun Morrison not shy in front of goal with six strikes to his name so far. Here's 𝕏 to tell us what happened as it happened 06’ | 0-0 First chance falls to Strathspey as Shaun Morrison’s cross finds Calum Brown in the box but his shot is saved by Logan Ross. 10’ | 1-0 GOALLL! We take the lead through Robbie Thompson! 15’ | 2-0 GOALLL! We double our lead through Jordan Alonge’s header after he met Liam Sole’s cross into the box. 19’| 3-0 GOALLL! Liam Sole makes it 3-0 with a great finish inside the box. 25’ | 4-0 GOALLL! Liam Sole has his second after a good finish as Ben Gardiner found him down the left side. 31’ | 4-0 Aaron Doran sees his effort go wide after good hold up play from Shaun Morrison. Still got it, legend! 33’ | 4-0 Strathspey Thistle Sub: Dylan Lawrence on, Aaron Doran off. (We must have tired him out) 34’ | 4-0 Great save from Danny Gillan to keep out Liam Sole for his hat-trick. 40’ | 5-0 GOAL! Mitchell Robertson makes it 5-0 with a deflected effort in the box. 43’ | 6-0 GOAL! Robbie Thompson has his second with a good finish to make it 6-0! HALF TIME 6-0 Robert on CTO at the interval: Enjoyable 45 from a young team. Robbie Thompson pulling the strings but every player has played their part. Logan Ross has had two good saves, the first at 0-0. I hope the goals have been caught on camera for those not here as there’s been some good stuff. The second half would be about game and player management with the tie secured. This led to many substitutions as we saw out the game with the foot off the throttle. 64’ | 6-0 Double ICTFC Sub: Archie Kerr and Kenzie Harkness on, Adam Mackinnon and Liam Sole off. 70’ | 6-0 ICTFC Subs: Sam Reid and Jake Rodgers on, Ben Gardiner and Sam Thompson off. 79’ | 6-0 ICTFC Sub: Gavin Thomson on, James Clark off. FULL TIME: ICTFC 6-0 Strathspey Thistle We advance to the next round of the North of Scotland Cup thanks to goals Robbie Thompson (2), Liam Sole (2), Jordan Alonge and Mitchell Robertson Robert summed up: Not much to say about that second half. Useful game time for the five young subs, more good saves by Logan Ross and nearly a last minute hat trick for Robbie Thompson, and that was about that. We will face Forres Mechanics away in the Semi-Final with Ross County hosting Clachnacuddin. 3rd September is the date for your diary. Forres 3-0 Rothes Brora 0-0 Clach (7-8 penalties) Wick 0-3 Ross County Six of the best>>> Date: 20/08/2025 Venue: Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium Attendance: **** Referee: The guy with the whistle Inverness CT: 6Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Ross; Clark (G Thomson 79), Robertson, Strachan, L Walker, Gardiner (Reid 70), S Thompson (Rodgers 70), Alonge, MacKinnon (Kerr 64), R Thompson, Sole (Harkness 64) Subs (not used): Rebilas; Leighton Scorers: R Thompson (10, 43), Alonge (15), Sole (19, 25), Robertson (40) Booked: none Sent Off: none Strathspey Thistle: 0Manager: Ryan Esson Lineup: Gillan; MacPhee, Franczac, Calder, McShane, Williamson, Doran (Lawrence 33), Shewan, Morrison, Brown, Lisle, Whitehorn Subs (not used): Rae; Mutch, Race, Laidlaw Scorers: none Booked: none Sent Off: none

Sucker Punched Fifth versus seventh at the start of play today on Matchday 3 with the Warriors above unbeaten Inverness. Both sides had won last weekend and in the KDM Evolution Cup in midweek which hopefully tees this up to be an entertaining game in the Highlands on a warm Saturday afternoon. Liam Sole came off injured last weekend and was on the bench today with Bavidge, Zimba and Robbie Thompson. In a first half dominated by the hosts our profligacy kept the visitors in the game. All we had to show for it was a Paul Allan penalty. In stepped Gavin Duncan, allegedly a referee, to then award a penalty to Muir in their only attack of the first half for Matty Aitken to net from the spot. We could have been four up before this setback. We were pretty ineffective for most of the second half with the visitors playing more of the same rubbish. However, with ten minutes left Ross Taylor knocked in the winner after a break forward to ruin our afternoon in the Sun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~By the time kick-off approached, it was a roasty-toasty afternoon with ample singing juice lubrication applied in Bar94 ahead of the game during the Meet & Greet with Allan Savage and 10CC. Inverness got the game underway shooting towards the South Stand and an early opportunity presented itself to Billy Mckay in the first minute, but his shot as he entered the box on the inside left position was weak and easily gathered by the keeper. Oscar McIntyre was prominent in most of the early moves but nobody in the box was able to turn his inviting crosses into the net. Longstaff might have done better twisting and turning his way into the box but was eventually blocked. McIntyre drove one from outside the box as the one way traffic continued and Alfie Stewart was denied by the feet of Darren Jamieson before he spilled an effort from Joe Chalmers, grabbing the ball quickly as it spun behind him. The pressure eventually paid off when Jamieson unceremoniously upended Mckay as he raced round the keeper. Paul Allan made no mistake from the spot, lashing the ball high into the net. Another low ball into the box caused havoc before being eventually cleared. Mckay then shot wide...Here we go we all thought. One up going on four. However, Gavin Duncan offered Stenny a lifeline with a soft free kick in midfield and compounded our frustration by eventually booking McIntyre. When the ball was launched forward, he then gave a foul for Devine's hands on attempt to get above the attacker. That foul was adjudged to be inside the box and despite protestations from the defence, a penalty was given which Matty Aitken dispatched easily. That seemed to take the wind out of our sails as half time approached. HALF TIME 1-1 We were a bit flat at the start of the second half before Paul Allan went off after a knock to be replaced by Alfie Bavidge who got his first shot away soon after with Jamieson saving at his near post. Something odd then happened. Something that I never expected. Ross Munro had to block a breakaway as Olly Whyte burst into the box. I never knew they were allowed to cross the half way line? Substitute Jordan Alonge was inches too high as he headed goalwards off a corner a minute after entering the field of play. Alas our early slackness in front of goal came back to haunt us as Ross Taylor beat Munro at his near post with ten minutes left after wandering into the box from the right and catching the keeper out by shooting early. Liam Sole and Alfie Bavidge were both denied by the keeper as we peppered their goal but it just never happened. Lordy Lordy that was as frustrating as it gets with Stenhousemuir sticking to their game plan and Inverness wasteful. 19 shots to 4, but it's goals that count. With seven saves, Darren Jamieson was the Warriors hero. We also had 9 corners which we wasted. That's a disturbing statistic that we need to address. FULL TIME: 1-2 Huge disappointment for the home fans who to a man/woman/person or anything that identifies as anything would have backed the hosts to take all three points. However, maybe a timely reminder that no League has ever been won after just three games. Despite the Caley Jags bombarding the Warriors all afternoon, it was the men from the Ochils that went home with the points as they refused to wilt in the Highland heat. Robert on CTO: That should have been a comfortable win but we paid the penalty for not being out of site in the first half. Some of our play and movement was top drawer in the first half but we are still too reluctant to shoot and chances go a begging as a result. The free kick in the lead up to the penalty was a shocking decision as MacIntyre won the ball cleanly (but he deserved his booking for walking away with the ball) and I thought the penalty was debatable: one I need to see again. We didn’t play nearly as well after the break but were well on top and should have been able to put the game to bed. Instead we got caught on the counter attack. A bad day at the office but we knew there would be bad days. The key thing is to learn from it and regroup for the Montrose game. No Listen! Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Accies 3 4 6 2 Queens 3 3 6 3 Alloa 2 2 6 4 Muir 3 1 6 5 Kelty 2 -2 3 6 PeterH 3 -3 3 7 E Fife 3 -3 3 8 ICTFC 3 4 1 9 Monty 3 -3 1 10 Cove 3 -3 1 Date: 16/08/2025 Venue: Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium Attendance: 1927 Referee: Gavin Duncan Inverness CT: 1Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod, Devine, Savage, McIntyre, Longstaff (Sole 75), Allan (Bavidge 59), Chalmers, Stewart, Wotherspoon (Alonge ), B Mckay (Zimba 79) Subs (not used): Ross; Clark, Strachan, Robertson, R Thompson Scorers: Mackay (22 pen) Booked: McIntyre (34), Devine (56) Sent Off: none Stenhousemuir: 2Manager: Gary Naysmith Lineup: D Jamieson; Meechan, Buchanan, Graham, Bilham (46), O'Reilly, Robson, Whyte, Anderson (McGill 50), McGill, Aitken (Taylor 70), Carrick (N Jamieson 84) Subs (not used): Gromov; Simpson Scorers: Aitken (35 pen), Booked: Meechan (41), O'Reilly (61), McGill (80) Sent Off: none