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DEAL or NO DEAL Yes folks, it's the annual merry-go-round game played at every football stadium in the Country. Here is the first draft from CTO based on information in the public domain. This will change over the next few weeks and we will update as and when we see the information. Let's start at the top and work our way through this as the names are released in the close season break. Billy Dodds: Billy has signed a new two year extension deal to keep him as Head Coach at the Caledonian Stadium until the end of season 2024/25 This appointment will no doubt be met with mixed emotions across the fan base. Many were disillusioned with the direction the team were going as we suffered a massive mid-season slump. It has been tempered by an outstanding cup run. However the harsh fanbase jury is still out on this one. Full interview with Billy Dodds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STILL CONTRACTED Sean WELSH (2024) Captain David CARSON (2024) Zak DELANEY (2024) Cammy HARPER (2024) Roddy MACGREGOR (2024) Max RAM (2024) Mark RIDGERS (2024) Cammy MACKAY (2024) Matthew STRACHAN (2024) Keith BRAY (2024) Lewis NICOLSON (2025) DEALS OFFERED Billy Mckay ✅ Scott Allardice ❌ Danny Devine ✅ Austin Samuels ✅ Ethan Cairns ✅ Robbie Thompson ✅ Harry Hennem ✅ DEAL BILLY MCKAY: Billy has kept us all waiting, keeping the best to last maybe, but thankfully he has signed on until 2025 (clauses clauses). Billy is on 100 goals, needing just one to equal Dennis Wyness' record of 101 goals. Billy was voted as the club’s Players’ Player and Fans’ Player of the Year last season, and he also won the club’s goal of the season award. He also topped the charts here on CTO. Great to have him back for unfinished business. WALLACE DUFFY: Wallace was the first player to be announced as having signed a 1 year extension to his contract. Wallace was a stand-out performer in the Scottish Cup Final. "Not always a first choice and injured often during our 22/23 season. However, Wallace has extended his deal for another year after his MotM performance in the Scottish Cup Final against Celtic on June 3rd 2023". LEWIS HYDE: A former academy graduate, Lewis, now 20 years old, made 31 appearances in season 22/23 and has earned a 1 year extension to June 2024. AARON DORAN: Aaron has played 370 games for ICTFC, scoring 53 goals. He is the club’s 2nd highest appearance holder, only behind Ross Tokely. Aaron has secured a 1 year extension to take him to June 2024. DANNY DEVINE: Danny has signed on until the end of next season with a conditional further year written into the contract. Danny is the backbone of our defence and has played in both Scottish Cup finals for the Caley Jags. He is also our vice Captain. AUSTIN SAMUELS: Has extended his contract. Presumably for at least one season. Samuels joined us in January 2022, signing from Wolves. In total Austin has made 44 appearances for the club, scoring 7 goals. Waiting for official confirmation and length of contract. NATHAN SHAW: It appears that Nathan may have been on a two year contract. More info to follow. ETHAN CAIRNS: has earned another year contract to end of season 2023/24 HARRY HENNEM: has earned another year contract to end of season 2023/24 ROBBIE THOMPSON: has earned another year contract to end of season 2023/24 NEW SIGNINGS JAKE DAVIDSON: Jake is a right back who has joined us from Queens Park on a 2 year deal that keeps him here until the end of season 2024/25. CHARLIE GILMOUR: Inverness Caledonian Thistle are delighted to announce agreement with Charlie Gilmour on a 2 year deal (end of 24/25). The 24 year old central midfielder started his career in the Arsenal youth academy, joining the London side at just 6 years-old. Although born in Brighton, Gilmour has a Scottish father and Scottish grandparents and has featured for Scotland at U15, U16, U17 and U19 level. During his time at St Johnstone, Gilmour has had loan spells with both Alloa and Cove Rangers. ADAM BROOKS: Adam, 19 years-old, joins us from Celtic where he starred for their B team last season, hitting 13 goals in the Lowland League. He also featured for Celtic in the UEFA Youth League last season, netting goals against Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk. Brooks also scored a double in the Glasgow Cup Final this year against Rangers, which Celtic won 4-3 on penalties. Adam has featured for Scotland at U16, U17 and U19 level. He has signed a 2 year contract with options for a third year. LUIS LONGSTAFF: ***Latest signing 20th July 2023** Inverness Caledonian Thistle are delighted to announce the signing of right winger Luis Longstaff on a 2-year deal. Luis, 22 years-old, becomes Billy Dodds’ fourth signing of the new season and joins us from Cove Rangers, where he spent last season. NO DEAL ROBBIE DEAS: No surprise really but still hard to take. Robbie made 113 appearances for the Caley Jags scoring twice. He was a tremendous servant for us and will be missed as he heads for Kilmarnock. He is made of stern stuff and made a remarkable recovery last season to play in the Scottish Cup Final. From his Bio on CTO "Unfortunately Robbie suffered a broken leg near the end of a Championship fixture against Raith Rovers in October 2022, ironically having been the standout player on the park and scored only his second goal for the club with a superb header. He is made of stern stuff though and returned to the squad four months later in late February 2023. He then went on to re-establish himself in the first team squad and will play in the Scottish Cup final against Celtic on June 3rd 2023, his 113th appearance for the Caley Jags with two goals to his credit. His contract will be up thereafter". CLUB STATEMENT SCOTT ALLARDICE: Has taken the walk of shame and left the building after three years at the Caledonian Stadium. He has crossed the bridge to the quaint market town of Dingwall. The once popular midfielder was not without injury problems. Scott played in the final couple of play-off games at the end of season 21/22 and was ready to go for the new season. Unfortunately a serious injury meant Scott missed most of the first half of season 22/23 but he returned to the field in January 2023. Scott is a regular go to player and his tough tackling style has been much appreciated by the fans. Scott has scored 7 goals for the Caley Jags despite injury blighting his career. The Scottish Cup final in June 2023 was his 100th appearance for Inverness. SHANE SUTHERLAND: Shane has been released after a season out with injury. Judging by some posts on twitter, this one could get a bit messy. I'm sure there will be more revelations regarding his release by eMail. Have we signed Prince Andrew as head of PR? Club deny the allegations. Either way, all the best to Shane. CLUB STATEMENT First Manager: John Robertson Career Stats: 162 appearances, 21 goals Debut (as sub):August 1st, 2009 - Inverness CT 4-0 Annan Athletic (League Cup - Rd 1) Full Debut:September 22nd, 2010 - Celtic 6-0 Inverness CT (League Cup - Rd 3) First Goal:March 5th, 2011 - Inverness CT 3-0 Motherwell (League) TOM WALSH: Tom has suffered the same fate as Shane after a career threatening injury that saw him miss season 22/23. Signed: June 1st, 2018 First Manager: John Robertson Career Stats: 104 appearances, 16 goals Debut (as sub):July 14th, 2018 - Inverness CT 2-0 Cove Rangers (League Cup) Full Debut:July 17th, 2018 - Cowdenbeath 2-5 Inverness CT (League Cup) First Goal:July 17th, 2018 - Cowdenbeath 2-5 Inverness CT (League Cup) Tom Walsh to be officially confirmed STEVEN BOYD: Steven struggled to make an impact at Inverness and had been used mostly as a substitute during his spell here scoring just one goal against Cove in a 1-0 win. 41 appearances with 25 of those coming off the bench. BEN WOOD: It was a stop start spell for Ben due to injuries. He only made 8 appearances with 1 start and after his contract ended he has now left the club. JAMIE CARNIHAN: A former academy graduate, Jamie had represented Scotland at schoolboy level. He made his first team debut against Hamilton Accies in the Challenge Cup in 22/23. He left Inverness to sign a 2 year deal at Nairn County in June 2023.

Tears of Pride Celtic were big favourites to lift the Cup and with it complete the Treble. Inverness have been here before and have put Celtic out of the Cup on three previous occasions. However, it's a big ask and the bookies agree with Celtic's favourites tag. Scotland's number one side against this seasons eighteenth best side. It was pretty much a clean bill of health for Billy Dodds after a month of relative inactivity for his squad with just long term casualties Shane Sutherland and Tom Walsh missing. Celtic were without Aaron Mooy and Cameron Carter-Vickers but such is their wealth of talent it would matter not a jot. At the end of the day Celtic would win the treble and lift the Scottish Cup. Inverness stuck to their game plan and battled hard, but it was one scalp too many. However there was only tears of pride at the end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the pre-match entertainment enjoyed by the fans the game kicked off in bright sunshine. Celtic got the game underway in 21° Celsius. Could anyone outdo Man City who had earlier scored in 12 seconds in the FA Cup Final. The answer was an emphatic NO. A tentative opening from both sides as Inverness tried to play their way into the game with Celtic trying to force the pace. Fifteen minutes gone and the pattern remains the same with Celtic forcing the pace but over eager with their final ball. O'Riley bounced a volley wide in the first half chance of the game with almost nineteen minutes gone. A defensive misplaced pass offered Celtic an opportunity but Jota ran out of space as the defence recovered to shut him down. Ten minutes before the break Ridgers made his first save as he dropped on a low strike from 15 yards. A minute later Celtic went in front when Kyogo smashed in from eight yards. He almost added a second five minutes before the break but he chipped wide of Ridgers right hand post as Celtic turned the screw. Half Time: 1-0 Inverness were looking to get forward more at the start of the second half but Celtic were still dominating possession although Nathan Shaw was a half yard away from getting on the end of a low ball into the Celtic box. However Celtic were starting to flow better and the danger signs were there for Inverness. In the 65th minute Celtic doubled their advantage. They rode a couple of rash challenges before Abada stroked the ball into the net. VAR took a look and after some deliberation the goal was given, by mm looking at VAR. It was tight, but 2-0 it was. Ridgers made amends for a botched clearance when he clutched a shot out of the top corner from O'Riley. Cue plenty of substitutions with the game seemingly safe. Inverness got a lifeline with five minutes to go and it was a replica goal from Dan Mackay from a Wallace Duffy cross (think semi-final v Falkirk). Absolutely tremendous bulleted header again from Dan. Ridgers saved with his legs as Celtic looked to finish the tie off through Haksabanovic. They did moments later when Jota scored from close range after good work by Abada. Game over, maybe Ange's last one in charge but Celtic march on and we head back to the Championship with our heads held high. Full Time: 3-1 Best for Inverness on a difficult day was Wallace Duffy. What an invitingly sumptuous cross for Dan Mackay to power in a diving header. Cammy Harper on the other flank was equally impressive against Celtic's wide players and in midfield David Carson and Sean Welsh battled hard to stem the possession that Celtic were always going to dominate. We struggled up front working off scraps but substitute Dan Mackay scored that brilliant late power header to give us hope, albeit only fleeting. In general our defence stood firm for large parts of the game, seemingly working to a plan. Much better than many Premiership teams fared this season. Nobody hid in this game but we were restricted to what we could do by a quality treble winning side. Blood, sweat and tears of pride. As the season draws to a close we will not see so many of these guys here next season, but it has been an abstract pleasure reporting on our once again rollercoaster of a season. See you all back refreshed for 23/24. Duplication Dan, what a cross, what a goal! Stunning! Here's Dodds What they said on BBC Sport Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou: "I'm very proud. It's been an extraordinary season by the boys. We caught people by surprise last year. It's always hard defending things. The challenge was, 'can we be better this year and we push on?' "We've won the trophy that eluded us last year, so it feels great, it's the last day of the season. It's an occasion and it was nice to finish it off that way." Inverness Caley Thistle manager Billy Dodds: "I was always going to have a go but we lost goals at bad times. I'm so proud of the boys. They gave me everything. "Talks are ongoing (on a new contract) and we hope to get things tied up, so we'll see what happens over the next few days. I love working with these players and you can see the team spirit we have." Date: 03/06/2023 Venue: Hampden Park Attendance: 47247 Referee: John Beaton Celtic: 3 Manager: Ange Postecoglou Lineup: Hart; Johnston, Iwata, Starfelt, Taylor, McGregor, Hatate (Haksabanovic 76), O'Riley (Turnbull 76), Jota (Forrest 90+2), Maeda (Abada 45), Kyoga (Oh 59) Subs (not used): Siegrist, Bernabei, Ralston, Welsh Scorers: Furuhashi (38), Abada (65), Jota (90+1) Booked: none Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 1 Manager: Billy Dodds Lineup: Ridgers; Duffy, Devine (Delaney 75), Deas, Harper, Henderson (D Mackay 68), Carson, Welsh, Allardice (MacGregor 81), Shaw (Doran 81), B Mckay (Samuels 75) Subs (not used): C Mackay; Hyde, Woods, Boyd Scorers: D Mackay (84) Booked: Carson (43), Duffy (70) Sent Off: none a