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Home Run We embark on a run of three home games on the trot starting with Montrose on Saturday followed by Cove next week then a midweek visit from Peterhead before a tough test at form side Alloa. Not quite the seven away fixtures we endured either side of New Year, but a welcome break nonetheless, and maybe just at the right time after a disappointing performance and result at Kelty last weekend. Stenhousemuir joined us at the top of the table after beating Accies 1-0 in midweek. No room for errors now as we enter matchday 28. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bar/Bus/Info KDM TICKETS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🔴🔵⚽ 𝐏𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 ⚽🔵🔴 If you're aged 12–17 and love ICT, this is your place to be before the game. Join us at the ICT Community Hub from 12 noon for our Pre-Match Young Fanzone. Bring your mates, talk football, plan chants, watch the build-up on TV and soak up the atmosphere before heading to the stadium together. 🔥 Football 🍔 Food 📺 TV 📶 WiFi 👥 Your mates Special for this weekend: Anyone who comes along will get a FREE ticket for the game and transport to the stadium. This is all about young ICT fans coming together, building the noise, and getting matchday started the right way. Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC ICT Supporters Trust Last 10 Competitive Meetings v Montrose 1 - 2 (A) 1 - 0 (H) 2 - 0 (A) 2 - 0 (A) 1 - 1 (H) 3 - 2 (A) 1 - 1 (H) 1 - 0 (H) 0 - 0 (A) 1 - 1 (H) This was the guys responsible for our performance at New Central Park, Kelty where we dropped two points against the team floundering at the bottom of the table. Last Six League1: W D W W D D Faltering form over the last six League1 games starting with a win at Alloa (3-1). A hard fought draw at Palmerston next where we led twice before being pegged back in a quality 2-2 draw. We beat East Fife comfortably 3-0 and followed that with our BBC Alba extravaganza at Broadwood (0-1). The next League game was that tough 1-1 draw with Stenny when we had Ben Brannan sent off with 20m left. On the Tuesday after we beat Ayr Utd 1-2 to progress into the KDM Trophy Final. A disappointing no scoring draw at Kelty last week where we struggled to create enough clear chances has allowed the pack to close in again. That all adds up to 12 points in the last six outings for the Caley Jags, the same as Stenhousemuir but one less than form team Alloa. BAR 94Bar 94 will open at 1200 Last orders at 1430 (Last order 1445) The bar reopens at full time. GETTING TO THE GAMEStagecoach 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. Montrose drew 1-1 with Kelty in midweek Euan Louden with the goal just on half time with Kelty drawing level through Lewis Moore twenty minutes from the end. Last Six League1 D D L W D D Six games ago Montrose drew 1-1 with Peterhead then 2-2 with Stenny. The solitary defeat was inflicted at Cove as Montrose went down 3-1. The win was a great result, 3-2 over QotS followed by a 1-1 draw at Accies. Last time out in midweek was the 1-1 draw with Kelty Hearts. That's 7 points over the last six games. Jambos loanee Callum Sandilands is one to watch. Back for his second season at Links Park, Callum has bagged 8 goals this season from his attacking midfield position. He made 18 appearances for Montrose scoring three times last season and is making an even bigger impact this season. Taylor Sutherland is next best goal getter with five to his name. Montrose are having a decent season sitting just outside the promotion play-off positions. At times this season they have produced runs as good as any in the division but inconsistency has kept them on the fringes. That being said, we have never really found the Gable Endies an easy side to get the better of, instead we just seem to plod on doing things the Caley Jags way. Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 ICTFC 26 28 49 2 Stenny 27 16 49 3 Alloa 26 17 43 4 QOTs 27 4 39 5 P'head 25 -8 35 6 Monty 27 -12 34 7 E Fife 27 -22 28 8 Cove 27 -6 23 9 Accies 27 11 21 10 Kelty 27 -28 18

A point apiece The sides have met twice this season already. An opening day 0-3 win for the Caley Jags back in August set us off on the road to recovery and a 2-2 draw in the Highlands showed that we can take nothing for granted. Jordan Alonge started after a great performance in midweek at Ayr United with Alfie Bavidge up front. Strong bench as back up as well although Ben Brannan was suspended. Kelty had re-signed Ross Cunningham from Stirling Albion and he scored a belter on his return last week. He will give the Maroons more potency going forward. Not the greatest first forty-five of the season with defences on top although it was the visitors that had the better of it with the hosts keeper Gourlay the busier of the two shot stoppers. At half time this was the only League1 game without a goal with Stenny, Alloa, Peterhead and Montrose all ahead by a single goal narrowing the gap at the top to three points. The second half was more of the same and it ended goalless at New Central Park. Stenhousemuir Alloa and Peterhead all gained ground on us with Accies and Montrose sharing the points. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Central Park has not always generated full points for the Caley Jags who were hoping to make a better start to this game than they did when the sides last met in the Highlands, having to come from two down to earn a point back in October. Shoot on sight Alfie Stewart was first to have a go but his effort in the opening minutes was blocked. The early possession came from the visitors but there was little to enthuse over in the first fifteen minutes. Defences were on top and Kelty's Lewis Muir has his shot blocked inside the box, as did Innes Murray. Paul Allan glanced a header wide and with half an hour gone, neither keeper had been tested until Calum MacLeod brought Kyle Gourlay into action to deny the Caley Jags utility man with a save low down. The attempts were building now and Gourlay had to pluck a header from Jordan Alonge out of the air then Liam Sole shot wide following a swift counter ten minutes before the break. Ross Cunningham and Alfie Stewart exchanged blocked efforts and Adam MacKinnon joined the process, but his shot from distance was too high. Just before the interval we witnessed a save, Alfie Bavidge tested Gourlay in goal but a goal line clearance was the nearest we came just before the break when Sole fired off target from the clearance to sum up the first half perfectly, the ball landing in Old Central Park, Cowdenbeath HALF TIME: 0-0 An early second half booking for Remi Savage and the misses continued with Alonge shooting high and Cunningham having his shot blocked. On the hour Sole shot wide as the game swung from end to end. At last some action for Ross Munro as he saved from Cunningham who fired goalwards from outside the box. On came the cavalry with Billy Mckay and Luis Longstaff replacing Sole and MacKinnon. Gourlay denied Alonge with twenty minutes left and Stewart went close with a free kick but it remained level ten minutes from the end. It would be an edgy last few minutes with substitute Cammy Cooper having an effort blocked, but the game ended goalless in Kelty. FULL TIME: 0-0 A disappointing result against the bottom club but not an entirely unexpected scoreline. Will that be a crucial point come the end of the season? The best chances fell to the visitors. One just before the interval scooped off the line and Alonge might have done better than place his shot from 12 yards into the keepers midriff. A couple of inches away a few times from connecting with crosses but at the end of the day it was too little too late. Yngwie on CTO: Struggling to think of a better example of ‘2 points dropped’. Scrappy first half with a handful of half chances for us. A more dominant second half with a handful of clearcut chances and it’s incredible that we didn’t put any of them away, but some of the finishing was really poor. Great away support but we all left disappointed. Date: 28/02/2026 Venue: New Central Park, Kelty Attendance: 0526 Referee: Daniel Graves Kelty Hearts: 0 Manager: Thomas O'Ware Lineup: Gourlay; Fisher, Brydon, Corr, Paterson, Ferguson (87), Clay, Murray (Graham 67), Cunningham (Pettifer 67), Moore (Cooper 84), McCarvel Subs (not used): Adamson; Davidson, Leitch, Thomas, Wyllie Scorers: none Booked: McCarvel (59), Corr (77) Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 0 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; MacLeod, Devine, Savage, MacIntyre, Sole (B Mckay 67), Allan, Alonge (Willox 78), MacKinnon (Longstaff 67), Stewart, Bavidge (Zimba 78) Subs (not used): Ross; Robertson, Chalmers, Wotherspoon, Scorers: none Booked: Savage (48), Zimba (83) Sent Off: none

Top v Bottom Polar opposites meet at New Central Park Kelty as we head into matchday 27 for some in League1. Promotion and relegation are top of the agenda as the Caley Jags visit Kelty Hearts renewing the 'training ground derby' Aye, those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end... The sides have met twice this season already. An opening day 0-3 win for the Caley Jags back in August set us off on the road to recovery and a 2-2 draw in the Highlands showed that we can take nothing for granted. We had to come back from two down as Innes Murray scored twice for Kelty before Devine and Zimba squared the game early in the second half. KDM FINAL will be played at Firhill, Partick, on Sunday April 5 and will be shown live on BBC ALBA, kick-off 4.10pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info KDM TROPHY @ FIRHILL Scotland Wu23 V Dutch Wu23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ International Friendly Monday 2 March 2026 7pm kick-off Sarens PSG Stadium Free admission for all fans! Seating Main Stand only. Bar 94 for the match, opening at 1700 and again at full time. Kiosks open as normal in North Concourse and Bar 94 Kiosk. Bus Station : 1815 and returns 10 mins after the full time whistle. £2.70 single Will we go with our KDM Team or will we revert to our standard League1 outfit. To be honest, if they were good enough to eliminate an Ayr United XI it would be reasonable to expect them to be able to cope with bottom of the table Kelty Hearts. However, therein lies the stumbling block. I would expect Kelty to show more fight than Ayr did given their predicament. Last Six League1: W W D W W D Good form over the last six League1 games starting with a win at East Fife (0-2) & Alloa (3-1). A hard fought draw at Palmerston next where we led twice before being pegged back in a quality 2-2 draw. We beat East Fife comfortably 3-0 and followed that with our BBC Alba extravaganza at Broadwood (0-1). The last League game was that tough 1-1 draw with Stenny when we had Ben Brannan sent off with 20m left. On Tuesday night we beat Ayr Utd 1-2 to progress into the KDM Trophy Final where we will face Raith Rovers who beat Airdrie in a penalty shoot-out. Date and venue TBC. Brannan was eligible to play at Ayr, but he will be suspended for the game at Kelty. I wonder if Liam Sole might be left out as well considering he was fortunate not to receive a red card at Ayr as he pushed his head into an opposition players face with what looked like a fair bit of intent. Naughty boy. The KDM Trophy Final against Raith Rovers will be held at the 'NEUTRAL' venue of Firhill, Glasgow. For the removal of any doubt, that is FIRHILL PARK, GLASGOW. That's 58 miles from Starks Park and 170 miles from the Caledonian Stadium. Surely Perth was a better option? The final will go ahead at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill on Sunday April 5 and will be shown live on BBC ALBA, kick-off 4.10pm. Strewth!!! Kelty almost took all three points at Cove last week but for a late equaliser from their hosts ten minutes from the end. Last Six League1: D L L D D D Doesn't make for great reading but what you might expect for a team fighting to avoid relegation. They have stemmed the defeats and replaced them with draws. The first D was at home to Alloa (1-1) before two defeats to QotS (3-1) & Stenny (0-2). A decent 0-0 draw with Accies and 1-1 draws v Peterhead & Cove. Sandwiched in there, they put Cove out of the Scottish Cup on penalties away from home and gave a good account of themselves in a 2-0 defeat to the Pars in the Scottish Cup. So, not all doom and gloom as might have been suggested by the red and grey indicators. The defeats are against two of the top teams and they contained Alloa and Accies and were unfortunate not to take all three points at Cove. Beware the scalded cat!!! Attacking midfielder Ross Cunningham has returned to Kelty and scored on his second debut for the Fife club. Apparently he scored a screamer off the bench in the draw against Peterhead. Ross was last seasons player of the year for Kelty before he went to Stirling Albion. In his previous spell for the Maroons Ross made 73 apps and scored 20 goals, finishing joint top scorer in League1 for season 2024/25! Ricco Diack is their top scorer in the League this season with 6 goals but he has since returned to Partick Thistle. All games kick-off at 3:00pm on Saturday 1 ICTFC 25 28 48 2 Stenny 25 14 43 3 Alloa 25 15 40 4 QueenS 26 6 39 5 P'Head 24 -10 32 6 Monty 25 -12 32 7 E Fife 26 -20 28 8 Cove 26 -5 23 9 Accies 25 12 20 10 Kelty 25 -28 16

Just like the olde days The Caley Jags headed to Somerset Park as massive underdogs in the KDM Trophy semi-final despite a Head 2 Head advantage of played 53, won 24, drawn 17 and lost just 12. Aye, those were the days when beating Ayr United was a regular occurrence. The boot is on the other foot now with Ayr sitting fourth in the Championship whilst we sit top of league1 with aspirations to reach the Championship for the start of next season. Both clubs have done well to reach the semi-final of the Challenge Cup. Ayr put Championship leaders St Johnstone out at the quarter final stage whilst Inverness put Stenhousemuir out at the same stage. Our big scalp was Partick Thistle in the previous round. George Oakley scored twice against St Johnstone and we know all about him. Oakley and McKenzie start up front for Ayr who have Ben Summers cup-tied and Dowds, Dempsey, Rus, Murphy, Ure and Watret all out injured. Inverness appear to have made six changes to the team that started against Stenhousemuir at the weekend with top scorers Alfie Bavidge and Chanka Zimba on the bench alongside Captain Danny Devine, Calum MacLeod, Liam Sole and Alfie Stewart. Inverness stunned their hosts by marching into the KDM final after beating Ayr United 2-1 thanks to an excellent double from Jordan Alonge who scored one in each half. Everton loanee George Finney levelled before the interval but it was a relatively assured performance from the League1 side that saw them move into the final where they will face either Airdrie or Raith Rovers who face off tomorrow night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inverness got the game underway but it was Jude Bonnar that dragged the first effort wide. A good ball forward from Ben Brannan offered a chance for Alonge but he mis-controlled and the chance disappeared. First corner to the visitors after a Paul Allan free kick was headed behind by the Ayr defence. Second and third corner came and went without troubling the keeper. Some neat touches by both sides in the early exchanges. A good turn by Oakley off a lofted ball into the box saw the striker get his shot away on the left side of the box but Ross Munro was well positioned to save comfortably at his near post. Munro was forced into pushing a shot round the post after a poor clearance from the keeper himself, Bonnar with the shot. The first save of note. Shortly after, Inverness opened the scoring when two great balls forward from Paul Allan then Longstaff played Alonge into the box and his powerful low shot beat the keeper from the right side to find the back of the net. It would have been two a few minutes later when Billy Mckay shot for the bottom corner only for keeper Max Thompson to dive full length to fingertip the ball just the wrong side of the post. Ayr levelled all too easily when they went forward on the left for McKenzie to clip the ball into the box for Finney to net. Longstaff zipped a low shot just wide as Inverness came forward again. Close, but no cigar. Munro was creating our own problems after a few rushed clearances, but we got away with them. Been a good first half from the Highlanders who ended the first 45 on the front foot. HALF TIME: 1-1 Ayr replaced a Bonnar with a Dick at the break as they looked to change it for the second half but it was Billy Mckay that got a shot away on the turn but it lacked the power to trouble the keeper. A bit of a scramble in the Ayr box as we had two or three efforts blocked by a frantic defence five minutes into the second period. Luis Longstaff looked a constant menace to the hosts with his quick feet as we controlled the pace of the game. A rare venture forward saw Ethan Walker try his luck from distance but the low shot was easily gathered by Munro. A great burst forward through the middle saw Alonge feed Paul Allan who played a deft back heel flick across the box that almost put Mckay in on goal but for Max Thompson who dived headlong at his feet to grab the ball brilliantly. Clear chances were hard to come by with an hour played but anything positive was now coming from the visitors. Alonge was enjoying himself now and some ball wizardry saw him burst forward towards the Ayr box before being crowded out. Another superb ball forward by Brannan saw Mckay scampering forward down the left wing but once again Max Thompson did really well to get to the ball first and block. Very little coming from Ayr in an attacking sense as we entered the final twenty minutes with Bavidge and Sole now on the park. A good interception, run and cross by MacIntyre almost picked out a player in blue on the edge of the Ayr box as we looked dangerous again. Jordan Alonge sealed the win with a superb downward header off a pinpoint cross from MacIntyre with ten minutes remaining after he climbed highest in between two defenders. Late in the game Liam Sole looked to be a lucky man as he forced his head onto an Ayr player but the referee fortunately chose to ignore it and play continued. As it was, we played out the game comfortably and can now look forward to a Cup Final. FULL TIME: 1-2 Caley Jags deservedly ease into the final at Somerset Park thanks to a brace from Man of the Match Jordan Alonge!!! Date: 24/02/2026 Venue: Somerset Park, Ayr Attendance: 1768 Referee: Peter Stuart Ayr United: 1 Manager: Scott Brown Lineup: Thompson; McAllister, King, Holt, Finney (Simpson 85), McKenzie, Bonnar (Dick 46), Bannigan (Hislop 74), McMann, Walker, Oakley (Want 80) Subs (not used): Russell; Devenny Scorers: Finney(34) Booked: McMann (57), Bannigan (65) Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 2 Manager: Scott Kellacher Lineup: Munro; Brannan, Robertson, Savage, MacIntyre, Longstaff (Bavidge 72), Allan, Alonge, MacKinnon (Zimba 90), Wotherspoon (Stewart 79), B Mckay (Sole 72) Subs (not used): Ross; Devine, MacLeod, Chalmers, Willox Scorers: Alonge (27, 82) Booked: Macintyre (59), Stewart (90+4) Sent Off: none