Charles Bannerman

I haven't looked at the Sunday schedule since, quite frankly, I'm not all that interested. As I've said above, the three frequencies will be used for the three games on Saturday, with no Open All Mics.

Diasporate.... :021: Perhaps this weekend "Desperate" might be a better word to use. By the way, did you know that Channel 4 is introducing a new drama series about middle class Jewish women in suburban New York. They're going to call it "Diasporate Housewives".

There wil lbe live commentary on Caley Thistle v Falkirk on 92-95FM (94.0 in the immediate Inverness area.). 810MW and 103.5-105FM will carry the other two games. As a result there will be no Open All Mics. I don't know what the arrangements for the Diasporate will be on the internet since I don't know what constraints, if any, Falkirk operate outwith the UK.

That would be Ian Lister who is President of Inverness City and does a roaring trade for them selling their Lottery tickets. He's a former player of one or two biggish Scottish clubs, including, I believe, Dunfermline and St. Mirren. I know him because he's (now this is as complicated as the Ladies of the Harum of the Court of King Caractacus) the partner of the mother of my daughter Jenny's boyfriend who is Gary Miller who plays for City. :D

Losing that single point actually makes minimal difference to Caley Thistle. A draw at home to Falkirk remains enough to keep them in the SPL. The only option for survival that is removed by Kevin Kyle's goal is for Caley Thistle next week to lose to Falkirk and for Hamilton to lose to St. Mirren as long as the relative margins of defeat didn't overturn ICT's goal difference advantage over Hamilton. That would have relegated Hamilton if ICT had got a point today.

One mistake the British didn't make in 1940 was to make too big a celebration of Dunkirk.

is that a mathematical certainty is results go that way? havent worked out the permutations..... See my post on "another point in the bag" thread.

John Sutton's goal last night had massive implications for Caley Thistle. Had they held on for 2-1, they would instantly have been safe on the night. However, since they didn't, they are now in the situation for the first time that they know before the game starts that one clear cut result will guarantee safety. Win at Kilmarnock and Inverness retains SPL football. There is also the secondary option that a draw would do if St. Mirren lost to Falkirk. And on the mention of Falkirk, their status in the eyes of ICT fans has certainly been utterly transformed in the last 24 hours, hasn't it? For weeks, Falkirk have been the side ICT have been desperate to see losing. Now they should be desperate for them to win against St. Mirren as an insurance policy should ICT not beat Killie because, as I've just said, that would bring a draw at Killie into the equation. But also, in the worst case scenario, if this does go to the last day of the season, ICT would presumably prefer to meet a Falkirk team which was safe after beating St. Mirren and with the Cup Final in sight rather than one which was still fighting for its life.

Dreadful dirge - out of the same stable as Flower of Scotland.

The question simply doesn't arise because there aren't nearly enough points left to be won for everyone below Motherwell to catch them. There are nine bottom six games left with a maximum total points take of 27. The five teams below Motherwell (who also have a much better goal difference) are as total of 45 points behind them.

That'll be 4.55am for the 1230 ko in the final game of the season then.

Just a minor point but Terry Butcher was appointed on January 27th so that would make yesterday (Wednesday May 7th) his 100th day.

I've just realised you can amend quotes. See what you can do to Kyle's one with a full stop, a comma and two capital letters.

You may be interested to know that the summariser alongside Scott Davie who will be doing commentary this afternoon is CHARLIE CHRISTIE. That's on 92-95FM in the Highlands and Islands (94.0 in the Inverness area) and on the internet for those able to access it. Just to plug the BBC's other coverage of ICT v St. Mirren, you will also have John Robertson on Open All Mics on 103.5-105FM across Scotland (104.9 in the Inverness area) for the whole game and updates and a full time report from me on BBC1 from 4:30. Post match there will be a podcast from Scott and Charlie on the net and a roundup on Sports Report on all Radio Scotland frequencies at 6:30. I will also have a post match interview with Terry Butcher which will eventually find its way on to the net and possibly also on air before 6:30. As they say ... "every kick of the ball".....

Gentlemen... the solution to your problem should be BILLY URQUHART. Calder is too young!

You mean this (incidentally posted on the day of 10 man ICT 3 Celtic 2)? "Brewster deserves a thread of his own - not just for today - but for the dramatic manner in which he has turned ICT fortunes round since his re-appointment. He's managed to get that spirit back into the side again - they all work their socks off supporting each other now in a manner that was totally absent at the start of the season. He's found a way of best utilising Niculae's undoubted skills... Thankfully he's re-introduced Rankin to the side. He has also adopted a much more thoughtful approach to substitutions. Whether you were for or against his re-appointment to ICT you have to surely acknowledge the fact that he has transformed this football team... Long may his reign here continue.... "

Maybe it's because Terry Butcher and Maurice Malpas know a hell of a lot more about running a fotoball team than you do Johndo.

Having spent the best part of the last two decades residing in rural Aberdeenshire, I diina ken fit you're on aboot ! Aye maloon, but ye ken whaur ye went tae the skule tho! Now widdit huv been yon chiel Horne or the loon Ian Thomson that taught ye the Roman mither tongue. Surely no' the quine Jessie Thomson tho' - ye'll be far too young a laddie tae huv been in wan o' hur classes. Ach weel, as the say in Turriff "Labore et Virtute" an' keep chavvin awa' defendin' a' thae bestiality cases. Whit's yur standard line o' defence onywuy? "My Lord, my client understood that 'animal husbandry' was a perfectly legal activity." :thumb04:

Would it not just have been easier to tell me? To be fair to Caley D he has narrated the position in full at least twice before on these fora. Is this just Kingsmills reminding us that his Classical education in the Victorian pile at the top of Stephen's Brae has afforded him familiarity with the nominative case of a plural neuter Latin noun of the first declension?

Would it not just have been easier to tell me?

So who does then and under what terms?

I was not seeking to make any value judgement in what I wrote. The purpose was merely to give a factual account of Tullochs' financial involvement in ICT since the initial link was made.

So is it widely accepted now that Tulloch own the stadium? Weren't we told that it was transferred to a charitable trust? Let's go back to 2000 when ICT was ?2M in debt and in significant danger of administration or worse. A lot of measures were put in place over the next couple of years, including the ICT Charitable Trust which bought the Stadium and took over the balance of the lease from Highland Council, thus effectively wiping out the potentially fatal debt. The setting up of the Trust was a long and complicated affair, with strict criteria to qualify for charitable status (which included the legal requirement, as a quid pro quo, to assist ALL sport and not just football although I'm not aware of too much of that having happened.) The Trustees were, and as far as I am aware still are, David Sutherland, David Stewart MP and now MSP and ex Provost Allan Sellar. There had always been some uncertainty as to how ?2M of debt was simply "spirited away" but it has become clear that the Bank of Scotland, with which David Sutherland has strong ties, played the central role in taking up this debt, with Tullochs guaranteeing it in some shape or form. As a result, Tullochs play a very influential role in the basic stadium ownership and, to face reality, they were the only game in town when ICT was a complete basket case and would probably have gone to the wall without them. The second component of the Tullochs involvement was the ?500,000 or thereby of equity they took up in around 2002 which made a huge difference to ongoing club funding, probably at the same time making it financially feasible to win the First Division and to go into the SPL (and carry the Pittodrie costs for 6 months). In return for this, Tullochs got the right for 5 years to nominate 3 of the 6 directors, including the Chairman, and since he also had a casting vote, this was effectively control of the board. This arrangement expired in 2007 but David Sutherland, although not a director, is still very infuential. It should perhaps also be emphasised that Tullochs have never allowed their shareholding to exceed around 42% and have never sought to have a controlling interest. Part 3 relates to the North and South stands which were built at great speed by Tullochs in the winter of 2004-05. What is more important than the fact that they built the stands is that they also played an instrumental part in funding them, in association with Highland Council. The quid pro quo for that was that the premises should be called the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium. So Tullochs' contribution can be summarised under three headings - avoidance of bankruptcy, funding on the eve of SPL membership, provision of facilities to bring SPL football to Inverness. These are the financial facts although I have noticed that interpretation of them on this board has tended to depend on the phase of the cycle of popularity that David Sutherland is deemed to be on at any particular time.

Is that the fat cats? You mean the people who subsidise the price of your ticket?

As he is a lifelong dyed in the wool Clacher, I would doubt if this would be a job which would appeal to Billy.