Charles Bannerman

I'm not participating in this debate, but just want to make a statement of fact. Tullochs have never had a MAJORITY shareholding which, by definition, is over 50%. They are, however the BIGGEST or MAJOR shareholders and the most they have ever had is around 42% of ICT. The Company reverted from public to private status to allow Tullochs' last equity uptake which brought them above the 29.9% which is the maximum allowed in a plc before you have to go through fairly complicated and radical manoeuvres. I have a feeling that Tullochs' current holding will be less than 40odd% since it will have been diluted by the 12% Alan Savage reveived at the time Marius Niculae came to Inverness. As for what it needs to CONTROL the club, I cannot recollect whether, since reversion to private status, it still requires a 75% vote to change the Articles of Association or whatever.

The guy wasn't a Caley fan either! :)

Sounds quite like old times... Bronson getting tanked up and lodging posts nobody else understands! :D Thank you Bronson. Welcome back to the good "old" forum!

Read the book and find out.... but it's not yours! :)

Explain please. Certainly. I'm talking about people like "mainstander" who use euphamisms like "the decent majoraty" (sic) who are being "chased away" through "hatred" from football by the "mindless majoraty" (sic, again) in support of a pretty vacuous argument. From the volume of posts hereabouts, it would seem that "majority" is not his term to use. The vast majority defend the behaviour of fans, even if in occasion it's expressed in words I'd rather not use, and as long is dosn't descend into hatred, bigotry, homophobia or racism. The OP was talking about the fact that the G word was banter, which it patently is and used by the majority around here. So, as long as they keep going to football, people like "mainstander" will be what they are; a non representative minority that are as free as anyone else to voice their opinion. And the big man's right - surely that's enough now. "euphamisms" (sic)?... try "euphEmisms" :thumb04:

Some forum users may remember the two "Up Stephen's Brae" books which I published for Inverness Royal Academy on either side of "Against All Odds". Well I am now on the point of completing the trilogy and "Right Up Stephen's Brae" - which is a novel about the Royal Academy and about Inverness - is due to be launched on October 28th. The original "Up Stephen's Brae" (1995) was an account of my own Inverness Royal Academy schooldays. "Further Up Stephen's Brae" (1999) was an anecdotal history of the school during the 84 years it was at Midmills. Now, "Right Up Stephen's Brae" is a novel which (without giving too much of the plot away) is about a poor boy from down the Shore in Inverness who ends up changing the lives of a very large number of people. It is largely set in the school and in the town between 1895 and 1967. On this forum, I will in addition reveal that the main character is a football fan so a little bit of football does get into the plot from time to time. Perhaps on this forum I had better also now reveal that the main character is called George Fraser, but that is purely because a pupil of that name did exist and won the school's Centenary Medal in 1892! Hopefully this will be of interest to all Invernessians - even if they weren't "Kaddie Rats" - or indeed to anyone who enjoys a read. Copies, priced at a mere ?5 for 112 A5 pages with all profits to the school fund, will be available from 28th October in Inverness at the School, Waterstones and Borders. The book will not be on retail sale outwith the local area but there will be a postal ordering service which we are currently working on. To take advantage of that, visit the school's website where you can also see further promotional material. Now for the anticlimax... my computer literacy doesn't extend to links to other websites but the website address is http://www.invernessroyal.highland.sch.uk/ or google "inverness royal academy" and the school's site will be top of the list.

Are you a feckin tyre fitter or what ? Ahhhh! So Neil Findlay posts as "big man" then?? :D :D

Scotty.. I always rely on you to know what the diaspora can get on the internet! Is radio commentary available world wide? PS - sorry I missed you when you were over a few weeks ago.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere but, in addition to the semi final being shown live on BBC Alba, there is also full match commentary on BBC Radio Scotland. This will be on 810 Medium Wave following straight on from the Old Firm game. The football can also be accessed on the Radio nan Gaidheal frequency (103.5-105FM - 104.9 in the Inverness area) except when R nan G is on air. I think there is a Gaelic service on for half an hour at 3 so if you suddenly hear something that sounds like the soundtrack of Zulu you will have to switch to MW for the duration. I'm not sure what the arrangements are on the internet.

Was it a Diddy Cup at MacDiarmid Park in 2003?

Not they're not. We must not allow a bunch of Johnny Come Lately Damned Colonials to corrupt the English language in this way with their perverted spellings and distorted word meanings. On the other hand, Alex.. when you go to bed tonight.. remember to undo your suspenders! :002:

I now I have probblems with my spelling but should it not be PRACTISE? KNOW PROBLEMS PRACTICE!! :D :P Caleyfan4ever.... go to the bottom of the class!!! He (she?) is perfectly correct with the "practise" (although I have to say, NOT with a few more words than that! :( .) The verb, which is what is being used here, has an "S", the noun has a "C". Must be an English teacher! :P Try Chemistry! :D

I now I have probblems with my spelling but should it not be PRACTISE? KNOW PROBLEMS PRACTICE!! :P :D Caleyfan4ever.... go to the bottom of the class!!! He (she?) is perfectly correct with the "practise" (although I have to say, NOT with a few more words than that! :P .) The verb, which is what is being used here, has an "S", the noun has a "C".

Good stuff. We're missing the Nairnuc banter. He'll have been keeping a low profile since the "boys against men" North Cup Final. :angry:

Robbo was talking to Doc when it happened, that's why he missed it! :019: I was trying to attract Doc's attention at the same time... so I missed it too! :thumb01n:

Can I just flag up Tuesday's Cup tie at Motherwell? All five ties that night will comprise an Open All Mics programme on Radio Scotland 810MW with Billy Dodds at Fir Park for the ICT game so you will get a blow by blow account. I hope this also includes the desperate diasporate but I'm not sure. As far as live commentaries on ICT games are concerned, as far as I know the BBC has broadcasting rights if necessary for Division 1 games but, as a national broadcaster, the SPL takes precedence. However don't rule out the possibility, especially midweek or Sundays. The BBC has already done full live commentary this season on the Partick Thistle cup tie (plus extra time plus penalties!) and I would imagine that the Challenge Cup Final would also be a strong candidate for same which should again please Inverness or County fans (but not both!)

Is it really the Jeremy Kyle programme or just auditions for Shameless?

Got a bit of a shock at first on receiving the team lines when I arrived at the game and thought ICT had a former BB Captain playing in defence! :D

Yup. And equally, a Highlander posting derogatrory stuff about southern Scots.... that's OK as well!!! :D

I remember when Dingwall was flooded too. There was a funny wooden boat thing packed with animals floating down the High Street. :018: Seriously, though, one of the biggest problems in Elgin is that they have had plans for an Flood Alleviation Scheme drawn up for some time but they can't be implemented until objections by a small number of people (around 20 I believe) have been dealt with. Enter at this point the Planning Process and the Legal Profession. Need I say more about how affairs grind to a virtual halt when even one, never mind both of these institutions becomes involved. It is apparently going to take months to hold a public enquiry, do a report and then put it on from the of Holyrood people.

I checked with the SFL this afternoon at which point they hadn't fixed a time. However they said the most likely time would be towards the end of this week.

Apologies if this has emerged elsewhere in the reams which have been written about this game which I have not read, but Sportsound will carry full match commentary from tomorrow's cup tie. Commentary will be by Bill Leckie and Des McKeown will be summarising. It is accessible on 810 Medium Wave all afternoon and also on the Radio nan Gaidheal frequency (103.5-105FM) pre match and from 3:30. This is because R nan G transmit a Gaelic Service from 3-330. I'm not sure what the arrangements are for the Diasporate on the internet but I'm sure Scotty will know and could post these when he wakes up.

I'm afraid Mr. Mapplebeck's whippets are long gone, never to return to Grant Street Park. Even if they could do, they would probably fall foul of the Health and Safety Police. A golden age departed.

Best wishes to Lydia, Dougie and the family.

He works there actually.