Charles Bannerman

Agreed wholeheartedly! I think Clach have a very important part to play in the structure of football in Inverness. It's just a pity that so many of the people who complained so loudly when the club almost went out of existence in 1990 and almost went to Dingwall in 1996 don't turn out to support them.

Scarlet O'Hara... that's very kind of you! :015: (Come to think of it I forgot to pass on my regards to Rhett Butler and the Loan Arranger's sidecick Tonto). DJS... I predominantly agree but would just make one "chicken and egg" query about the Highland League. By "Caley and Thistle got out at a good time" I suspect you mean thus escaping the straitened circumstances which the West part of the HL at any rate is experiencing now. On the other hand it could be argued that it was the departure of Caley, Thistle, Ross County, Peterhead and Elgin City (but most significantly the first three) which was a major cause of the difficulties which the HL is experiencing. It's a hypothetical question I know because departures into Scottish League football were inevitable once they (belatedly) decided to open out.

My feelings entirely, especially with regard to the spoiling of a great day for Huntly. a year later, Pele must have been wondering what he had let himself in for. SP - next time you see Custer, ask him to pass on my regards to Buffalo Bill, the Lone Ranger, Doc Holliday, General Wolfe, Davy Crockett and all my friends among the 49ers.

Complete with machine gun towers and perimeter guards? :015:

Oh dear me! :crazy07: Caley4life.... a red white and blue Holland flag with the words "Loyal Army"... just stop and think about what that implies three times over for goodness sake! (If you want a hint.... it's quite the wrong team!!!) In any case, blue, white and red are not Caley Thistle's colours... there's black in there too!!

I could guess that footballer's wife might be first in the queue to sign up for that!

Or as one Caley wit said in the Muirtown on the night of the merger meetings when it was announced that Jags at the Rannoch Lodge had gone for it by 3 to 1... "Surely they didn't have as many as four at their meeting!?"

Geez! How long did it take the Pony Express to get as far as you!!!? :004:

I think Caley 100 has sorted out the question of what was the fourth set. I'm sure it was the three I referred to in the late 50s when I was very young. I then had a recollection that a fourth set appeared on Culduthel Rd soon after, and Caley 100's post seems to confirm that.

I seem to be getting the January 12th version of the site on the front page on both computers I use, ie the lead story is the Hibs cup tie. Something similar also seems to be the case on the forum.

Yes, I believe there was a fair bit of that at Kingsmills that afternoon. I also remember being outside Kingsmills the following Saturday when the Wickers were removing the enclosure to take it to Harmsworth Park. (In fact it was on their radio that I heard Brewster score the only goal of the cup final for DU). A very emotional Mark Mitchell appeared on the scene but didn't wait around for long. I wouldn't want to kick off another similar outpouring from RBC by referring to another of the more memorable pics in the book where Ken MacPherson snapped the Kingsmills stand burning down the following summer.

I'm already teamed up with the Pauliebees and L_G.

I was at Huntly with my then 8 year old son. We sat in the stand and listened to the abuse from certain of the blue and white clad ones in the Howling Shed. We saw Wilson Robertson's final goal for Caley in a 1 all draw. We saw the Caley fans who were ejected from the ground. We witnessed (and I audio recorded) the fracas when the blue and white ones (or at least a minority of same) invaded the pitch after the game and hurled vitriol at the Caley committee as they left the stand. The coin which was thrown narrowly missed my son. It was an ignominious end to a club with such a proud history. Never were Jimmy Falconer's words more appropriate - "I just wish they would let the club go with dignity." On the other hand, dignity and a degree of poignancy were, I believe, both conspicuous features of the simultaneous goings on at Kingsmills. Davie Milroy (who is pictured in Against All Odds being consoled by Henrik Madej) described Kingsmills that afternoon as "very much like a funeral." (Ex Caley fans need not respond to that with any kind of "so what was new?" jibe!)

Having been on it (at my own expense) in 2006, I would venture to disagree.

This one comes out of a conversation I had with a colleague about the proliferation of traffic lights in Inverness in recent decades. Maybe SP, Jock Watt, CMIB or Canuck can do better than I can, but I certainly remember when there were just THREE sets of traffic lights in the town at Kenneth Street, the Town Hall/ steeple (where they no longer are!) and "Boots Corner". At this point I am going back to the 60s, possibly the fairly early 60s, and I am also trying to remember where the fourth set went.... was it possibly the junction of Drummond Road and Culduthel Road? But it's remarkable, isn't it, that traffic density in our ancient Royal Burgh used to be such that, within the living memory of quite a few, it could be controlled by just three sets of lights. On the other hand we are talking about days when the said traffic included horse drawn Stratton milk floats!

This does seem to betray a fundamental assumption and expectation that it is a football director's destiny in life regularly to put his hand in his own pocket and subsidise the club of which he is a board member.

I'm just so sorry that the succession of managers who have taken Caley Thistle into the SPL and established the team mid table have not had the blessing of the insight into football which you clearly have.

The Charlie Adams goal should have stood - TV pictures showed Duncan was playing him onside... The Darchville goal was ok.... I understand that it emerged later that Cousin ran across Mike Fraser, impeding him, so it was a foul rather than the offside which everybody initially thought it was.

Strangely enough a hairstyle closely resembling the good old DA does seem to be acquiring a certain popularity among contemporary youth.

I have now located a Courier and can quote directly the webwords of Mr. Hornell - "Wouldn't it be terrible if the hybrid ICT was bought by "outsiders" and run into the ground for a quick profit? As an ex Caley Fan I would laugh my socks off. It's no more than they deserve. Primus Inter Omnes. - Alan Douglas." (And who was Chic Allan anyway? )

Buenos rides again!...I notice in today's Courier a quote from a certain Mr. A Douglas, relishing the prospect of ICT being bought over by an outside investor and bering sold off as redundant in due course. The said Mr. Douglas describes himself as "an ex Caley Fan".... oh... and who was Chic Allan anyway?

Seriously, though, all the best to John. He's a cracking lad and a real professional.

You mean you have the papyrus version?

Destabilise.