Kingsmills

I have long suspected that, sooner or later, Derek Adams would seethe so much he would blow a fuse.

Accounts posted for the financial year to the end of May show that we are back in profit for the first time in seven years. Turnover is up, now in excess of £3,700,000 and costs are down. Well done to all at the TCS for pulling of the difficult juggling act of bringing continuing success on the pitch whilst maintaining financial prudence off it. Just think what we could achieve if an additional thousand or so apathetic Invernessians could be persuaded away from the delights of Eastgate and the Retail Park for a couple of hours once a fortnight.

Great to have local lads in the team but only if they are better or at least as good as the alternatives. Maybe not quite yet.

Deer oh deer !

Scotland winning the World Cup would be the dream. ICT winning the Scottish Cup will, sooner or later, be reality.

Much worse than that...

Hundreds. So far we have sold fewer than a thousand.

I was grossly offended by a flag. The one held up by the linesman just before half time..

Ah well, no crumb of comfort this weekend then...

Anyone know how the youths got on in the cup yesterday ?

Frankly, I have never seen a goalkeeper acting so badly throughout a match in over forty years of watching football. That the referee let it go was surprising, that the player is so lacking in professional self respect is astonishing.

Seems to me that one off crowds in Inverness in the region of 12,000 for 'glamour' matches in the decades just before and just after WWII are credible when put in context with the record crowds posted by Scottish League clubs, who presumably kept slightly more accurate records, for the same era. Teams like Cowdenbeath, Raith Rovers, Motherwell, Ayr, Albion Rovers and many others all record crowds in excess of half the population of the communities in which they are based. Why would Inverness, starved of football on the national stage as it was, not record similar crowds on the very rare occasions when such as the Old Firm came to call.

Great to see three Highland League teams progressing yesterday. Would love a competitive visit to a Highland League ground in the fourth round failing which a trip to Borough Briggs.

Thanks

Is anyone able to post updates from the stadium this evening ?

Trouble is that fans of every club left in the competition will feel the same way and with some justification.

As I was in the car, I somewhat misguidedly tuned into 810 MW again at ten past six this evening and caught a programme almost entirely devoted to the offfield affairs of a team with one Third Division title to their name and the slim prospects of Celtic's goalkeeper gaining international recognition. Have BBC Scotland given up any pretence of interest in anything that goes on in Scottish football outside of Glasgow ?

That's a little gem...

He would also be the first mayor of Inverness or, indeed, of anywhere within several hundred miles of Inverness for that matter....

Even if our current management team were to depart, history suggests that the club are likely to to appoint an able successor. We have had six permanent managers in our history and three of them have led us to outstanding success. Steve Paterson took us up through the divisions to the cusp of the Premier League. John Robertson led us into the SPL and almost to the Scottish Cup final and Terry Butcher has taken us within one game of European qualification and may yet trump that this season. Personally, I believe that Charlie Christie was also a successful appointment and would have joined that list if only he had had faith in his own ability. So, a two thirds success rate in managerial appointments suggests that the future is promising whether Terry stays or not although I concede even more so if he does.

League; 3rd League Cup; semi final Scottish Cup; semi final Record transfer fee of £750,000 for Billy McKay

Tuned into Radio Scotland for the slot usually occupied by Sportsound and caught the Scott Brown show. Listened to the end but there was no indication whether it was a one off or whether it will become a regular Wednesday feature.

Agree that it was a red card. Remember the card was not for the original tackle but for the sneaky cynical wee kick he had at the player while he was on the ground. It is not relevant that the kick was a light one or that Neymar made the most of it, it was violent conduct and left the referee with little option. For Celtic's captain and most experienced player to be so irresponsible at a time when eleven man Celtic were doing such a decent job in frustrating and containing their illustrious opponents ought to result in his manager being furious not with the officials but with the players but I had an idea how he would react as Lennon, himself, was precisely that sort of player. The bottom line is that Brown, as club captain, let himself down, let his fellow players down and let the fans down by his actions and Lennon has as well by his entirely predictable reaction.

Surely, for full time professionals, three games in ten days is not excessive. Personally, I don't see an issue.

I agree and I bet, if they did, they would give Wick and Brora a good run for their money.