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Yeah, Andy is no longer volunteering on match days. Thankfully he's been using his skills to amazing effect with the ICTWFC Academy, doing loads of filming etc and putting together great videos from the girls/women's games.

I always find it interesting hearing people's back stories and takes on the merger / pre merger affiliations. I was 13/14 when it happened and although my dad couldn't care less about football, my uncle (Ben Gunn) used to take to to the Howden End sometimes so I had leanings from that. At the same time though my Grandad (Angie Mair Snr) took me to Grant St sometimes as he was a big Clach man. I also got my 'big team' support from him which was Rangers. After the merger I didn't go to more than a couple of ICT games for years as my uncle refused to have anything to do with ICT. By the time I was away to Uni in Glasgow I'd all but lost all interest in Rangers (living in Glasgow killed off the last vestige of any interest lol) and was more interested in ICT, going to the odd away game and Scotland home games. Kinda built from there, to getting a season ticket when I moved back to Inverness.

Looking forward to the ICTSTI lingerie range

Any support for the girls today appreciated.

Regardless of legalities, the situation being - releasing accounts at the last possible second, having an AGM months behind their own articles of association then to have the chairman state the AGM will be on March 28th only for that date to be missed with absolute radio silence. This just goes to perpetuate the view that the club does not want any kind of accountability or dialogue with fans / shareholders and when things get challenging the club just shut off and hunker down. You could possibly excuse these things if it was a volunteer committee for the local church hall or school parent council but c'mon these are supposed to be business professionals running a fairly large business. Really gives us the image that we're a complete basket case regardless of the CEO's reassurance in selected press outlets. I'm no shareholder so I wouldn't be attending anyway but any emails I've sent the club in recent years have gone unacknowledged and unanswered so I wouldn't be bothering in any case.

I'm reliably informed that the AGM will be scheduled to coincide with the grand opening of the dualled A9.

Bizarre perhaps but not surprising and exactly what I would expect from a club who were unable to even organise a Christmas Kids Party.

Just shy of £200 for travel and half decent seats for the family, not inc food, drinks or anything else of course. Extra bonus of getting the kids up at 5.30am, sweet!

The fact that nobody seems to have known this existed says it all I think. At a quick glance, I'd say 7/8 of those have been missed. I'd also add in the massive waste of time that was the 'fans forum' which never went anywhere and years later the minutes of the 3rd and final meeting were never released. What about the West Stand roof that couldn't be done because of the upcoming concerts. Yet when they were finished it was incommunicado then 'it needed crowd funded'.

Told me they weren't getting any more strips in (Presumably this season) as it was bespoke made or something. Good luck.

Have faith guys! Once the battery farm is done, the concert monies taken, the freeport established, hospitality opened, the West Stand roofed, the community facilities completed, the monorail built and the injured players back we will be a force to be reckoned with in Scottish Football once again! ️ #InGardinerWeTrust

Bit harsh. Remember he's spearheading the Community Trust's / Women’s new training facilities by the IRA. In the last six months since the asset transfer I'm reliably informed he's sent at least 3 emails.

Disagree it's too long. Took me maybe 12-15 mins giving it due consideration and the missus interrupting me. So less time that you typically spend waiting in a que for a Bovril at the North Stand.

The 87 deserve a fking medal.

Best of luck to them if it's self funded but I think it'll be a challenge if yesterday is anything to go by as there looked to be about 30 folk there.

Club have finally launched the 'Raise the Roof' campaign for phase 1 of the West Stand development. https://ictfc.com/raise-the-roof-campaign No clue what the target is though

As we know, ICT and in particular the current regime are nothing if not open and engaging

Yeah it was strange there was no seller at the North Stand entrance, the chap who was with Lionel Nessie was selling them.

The suggestion from the supporters trust just before Christmas in a meeting with the club was that as part of the West Stand improvements was that the area near the half way line was made into a proper raised and covered area for people in wheelchairs. This way they would actually have a decent view and be properly covered. The club apparently accused them of trying to hijack the improvements and that it will be looked at in a 'future phase'. There have been no improvements made to the stadium in all the years I've been going to games and personally it's not a case of this group v that group but little will be done when the club doesn't communicate, doesn't follow through on this things it says it will do and stonewalls folk at every opportunity.

Come on now. Look at how much communication has improved. Also I'm certain the the roof on the west stand is getting really close to being built. Remember that it just wasn't possible earlier because of the concerts.

I was always under the assumption that Robbo was just seeing out his managerial contact (which I think had not long been extended before he went off ill) just under a different name.

Kit man (Jack) left for Aberdeen fairly recently. Don't even know if we replaced him (or can afford to). Out of interest when do Dodds' and Robbo's contracts expire, is it summer 2023?

Most Highland League teams are better run than we are.

Credit where it's due, the calendar signing was much enjoyed by my girls last night. Virtually all the players were there plus the management team. The CEO even gave my girls a tour of the home dressing room More of these types of things!

Apparently he still works for us part time. Working from home I assume. He's still on the website too. I guess there's nobody in the Highlands that is good enough, assume he fits us in between his work at Brechin.