Best team in the UK?

[Naelifts]

   Mr Speirs was on the wireless last night telling us that the media give commensurate coverage to wee clubs like ours based on the interest in them. It was an interesting 10 mins debate sparked by one of our own bemoaning the West Coast/Old Firm bias. It has been done to death many times..........but have the press missed a slight difference this time round? Are ICT in fact the best team in the UK this year based on results? Can anyone better our haul of victories and a draw.?

Surely the best team in the country deserves some plaudits Mr Speirs!!!!!!

[+HawkeyeTheGnu]

To be perfectly honest, I am quite happy for them to ignore us, and then say " how'd that happen" if we have our most successful season ever.

I know how well we are playing at the moment, and couldn't give two hoots if the old and new firm obsessed weegia don't notice.

Let's be fair, if they couldn't spot the developing train wreck that was Rangers, were unable to work out that "civil unrest" was just a spurious concept cooked up by Regan and Doncaster to shoehorn Rangers "back where they belong" or were unable (or unwilling) to ask what Ashley's agenda is, then you can't possibly be surprised that they haven't noticed what's occurring in the Highlands.

[PerfICT]

Exactly, Hawkeye! As I said on a previous thread "just smile and wave, boys!" How sweet if we were to sneak in for one of the big prizes ahead of the Darling Dons.

[old caley girl]

Think the players know what goal they think they can reach. They're not sprouting nonsense in the press about it tho like others!

In a way I like us being under the radar. Takes a bit of pressure off tbh

[Ayeseetee]

I remember mr spears saying no one said a bad word about the highland clubs this season....

 

 

Obiviously he didn't hear more than half of the open all mics pundits at the start of this season predicting that we would be in a relegation battle.

Edited February 15, 2015 by Ayeseetee

[The Long Man]

The Celtic manager was quoted earlier in the season as saying that ICT played the best football out of the challenging top four teams. So people who actually watch the game, and have some idea, know alright. On the other hand, people who derive their opinions from the media and stale shopworn attitudes just repeat the same old guff. To be fair, a couple of the BBC Scotland radio pundits have talked us up on more than a few occasions, the message finally getting through that things have changed, for the better.

Edited February 15, 2015 by The Long Man

[Scarlet Pimple]

Ronny Delia is reported as stating that ...." ICT are the best team we have played so far this season."

[Kingsmills]

With eight wins out of eight starts, are Celtic not statistically the best team in the UK this year but a question for Sneckboy perhaps;

 

Is this the longest we have gone undefeated into any calendar year ? Also, is this our record unbeaten run in the top flight ?

[Sneckboy]

With eight wins out of eight starts, are Celtic not statistically the best team in the UK this year but a question for Sneckboy perhaps;

 

Is this the longest we have gone undefeated into any calendar year ? Also, is this our record unbeaten run in the top flight ?

I couldn't be bothered replying to the 'playground' analogy of ICT being the 'best team in the UK'! Middlesboro have also won 7 and drawn 1, including an away win at Manchester City and after that I gave up looking. 

I suppose one could argue that Edinburgh City are the 'most difficult to beat' team in the UK as they haven't tasted defeat all season? Apples and oranges...

 

Now, Kingsmills' questions!

Our longest unbeaten SPL/Premiership run is actually 11 games from back in 2005/06!

 

This current unbeaten run from the turn of 2015 is arguably our best 'new-calendar-year' unbeaten run!

In Division 1 in 2009/10 we remained unbeaten in the league - after the new 2010 calendars went up - until August, when we lost the opening game on our return to the SPL!

However, we did lose to Killie on 6th Feb '10 in the cup, during that run (in our 4th game of the year).

 

So, if we include all competitive games, our present sequence is a 'new-calendar-year' record in terms of number of games unbeaten! 

 

But, 2001 would chronologically be our longest unbeaten 'new-calendar-year' run (6th March), but that was only our 7th game!

Edited February 16, 2015 by Sneckboy

[Kingsmills]

Thank you. I knew you come up trumps 

[Charles Bannerman]

 

Our longest unbeaten SPL/Premiership run is actually 11 games from back in 2005/06!

 

 

And the manager for the first nine of these eleven games was.....?

[Sneckboy]

Craig Brewster! (first spell).

[12th Man]

We have already equalled the number of wins for last season and close to securing a top six place

[Tichy_Blacks_Back]

Hopefully after 38 games 'the best team in Scotland' :-)

[Charles Bannerman]

Hopefully after 38 games 'the best team in Scotland' :-)

When I saw Tichy's byline as the last post I was sure he was going to quote Inverness Thistle as the best team in Britain in 1986-87 with 33 league games undefeated that season!

[Tichy_Blacks_Back]

 

Hopefully after 38 games 'the best team in Scotland' :-)

When I saw Tichy's byline as the last post I was sure he was going to quote Inverness Thistle as the best team in Britain in 1986-87 with 33 league games undefeated that season!

 

 

Charles - this one....

 

1986/87

 1. Inverness Thistle          34-87  (96-30)  27  6  1  
-------------------------------------------------------
 2. Inverness Caledonian       34-81 (114-31)  25  6  3
 3. Elgin City                 34-70  (93-33)  21  7  6
 4. Keith                      34-69  (89-39)  21  6  7
 5. Buckie Thistle             34-68  (84-37)  20  8  6
 6. Forres Mechanics           34-63  (53-34)  18  9  7
 7. Peterhead                  34-61  (67-45)  18  7  9
 8. Cove Rangers               34-57  (79-58)  17  6 11
 9. Huntly                     34-54  (60-63)  16  6 12
10. Lossiemouth                34-37  (54-77)  10  7 17
11. Fort William               34-33  (44-76)   9  6 19
12. Nairn County               34-33  (48-92)   9  6 19
13. Fraserburgh                34-32  (48-63)   9  5 20
14. Rothes                     34-32  (54-99)  10  2 22
15. Brora Rangers              34-27  (43-86)   7  6 21
16. Inverness Clachnacuddin    34-22  (42-84)   6  4 24
17. Deveronvale                34-22  (36-96)   6  4 24
18. Ross County                34-18  (31-92)   5  3 26

[rocky1]

No change to the bottom of the league in 28 years