Pre-Season 2021-2022

[Robert]

I can’t find anything about today’s game yet. Any word on the score, team or performance?

[Kingsmills]

26 minutes ago, Robert said:

I can’t find anything about today’s game yet. Any word on the score, team or performance?

It's tomorrow.

[Robert]

1 hour ago, Kingsmills said:

It's tomorrow.

Oops. Wishing my life away!

[ymip]

Nipped along earlier in an attempt to catch some of the action. Total no go gaining access to the facility so ended up in a farmer's field with ymip Jr,  a handful of Aberdeen fans and a former ICT player, all strugglling to make out a great deal. 

The Aberdeen fan we got talking to suggested we'd taken the lead early on - possibly through Shane Sutherland. Jay Emmanuel Thomas equalised for the dismal dons. 

Ten minutes into the second half the irate farmer decided to release his herd of cows into the field which necessitated a tactical retreat. We were then so far away it was again difficult to make out much of the action but looked like it ended 1-1.

Couldn't really make out much of starting line-up but we seemed to start second half along these lines:

Ridgers - Harper, Jevan Anderson, Fyffe, Carson, Gardyne, Hyde,Doran, AN Other, Walsh,  Duku

All in all a bit of a fruitless exercise but we seemed to be competing with dons throughout and can claim to have been part of possibly the smallest #caleyaway since we played the dons at the bararacks at Bridge of Don about 20+ years ago. 

[The Mantis]

6 minutes ago, ymip said:

Nipped along earlier in an attempt to catch some of the action. Total no go gaining access to the facility so ended up in a farmer's field with ymip Jr,  a handful of Aberdeen fans and a former ICT player, all strugglling to make out a great deal. 

The Aberdeen fan we got talking to suggested we'd taken the lead early on - possibly through Shane Sutherland. Jay Emmanuel Thomas equalised for the dismal dons. 

Ten minutes into the second half the irate farmer decided to release his herd of cows into the field which necessitated a tactical retreat. We were then so far away it was again difficult to make out much of the action but looked like it ended 1-1.

Couldn't really make out much of starting line-up but we seemed to start second half along these lines:

Ridgers - Harper, Jevan Anderson, Fyffe, Carson, Gardyne, Hyde,Doran, AN Other, Walsh,  Duku

All in all a bit of a fruitless exercise but we seemed to be competing with dons throughout and can claim to have been part of possibly the smallest #caleyaway since we played the dons at the bararacks at Bridge of Don about 20+ years ago. 

One to tell your grandchildren about when ICT are in the Champions’ League.

[Kingsmills]

5 minutes ago, ymip said:

Nipped along earlier in an attempt to catch some of the action. Total no go gaining access to the facility so ended up in a farmer's field with ymip Jr,  a handful of Aberdeen fans and a former ICT player, all strugglling to make out a great deal. 

The Aberdeen fan we got talking to suggested we'd taken the lead early on - possibly through Shane Sutherland. Jay Emmanuel Thomas equalised for the dismal dons. 

Ten minutes into the second half the irate farmer decided to release his herd of cows into the field which necessitated a tactical retreat. We were then so far away it was again difficult to make out much of the action but looked like it ended 1-1.

Couldn't really make out much of starting line-up but we seemed to start second half along these lines:

Ridgers - Harper, Jevan Anderson, Fyffe, Carson, Gardyne, Hyde,Doran, AN Other, Walsh,  Duku

All in all a bit of a fruitless exercise but we seemed to be competing with dons throughout and can claim to have been part of possibly the smallest #caleyaway since we played the dons at the bararacks at Bridge of Don about 20+ years ago. 

I am familiar with the facility and drive past most days so am not surprised at the issues encountered.

I actually know the 'irate farmer' and you were fortunate that it was cows released into the field!

However, thanks for the long range report and your efforts are very much appreciated.

[ymip]

Stoney Cowboys we are here...yeeha, yeeha!

No Brokeback Mountain comments please

[Robert]

It did finish 1-1. A very Aberdeen biased report here, with our line up at the very end of the report:

https://www.afc.co.uk/report_nostats/pre-season-2021-aberdeen-v-ict/

Still no sign of the likes of Duffy, Devine, Deas, Allardice, McDonald or Mckay. Hopefully we don’t have a lot of injury concerns again. 

Edited July 8, 2021 by Robert

[Kingsmills]

3 minutes ago, Robert said:

It did finish 1-1. A very Aberdeen biased report here, with our line up at the very end of the report:

https://www.afc.co.uk/report_nostats/pre-season-2021-aberdeen-v-ict/

Maybe biased but a lot better than the nothing posted by our club yet.

Seems to have been a worthwhile exercise on our part playing slightly stiffer opposition than our usual pre season opponents.

[ymip]

I wasn't joking about the cows

 

[Robert]

This is now on the club website:

https://ictfc.com/closed-doors-friendly-aberdeen-1-1-ictfc 

Thanks to ymip, I assume the trialist was Jevan Anderson:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevan_Anderson

Edited July 8, 2021 by Robert