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Is this by perchance a wee window of opportunity to rest some battle scarred and weary legs as we start our participation in this season's Scottish Cup in the third round. Forget Qatar, forget the World Cup, forget about winning the Scottish Cup. It's more important for us to buy some time in the injury shop and make sure we have enough able bodies ready for action when we resume our Championship challenge at home to Dundee next week. Even that will be too soon for most, but at this stage of our season, it's a more important game than the Stirling Albion one, no disrespect to them. Anyway, we need to get the right balance and try to remain competitive whilst resting some important players. We already know a bit about the Bino's as they performed well against us in last season's League Cup game, winning the penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw. Kick-Off is on Saturday at 3:00pm.

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H2H v Stirling Albion Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / -
Home 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4
Away 6 3 2 1 13 5 +8
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 5 4 1 22 10 +12

We have not played the Bino's regularly since the early days when we shared a couple of seasons with them in the lower leagues where we enjoyed regular success mostly. More recently we played them in a League Cup group stages encounter where the Bino's prevailed on penalties.

Bino's Bonus: 2-2 Stirling win 3-2 on penalties (July 17th 2021)
Kevin Rutkiewicz took his Stirling Albion side North for the second group 'A' match for both teams who were looking to continue their winning starts to the League Cup. Something was going to give and it did with the Bino's taking the bonus point after a 2-2 draw. Stirling took an early lead with a superb free kick by Dylan Mackin from twenty-yards. Kieran Moore stunned the hosts on the counter with a second before Roddy Macgregor pulled one back before the Interval. Shane Sutherland levelled the tie early in the second half. Jack Leitch hit the post for the impressive Bino's as they continued to cause problems. Chances went abegging at both ends but the game went to penalties to decide the bonus point, and when Currie brilliantly saved Sutherland's penalty it was the Bino's that prevailed 3-2, and no one could grudge them that.

 In 2007 we had our biggest win when we went to Forthbank at the same stage of the Scottish Cup and hit them for six.
 Jan 6th Scottish Cup (Rd 3) 6 - 1  A   1,521    

Caley Thistle cantered into the 4th round of the Tennents Scottish Cup with what turned out to be an easy win against Stirling Albion. Charlie Christie went with 3 strikers from the start and this paid off as the Caley Jags managed 6 goals from 5 different scorers. Official Club Historian Ian Broadfoot supplies the match report

With Stirling riding high in the Second Division, and having home advantage, Caley Thistle had to be at their professional best going into this match. In the event a fine performance led to a comfortable victory.

This was only the Sixth meeting of the clubs and only the second in any cup - Stirling won a League Challenge Cup match 3-1 in August 1996 but never managed a league victory when both were in the Second Division in 1998/99.

The Binos were without Dene Shields who has gone back to Gretna from loan and also the injured Ian Cashmore. Richard Hastings missed out for ICT due to injury but Ian Black returned from suspension to take a place on the bench. Craig Dargo came back from injury to take his place in an attacking formation with three at the back and all three main strikers in the starting eleven.

With only eight minutes gone it was 1-0 to ICT when John Rankin stepped in as the Stirling defence tried to clear a high header from Graham Bayne - Rankin sent a low ball across goal from the left and Dargo bundled in from a yard out. Five minutes later a Roy McBain cross from the left was knocked-down by Bayne and Dennis Wyness sent a superb left-foot volley from 20 yards past Myles Hogarth to make it 2-0. Two minutes after that Stirling temporarily came back into it when David O'Brien scored from 12 yards via the post. Roy McBain made it 3-1 in 22 minutes when his first shot came back off Wyness and he hammered the rebound home from the edge of the box. John Fraser hit the bar for Stirling in 32 minutes but four minutes before the break Craig Dargo scored a tremendous goal to make it 4-1. He played a one-two with Wyness and chipped over Hogarth from 25 yards.

Two minutes into the second half Barry Wilson scored with a low shot from 25 yards which went in off the post to make it 5-1. Stirling were by now well and truly out and in 54 minutes it was nearly 6-1 when Bayne hit the post with a low drive. The final goal came in 69 minutes from Alan Morgan just two minutes after he came on for Barry Wilson. He took a pass from Rankin, went past three defenders then scored from an acute angle through Hogarth's legs. A good afternoon's work for ICT and a place in Sunday's fourth round draw.
[4th round draw paired ICT at home to either Dundee Utd or St Mirren]


Match report written by Ian Broadfoot

 

Stirling Albion are looking good for promotion in League Two sitting in second place, three points behind Dumbarton. They have won nine out of fifteen games with three defeats and three draws. Highlight of their season so far was a 6-0 thrashing of table toppers Dumbarton at the beginning of October. They are the highest scoring team in the division with 33 goals and have conceded only 16. Dale Carrick, the former Hearts, Killie and Livingston player, is the runaway top scorer with 13 goals from 19 games, scoring at a rate of 3/4 a goal per 90 minutes of football. Robert Thomson has 5 goals to his name with Kai Fotheringham on 4.

      HOME AWAY  
POS.   P W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Dumbarton 15 5 2 0 14 4 5 1 2 13 11 12 33
2 Stirling Albion 15 5 2 1 21 8 4 1 2 12 8 17 30
3 Elgin City 15 3 1 3 11 11 3 3 2 18 16 2 22
4 East Fife 15 2 0 5 7 12 4 3 1 18 12 1 21

 

Our injury hit season has been well documented and used as part of the reason for our inconsistent form. Unfortunately it has been a major factor but it has also allowed some youngsters the opportunity to get familiar with the matchday experience. That will come in handy this weekend as no doubt some will be called upon to fill some spaces in and around the squad as we get the opportunity to give some of our returning players an extra week to rest up. That said we need to try and remain competitive in the hope that a more lucrative tie will come along. In the bigger picture, it's no big deal should we fail to progress, but more important to have key players ready for the Championship challenge ahead. However, try telling the fans that who will be wanting the best of both. Danny Devine and Sean Welsh played through the pain barrier last week despite being less than 100% and it might be prudent not to risk them this week although they were both insistent on taking to the field last week which has perplexed some. Should David Carson be selected to play that will be his 100th appearance for the Caley Jags since joining from Morpeth Town in 2019.

Here's a sobering thought. We have yet to win a competitive game on the 26th of November>>>

22 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  Scottish Cup (Third Round)  ?????  
16 vs. Dundee (A)  League 1 - 2  
11 vs. Hearts (A)  League 1 - 2  
05 vs. Dundee Utd (H)  League 1 - 1  
94 vs. Alloa (H)  League ((Div 3)) 2 - 2

Here's all your third round fixtures >>

 
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Entry Level Three

 

Is this by perchance a wee window of opportunity to rest some battle scarred and weary legs as we start our participation in this season's Scottish Cup in the third round. Forget Qatar, forget the World Cup, forget about winning the Scottish Cup. It's more important for us to buy some time in the injury shop and make sure we have enough able bodies ready for action when we resume our Championship challenge at home to Dundee next week. Even that will be too soon for most, but at this stage of our season, it's a more important game than the Stirling Albion one, no disrespect to them. Anyway, we need to get the right balance and try to remain competitive whilst resting some important players. We already know a bit about the Bino's as they performed well against us in last season's League Cup game, winning the penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw. Kick-Off is on Saturday at 3:00pm.

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ANY GOOD AT WASHING SHIRTS?

TICKET/MATCH INFO

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H2H v Stirling Albion Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst + / -
Home 4 2 2 0 9 5 +4
Away 6 3 2 1 13 5 +8
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 5 4 1 22 10 +12

We have not played the Bino's regularly since the early days when we shared a couple of seasons with them in the lower leagues where we enjoyed regular success mostly. More recently we played them in a League Cup group stages encounter where the Bino's prevailed on penalties.

Bino's Bonus: 2-2 Stirling win 3-2 on penalties (July 17th 2021)
Kevin Rutkiewicz took his Stirling Albion side North for the second group 'A' match for both teams who were looking to continue their winning starts to the League Cup. Something was going to give and it did with the Bino's taking the bonus point after a 2-2 draw. Stirling took an early lead with a superb free kick by Dylan Mackin from twenty-yards. Kieran Moore stunned the hosts on the counter with a second before Roddy Macgregor pulled one back before the Interval. Shane Sutherland levelled the tie early in the second half. Jack Leitch hit the post for the impressive Bino's as they continued to cause problems. Chances went abegging at both ends but the game went to penalties to decide the bonus point, and when Currie brilliantly saved Sutherland's penalty it was the Bino's that prevailed 3-2, and no one could grudge them that.

 In 2007 we had our biggest win when we went to Forthbank at the same stage of the Scottish Cup and hit them for six.
 Jan 6th Scottish Cup (Rd 3) 6 - 1  A   1,521    

Caley Thistle cantered into the 4th round of the Tennents Scottish Cup with what turned out to be an easy win against Stirling Albion. Charlie Christie went with 3 strikers from the start and this paid off as the Caley Jags managed 6 goals from 5 different scorers. Official Club Historian Ian Broadfoot supplies the match report

With Stirling riding high in the Second Division, and having home advantage, Caley Thistle had to be at their professional best going into this match. In the event a fine performance led to a comfortable victory.

This was only the Sixth meeting of the clubs and only the second in any cup - Stirling won a League Challenge Cup match 3-1 in August 1996 but never managed a league victory when both were in the Second Division in 1998/99.

The Binos were without Dene Shields who has gone back to Gretna from loan and also the injured Ian Cashmore. Richard Hastings missed out for ICT due to injury but Ian Black returned from suspension to take a place on the bench. Craig Dargo came back from injury to take his place in an attacking formation with three at the back and all three main strikers in the starting eleven.

With only eight minutes gone it was 1-0 to ICT when John Rankin stepped in as the Stirling defence tried to clear a high header from Graham Bayne - Rankin sent a low ball across goal from the left and Dargo bundled in from a yard out. Five minutes later a Roy McBain cross from the left was knocked-down by Bayne and Dennis Wyness sent a superb left-foot volley from 20 yards past Myles Hogarth to make it 2-0. Two minutes after that Stirling temporarily came back into it when David O'Brien scored from 12 yards via the post. Roy McBain made it 3-1 in 22 minutes when his first shot came back off Wyness and he hammered the rebound home from the edge of the box. John Fraser hit the bar for Stirling in 32 minutes but four minutes before the break Craig Dargo scored a tremendous goal to make it 4-1. He played a one-two with Wyness and chipped over Hogarth from 25 yards.

Two minutes into the second half Barry Wilson scored with a low shot from 25 yards which went in off the post to make it 5-1. Stirling were by now well and truly out and in 54 minutes it was nearly 6-1 when Bayne hit the post with a low drive. The final goal came in 69 minutes from Alan Morgan just two minutes after he came on for Barry Wilson. He took a pass from Rankin, went past three defenders then scored from an acute angle through Hogarth's legs. A good afternoon's work for ICT and a place in Sunday's fourth round draw.
[4th round draw paired ICT at home to either Dundee Utd or St Mirren]


Match report written by Ian Broadfoot

 

Stirling Albion are looking good for promotion in League Two sitting in second place, three points behind Dumbarton. They have won nine out of fifteen games with three defeats and three draws. Highlight of their season so far was a 6-0 thrashing of table toppers Dumbarton at the beginning of October. They are the highest scoring team in the division with 33 goals and have conceded only 16. Dale Carrick, the former Hearts, Killie and Livingston player, is the runaway top scorer with 13 goals from 19 games, scoring at a rate of 3/4 a goal per 90 minutes of football. Robert Thomson has 5 goals to his name with Kai Fotheringham on 4.

      HOME AWAY  
POS.   P W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Dumbarton 15 5 2 0 14 4 5 1 2 13 11 12 33
2 Stirling Albion 15 5 2 1 21 8 4 1 2 12 8 17 30
3 Elgin City 15 3 1 3 11 11 3 3 2 18 16 2 22
4 East Fife 15 2 0 5 7 12 4 3 1 18 12 1 21

 

Our injury hit season has been well documented and used as part of the reason for our inconsistent form. Unfortunately it has been a major factor but it has also allowed some youngsters the opportunity to get familiar with the matchday experience. That will come in handy this weekend as no doubt some will be called upon to fill some spaces in and around the squad as we get the opportunity to give some of our returning players an extra week to rest up. That said we need to try and remain competitive in the hope that a more lucrative tie will come along. In the bigger picture, it's no big deal should we fail to progress, but more important to have key players ready for the Championship challenge ahead. However, try telling the fans that who will be wanting the best of both. Danny Devine and Sean Welsh played through the pain barrier last week despite being less than 100% and it might be prudent not to risk them this week although they were both insistent on taking to the field last week which has perplexed some. Should David Carson be selected to play that will be his 100th appearance for the Caley Jags since joining from Morpeth Town in 2019.

Here's a sobering thought. We have yet to win a competitive game on the 26th of November>>>

22 vs. Stirling Albion (H)  Scottish Cup (Third Round)  ?????  
16 vs. Dundee (A)  League 1 - 2  
11 vs. Hearts (A)  League 1 - 2  
05 vs. Dundee Utd (H)  League 1 - 1  
94 vs. Alloa (H)  League ((Div 3)) 2 - 2

Here's all your third round fixtures >>

 

I say,

2-1 Stirling Albion. Followed by a Barry Wilson interview saying we can focus on the Walkers Shortbread Cup (or whatever it's called now) and the league. 

Eh what? 🧐 

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Through to the next round, which was the objective today and is important financially. A win at last, coming from behind, and a few goals for the fans too, it’s not often this side scores 3. I know all this was only against Stirling, but it’s a rare positive in the current gloom.

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Job done. That’s all that mattered today.

Good to see Mackay get game time and having a right back in is positive. Hopefully he does enough to warrant staying for the rest of the season at least.

What do we want next? A winnable game or a big pay day?

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It was a potential banana skin, and my pre-match warning about Dale Carrick nearly came true, as he got their two goals. Shaw again was my MoM, but too many players were off the pace and never looked comfortable throughout the game. But we're through, so please can we have a home tie against a team we can beat, or one of the big boys and earn some money.

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32 minutes ago, Robert said:

I didn’t make the game but the BBC live text says he replaced Billy Mckay due to injury: did it look serious or a precaution?

He came off limping a bit didn't look serious though.

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1 hour ago, Robert said:

I didn’t make the game but the BBC live text says he replaced Billy Mckay due to injury: did it look serious or a precaution?

I hope you were not building furniture with No Shin Guards 🧐 :lol:

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26 minutes ago, IBM said:

I hope you were not building furniture with No Shin Guards 🧐 :lol:

Eh what….

No, recovering from too much beer in Aberdeen at the Status Quo gig last night, so not risking driving early enough to make the game.

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3 hours ago, Robert said:

Eh what….

No, recovering from too much beer in Aberdeen at the Status Quo gig last night, so not risking driving early enough to make the game.

Saw Status Quo in the End of the Road Tour 1984 at the Caird Hall Dundee, what a gig!, but I couldn't hear for a week after it and I think that's why I have Tinnitus now, so maybe that's why I shout so much this season, because of the ringing in my ears,....or maybe there's another reason!

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