Annan @ Home Oct 19th 2024

[tm4tj]

If we still have a team

 

We are scheduled to play Annan Athletic on Saturday 19th October at 3:00pm as the second phase of League1 fixtures begin. Having played all nine of the teams we find ourselves second bottom of the table with only one win from our opening round of games, a 1-0 win over Queen of the South in the Highlands, who, incidentally are sitting one point off the top in fourth place. However, should administration hit us then a 15 point deduction would see us go bottom on minus 6 points. Worse would follow with top earners being removed from the club and all the other embargo's that go along with these situations. It's almost inevitable that we will drop into League two after 30 years of being in existence.

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Match/Ticket & Bar94 Info

Supporters Trust Fans Meeting

ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMED

Club Statement 29 18th OCT

ICTFC GO FUND ME PAGE

ALL OFFICIAL CLUB NEWS

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Events off the Park have caught up with us after more than five seasons of tyrannical malfunction and despite some last ditch efforts to find a buyer to take on the club and their debt we find ourselves heading for Administration and redundancies and all that goes along with it unless there is one final twist to this sorry self inflicted saga. News coming out of the club is changing every few hours, so fingers crossed for a happy ending as we enter Administration on Monday.

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Our Season so Far on the park

INVERNESS CT:  D L D D W D D D L  Our season got off to a slow start with a draw at home to Dumbarton followed by a penalty defeat at Annan. Another two draws against Montrose (h) and Kelty Hearts (a) before our first win of the season over Queen of the South at the Caledonian Stadium. We beat Stirling Albion 3-0 to send us into a fourth Rnd tie away to Livingston thanks to a brace from Adam Brooks and a strike from Adam MacKinnon. That was followed up by us throwing away a two goal lead at Alloa to end up with a 2-2 draw six minutes later. A Danny Devine volley and Calum MacLeod with his first goal for the club were the scorers at Recreation Park. Last time out we had a disappointing 1-1 draw at home against Cove Rangers who opened the scoring through Adam Emslie. James Nolan on loan from Manchester United's youth squad levelled the game before the hour. Next up was a home game against Stenhousemuir. Quite frankly this was a dull game with neither side able to score although Musa Dibaga did make a wonderful penalty save in the first half. Relegated Arbroath was our final game of the opening round of fixtures and despite creating enough chances, we came away from Gayfield with our second defeat of the League1 campaign. Away from League duty last weekend, we put up a good fight against Livingston in the Challenge Cup at Almondvale but lost out 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out after it finished 2-2 over the ninety minutes. Paul Allan and Charlie Gilmour were our scorers during the ninety minutes.

Annan Athletic: W W L L L D L L W  After an encouraging start to the season that included two wins over Inverness, one in the League Cup and one in the League, they hit a bit of a slump losing five of the next six League games before beating Montrose 1-0 at home. They crashed out of the Challenge Cup last weekend as Queens Park beat them 1-4, Nikola Ujdur scoring in that one.

Our League encounter in August ended in defeat at Galabank at the start of the League campaign.

Too Little Too Late: Inverness added their two new signings to their squad which meant Keith Bray was benched with Wallace Duffy returning to the starting XI and Musa Dibaga as back up keeper on the bench. Annan had one change with Josh Dixon replacing Paul Smith in midfield. Jack Newman had the only notable save of the first forty-five denying Aidan Smith after ten minutes. Other than that it was Annan on top without overly threatening. After the interval Annan were awarded a penalty after fifty minutes and Tommy Goss duly scored from the spot. That was the difference between the sides as Annan took all three points despite a late charge from the visitors.

Plenty of early posturing and the first action for the keepers saw Jack Newman save brilliantly from an Aidan Smith header in the tenth minute as Annan came close to the opening goal. Inverness' first effort followed soon after as Adam Brooks shot over from a tight angle. Annan were controlling the pace of the game in the first quarter and forced three corners to no avail. Smith again went close on the half hour when he shot just wide. Josh Dixon shot over from the edge of the box ten minutes before the break and Wallace Duffy picked up a yellow for abruptly stopping an Annan attack. Half Time: 0-0

Danny Devine gave away a penalty five minutes after the restart when he fouled Tommy Goss who got up to slot home the spot kick into the bottom corner. Luis Longstaff fired a free kick over the bar and Billy Mckay was denied by the keeper after a turn and run from Longstaff. Almost a tap in for Smith but for a great interception by the defence. Devine headed wide from a Charlie Gilmour free kick as we tried to get back on level terms. A double denial for Inverness as Gilmour's effort was well saved then Devine hit the underside of the bar from the recycled ball as we entered the final ten minutes. Bray shot wide as we pushed for an equaliser with Annan looking for the final whistle. Annan were by now hanging on by a thread and a couple of late corners for the visitors came and went before the final whistle ended the siege. Full Time: 1-0

Here are your fixtures for Saturday 19th October and this is how the table looks ahead of Saturday's fixtures

 

Pos	Team	Pld	Gd	Pts
1	Kelty Hearts	9	9	15
2	Stenhousemuir	9	2	14
3	Alloa Athletic	9	1	14
4	Queen of the Sth	9	0	14
5	Montrose	9	3	13
6	Arbroath	9	0	12
7	Cove Rangers	9	-1	11
8	Annan Athletic	9	-8	10
9	Inverness CT	9	-1	9
10	Dumbarton	9	-5	6

Latest Team News

It's bad enough off the field of play, but we don't have our troubles to seek on the park either. Flynn Duffy, Ethan Cairns, Lewis Nicolson, Charlie Reilly and possibly Charlie Gilmour are all out. Danny Devine was missing at Livingston.

 

[tm4tj]

Here he is, knocking on the door as we speak. 

Your Directors have signed a Notice of Intention to appoint Administrators to be filed at the Court. I envisage that the proposed Administrator will be me and appointed on Monday or Tuesday. A plan is in place to allow the club to continue to trade whilst efforts to secure a long-term future are explored.

There is nobody in just now, a bit like one of your games.

I'll be back looking for heads to roll!

[ICT Supporters Trust]

To highlight one part of tomorrow's matchday information, Bar 94 will be open after tomorrow's game until 6 pm, thanks to some of our volunteers.

During this time, a presentation will be made to the Man of the Match.

We hope that several players will pop in, and that many fans will take advantage of the bar remaining open.

If it proves popular, we will look to make it a permanent feature.

[Yngwie]

I guess this match could be the last time we ever see a lot of our players and management team?

[tm4tj]

As Yngwie said, It could be the last time. Maybe It's all over now, however I can't get no satisfaction but one things for sure, I have no sympathy with the devil, although you can't always get what you want. I'm having my 19th nervous breakdown. Life's a bitch, we'll just have to let it bleed 

 

[Downinthedumps]

You do like To paint it black 

[+CaleyHedgehog]

White Flag by Dido has been running through my head all morning - a very sad day.

But thankyou to (nearly)everyone connected to the club over the years, we have some fantastic memories to take forward with us, and for me ICT will always be TITANIUM 

[tm4tj]

Just now, Downinthedumps said:

You do like To paint it black 

No

I see a red door.

[tm4tj]

[+snorbens_caleyman]

1 hour ago, tm4tj said:

As Yngwie said, It could be the last time. Maybe It's all over now, however I can't get no satisfaction but one things for sure, I have no sympathy with the devil, although you can't always get what you want. I'm having my 19th nervous breakdown. Life's a bitch, we'll just have to let it bleed 

Please allow me to introduce myself,  I'm a man of wealth and taste....

.... Ketan Makwana

[+Moogthurso]

Family commitments means I can't make it today.

 

But I'm sure we'll meet again some sunny day.

 

 

[big cherly]

Half time 1-0. All over Annan. With a bit more accuracy would and should have been more. Reasonable play by the team and easier on the eye. Nice cross and header by Danny Devine for his goal. 
Annan look vulnerable with cross balls into the goals and hopefully that something we can capitalise on in the second half. Can’t think of any serious attempt on Dibaga’s goals and a stroll in the park for him in the first half. Hope we don’t come to regret not getting a second! 

Beautiful day for football! 

 

Edited October 19, 2024 by big cherly

[+Fraz]

1-0 win. Fantastic stuff, well done to the players for focusing on the job at hand. 

Gutted I missed it. 

[robbo1985]

Danny Devine was awarded the sponsors man of the match and credit to him for popping up with another crucial goal and putting on another very good defensive display.

For me though, Adam MacKinnon stood head and shoulders above every other player on the park today.  Broke up play, drove us forward, distributed the ball well, had some shots on goal and worked his absolute socks off.  A fantastic individual performance but well done to all the players and staff today for digging in to get the result.

Edited October 19, 2024 by robbo1985

[big cherly]

12 minutes ago, robbo1985 said:

Danny Devine was awarded the sponsors man of the match and credit to him for popping up with another crucial goal and putting on another very good defensive display.

For me though, Adam MacKinnon stood head and shoulders above every other player on the park today.  Broke up play, drove us forward, distributed the ball well, had some shots on goal and worked his absolute socks off.  A fantastic individual performance but well done to all the players and staff today for digging in to get the result.

Agree about MacKinnon. We kind of fell out of the game in the second half and allowed Annan (a poor to average team imho) to get into the game without seriously testing Dibaga. Take the 1-0 on any day but today was more for the players. 
Pity Dumbarton recorded a victory. 

Edited October 19, 2024 by big cherly

[Huisdean]

Comfortable win in the end not helped by a dreadful referee who denied uz 2, probably 3 stonewall penalties similar to the Stenhousemuir fame. We're certainly not getting any breaks from the referees just now.

Players gave their all today, just a huge pity more of our so called fans couldn't be bothered to get off their arses to comexabd support the club.

[Alan]

A deserved victory over a poor Annan side who didn't manage one shot on target during the 90 minutes. it wasn't the most exciting game but I'll take 1-0 wins in every every match between now and the end of the season.

[bishbashbosh]

Disgusted today by a couple of so called fans in the north stand loudly booing young Ferguson when he came on.

What has he done to deserve this?

if I hadn’t bought season tickets I would seriously be thinking about giving games a miss. 
The players are giving their all for the club and the manager, wonder what they think about fans booing a team mate.

 

[+CaleyHedgehog]

8 minutes ago, bishbashbosh said:

Disgusted today by a couple of so called fans in the north stand loudly booing young Ferguson when he came on.

I was also disgusted by this. I'd like to see what these waste of space types would think if it was their family or friend getting mistreated like this. 

It must take real guts for Ferguson to come on the pitch at all, after all the abuse he and his father have had online.

[Robert]

I thought we deserved the win, but once again we made hard work of it in the second half.

We dominated the first half and should have had more than one goal. One definite penalty was not given, possibly two (I wasn’t sure if the other incident was in or just outside the box).

Devine took his goal well and led the back line with, as others have said, MacKinnon also having a good game. Allan also looked good to me.

We allowed ourselves to get hemmed in after the break but Annan were fortunately toothless.

With the 15 point penalty, next week’s game at Dumbarton becomes a real six pointer as we try to get ourselves back into the pack.

Well done to all who played a part today. It must be tough with all the uncertainties at present.

There were also some boos for young Ferguson in the main stand. Totally unnecessary and unjustified behaviour towards a young player trying to make his way in the game.  

[forresjags]

1 hour ago, Huisdean said:

Comfortable win in the end not helped by a dreadful referee who denied uz 2, probably 3 stonewall penalties similar to the Stenhousemuir fame. We're certainly not getting any breaks from the referees just now.

Players gave their all today, just a huge pity more of our so called fans couldn't be bothered to get off their arses to comexabd support the club.

Absolutely agree, the residents of Inverness really do not give a f***k if they have a senior team or not. Thought with everything going on this week, many more would make the effort, sadly not.

No wonder the investors are not queuing up, with such apathy around the city.

Good performances from many today, thought Bray stuck to his defensive duties well and Remy improves every week.

[STFU]

19 minutes ago, forresjags said:

Absolutely agree, the residents of Inverness really do not give a f***k if they have a senior team or not. Thought with everything going on this week, many more would make the effort, sadly not.

No wonder the investors are not queuing up, with such apathy around the city.

Good performances from many today, thought Bray stuck to his defensive duties well and Remy improves every week.

ICTFC is no more entitled to custom from the people of Inverness than any other entertainment provider and it is total arrogance to think otherwise.

[forresjags]

Och away mun what other entertainment can compete with a Saturday afternoon kick about. 

[STFU]

The fact the players managed to perform sufficiently to take a win today speaks volumes for their individual character.

[STFU]

1 minute ago, forresjags said:

Och away mun what other entertainment can compete with a Saturday afternoon kick about. 

All the ones that the rest of the population of Inverness choose to do instead?