Yay! Annan Game On Today

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The game is off!

[tm4tj]

Game now scheduled for 18th January.

Moved forward one week, hope the thaw thtarts thoon...

Annan bus 18th leaves stadium 8.30. Picking up in Aviemore and Pitlochry. £20 a seat. Book through Facebook or on 07462218717

 

[Yngwie]

2 hours ago, tm4tj said:

Game now scheduled for 18th January.

But that’s Scottish Cup 4th Rou... oh wait, fine, carry on. 

[The Mantis]

26 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

But that’s Scottish Cup 4th Rou... oh wait, fine, carry on. 

Yeah, lucky for us that Annan are also out. No midweek trek, just changed the train tickets at the cost of an extra tenner.

[bishbashbosh]

Kelty v stennie live on bbc alba at 17.30 tonight.

Have we featured on alba this season ?

I’d have thought a DEI BBC would have included all teams in league one.

maybe I missed our turn.

[bishbashbosh]

Answer my own question via google.

bbc alba will show 12 Scottish league 1 games live 20224 25 season on a Saturday 17.30.

Hopefully IF we get selected it is an away game.

so far this season 7 games shown…..

game 1 Montrose v QOS

          2 cove v arbroath

          3 stennie v alloa

          4 Annan v QOS

          5 QOS v alloa

          6 Arbroath v QOS

          7 kelty v stennie

WOW, QOS on 4 times already. 3 away games. Magic if that was us.

Arbroath, Alloa and stennie twice each.

Only ICT and Dumbarton not featured yet.?

 

 

Edited January 12 by bishbashbosh
When to if

[+CaleyHedgehog]

2 minutes ago, bishbashbosh said:

Only ICT and Dumbarton not featured yet.?

Maybe they are saving us for a relegation scrap at the end. No chance - Keeping the Faith.

[IBM]

All we want is a slice of the cake not half of it like QOS. 

[+CaleyHedgehog]

Lovely day weatherwise for a bus trip - hope it lasts all week. Relax and enjoy the journey lads, ready to fire into action in the game. I'm confident you will bring home the points.

Enjoy your away day. C'mon Caley 

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

On the bright side Billy has had an extra week of rest. With Alfie up to help him my money today is on Billy scoring - for us. This is an absolutely crucial game today for us.

[Robert]

A massive game that we really could do with winning, but one that we must not lose. 

[tm4tj]

One Week On

 

Inverness travel to Galabank Stadium Annan for this rescheduled game which was a casualty of the winter weather last weekend. With both clubs dumped out of the Scottish Cup, this free weekend comes in handy to take up the slack after last weeks postponement and it negates the need for an arduous midweek trip to the other end of the world in mid winter. It's the fourth meeting between the sides this season with Annan holding the upper hand so far with two wins, with one of those being an away tie in the League Cup. Incidentally, we won the last encounter which was Duncan Ferguson's last game in charge before administrators took over the running of the club.

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Match/Ticket/Supporters Bus Info

Queen of the South next game

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Here's our report of Big Dunc's Last Stand: 1-0 - With Administration pending at the start of next week, this game might be the last time we will see the famous Inverness Caledonian Thistle in it's present form. Administration does not come alone. Redundancies and heartbreak goes hand in hand with it and that is the price paid for years of neglect. We had already lost twice to Annan this season, once in the League Cup and once on League business when a Tommy Goss penalty was the difference at Galabank but he was missing out this time. Paul McGowan and Wullie Gibson added their experience to the Annan starting XI. Danny Devine returned to the team but Charlie Gilmour, Adam Brooks and Charlie Reilly were missing. After a slow start, Danny Devine headed Inverness in front in the twenty-first minute. That's how it was at the interval with chances difficult to come by. The second half was similar with Devine coming closest to adding a second but his header was just the wrong side of the post and it ended 1-0 with the creditors closing in.
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A bright and breezy afternoon greeted the players on a somewhat sombre afternoon for the Caley Jags with the stench of administration lingering around the stadium. Annan looked spritely in the opening few minutes firing wide on a couple of occasions before Inverness ventured forward. Duncan Ferguson was yellow carded after discussing a penalty claim with the referee when Billy Mckay appeared to be barged off the ball inside the penalty area. After a couple of poor balls into the box Paul Allan provided Danny Devine with the perfect opportunity and Danny duly headed the Caley Jags in front after twenty minutes to lift the mood. Keith Bray was put through on goal on the right side of the box but keeper Smith spread himself to block well.
HALF TIME: 1-0
The second period was less than entertaining with a bit too much faffing around outside the box and down the wings with directness the last thing on the minds of the players. Bray had a volley comfortably saved and Devine went very close following a free kick angled into the box by Paul Allan, Danny's header just bouncing past the wrong side of the keepers left hand post with Smith beaten. We did have a few attempts from around the edge of the box but they all went well wide of the target. Meanwhile Annan never troubled Musa Dibaga and two poor teams played out the final forty-five without adding to the scoreline.
FULL TIME 1-0

INVERNESS CT  The Season So Far

D L  D D W D D D L   / W L(11)D W W W L  W L  

W  ? 

Since Scott Kellacher was handed the reins in game 11, there has been a more positive approach to our matches which has resulted in improved performances and a more enjoyable matchday experience all round. Alas we were brought back to earth with a disappointing result in our last game of 2024, a crushing 1-4 defeat at home to Cove Rangers. We'll have to put that one down to a bad day at the office. However, we bounced back in our first game of the second half of the season in the six pointer against Dumbarton with a hard fought 2-0 win. That win over Dumbarton was a vital one and the introduction of Alfie Bavidge was a welcome one as he opened the scoring early in the first half. Charlie Gilmour slotted in the clincher in the second half to give us a cushion over the Sons and to narrow the gap on Annan to seven points. Only a handful of League games across the SPFL Leagues this weekend and we are the only League1 game tomorrow. We also play Queen of the South away on Tuesday night (21st January)

Pos	Team	Pld	Gd	Pts
1	Arbroath	20	8	34
2	Stenny	21	9	32
3	Kelty Hearts	21	9	31
4	Alloa Ath	21	4	29
5	Cove	20	5	28
6	Queen of Sth	20	-4	26
7	Montrose	20	-2	24
8	Annan Ath	20	-16	20
9	Inverness CT	19	-1	13
10	Dumbarton	20	-12	07

 

Inverness CT Latest Team News

Nothing new coming out of our camp. One or two niggles but we expect the team to be along similar lines to the Dumbarton game. On the Transfer Window, Kellacher had this to say to the press: “There’s nothing going about at the minute, I’ve heard bits and bobs about clubs being interested and that’s what you’re going to get when boys are doing well. You want boys to be playing well every week and we’re getting results and that’s the main thing. As far as we’re aware, nothing will be happening in the short term.”

 

Annan Team News

Annan have signed midfielder Dan Carmichael from Dalbeattie Star since they fielded this side in a 1-1 draw against Stenhousemuir a couple of weeks ago. Tam Muir headed in the equaliser after Buchanan had given the Warriors the advantage just after the interval. Annan keeper Jamie Smith saved a penalty and there was a red card for Aidan Smith for his involvement leading up to the spot kick and he will miss out this weekend.

Luca Smith's loan deal has been extended for the season.

Last Six League Games: L  D W L  D D 

Only one win over the last six League1 games. That was a crushing 1-5 win at Dumbarton. Losses were against Montrose and Arbroath and also a surprise 2-0 Scottish Cup defeat at Fraserburgh. The draws were against Cove and away to Queen of the South and Stenhousemuir a fortnight ago. 

[tm4tj]

[big cherly]

Artificial pitch time again. Fingers crossed for a win today as pound for pound we have better players and better team. 
Prefer the win, but won’t be too disappointed with a draw as I still believe Annan can be caught over the remaining months. 

[+Moogthurso]

Is keith Bray at full back?

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[+CaleyHedgehog]

Yay 0-1 

[tm4tj]

Luca Ross was denied by Dibaga as Annan came out of their half before the interval but two minutes later the Caley Jags took the lead, and once again it was loan signing Alfie Bavidge that broke the deadlock after Longstaff sent in an inviting cross, Alfie heading in from close range. Two in two for young Bavidge. He tried his luck with another couple of speculative efforts just before the break but never made the keeper work.

[bishbashbosh]

Just looked at bbc stats. Possession to half time, 28% to our 72%. 11 shots 2 on target. That's 18%, hope that improves 2nd half.

Happy to be winning though.

 

[+CaleyHedgehog]

Yay 0-2 

[IBM]

Goal Keith Bray!

[bishbashbosh]

Excellent, bavidge and bray hit target, up from 18% to 31% in 4 mins

[Yngwie]

11 minutes ago, bishbashbosh said:

Excellent, bavidge and bray hit target, up from 18% to 31% in 4 mins

So long as we score 100% of the game’s goals, we’ll be happy!

[bishbashbosh]

On 1/12/2025 at 11:13 AM, bishbashbosh said:

Answer my own question via google.

bbc alba will show 12 Scottish league 1 games live 20224 25 season on a Saturday 17.30.

Hopefully IF we get selected it is an away game.

so far this season 7 games shown…..

game 1 Montrose v QOS

          2 cove v arbroath

          3 stennie v alloa

          4 Annan v QOS

          5 QOS v alloa

          6 Arbroath v QOS

          7 kelty v stennie

WOW, QOS on 4 times already. 3 away games. Magic if that was us.

Arbroath, Alloa and stennie twice each.

Only ICT 

 

Probably boring people with this, but…….

Saturday January 25th Arbroath v kelty 17.30 KO.

assume that is game 8 of 12 bbc alba televised games this season. 3 times now for Arbroath and kelty 2nd time. 
ict and Dumbarton still zero.

[KennySim93]

Billy McKay makes it 3!!

[ClickbaitProponent]

3-0 Billy from the spot! Get in!!!