Arbroath crunch game Apr2025

[tm4tj]

4 hours ago, caley100 said:

Yep, Couple of howlers after seeing the replay,  However, we were surely due a wee bit of luck!

Allans penalty was very poor, must say I'm not a great fan of placing the ball down the middle,  it really needs a crack high down the middle if that's the target.

But what a great day!   The team looked really up for it which is fantastic for the home fans as we've seen a few dodgy performances. 

Well happy!  Now for Montrose!

The penalty went to the keepers right and the ball ended up going in to the keepers left 

[tm4tj]

Unseen footage of the Caley Jags roasting the Smokies on the BBQ after the game has appeared on social media following the 3-0 win over them at the weekend.

In a swashbuckling final home game, Inverness avoided the relegation play-offs before easing up to save the Smokies further embarrassment.

More good news followed from the Club with a meeting scheduled for May 22nd to iron out any lingering CVA differences.

Roll on next season!

 

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

Ben Brannan was part of the Kilmarnock team tonight that beat Dundee in the Scottish Youth Cup Final. It was Ben's cross onto the head of Keith that started our 3-0 win against Arbroath on Saturday. A tremendous loan signing for us.

[Yngwie]

1 hour ago, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

Ben Brannan was part of the Kilmarnock team tonight that beat Dundee in the Scottish Youth Cup Final. It was Ben's cross onto the head of Keith that started our 3-0 win against Arbroath on Saturday. A tremendous loan signing for us.

Derek McInnes said tonight that Brannan has had an excellent loan spell with us and will be promoted to Killie’s first team squad next season.

[IBM]

37 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

Derek McInnes said tonight that Brannan has had an excellent loan spell with us and will be promoted to Killie’s first team squad next season.

A loan that has worked out well for both teams, we were lucky to get him and the two Alfie's from Aberdeen.

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

....plus Keith Bray from Dunfermline and James Nolan from Man U. Not forgetting Connall Ewing from Ross County.

[Scotty]

These are the kind of loans - where the players do well for us and go back to their parent club as better players - that work for everyone.

Derek McInnes (and others) will no doubt be more willing to send players to us if that's the result he gets. The Alfies and the others also seemed to work out well, apart from the injury to Bavidge. I also liked that Savage mentioned in a recent comment about the club having paid for operations recently for players. Thats quite a turnaround from when we had a surgeon as an interim chairman and had to crowdfund surgery for Aaron Doran which was wrong on so many levels!   All these little things do a lot of positive things to turn around the reputation we gained under the previous "guardians" of the club. 

[buckett]

1 hour ago, Scotty said:

These are the kind of loans - where the players do well for us and go back to their parent club as better players - that work for everyone.

Derek McInnes (and others) will no doubt be more willing to send players to us if that's the result he gets. The Alfies and the others also seemed to work out well, apart from the injury to Bavidge. I also liked that Savage mentioned in a recent comment about the club having paid for operations recently for players. Thats quite a turnaround from when we had a surgeon as an interim chairman and had to crowdfund surgery for Aaron Doran which was wrong on so many levels!   All these little things do a lot of positive things to turn around the reputation we gained under the previous "guardians" of the club. 

Like the USA in 4 years time, we are currently trying to dissociate ourselves, move on and rebuild trust, after the corrupt and untrustworthy mess we were under SG's stewardship - that was our Trump period!

[Scotty]

4 hours ago, buckett said:

Like the USA in 4 years time, we are currently trying to dissociate ourselves, move on and rebuild trust, after the corrupt and untrustworthy mess we were under SG's stewardship - that was our Trump period!

Please don't mention the 'T' word.  All this 51st state nonsense is pretty raw over here ! Could also seriously derail next year's world cup which is concerning. Travel and future bookings to USA is reportedly down over 70% from Canada, Europe and UK mainly due to deportations and immigration detention horror stories and FIFA are reportedly worried because the major host is in a trade war with the two co-hosts and the rest of the world. Elon and Tangoman could teach our former custodians a thing or two about how to alienate folks and drop your company profits by 71% in less than 100 days, and also how to make a party that was losing in a landslide before DJT spoke up, win the general election held in Canada this week! Crazy times.  

// Tangoman for nostalgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqm-s6h8l1I

 

 

 

[buckett]

4 hours ago, Scotty said:

Please don't mention the 'T' word.  All this 51st state nonsense is pretty raw over here ! Could also seriously derail next year's world cup which is concerning. Travel and future bookings to USA is reportedly down over 70% from Canada, Europe and UK mainly due to deportations and immigration detention horror stories and FIFA are reportedly worried because the major host is in a trade war with the two co-hosts and the rest of the world. Elon and Tangoman could teach our former custodians a thing or two about how to alienate folks and drop your company profits by 71% in less than 100 days, and also how to make a party that was losing in a landslide before DJT spoke up, win the general election held in Canada this week! Crazy times.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqm-s6h8l1I

 

 

 

Apologies for the T-word Scotty, but the analogy was irresistible!  

[The Mantis]

19 hours ago, Scotty said:

Please don't mention the 'T' word.  All this 51st state nonsense is pretty raw over here ! Could also seriously derail next year's world cup which is concerning. Travel and future bookings to USA is reportedly down over 70% from Canada, Europe and UK mainly due to deportations and immigration detention horror stories and FIFA are reportedly worried because the major host is in a trade war with the two co-hosts and the rest of the world. Elon and Tangoman could teach our former custodians a thing or two about how to alienate folks and drop your company profits by 71% in less than 100 days, and also how to make a party that was losing in a landslide before DJT spoke up, win the general election held in Canada this week! Crazy times.  

// Tangoman for nostalgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqm-s6h8l1I

 

Had a look at this after your post and I see your BMO field is being used so surely you’ve a good chance of getting tickets. I must admit my first thought was the Rogers Center (Skydome when I was there, when the Blue Jays beat the despised Yankees ). Maybe it’s not suitable for a football pitch - you’ll know the ins and outs better than I do. I also saw the Toronto Lynx play in Kitchener, at Centennial Stadium. Both long gone.

[Scotty]

6 hours ago, The Mantis said:

Had a look at this after your post and I see your BMO field is being used so surely you’ve a good chance of getting tickets. I must admit my first thought was the Rogers Center (Skydome when I was there, when the Blue Jays beat the despised Yankees ). Maybe it’s not suitable for a football pitch - you’ll know the ins and outs better than I do. I also saw the Toronto Lynx play in Kitchener, at Centennial Stadium. Both long gone.

Yeah, BMO field is getting temporary stands for the World Cup to take it up from 30K to 45K. They are building a second tier above the supporters' section where i stand right now and also at the other end which is currently open as they need that for the longer field for the Toronto Argonauts (CFL). Hoping to get tickets on the back of being an inaugural season one TFC season ticket holder since 2006 but its FIFA not MLS doing ticketing and right now, they are punting tickets to those who buy Club World Cup tickets which seems to be failing miserably to sell on its own. I just want one or two games at BMO filed if I can afford it to say I have been

South End of stadium. Tier 2 would be brand new (and temporary). The ball shows my current season seats. 
https://www.bmofield.com/events/fifa26
https://www.bmofield.com/assets/doc/BMO-Field-Renovations-Renderings-March-3-535d66de4d.pdf

 

My fear is that all the current issues will make people want to go to games in Canada or Mexico instead of USA and it's going to be nigh on impossible to get tickets. Public transit and traffic is a nightmare in this city and only going to get worse so if I dont get tickets I may head out of country for a month, organise to rent out my house, and use that to fund it

I started off going to see the Lynx @ Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke (near the airport) when I first moved over. Think of it like watching ICT from the Bught Park shinty stands. They were the only option, and they were really really bad as were some of the teams they played. I remember one team in particular because of the name ... the Rochester Raging Rhinos but they were quite good. Neither exist anymore however.  Nowadays, if you dont want to go see TFC then you have York United or Hamilton Forge who are both Canadian Premier League teams in the Toronto area as well as a few other lower tier teams kicking around.