what a caley on

Sorry the corner flag is kept at my parents house (under armed guard) so you should have been quicker after the final whistle I remember Bob Summers scoring a hatrick against Deveronvale in a 12-0 game I honestly cannot remember Thistle ever beating Caley in a league game at Telford street. I mind a guy called " Hogg " trying to shoot Jock Wallace with an air rifle while lying on the distillery roof in a match against Rangers. Happy memories of going a whole season without getting a single defeat in the Highland League I once through the ball back to Fraser Taylor and it hit him square on the nose (he cried honest) Some guy standing beside me eventually asked me if it was true that Caley had underseat heating in the stand as he came especially up from England to witness this.(who ever told him this gets my utmost respect,but what a gullabe buffoon) I remember the Telford street laundry catching fire during a game and everyone watching the fire instead of the game. When I think of more I shall post again

I was brought up in Dalneigh and went to every home caley game from about 1977 onwards,I used to go watch them train also at the pitches beside dalneigh school, and ooh and ahh at the power of Roddy Davidsons shots and how Billy Macdonald was probably the best goalkeeper to grace the Highland league. I was at Telford street in the pissing rain on a wed night versus Buckie with only 80 other souls and I bloody loved it. At the very last game at Telford street,as soon as the final whistle went I ran onto the pitch and got the corner flag next to the turnstyles(Which I still have) So I think I can call myself a Caley fan ! Now the merger which I was totally against happened,. and I know there was some skull duggery done on both parties part. But to cut to the chase I go to ICT games now (boo hiss) and for the most I enjoy them.What I don't have though is the passion I once had for Caley,this I know I will never regain,but what I do have is Premier league football in my home town(city) now. Now I tried to stay away from ICT after the merger but I thought to myself why should I not go ? You just have to look at the number of ex Caley players who go to ICT games,Billy Urquhart,Roddy D,Billy Macdonald to name but a few, so if they can go then surely I would just swallow my pride and follow their example (which I did) Now my father is one of these ex Caley fans who will not go to ICT games purely due to him being stubborn as a mule,yet when I go to visit him he always asks how so and so is playing for ICT, and what was the game like etc. So in his own perverse way he still supports a team that he once loved and played for himself , but he just cant go the last yard and go watch ICT,which I find really sad. So there you have it an ex Howden ender who goes to ICT games but does not have the same passion that he once did for " The super Caley"