Inverness Calley Petition

Kroy · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:25 am Post subject: Inverness Calley Petition

Super Calley have gone balistic....

Impressive number of signitures so far in support of their anger at the SPL, add your name here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/spl/petition.html
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yorkcity4eva · Hockey player Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Posts: 1243

Definatly going to sign that, they are my favorite team in Scotland and deserve to be in the SPL.

At the moment its as pointless as dutch cricket

Frank · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 8:01 am Post subject:

I'll certainly sign the petition because I think Scottish football is in dire need of a major shake up.

But it's not as clear-cut as it might seem. Inverness CT was founded at the behest of the football authorities who wanted to extend league football into the Highlands. Two of Inverness's three clubs merged, sold one ground and stayed in the other.

It was clear from the outset that the new club would command sufficient support to climb rapidly through the leagues. Given that, wouldn't it have been prudent to get the ground up to the required standard first, using cash generated from the sale of the surplus ground?

The club's solution to the problem was to groundshare with Aberdeen - not sure how far it is, but it's a hell of a long way to go for home games.

Meanwhile Clyde, who finished second, were planning to groundshare at Kilmarnock (40+ miles the other side of Glasgow) only a few years after getting significant help from Cumbernauld council to move into a new stadium there.

St Johnstone, who've spent such money as they have on keeping their ground up to scratch rather than on silly salaries for mediocre players are the only club in Division 1 with a ground good enough for the SPL, but underperformed this season and finished third.

I don't particularly blame Inverness or Clyde for their actions - it's the ludicrous SPL-dominated set-up that's driving clubs to treat their fans in such a cavalier fashion.

But then, what else can you expect from the people that brought you the Airdrie United scandal?

It's perhaps a lesson that we need to learn this side of the border before the Premiershit gets any stronger.
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Monsieur Hulot · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:33 am Post subject:

Dare I say it but.......what was the Airdrie United scandal?
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yorkcity4eva · Hockey player Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Posts: 1243

What happened to Clydebank as well?

CTID · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:45 am Post subject:

Have signed, but agree with everything Frank says.

Did anyone else see the story this morning in which the Partick Thistle chairman said they'd accept relegation and swop with ICT if the SPL chiefs gave Partick a million pounds as 'compensation'.....bloody cheek!
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MacPhail · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:13 pm Post subject:

The whole situation's a fecking disgrace - glad I support a team in the lower leagues in Scotland and don't have to be part of this .....
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Frank · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:39 am Post subject:

What I meant about Airdrie was this:

Airdrieonians went into liquidation. Obviously a terrible thing for the Airdrie fans.

The bloke who owned the club set up a new club called Airdrie Utd, and applied for election to the Scottish League Div III because there was a space left by Airdrionians' departure, and all the other teams moving up one.

The league elected Gretna in preference to Airdrie Utd.

Said owner closed down Airdrie United.

Then he bought Clydebank FC of League Div II (I think - certainly a league club).

Then he moved Clydebank FC to Airdrie.

The he changed Clydebank FC's name to Airdrie United.

Makes the Wimbledon to Milton Keynes saga look like a shining example of fair trade and honest dealing.

There are only thriteen clubs in Scotland with grounds which meet SPL criteria. Twelve of them are currently in the SPL. That makes it a closed shop until St Johnstone get their sh!t together and win the Div I title, after which it will again be a closed shop until whomever Saints replace get their shi!t together and bounce back.

Meanshile there is no pyramid in place - the team who finishes bottom (East Stirling, who got 8 points, 3 of them on the last day of the season) didn't even have to apply for re-election.
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yorkcity4eva · Hockey player Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Posts: 1243

B@STA@RDS!

Evil or Very Mad

I liked Clydebank!

AcombDave · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:04 am Post subject:

Signed

Always time for ICT, always wondered about the chants at ICT.

Imagine
one Inverness Caladonian Thistle there's only one ....

followed by give us an III....NNN etc
it would be half time before you got through both those chants!

Good luck to them they deserve the place they rightfully won, whatever the gentleman's club in the SPL say.
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LondonVillageRed · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:12 am Post subject:

yorkcity4eva · Hockey player Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Posts: 1243

I knew that they'd dissappeared, I went on there website and everything but couldn't find anything about it. So I turned my attentions to ICT instead.

Anyway, Clydebank, they Groundshared with Morton in an 8,100 capacity ground called Cappielow Park, they were in Scottish Division 2 until the 2002/2003 season, then they disappeared, now I know what happened.

Frank · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 8:52 am Post subject:

Official Clydebank FC site

United Clydebank Supporters

This season, they won the Central District League Division 2 and have been promoted to Central District League Division 1.

There's no proper pyramid in Scotland, but at least the Bankies are on the up again, and hope to make it all the way back to the league one day.

Their manager is Billy McGhie, whom I think is the same Billy McGhie that played for City in the early 80s, but I'm not 100% certain, because he's listed as player/manager which might be a bit too much for even the most determined 46-year old.
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BirminghamMinsterman · Boot cleaner Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Brum

Its great that City fans are supporting this petition. I've seen Calley play a few times over the years as I have family in Inverness. Most noteably a 1-5 defeat at home by local rivals Ross County two seasons ago springs to mind.
They are such a well supported club for one so small. I have been to their supporters bar and from meeting the fans they are truly loyal and proud. Its a shame that a club that has achieved so much (I think they were in the highland league about 10 years ago when they merged) in such a short period of time is being punished by the powers that be. Although playing at Pittodrie would inconvinience the supporters, atleast they would be able to enjoy SPL football for the first time ever. Lets see some more City fans signing!!

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Dynamo Kebab · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:22 am Post subject:

Signed.
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John_D · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:52 am Post subject:

Caley promoted!

Frank · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:08 am Post subject:

Congratulations to Inverness.

It's now the club's responsibility to get the ground up to scratch to save their fans having to make a 200-mile round trip for each home game.
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gster · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:18 am Post subject:

Was talking about this with Charles Kennedy the other day! He is an ICT fan as he represents Inverness... but he is a bit of a Chelsea fan on the quiet as well

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Dynamo Kebab · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:25 am Post subject:

Really pleased about that.
Caley for the SPL title 2005! Wink

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John_D · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:59 am Post subject: