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What is the Board?
"The Board of the Supporters Trust is democratically elected by the membership. There is no fixed term for membership, but a third of the Board members (directors) are required to stand down each year and put themselves forward for re-election if they wish. In practice therefore, members will usually serve a 3 year term before putting themselves forward for re-election. Nomination forms are sent out to members in September each year with the election being overseen by an independent Election Management Group. Results are announced at the AGM in December.
The Board can consist of up to 10 elected members. The Board may also co-opt other people on to the Board where their particular skills or attributes would help the Board in its work. Numbers of elected members must always be greater than co-opted members in order to maintain democratic accountability. Currently, the Board consists of just 5 elected members and we urgently need more people to join us and help us deliver on the goals we have set. If you support the role of the Trust and the goals we have set, then please consider joining the Board and get in touch. You will be made most welcome."
Meet The Board
Vice/Treasurer
Laura Grant
Before becoming Treasurer, Laura served in various roles on the ICT Supporters Society since very early in its inception and has also attended a number of related training events and conferences during her time. After a spell where the Trust’s activity dropped off, Laura is keen to work alongside a mix of old and new members in a bid to return the society to its former glory and become the first port of call between members and fans.
She is an advocate for the ICT Supporters Society providing more backing to grass routes football in the community through the organisation of fundraisers and would also like to use these events as a means of promoting and fostering more social interaction among fans … of all ages.
Secretary/Chairperson
Jennifer Aitchison
Jen has also served on the board of ICT Supporters Society and is proud to have been heavily involved in fan-related activity around our Scottish Cup win including (but not limited to…) travel, card display, merchandising and staffing of the shop. She has also represented the society at Supporters Direct Conferences and other meetings.
She has a strong affiliation with the area having lived down south for some time before returning a little over 13 years ago. That affiliation extends to football itself, where she has strong family ties with a past manager/player on the islands. Her decision to stand for the board after taking a break from it came as a result of identifying that criticism of the society needed to be addressed in order to bring it back to the fans and rebuild bridges with the club.
Having initially been co-opted by the Board, she was quick to offer assistance in the position of Secretary. Jen is now an elected member of the Board.
Jennifer's favourite goal:
James Vincent's winning goal in the Scottish Cup Final 2015 to defeat Falkirk 2-1. You can see it here courtesy of CaleyJagsTV.
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John West
John joined the Board in 2021 having been a supporter since the amalgamation and who wishes to assist the influence of the fans in running of the Club. ICT is an icon of our City and we have all enjoyed the spectacular ride over the years. Ultimately John feels that the Club should ultimately be owned by the fans but initially possibly a seat on the Board. He feels that the Trust is the appropriate representative of the fans in achieving these goals.
John's favourite goal:
After supporting Caley Thistle for 21 years since inception, the goal scored by James Vincent in the 86th minute of the Cup Final was the culmination of 21 years of excitement and effort. We had been close to Cup glory both previously and subsequently but James gave us all the ultimate prize'. You can see it here courtesy of CaleyJagsTV.
Membership Secretary
Alison McInnes
Originally from Nairn, in the summer of 2004 Alison became a glory hunter after ICT gained promotion to the Scottish Premier League for the first time. As she now lives near Edinburgh, this means she is mainly an away fan (including a memorable trip to Bucharest) but she tries to attend home games whenever possible.
She was originally co-opted to the Board after offering to set up a new website for the Trust and has been so far, due to the pandemic and distance, been attending Trust meetings via Zoom. After creating an interim website, design and control of the current website was passed to Stewart Coghill, and Alison took over the role of membership secretary.
She believes that the Trust has an important role to play supporting the club and improving the matchday experience for all fans.
Alison's favourite game:
The 7-0 win over Ayr after securing promotion back to the SPL in 2010. Seven different goal scorers, congos, pitch invasion, Terry's post-match sermon - who could ask for more!
Alison's favourite goal:
Nick Ross's equalising goal in the last nano-second of the 2014 League Cup Semi Final against Hearts. Amazing performance by nine man ICT, pity about the Final.
Treasurer
Kathleen Fraser
I joined ICT Supporter’s Trust at its inception and have served on the board at various times since then, currently serving as Treasurer.
I’ve been an ICTFC fan since the start (before that a Caley fan) and experienced both the highs – winning the Scottish Cup and the trip to Romania, and the lows - relegation from the Premiership.
I believe we can develop a crop of young, local players who can help us get back to the Premier League and the supporters can be a big part of this future development.
The Trust needs to be an important link between the Club and the supporters which I am keen to see developed.
Kath's favourite game:
The 2015 Cup Final
Favourite goal:
Stevie Hislop’s goal against Clyde at Broadwood which made possible promotion to the SPL for the first time.
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Board Member
George Moodie
As a born & bred Highlander born & raised in Golspie, George has been a Caley Thistle season ticket holder for the past 23 years. His home is ICT daft, even the dog is called Caley! He tries to get to as many home & away games as possible with his 3 sons.
His reasons for joining the Board were to try and help bridge the gap between supporters and the club which he feels has widened in recent years. Everyone wants to see a successful team on the pitch and that includes a successful one off it, but this can only be achieved through the club and supporters working together towards common goals, providing & accepting honest feedback and working together constructively. There is a lot that can be achieved through regular, open & honest dialogue.
George’s favourite game(s):
(apart from the 2015 Scottish Cup Final) was a tough choice between the 4-3 win against Ayr United in the Scottish Cup in 2001 where ICT were 3 nil down at half time but turned it around to win 4-3 in the 2nd half to progress to the next round or the earlier league meeting with Ayr in December 2000 where a frantic game saw ICT win 7-3 with some top quality goals being scored in a hugely entertaining match. Links to both games below:
(24) 02-12-2000 Inverness CT v Ayr United - YouTube
Board Member
Robert Andrew
Brought up in Fort William, Robert started following Caley Thistle when his work brought him to Inverness from 1992 until 1995 during the period of the merger. He then followed the club from afar until returning to live permanently in the area in 2016. Since then he has been a season ticket holder, attending virtually every home game and the occasional away one.
Robert joined the Board after being impressed by its recent work with the Matchday Survey. He wants to assist in creating improved links between the club and its fans, giving fans greater visibility of the club’s future plans and its decisions, and allowing them to have greater influence over the off-field areas that matter to them, such as communication and the overall matchday experience.
Robert’s favourite game:
Despite being at each of the club’s three major finals, Robert’s favourite game was the semi final against Celtic in 2015, when we triumphed against the odds. He will never forget the look of sheer delight on David Raven’s face when the third goal was scored.
Robert’s favourite goal:
He has seen a lot of great goals, but the one that stands out was by Miles Storey in a 3-0 win at Ross County in 2016. Robert was at the game as a guest of some County fans, so was trying very hard to sit on his hands and not look delighted when Storey produced his wonder strike early in the second half to secure a tremendous win.
Board Member
Euan Bain
Brought up in Nairn and started going to the football with his mum from a young age. He joined the ICT Supporters Trust to bring the views and issues of young fans to the fore front. He joins us being our youngest member.
He believes that the best way for the club to move forward is for it to use more local players and hopes the Trust can get the club onboard with this.
His favourite goal is the equaliser as St Johnstone played at Caley Park to make the game 2-2 as we went into the second leg of the playoff final. A brilliant goal and a massive moment in front of the most people he remembers seeing at a home fixture.
His favourite moment is the league cup final 2014, Euan was around 10 at the time and blames this for his love and hate relationship with ICTFC. He says this game started an undying passion for his local football team.