Redemption and a Cup Final: Caley 1-0 Ross County
By: Ian Rose | October 4th, 2009Leave the scoreline and the competition aside – this is our biggest win in years. We came into this match on a 2-match losing skid, on terrible home form, and just a few weeks after losing to our biggest rival at home 3-1. We faced that same rival, Ross County (spit), today at Caledonian Stadium in a Challenge Cup semifinal, and came away 1-0 winners.
The reward for Robert Eagle’s 44th minute goal will be a trip to the Challenge Cup final on November 22nd, where we will face today’s other semifinal winner, Dundee. This is the third time we’ve reached the final of the lower-league-only competition, the others being a 4-4 loss on penalties to Alloa Athletic in 2000 and our 2-0 win over Airdrie United in 2004. For those who don’t follow the Caley closely (for shame), a win in November would be only the fourth national trophy in our history (the others being our previous Challenge Cup, the Third Division title in 1997, and the First Division in 2004 (it was a good year).
I don’t think I realized it before, but the only time we won the Challenge Cup, we also won the league. It may be an invented statistic with only one point, but it’s a hopeful one and I’ll take it.
A day for celebration in the Highlands, for all but our neighbors the County fans. Inverness Caley Thistle will play for a Cup. Mon the Caley.
Category: Postgame
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