Rooney hits SPL goal 200 for Caley, Saves a point

By: Ian Rose | November 13th, 2008

Frankly, there’s not a lot to report from today’s 1-1 with Falkirk. We didn’t continue the pace we set Saturday with the big win away at Hibs … but we also didn’t fall back into the terrible habits that produced a record-tying defeat to Rangers the week before. It was, to be absolutely honest, a poor game to watch. Michael Higdon opened the scoring and Falkirk looked easily the better of the sides in the first half, punishing us for our timidity at playing 4-5-1 at home. In the second half, we fielded the side that should have started, a 4-4-2, and Falkirk went 4-3-3 … and some excitement was found, but not a lot. Thanks to Adam Rooney, we equalized and managed a point from this one, but I can’t bring myself to be excited or disappointed. It was clearly winnable, but the way the first half went, a draw isn’t so bad. Maybe it’s the midweek timing, but I’m very unemotional on the match as a whole.

What does excite me, though, are two other facts. First, Adam Rooney’s equalizer was Caley’s 200th goal in the SPL. Since our promotion in 2004, we’ve had our ups and downs, but every milestone like this passed makes us feel like a more permanent top-flight side. Thanks, Adam – it was maybe the ugliest goal of the year, but I’ll take it.

Also, the future looks bright for Caley, as our youth side exploded out of the third round of the Scottish Youth Cup, beating Annan Athletic 8-2. Great stuff from the youngsters – grow up quick and start scoring for the senior side!

Our SPL record against Falkirk remains even, at 6 wins for each, and 2 draws.