Ibrox support's efforts to kill Caley Thistle look to have failed, as similar to Celtic, they might have just found their very own Fergus McCann

10/17/2024 06:49 AM

So, it looks like Inverness Caley Thistle will live to fight another day.

The Highland club is set to stave off the looming shadow of administration.

It appears a mystery Highlands businessman has stepped in with a bid to save the ailing club.

And Just Like Celtic back in 1994, Caley Thistle may have found their very own version of Fergus McCann.

All of the Ibrox support’s efforts to expedite the demise of Inverness Caledonian Thistle were entirely in vain.

I wrote about this in detail yesterday, and in reality, if this deal is finalised, justice will have been done.

It makes you wonder if the un-named Highlands businessman was stirred into action after the behaviour of the Ibrox support towards Caley Thistle.

Obviously, I have no proof that their actions did influence him, or stir him into action.

But if I was witness to what Ibrox fans attempted to do, and I had the means to help them?

Well, I know that would only serve to galvanise my determination to ensure the club survived.

It’s nice to think that the actions of the klanbase probably helped, rather than hindered the long-term survival of Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

It’s also ironic that an eleventh hour rescue could happen.

Just like it did 30 years ago for Celtic, when the Bunnet came in and set us on the road to where we are now.

All those years ago, David Murray and his cronies at Bank Of Scotland thought they could bring about the demise of Celtic.

Murray, in collusion with Gavin Masterton, encouraged Bank of Scotland to shut Celtic down.

But it never came to pass, thanks to Fergus McCann and the rebels.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

The similarities between what happened with us, and what’s happening at Inverness Caledonian Thistle are striking.

Now, obviously, the Ibrox club of today has no where near the amount of power and influence it had back in 1994.

The pathetic efforts of their support to lock out Caley Thistle supporters from a public meeting in relation to saving their club, look to have failed miserably.

Despite the klanbase’s best efforts, the Highland club’s supporters still managed to raise £85,000 towards the £200,000 required to keep them afloat.

The Record ran with the story late yesterday evening.

In it, they explained that the ‘mystery Highlands businessman’ was set to have crunch talks with Caley Thistle today:

Inverness Caledonian Thistle are reportedly set to hold a crunch talks with an unnamed Highlands businessman on Thursday as they desperately continue their bid to save the club from going bust.

Despite the success of a fundraiser which raised a credible £85,000 for the club, the League One side were hoping to bank £200,000 to go towards the £1.6million needed to keep them afloat for the remainder of the season. At a meeting last week, former Caley Thistle chairman Alan Savage warned supporters to brace themselves for administration with the BDO on standby. But the local businessman – who has chosen to remain anonymous – has now confirmed that he will told talks with Caley officials on Thursday, with the investor willing to pump £1.2million into the coffers in return for a 50.45 per cent stake in the club, according to the Press and Journal.

So, the intent to save the club is very much there.

And as I write, talks are probably on-going to push a deal through.

I don’t think club officials have much other options.

So this businessman would appear to be their only route to safety.

As a result, you’d expect this deal to be finalised today.

It also seems that the mystery investor’s intentions are clear:

A spokesperson for the mystery investor – who is believed to have no current links to football – read: “Myself and the investor will be in Inverness tomorrow morning to hold a meeting and have been in touch with the club. We will be doing everything correctly and the right way to see if there is a solution for a deal.”

Obviously, if this deal goes ahead, it will bear striking similarities to what occurred with Celtic back in 1994, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Once again, an Ibrox attempt to kill a club, will have failed.

If this deal is finalised today, I’m sure in due course, we’ll find out who the ‘mystery investor’ was.

I’m also sure that Caley Thistle fans will be eternally grateful to him for saving their club.

Just as we were to Fergus McCann 30 years ago.

Maybe Sugar Daddies do exist, after all?

But they only come in under the right circumstances.

Meanwhile, the eternal wait for one continues over at Ibrox.

It’s a mystery to me that a ‘mystery investor’ has never stepped in to ‘invest’ in their club.

Then again, one did back in 2011, it’s just a ‘mystery’ where all of his billions disappeared to.

Only Keith Jackson has the answer to that mystery.

And many others….

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