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Community Trust will continue as normal if Inverness Caley Thistle goes into administration





Gordon Fyfe. Picture: James Mackenzie
Gordon Fyfe. Picture: James Mackenzie

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Trust says that it will continue to operate as normal regardless of whether the club goes into administration next week.

Director Gordon Fyfe says the charity which provides football training, creates events and initiatives in Inverness and throughout the Highlands is separate from the football club and will be unaffected if the football club does go into administration.

The club says it needs to raise £200,000 by next Wednesday to avoid administration taking place.

However Fyfe, who is chairman of the community trust, says the trust will be able to continue as normal.

The Trust is an independent charitable trust which was established in 2004 and has been independent from the football club since 2020. It is self funded through grant applications, donations and its football training programmes. It receives no funding from the football club.

The Trust runs football courses for children across the Highlands along with adults courses such as walking football and fitness classes.

It is also planning to build a £1 to £2 million community sports facility at land near Inverness Royal Academy. It would become the home base for Caley Thistle’s women’s team, girls’ academy and an array of other grassroots clubs and teams.

With a “show pitch” for matches central to the 10-acre training pitch development opposite Inverness Royal Academy, it would make ICTWFC the first Scottish women’s team in Scotland to secure a dedicated home ground.

Fyfe says the Trust will continue as normal regardless if Inverness Caledonian Thistle go into administration.

He said: “I have 100 per cent confidence that the community trust will continue to operate as it does at the moment.

“It is a Trust that operates separately from the football club. It is a charity that bridges between the community and the football club.

“We have 14 coaches that work for the community development team. We provide training for 1600 kids, with the players coming down and taking part in sessions. We do breakfast clubs at Dalneigh and at Inverness Gaelic School and we do summer camps.

“We have a million pound project to build a community hub and that will be the base of the community team. We will have walking football and girls football and women’s football based there.

“The community trust is a shining light and we will continue to be a shining light”.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle says there is still hope that it can avoid administration as it has been reported there is interest from Denmark, United Arab Emirates and the United States to invest into the club.


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