Just when a technicality looked to have denied Inverness Caledonian Thistle their first Scottish Premier League stint, the very same issue came to their rescue on this day in 2004. Scottish First Division winners Inverness did not have a stadium with the required capacity of 10,000 and so put forward proposals to ground share with Aberdeen. The Caledonian Stadium got to host top-flight football after the required seating capacity was reduced (Jeff Holmes/PA)Inverness initially failed to convince the 12 SPL clubs of their proposal for a ground share with Aberdeen. Inverness’ first application was thought to have failed only because the top-flight clubs thought ground sharing plans had to be in place by March 31. That capacity reduction ultimately allowed Inverness to stage SPL football in the Highlands in the second-half of their maiden top-tier campaign.

Source: Express June 22, 2020 04:52 UTC