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09-09-1993 - Caledonian and Inverness Thistle members vote on proposed merger

On Thursday 9th September 1993, the members of Caledonian FC and Inverness Thistle voted at separate meetings on the proposed merger of the 2 Highland League football clubs, this with a view to applying for entry into the Scottish Football League. Just over 100 Caledonian members filed into the Function Suite at the town's Muirtown Motel and just less than 50 of Thistle's into the Rannoch Lodge. No one knew for certain how things would go. But on the basis of recent posturings the most likely outcome appeared to be that Thistle would accept the proposals and Caley would reject them - so they scheme would fail. Both meetings considered a six page paper. The paper stated that: "A merger of Caledonian and Thistle will considerably enhance the chances of success of an application from Inverness for one of the two vacant places in the SFL".