Date	Saturday, 09 January 1988
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Inverness Clachnacuddin 3:5 Ross County
Venue	Grant Street Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	Robert (Bobby) Wilson
Starting 11	1: John Sutter, 2: Christopher (Chris) Somerville, 3: Scott Lemmon, 4: Cameron Robertson 1, 5: Dave Bellshaw, 6: Don Cowie (SNR), 7: Keith (Billy) Ferries, 8: Donald MacKay 3, 9: Davie Jackson, 10: Gordon Connelly, 11: James MacKay
Bench	0: Alan Gair, 0: Gary Robertson 1
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Highland News. Inverness Clachnacuddin 3 Ross County 5 INVERNESS CLACH manager James Oliver must be wondering when the wheel of fortune is going to spin his way. For after some five weeks in the unenviable Grant Street post, he has been so near on two occasions... and yet is still looking for his first win. A fortnight ago his side came within an ace of taking a point from championship contenders and arch rivals Caley. Then on Saturday, he saw his side lose a 3-1 lead to Ross County and collapse, eventually going down 5-3 to the Ross men. It must be significant, however, that it was after the big player-manager had to leave the field through injury that his team fell apart. He was instrumental in engineering that third Lilywhite goal, cleverly lobbed over Ross keeper Suttar’s head by Innes from all of 30 yards. But there the Clach dream ended. On a pitch more suited to ducks than dazzling soccer, Clach had wiped out a Donald Mackay strike to lead at the interval through goals from Corbett and Lowe. And when Innes got that third, Clach — reported to be beset by financial troubles once again — looked all set for that elusive victory. County, however, had different ideas, and the side who landed up with the wooden spoon last term and are now second in the table, must take credit for battling away in the mud and taking the points. Perhaps one crumb of comfort for Clach was that they had their biggest league attendance of the season. But, truth is, the majority of those who sheltered from the rain had crossed the Kessock Bridge from Ross-shire to cheer on yet another County victory. A fact which would seem to strengthen Clach’s tale of woe so far this season.