At a time when Scottish football should be on a huge ‘high’ given the national team’s qualification for our first World Cup in almost 30 years and Hearts finally giving us a three-way title race in our top division, people are instead discussing the aftermath of a match watched by millions throughout the world.

I remember watching the 1980 Scottish Cup final between the Old Firm on television with my dad and being astounded at the post-match disorder on the Hampden pitch with both sets of fans clashing which resulted in over 200 arrests and an alcohol ban that stands to this day.

To think that 46 years later we are still witnessing this type of serious unrest at a football match beggars belief.

I have attended several Old Firm matches at both Parkhead and Ibrox and have never witnessed any serious trouble but there is always that palpable feeling of tension inside the ground and, I must admit, it is not something that I enjoyed.

It is difficult to fathom what the SFA and the police will ultimately decide but it is almost certain that away supporters will be greatly restricted at the fixture for the foreseeable future and it may be that no away fans whatsoever are allowed to attend.

This is understandable but is a massive set back as the fixture is without doubt a better spectacle with both sets of fans inside the ground.

ICT welcome Cove Rangers to the Sarens PSG stadium tomorrow for another test of our League One title credentials.

Cove currently sit in eighth spot in the table but are, in my opinion, in a false position and they have always made life difficult for us both home and away any time we match up.

This seasons’ games have produced two narrow wins for us and one draw, but all three matches could easily have gone either way. It was thanks to goalkeeper Ross Munro’s excellent last-minute penalty save that we emerged with a point from Cove in January and

Paul Hartley’s team are now recovering some of their injured players who have missed significant chunks of the season.

They, like ourselves, have quality throughout their side and will be looking to build on a hard- fought win over Peterhead last Saturday.

To put that win into perspective, Peterhead then went on to defeat an in-form Alloa Athletic on Tuesday night 3-1.

With us opening a small gap over nearest challengers Stenhousemuir last weekend and with our game in hand at home to Peterhead on Tuesday it is a quite significant juncture in our campaign.

I always thought March would be important and the month has started positively for us. A couple of home wins in the next five days and we will be travelling to Alloa on the 21 st in very fine fettle indeed.