Inverness have revealed that they will be forced to play a number of youth players in their SPFL Trust Cup tie against Hamilton this weekend.
Billy Dodds' side are currently suffering an injury crisis and as a result they have warned supporters that a weakened side will travel to Accies on Saturday.
A club statement detailed how a "lack of assistance" from league chiefs will result in a number of schoolboys featuring for the first team.
Inverness will travel to Accies again a week on Saturday for a league clash and Caley chiefs have urged supporters to take this into consideration before travelling this weekend.
The statement from club officials read: "As the ticket prices for our away SPFL Trust cup tie v Hamilton are announced, the club feels that it is only fair to let Caley Thistle fans know that because of our continued unprecedented injury situation and the lack of assistance we applied for via the proper channels at the SPFL, the club will have no choice but to play a team in this tie which will not include many of our current 1st team squad.
"While we will obviously welcome support for the boys, this in effect will mean our U18 squad, many of whom are still at school will play the game, and we believe that it is only fair that our supporters know this in advance of purchasing tickets and planning a round trip journey of 6 hours plus and over 300 miles, which we do of course face again the following week in the League match at Hamilton.
"We have spoken to Hamilton in advance of the ticket announcement to explain our situation which is in no way a reflection of anything else other than our injury situation."
