Willie Miller 'surprised and disappointed' to leave Aberdeen These youngsters and the bright crop coming through are the future of the club. It goes without saying that I have enjoyed every minute of my time as a player, captain, manager and director of the club and I will now continue my association as a supporter and will continue to have the best interests of the club at heart. Meanwhile Newport County captain Gary Warren has joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a one-year contract. The defender put pen to paper after arriving in the Highlands earlier this week and is now relishing the challenge of playing in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League. The 27 year-old said: "I'm thrilled the waiting is over and that I've finally signed for Caley Thistle. My girlfriend and I came up on Monday and were impressed by the city and the spectacular scenery. It has been good to talk things over with Terry Butcher and Maurice Malpas about the preparations for the new season. The SPL is a thrilling new challenge for me and I'm looking forward to our opening game at St Mirren. And, of course, we're at home to champions Celtic in the fourth game of the season. He added: "I can play anywhere in defence but I prefer centre-half. I've ejoyed physical battles with traditional centre forwards, like Kevin Davies of Bolton Wanderers and Kenwyne Jones of Stoke City. Those are the types of duels I relish. Manager Butcher said: "I'm delighted that Gary is now our player. It's good to land a player of his quality on freedom of contract and I'm confident he'll make an impact with us. Meanwhile it has been confirmed that Celtic's Clydesdale Bank Premier League home game with Dundee Utd on Aug 11 has been postponed to accommodate their prestiugious friendly with Real Madrid.