Grant Munro has called on the spirit of five years ago to help Inverness stay in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

The Caley Thistle skipper was an unused substitute when they clinched promotion with a final day win over St Johnstone in front of a packed house at the Caledonian Stadium.

The 29-nine-year-old has spent his entire football career with his hometown club, and does not even want to contemplate a return to the Irn-Bru First Division.

Manager Terry Butcher has been preparing his players for a rollercoaster ride of emotions at the weekend, and Munro revealed Butcher had been a massive help.

"To come down to the end of the season will be exciting but hopefully we can get the right result," said Munro.

"You try not to think about it. The manager had a word with us after the game on Saturday and asked us to blank it out because you'll worry about it all week and perhaps lose sleep and get narky with your family.

"We've been told to just do things and stay busy to keep the mind off it.

"We've had some good training sessions this week and are very relaxed and confident of our own ability going into the match.

"Last week was a long one for us and we were very unlucky not to take anything on the road. We could've grabbed a win at Motherwell and to lose at Kilmarnock was very unfortunate. But that's the way football is sometimes and there's highs and lows all the time."

Falkirk have lost only one of their last five trips to the Highlands and will be backed by an away stand full of Bairns fans.

They won both encounters in March with a Homecoming Scottish Cup win in Inverness and a 4-0 victory at home against a lacklustre Inverness defence.

Munro claimed Caley Thistle had learned their lessons from those games.

He said: "The game down there was a bad day for us and nothing went our way. We've worked hard on the defence since then and we always work during the week on stopping the goals going in and hopefully we can keep them out come Saturday.

"They'll not be looking forward to coming up here, although they got a win the last time in the Scottish Cup game. It'll be a full house, but first and foremost it's up to us to do it for ourselves, the fans and the city.

"They've done well in the last few weeks to get back in amongst the other sides and were very unfortunate last weekend to lose at home to St Mirren, because that would've seen them safe. But it wasn't to be and it comes down a shoot-out now on the final day.

"This year's SPL has been one of the most exciting in a long time, normally the title and relegation issues have been sorted already by now, but this year it's been excellent for the fans and neutrals and shows the split can work.

"It's been business as usual at the club this week with manager Terry Butcher trying to keep the players calm ahead of one of the club's biggest games."

Butcher revealed his job had been made easier because the squad were focused on survival.

He said: "The guys already know what Saturday's all about as long as you visualise all the possible scenarios then when it comes to the game you'll be prepared. Physically and technically, we're fine and it's a case of getting everybody mentally tuned for the match.

"There'll be a lot of people wishing them good and telling what they have to do, but they already know what's required.

"I've spoken to some fans who're telling me they can't sleep at night, but as long as my players can sleep at nights I'm not concerned. I sleep very well with the help of a few glasses of red wine."