2010–11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2010–11 season
ChairmanGeorge Fraser
ManagerTerry Butcher
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Scottish Premier League7th
Scottish CupQuarter-final
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Adam Rooney (15)
All:
Adam Rooney (21)
Highest home attendance7,547 vs. Celtic Scottish Premier League 14 August 2010
Lowest home attendance1,001 vs. Peterhead League Cup 25 August 2010

For the 2010–11 season, Inverness Caley Thistle compete in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division in 2009–10. They reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, and the third round of the League Cup, before being eliminated by Celtic in both competitions.

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Premier League
14 August 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
BBC SPORT McCourt 56' Attendance: 7,547
Referee: Murray
22 August 2010 SPL Dundee United 0–4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice Park
BBC SPORT McCann 34'
Rooney 51'
Duncan 53'
Rooney 82' (pen.)		 Attendance: 6,575
Referee: Muir
28 August 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Hamilton Caledonian Stadium
BBC SPORT Imrie 1' Attendance: 3,851
Referee: McKendrick
11 September 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road
Riordan 8' BBC SPORT Rooney 82' (pen.) Attendance: 10,358
Referee: Allan
18 September 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–3 Hearts Caledonian Stadium
Odhiambo 37' BBC SPORT Innes 45' (Og.)
Stevenson 55'
Elliot 69'		 Attendance: 4,515
Referee: Brines
25 September 2010 SPL St Mirren 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
McGowan 77' BBC SPORT Odhiambo 45+2' (50) Attendance: 3,954
Referee: Finnie
2 October 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
Hayes 19'
Rooney 61'		 BBC SPORT Paton Yellow card Red card Attendance: 6,414
Referee: Murray
16 October SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
Hayes 71' BBC SPORT Samuel 8' Attendance: 4,883
Referee: Muir
23 October 2010 SPL Kilmarnock 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
Miguel 74' BBC SPORT Rooney 42' (pen.)
Hayes 66'		 Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Norris
30 October SPL Rangers 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ibrox
Edu 11' BBC SPORT Odhiambo 81' Attendance: 43,697
Referee: Brines
6 November 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
Duff 75' BBC SPORT Gow 33'
Blackman 43'		 Attendance: 4,054
Referee: Tumilty
9 November 2010 SPL Aberdeen 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie
Velicka 49' BBC SPORT Rooney 34' (pen.)
Munro 81'		 Attendance: 5,917
Referee: McKendrick
13 November 2010 SPL Hamilton 1–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park
Imrie 29' BBC SPORT Rooney 34' 59'
Hayes 52'		 Attendance: 2,019
Referee: McLean
20 November 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–2 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium
Foran 7'
Rooney 51' (pen.) 70' 80'		 BBC SPORT Riordan 66'
Miller 78' (pen.)
Hanlon Red card		 Attendance: 4,217
Referee: Conroy
27 November 2010 SPL Celtic 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park
Ki 38'
McCourt 65'		 BBC SPORT Foran 70'
Munro 83'		 Attendance: 46,096
Referee: Hamer
11 December 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Rangers Caledonian Stadium
Hayes 31' BBC SPORT Miller 57' Attendance: 6,799
Referee: Murray
18 December 2010 SPL Hearts 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
Kyle 25' (pen.) BBC SPORT Munro 17' Attendance: 12,994
Referee: Winter
26 December 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
Cox 8' BBC SPORT Thomson 44' 85' Attendance: 3,819
Referee: Thomson
29 December 2010 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–3 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
Foran 71' BBC SPORT Bryson 26'
Kelly 68'
Hamill 68'		 Attendance: 3,735
Referee: Collum
2 January 2011 SPL St Johnstone 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
Samuel 85' BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,126
Referee: Salmond
15 January 2011 SPL Motherwell 0–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,728
Referee: Norris
18 January 2011 SPL Rangers 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ibrox
Davis 45' BBC SPORT Attendance: 41,623
Referee: Thomson
22 January 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Hamilton Caledonian Stadium
Sánchez 18' BBC SPORT Antoine-Curier 45+1' (pen.) Attendance: 3,241
Referee: Finnie
26 January 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
Munro Red card BBC SPORT Jack 44'
Blackman 49'		 Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Conroy
12 February 2011 SPL St Mirren 3–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
Higdon 28' (pen.)
Thomson 29'
McGregor 74'		 BBC SPORT Rooney 6' 61'
Doran 33'		 Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Madden
19 February 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
Tokely 28'
Duncan 62'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,942
Referee: Collum
26 February 2011 SPL Hibernian 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road
Booth 58'
Stevenson 89'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 13,841
Referee: Thomson
1 March 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
BBC SPORT Buaben 75'
Robertson 90'		 Attendance: 3,392
Referee: McLean
5 March 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
Sutherland 18'
Foran 64'
MacDonald 72'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,563
Referee: Brines
19 March 2011 SPL Dundee United 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice
Swanson 43' BBC SPORT Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Salmond
9 April 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
Kelly 13' BBC SPORT Hayes 10' Attendance: 4,518
Referee: McKendrick
16 April 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1– 1 Hearts Caledonian Stadium
Doran 6'
Tokely Yellow card 78' Red card		 BBC Sport Elliot 53' Attendance: 4,336
Referee: Crawford Allan
25 April 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0– 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Innes 36'
Doran 57'
Foran 70'		 Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Bobby Madden
30 April 2011 SPL Aberdeen 1– 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie
Pawlett 75' BBC Sport Attendance: 6,280
Referee: George Salmond
4 May 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3– 2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Mulgrew 7' (o.g.)
Munro 53'
Sutherland 62'		 BBC Sport Commons 9', 90' (pen.) Attendance: 6,072
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
7 May 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1– 0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
Duncan Red card 71'
Rooney 85'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Bobby Madden
11 May 2011 SPL Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2– 0 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium
Foran 42'
Ross 51'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,344
Referee: Stephen Finnie
14 May 2011 SPL Hamilton 1– 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park
Mensing 50' BBC Sport Foran 44'
Rooney 57'		 Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Iain Brines

Final league table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Kilmarnock 38 13 10 15 53 55 −2 49
6 Motherwell 38 13 7 18 40 60 −20 46
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 11 13 52 44 +8 53
8 St Johnstone 38 11 11 16 23 43 −20 44
9 Aberdeen 38 11 5 22 39 59 −20 38
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup
8 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Elgin City Caledonian Stadium
Sánchez 90+2'
Rooney 90+4'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 2,808
Referee: Smith
5 February 2011 Scottish Cup round 5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5–1 Morton Caledonian Stadium
Foran 19' 86'
Rooney 38' 66'
Hogg 62'		 BBC SPORT Lyle 83' Attendance: 1,893
Referee: Charleston
16 March 2011 Scottish Cup Quarter-final Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Rooney 44' (pen.) BBC Sport Ledley 45+2' 68' Attendance: 6,064
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish League Cup
31 July 2010 League Cup round 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 Queen's Park Caledonian Stadium
Cox 22'
Odhiambo 55'
Tokely 57'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 1,099
Referee: McLean
25 August 2010 League Cup round 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 Peterhead Caledonian Stadium
Rooney 32' (pen.)
Munro 38'
Rooney 49'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 1,001
Referee: Somers
22 September 2010 League Cup round 3 Celtic 6–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park
Samaras 17' (37), 57'
Hooper 21'
Stokes 74' (pen.), 81'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 17,429
Referee: McDonald

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Ryan Esson
2 DF Scotland SCO David Proctor
3 DF Scotland SCO Ross Tokely
4 DF Scotland SCO Stuart Duff
5 DF Scotland SCO Stuart Golabek
6 MF England ENG Lee Cox
7 FW Tanzania TAN Eric Odhiambo
8 MF Scotland SCO Russell Duncan
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Foran (club captain)
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Adam Rooney
11 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonathan Hayes
12 GK Northern Ireland NIR Jonathan Tuffey
14 DF Scotland SCO Grant Munro
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Scotland SCO Chris Innes
16 MF Scotland SCO Roy McBain
17 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Morrison
18 FW Israel ISR Gil Blumstein
19 MF Scotland SCO Nick Ross
20 FW Scotland SCO Shane Sutherland
21 DF Scotland SCO Graeme Shinnie
22 GK England ENG Max Johnson
23 FW Spain ESP Dani Sánchez
24 DF France FRA Kenny Gillet
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
27 FW Scotland SCO Alex MacDonald (on loan from Burnley)
28 DF England ENG Chris Hogg

Transfers

Transfers In
Player Age* From Fee
France Kenny Gillet 24 England Barnet Free
Northern Ireland Jonathan Tuffey 23 Scotland Partick Thistle Free
Scotland Chris Innes 33 Scotland St Mirren Free
England Chris Hogg 25 Scotland Hibernian Free
Scotland Stuart Duff 28 Scotland Aberdeen Free
Israel Gil Blumstein 20 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Free
England Max Johnson 19 England Newcastle United Undisclosed
Scotland Kevin McCann 22 Scotland Hibernian Loan
Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran 19 England Blackburn Rovers Loan
Scotland Alex MacDonald 20 England Burnley Loan
Transfers Out
Player Age* To Fee
England Robert Eagle 23 England Grimsby Town Free
England Dan Stratford 25 England Hereford United Free
Scotland Kyle Allison 20 Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free
Scotland Jamie Duff 21 Scotland Elgin City Free
France Lionel Djebi-Zadi 28 Réunion Saint Louisienne Free
Scotland Roy McBain 36 Scotland Brechin City Loan

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
9 FW Richie Foran Republic of Ireland Club captain

Last updated: 25 March 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Hat-tricks

Player Competition Score Opponent Date
Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney Scottish Premier League 4–2 Hibernian 20 November 2010

References