2011–12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2011–12 football season
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2011–12 season
ChairmanGeorge Fraser
(Until 22 September 2011)
Kenny Cameron
(From 22 September 2011)
ManagerTerry Butcher
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
SPLTenth
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Celtic
League CupSecond round, lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Grégory Tadé (9)
All:
Grégory Tadé (9)
Jonny Hayes (9)
Highest home attendance6,623 v Rangers, 13 August 2011
Lowest home attendance3,142 v Dundee United, 10 December 2011
Average home league attendance4,181
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011–12 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2009–10 season.[1] Inverness also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Inverness finished tenth in the Scottish Premier League.[2] They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by semifinalists Celtic.[3] They were beaten in the second round of the League Cup by lower league opposition Ayr United.[4]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre season

Livingston v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
10 July 2011 Livingston 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Huish Park, Yeovil
17:00 BST Jacobs 66' Livingston FC Report Foran 38' Attendance: 507
Referee: Steve Conroy
England Bristol Rovers v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
14 July 2011 England Bristol Rovers 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Twerton Park, Bath
19:40 BST McGleish 26' (pen)
McLaggon 72'		 Bristol Rovers Report Ross 50' 80' Attendance: 841

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
23 July 2011 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Hammell 25'
Murphy 28'
Lasley 77'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,190
Referee: Steven McLean
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hibernian
30 July 2011 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 BBC Report O'Connor 92' Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Steve Conroy
Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
20 August 2011 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie, Aberdeen
15:00 Milsom 12'
Vernon 27'		 BBC Sport Foran 79' Attendance: 7,989
Referee: Crawford Allan
Dundee United v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
17 September 2011 Scottish Premier League Dundee United 3–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Dalla Valle 13'
Swanson 43'
Daly 71'		 BBC Sport Ross 16' Attendance: 6,497
Referee: Conroy
Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
24 September 2011 Scottish Premier League Celtic 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00 Ledley 28'
Forrest 33'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 47,382
Referee: Willie Collum
St Johnstone v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
15 October 2011 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Sandaza 12'
Mackay 65'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 2,909
Referee: Thomson
Kilmarnock v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
5 November 2011 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 3–6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Shiels 12', 73' (pen.)
Heffernan 90'		 BBC Sport Shinnie 39', 60', 66'
Hayes 53'
Tadé 62', 83'		 Attendance: 5,626
Referee: Madden
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Celtic
19 November 2011 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 Tansey Red card 37' BBC Sport Stokes 61' (72) Attendance: 6,435
Referee: O'Reilly
Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
26 November 2011 Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00 Skacel 46'
Jonsson 76'		 BBC Sport Tokely 58' Attendance: 12,021
Referee: Thomson
St Mirren v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
3 December 2011 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 Thompson 45+2' BBC Sport Shinnie 11'
Hayes 69'		 Attendance: 3,675
Referee: Norris
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee United
10 December 2011 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 Hayes 2'
McKay 47'
Davis Yellow card 82' Yellow-red card		 BBC Sport Russell 51', 78'
Golobart 64' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 3,142
Referee: McLean
Rangers v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
17 December 2011 Scottish Premier League Rangers 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Bocanegra 55'
Lafferty 83'		 BBC Sport Shinnie 67' Attendance: 43,701
Referee: Madden
Hibernian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
28 December 2011 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45 O'Connor 8' BBC Sport Hayes 41' Attendance: 6,923
Referee: McLean
Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
11 February 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 Ledley 16'
Majstorovic Red card 60'		 BBC Sport Williams Yellow card 78' Red card Attendance: 50,014
Referee: Mclean
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Rangers
26 February 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–4 Rangers Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
12:45 Williams 40' BBC Sport Davis 6'
Aluko 16'
Little 36'
McCulloch 72'		 Attendance: 6,416
Referee: Collum
Dundee United v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
5 March 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee United 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45 Rankin 15'
Robertson 52'
Russell 78'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 5,994
Referee: Muir
Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
24 March 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 BBC Sport Tadé 10'
Meekings Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 8,939
Referee: Finnie
Kilmarnock v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
28 April 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 4–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Fowler 14'
Nelson 66'
Shiels 80', 85'		 BBC Sport McKay 29', 35'
Hayes Yellow card 58' Red card
Williams 90'		 Attendance: 3,848
Referee: Salmond

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Celtic
4 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
12:45 BBC Report Samaras 33'
Brown 68'		 Attendance: 5,743
Referee: Murray

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
9 FW Richie Foran Republic of Ireland 41 Club captain

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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.

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Ryan Esson 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Austria AUT Thomas Piermayr 23 0 20 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Ross Tokely 32 1 29 1 2 0 1 0
4 DF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF England ENG Chris Hogg 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF England ENG Lee Cox 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonny Hayes 29 9 25 7 3 2 1 0
8 MF England ENG Greg Tansey 39 5 36 4 3 1 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Foran 41 2 37 2 3 0 1 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 19 8 17 7 1 1 1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Nick Ross 32 2 29 2 2 0 1 0
12 GK Northern Ireland NIR Jonathan Tuffey 9 0 5 0 3 0 1 0
14 DF Scotland SCO David Proctor 19 0 17 0 2 0 0 0
15 FW France FRA Grégory Tadé 40 9 36 9 3 0 1 0
16 DF Spain ESP Roman Golobart 25 2 22 2 2 0 1 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Morrison 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Shane Sutherland 30 1 28 1 1 0 1 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Graeme Shinnie 32 1 28 1 3 0 1 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Tom Aldred 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF England ENG Aidan Chippendale 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW England ENG Sam Winnall 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
21 FW Northern Ireland NIR Billy McKay 24 3 22 3 2 0 0 0
22 DF France FRA Kenny Gillet 27 0 25 0 2 0 0 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran 12 0 10 0 1 0 1 0
24 DF England ENG Steve Williams 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0
25 MF England ENG David Davis 15 1 14 1 1 0 0 0
25 MF France FRA Claude Gnakpa 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF England ENG Josh Meekings 21 0 19 0 2 0 0 0
31 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Ryan Esson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Austria DF Thomas Piermayr 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
3 Scotland DF Ross Tokely 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
4 Wales DF Owain Tudur Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 England MF Chris Hogg 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 England MF Lee Cox 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
7 Republic of Ireland MF Jonny Hayes 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
8 England MF Greg Tansey 6 1 0 0 0 0 6' 1
9 Republic of Ireland FW Richie Foran 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
10 Scotland MF Andrew Shinnie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Scotland MF Nick Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Northern Ireland GK Jonathan Tuffey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Scotland DF David Proctor 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
15 France FW Grégory Tadé 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
16 Spain FW Roman Golobart 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
17 Scotland MF Gavin Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Scotland FW Shane Sutherland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Scotland DF Graeme Shinnie 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
20 Scotland DF Tom Aldred 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 England MF Aidan Chippendale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 England FW Sam Winnall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Northern Ireland FW Billy McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 France DF Kenny Gillet 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
23 Republic of Ireland MF Aaron Doran 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 England DF Steve Williams 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
25 England MF David Davis 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
25 France MF Claude Gnakpa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 England DF Josh Meekings 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
31 Scotland MF Liam Polworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51 −12 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 44 −8 41
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 10 9 19 42 60 −18 39
11 Hibernian 38 8 9 21 40 67 −27 33
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 38 5 10 23 40 82 −42 25 Relegation to the First Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Hat-tricks

Player Competition Score Opponent Date
Republic of Ireland Richie Foran Friendly 0–3 Elgin City 2 July 2011
Scotland Andrew Shinnie Scottish Premier League 3–6 Kilmarnock 5 November 2011

Transfers

Inverness' first significant move in the close season was to release 10 first team players.[5] Two players also returned from loan back to their parent club. Chris Hogg was originally released by Caley Thistle at end of the season but later re-signed.[5][6]

Players in

Player From Fee
Grégory Tadé Raith Rovers Free[7]
Greg Tansey Stockport County Free[8]
Tom Aldred Watford Loan[9]
Andrew Shinnie Rangers Free[10]
Josh Meekings Ipswich Town Free[10]
Aaron Doran Blackburn Rovers Free[11]
Thomas Piermayr LASK Linz Free[12]
Billy McKay Northampton Town Free[13]
Owain Tudur Jones Norwich City Free[14]
Roman Golobart Wigan Athletic Loan[15]
Aidan Chippendale Huddersfield Town Loan[16]
David Davis Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan[17]
Steve Williams Bradford City Loan[18]
Sam Winnall Wolves Loan[19]
Claude Gnakpa Walsall Free[20]

Players out

Player To Fee
Grant Munro Ross County Free[21]
Roy McBain Peterhead Free[22]
Stuart Golabek Brora Rangers Free[23]
Russell Duncan Ross County Free[24]
Max Johnson Blyth Spartans[25] Free[5]
Chris Innes Arbroath[26] Free[5]
Gil Blumstein Free agent Free[5]
Dani Sánchez Wellington Phoenix Free[27]
Eric Odhiambo Denizlispor Free[28]
Adam Rooney Birmingham Free[29]
Chris Moir Brora Rangers Free[30]
Lee Cox Swindon Town Undisclosed[31]
Gavin Morrison Grindavik Loan[32]
Claude Gnakpa Free agent Free[33]

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