2011–12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2011–12 season
Chairman George Fraser (Until 22 September 2011)
Kenny Cameron (From 22 September 2011)
Manager Terry Butcher
Stadium Caledonian Stadium
SPL Tenth
Scottish Cup Fifth round, lost to Celtic
League Cup Second Round, lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorer League:
Grégory Tadé (9)
All:
Grégory Tadé (9)
Jonny Hayes (9)
Highest home attendance 6,623 v Rangers, 13 August 2011
Lowest home attendance 3,142 v Dundee United, 10 December 2011
Average home league attendance 4,181

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

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

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 TotalSPLScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland Ryan Esson 3303300000
2 DF Austria Thomas Piermayr 2302002010
3 DF Scotland Ross Tokely 3212912010
4 DF Wales Owain Tudur Jones 1501500000
5 MF England Chris Hogg 100900010
6 MF England Lee Cox 90702000
7 MF Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes 2992573210
8 MF England Greg Tansey 3953643100
9 FW Republic of Ireland Richie Foran 4123723010
10 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 1981771110
11 MF Scotland Nick Ross 3222922010
12 GK Northern Ireland Jonathan Tuffey 90503010
14 DF Scotland David Proctor 1901702000
15 FW France Grégory Tadé 4093693010
16 DF Spain Roman Golobart 2522222010
17 MF Scotland Gavin Morrison 50400010
18 FW Scotland Shane Sutherland 3012811010
19 DF Scotland Graeme Shinnie 3212813010
20 DF Scotland Tom Aldred 40400000
20 MF England Aidan Chippendale 50500000
20 FW England Sam Winnall 30201000
21 FW Northern Ireland Billy McKay 2432232000
22 DF France Kenny Gillet 2702502000
23 MF Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran 1201001010
24 DF England Steve Williams 92920000
25 MF England David Davis 1511411000
25 MF France Claude Gnakpa 80701000
26 DF England Josh Meekings 2101902000
31 MF Scotland Liam Polworth 00000000

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
1ScotlandGKRyan Esson 00000000
2AustriaDFThomas Piermayr 60100070
3ScotlandDFRoss Tokely 51000051
4WalesDFOwain Tudur Jones 10000010
5EnglandMFChris Hogg 21000021
6EnglandMFLee Cox 10100020
7Republic of IrelandMFJonny Hayes 21100031
8EnglandMFGreg Tansey 6100006'1
9Republic of IrelandFWRichie Foran 1101000120
10ScotlandMFAndrew Shinnie 10000010
11ScotlandMFNick Ross 10000010
12Northern IrelandGKJonathan Tuffey 00000000
14ScotlandDFDavid Proctor 10100020
15FranceFWGrégory Tadé 20001030
16SpainFWRoman Golobart 50001060
17ScotlandMFGavin Morrison 00000000
18ScotlandFWShane Sutherland 10000010
19ScotlandDFGraeme Shinnie 60000060
20ScotlandDFTom Aldred 00000000
20EnglandMFAidan Chippendale 00000000
20EnglandFWSam Winnall 00000000
21Northern IrelandFWBilly McKay 00000000
22FranceDFKenny Gillet 40010041
23Republic of IrelandMFAaron Doran 10000010
24EnglandDFSteve Williams 21000021
25EnglandMFDavid Davis 51000051
25FranceMFClaude Gnakpa 10000010
26EnglandDFJosh Meekings 41000041
31ScotlandMFLiam Polworth 00000000

Team statistics

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21 +63 93 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 5 7 77 28 +49 073†
3 Motherwell (Q) 38 18 8 12 49 44 +5 62 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Dundee United (Q) 38 16 11 11 62 50 +12 59 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian (TQ) 38 15 7 16 46 43 +3 52 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 St Johnstone (Q) 38 14 8 16 42 38 +4 50 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 −17 47
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 2012–13 Scottish First Division

Source: ESPN Soccernet
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[5] Qualification to play in a 2012–13 European competition dependent on award of UEFA licence by 31 March 2012.[6]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Transfers

Inverness' first significant move in the close season was to release 10 first team players.[7] 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.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Inverness boss Terry Butcher hails promotion to SPL". British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011/12 Scottish Premier League Table / Table". ESPN Soccernet. ESPN. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. v Celtic F.C". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ayr United 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle : Wednesday, 24th August 2011". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Rangers Football Club enters administration". BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rangers administrators strive to meet Uefa accounts date". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Inverness CT to part company with 10 players in summer". BBC News. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Hogg Tied!". ictfc.co.uk. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Inverness Caley Thistle snap up striker Gregory Tade". BBC News. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Greg Tansey looking forward to SPL challenge after move to Inverness Caledonian Thistle". Stockport Express. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "ALDRED LEAVES ON LOAN". Watford FC. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  12. 1 2 "Double Capture". ictfc.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  13. ↑ "Doran joins Inverness". Blackburn Rovers. Rovers.co.uk. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  14. ↑ "Austrian defender Thomas Piermayr joins Inverness CT". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  15. ↑ "DOUBLE SWOOP!". ictfc.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  16. ↑ "Jones Joins Inverness". ictfc.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  17. ↑ "Golobart heads to Inverness". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  18. ↑ "Inverness sign Huddersfield winger Aiden Chippendale". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  19. ↑ "Wolves' David Davis joins Inverness on loan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  20. ↑ "Williams loaned to Inverness". bradfordcityfc.co.uk. Bradford City A.F.C. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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  22. ↑ "Claude Gnakpa joins Inverness after leaving Walsall". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  23. ↑ "Grant Munro agrees move to Ross County". BBC Sport. 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  24. ↑ "McBain Signs Up". peterheadfc.co.uk. Peterhead F.C. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  25. ↑ "Brora Rangers announce Stuart Golabek signing". ngrfoundation.co.uk. Highland League. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  26. ↑ "Duncan joins County along with Hibs youngster". The Inverness Courier. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  27. ↑ "Spartans Sign Max Johnson". blythspartansafc.co.uk. Blyth Spartans A.F.C. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  28. ↑ "Arbroath add Innes". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 10 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  29. ↑ "Wellington Phoenix Sign Sanchez". footballaustralia.com.au. Wellington Phoenix FC. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  30. ↑ "Odhiambo opts for Turkish move". Sky Sports. BSKYB. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  31. ↑ "Birmingham City snap up striker Adam Rooney". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  32. ↑ "Brora Rangers sign Moir from ICT". ngrfoundation.co.uk. Highland League. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  33. ↑ "Swindon Town sign Lee Cox from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  34. ↑ "Inverness CT midfielder Gavin Morrison makes loan switch to Grindavik". Daily Record. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  35. ↑ "Gnakpa freed by Caley Thistle". Highland News. Scottish Provincial Press. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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