2010–11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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.

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

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Premier League
14 August 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 1CelticCaledonian Stadium
BBC SPORT McCourt  56' Attendance: 7,547
Referee: Murray
22 August 2010 SPLDundee United0 – 4Inverness Caledonian ThistleTannadice Park
BBC SPORT McCann  34'
Rooney  51'
Duncan  53'
Rooney  82' (pen.)		 Attendance: 6,575
Referee: Muir
28 August 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 1HamiltonCaledonian Stadium
BBC SPORT Imrie  1' Attendance: 3,851
Referee: McKendrick
11 September 2010 SPLHibernian1 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleEaster Road
Riordan  8' BBC SPORT Rooney  82' (pen.) Attendance: 10,358
Referee: Allan
18 September 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 3HeartsCaledonian Stadium
Odhiambo  37' BBC SPORT Innes  45' (Og.)
Stevenson  55'
Elliot  69'		 Attendance: 4,515
Referee: Brines
25 September 2010 SPLSt Mirren1 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleSt Mirren Park
McGowan  77' BBC SPORT Odhiambo  45+2' (50) Attendance: 3,954
Referee: Finnie
2 October 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
Hayes  19'
Rooney  61'		 BBC SPORT Paton   Attendance: 6,414
Referee: Murray
16 October SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium
Hayes  71' BBC SPORT Samuel  8' Attendance: 4,883
Referee: Muir
23 October 2010 SPLKilmarnock1 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleRugby Park
Miguel  74' BBC SPORT Rooney  42' (pen.)
Hayes  66'		 Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Norris
30 October SPLRangers1 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleIbrox
Edu  11' BBC SPORT Odhiambo  81' Attendance: 43,697
Referee: Brines
6 November 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 2MotherwellCaledonian Stadium
Duff  75' BBC SPORT Gow  33'
Blackman  43'		 Attendance: 4,054
Referee: Tumilty
9 November 2010 SPLAberdeen1 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie
Andrius VelickalVelicka  49' BBC SPORT Rooney  34' (pen.)
Munro  81'		 Attendance: 5,917
Referee: McKendrick
13 November 2010 SPLHamilton1 – 3Inverness Caledonian ThistleNew Douglas Park
Dougie ImrielDougie Imrie  29' BBC SPORT Rooney  34' (59)
Hayes  52'		 Attendance: 2,019
Referee: McLean
20 November 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle4 – 2HibernianCaledonian Stadium
Foran  7'
Rooney  51' (pen.)  70' (80)		 BBC SPORT Derek RiordanlRiordan  66'
Miller  78' (pen.)
Hanlon 		Attendance: 4,217
Referee: Conroy
27 November 2010 SPLCeltic2 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleCeltic Park
Ki  38'
McCourt  65'		 BBC SPORT Foran  70'
Munro  83'		 Attendance: 46,096
Referee: Hamer
11 December 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1RangersCaledonian Stadium
Hayes  31' BBC SPORT Miller  57' Attendance: 6,799
Referee: Murray
18 December 2010 SPLHearts1 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleTynecastle Stadium
Kyle  25' (pen.) BBC SPORT Munro  17' Attendance: 12,994
Referee: Winter
26 December 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 2St MirrenCaledonian Stadium
Cox  8' BBC SPORT Thomson  44' (85) Attendance: 3,819
Referee: Thomson
29 December 2010 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 3KilmarnockCaledonian Stadium
Foran  71' BBC SPORT Bryson  26'
Kelly  68'
Hamill  68'		 Attendance: 3,735
Referee: Collum
2 January 2011 SPLSt Johnstone1 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
Samuel  85' BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,126
Referee: Salmond
15 January 2011 SPLMotherwell0 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleFir Park
BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,728
Referee: Norris
18 January 2011 SPLRangers1 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleIbrox
Davis  45' BBC SPORT Attendance: 41,623
Referee: Thomson
22 January 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1HamiltonCaledonian Stadium
Sánchez  18' BBC SPORT Antoine-Curier  45+1' (pen.) Attendance: 3,241
Referee: Finnie
26 January 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 2AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
Munro BBC SPORT Jack  44'
Blackman  49'		 Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Conroy
12 February 2011 SPLSt Mirren3 – 3Inverness Caledonian ThistleSt Mirren Park
Higdon  28' (pen.)
Thomson  29'
McGregor  74'		 BBC SPORT Rooney  6' (61)
Doran  33'		 Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Madden
19 February 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium
Tokely  28'
Duncan  62'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,942
Referee: Collum
26 February 2011 SPLHibernian2 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleEaster Road
Booth  58'
Stevenson  89'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 13,841
Referee: Thomson
1 March 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 2Dundee UnitedCaledonian Stadium
BBC SPORT Buaben  75'
Robertson  90'		 Attendance: 3,392
Referee: McLean
5 March 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 0MotherwellCaledonian Stadium
Sutherland  18'
Foran  64'
MacDonald  72'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,563
Referee: Brines
19 March 2011 SPLDundee United1 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleTannadice
Swanson  43' BBC SPORT Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Salmond
9 April 2011 SPLKilmarnock1 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleRugby Park
Kelly  13' BBC SPORT Hayes  10' Attendance: 4,518
Referee: McKendrick
16 April 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1– 1HeartsCaledonian Stadium
Doran  6'
Tokely  78' 		 BBC Sport Elliot  53' Attendance: 4,336
Referee: Crawford Allan
25 April 2011 SPLSt Johnstone0– 3Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Innes  36'
Doran  57'
Foran  70'		 Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Bobby Madden
30 April 2011 SPLAberdeen1– 0Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie
Pawlett  75' BBC Sport Attendance: 6,280
Referee: George Salmond
4 May 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle3– 2CelticCaledonian 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 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle1– 0St MirrenCaledonian Stadium
Duncan  71'
Rooney  85'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Bobby Madden
11 May 2011 SPLInverness Caledonian Thistle2– 0HibernianCaledonian Stadium
Foran  42'
Ross  51'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,344
Referee: Stephen Finnie
14 May 2011 SPLHamilton1– 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleNew 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 4Inverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0Elgin CityCaledonian Stadium
Sánchez  90+2'
Rooney  90+4'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 2,808
Referee: Smith
5 February 2011 Scottish Cup Round 5Inverness Caledonian Thistle5 – 1MortonCaledonian Stadium
Foran  19' (86)
Rooney  38' (66)
Hogg  62'		 BBC SPORT Lyle  83' Attendance: 1,893
Referee: Charleston
16 March 2011 Scottish Cup Quarter FinalInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 2CelticCaledonian 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 1Inverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 0Queen's ParkCaledonian Stadium
Cox  22'
Odhiambo  55'
Tokely  57'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 1,099
Referee: McLean
25 August 2010 League Cup Round 2Inverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 0PeterheadCaledonian Stadium
Rooney  32' (pen.)
Munro  38'
Rooney  49'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 1,001
Referee: Somers
22 September 2010 League Cup Round 3Celtic6 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleCeltic 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Captains
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
9 FW Richie Foran 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.

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