2013–14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the first in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[2] Inverness also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2013–14 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerJohn Hughes
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Premiership5th place
League CupFinal
lost to Aberdeen
Scottish CupQuarter-final
lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy McKay (18)
All: Billy McKay (22)
Highest home attendance6,384 v. Celtic, 29 December 2013
Lowest home attendance2,366 v. Motherwell, 1 April 2014
Average home league attendance3,558

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

6 July 2013 FriendlyKeith0 – 9Inverness Caledonian ThistleKynoch Park
19.30 Report Shinnie
Ross
McKay
Warren
Christie
9 July 2013 FriendlyForres Mechanics0 – 3Inverness Caledonian ThistleMosset Park
19.30 Report McKay
13 July 2013 FriendlyElgin City0 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleBorough Briggs
15.00 Report Warren
Foran
Attendance: 559
16 July 2013 FriendlyBrora Rangers1 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleDudgeon Park
19.30 Sutherland Report McKay
Vincent
17 July 2013 FriendlyClachnacuddin0 – 4Inverness Caledonian ThistleGrant Street Park
19.00 Report Christie
Brown
Ferguson
20 July 2013 FriendlyRaith Rovers2 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleStark's Park
15.00 Anderson  2'
Elliot  36'
Report Watson  42' (o.g.)
Polworth  83'
23 July 2013 FriendlyArbroath1 – 7Inverness Caledonian ThistleGayfield Park
19.30 Smith  73' Report McKay 9'  11'  15'  31'  83'
Meekings  55'
Polworth  66'
24 July 2013 FriendlyWick Academy1 – 5Inverness Caledonian ThistleHarmsworth Park
19.30 Trialist  88' Report Ross  17'
Draper  25'
Evans  28'
Christie  61'
Sutherand  67'
27 July 2013 Friendly Charlton Athletic0 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleThe Valley
15.00 Report Meekings  80' Attendance: 2,801

Scottish Premiership

3 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 0St MirrenCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Vincent  47' (pen.)
Doran  49'
McKay  57'
ICT Website Report van Zanten  80' Attendance: 3,215
Referee: Kevin Clancy
10 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipDundee United0 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleTannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report McKay  20' Attendance: 6,664
Referee: Steven McLean
17 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0MotherwellCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Foran  4'
McKay  36'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,031
Referee: Iain Brines
24 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipCeltic2 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleCeltic Park
15:00 Mulgrew  42'
Matthews  82'
BBC Report Doran  14'
Foran  35'
Attendance: 45,160
Referee: Craig Thomson
31 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0HeartsCaledonian Stadium
15:00 McKay  10'  32' BBC Report Hamill  82' Attendance: 4,034
Referee: John Beaton
14 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipKilmarnock1 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleRugby Park
15:00 Nicholson  51' BBC Report Foran  6'
McKay  56'
Attendance: 3,063
Referee: Steven McLean
21 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipAberdeen1 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Vernon  81' BBC Report Attendance: 11,251
Referee: Craig Thomson
28 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 0HibernianCaledonian Stadium
15:00 McKay  11'  61'
Foran  59'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Willie Collum
5 October 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone4 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 May  18'
MacKay  27'
MacLean 73'  82'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,020
Referee: Steven McLean
20 October 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 2Partick ThistleCaledonian Stadium
12:45 Warren  47' BBC Report Doolan  20'  83' Attendance: 3,154
Referee: Euan Norris
25 October 2013 Scottish PremiershipRoss CountyA – AInverness Caledonian ThistleVictoria Park
19:45 Report Referee: John Beaton
2 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 1KilmarnockCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Doran  7'
Shinnie  52'
BBC Report Barr  76' Attendance: 2,948
Referee: Steven McLean
9 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipHibernian0 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleEaster Road
15:00 BBC Report Ross  14' (pen.)
McKay  18'
Attendance: 8,750
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 0St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium
15:00 McKay  4' BBC Report Attendance: 3,255
Referee: John Beaton
7 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Mirren0 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleSt Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Calum Murray
14 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipHearts0 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleTynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McKay  59'  83' Attendance: 11,950
Referee: Brian Colvin
21 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 4AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
17:30 McKay  47'  57'
Shinnie  90'
BBC Report Robson  22' (pen.)  32'
Pawlett  37'
McGinn  44'
Attendance: 4,810
Referee: Steven McLean
26 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipPartick Thistle0 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleFirhill
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 2,887
Referee: Willie Collum
29 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 1CelticCaledonian Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Commons  3' Attendance: 6,384
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 2Ross CountyCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper  75'
Doran  89'
BBC Report Boyd  15'
Cooper  17'
Attendance: 4,332
Referee: Alan Muir
4 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipMotherwellP – PInverness Caledonian ThistleFir Park
12:45 BBC Report Referee: Craig Thomson
12 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1Dundee UnitedCaledonian Stadium
12:45 McKay 5' BBC Report Watson 10' Attendance: 2,980
Referee: John Beaton
18 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipAberdeen0 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Williams  22' Attendance: 12,021
Referee: Iain Brines
25 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipKilmarnock2 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleRugby Park
15:00 Ashcroft  16'
Boyd  74'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,035
Referee: Willie Collum
15 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 0HeartsCaledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,392
Referee: Craig Thomson
22 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone0 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Warren  42' Attendance: 2,415
Referee: Euan Norris
25 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipRoss County0 – 3Inverness Caledonian ThistleVictoria Park
19:45 Report Raven  8'
McKay  40'
Watkins  78'
Attendance: 4,805
Referee: Calum Murray
1 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipCeltic5 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleCeltic Park
15:00 Griffiths  12', 57', 85'
Mulgrew  22'
Commons  78'
BBC Report Attendance: 46,552
Referee: Brian Colvin
12 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 0HibernianCaledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 2,537
Referee: Stephen Finnie
19 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipMotherwell2 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleFir Park
19:45 Ainsworth  26'
Sutton  34'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,432
Referee: Alan Muir
22 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 0Partick ThistleCaledonian Stadium
15:00 McKay  62' BBC Report Attendance: 3,093
Referee: Kevin Clancy
26 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United2 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleTannadice Park
19:45 Gauld  49'
Dow  76'
BBC Report Polworth  81' Attendance: 6,754
Referee: Euan Norris
29 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 2St MirrenCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper  16'
Tansey  34'
Meekings  68'
BBC Report Naismith  3'
Kelly  62'
Attendance: 3,032
Referee: Willie Collum
1 April 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 2MotherwellCaledonian Stadium
19:45 Christie  74' BBC Report Anier  40'
Vigurs  83'
Attendance: 2,366
Referee: Craig Thomson
4 April 2014 Scottish PremiershipRoss County1 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleVictoria Park
19:45 Kiss  50' Report Doran  45'
McKay  79'
Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Calum Murray
18 April 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 0AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 4,224
Referee: Bobby Madden
27 April 2014 Scottish PremiershipCeltic6 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleCeltic Park
15:00 Stokes  34', 45+1', 53' (pen.)
Griffiths  68'
Ambrose  78'
Pukki  79'
BBC Report Attendance: 45,712
Referee: Craig Charleston
3 May 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1Dundee UnitedCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Christie  7' BBC Report El Alagui  71' Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Brian Colvin
7 May 2014 Scottish PremiershipMotherwell2 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleFir Park
19:45 Sutton  4', pen.'
Warren  32' (o.g.)
BBC Report Shinnie  55' Attendance: 4,482
Referee: Willie Collum
11 May 2014 Scottish PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium
12:15 Christie  59'
Tansey  90'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,121
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup

24 September 2013 Round 3Dundee0 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleDens Park
19:45 BBC Sport McKay  11' Attendance: 1,682
Referee: Stephen Finnie
29 October 2013 Quarter-finalInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Dundee UnitedCaledonian Stadium
19:45 Warren  54'
Draper  120'
BBC Sport Watson  5'
Çiftçi  42'
Attendance: 2,133
Referee: Kevin Clancy
2 February 2014 Semi-finalHearts2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)
Inverness Caledonian ThistleEaster Road
12.15 Hamill  68', 70' BBC Sport Tansey  54'
Warren  66'
Meekings  90'
Ross  90'
Attendance: 12,762
Referee: John Beaton
Penalties
McCallum
Carrick
Hamill
Robinson
Shinnie
McKay
Ross
Tansey
Draper
16 March 2014 FinalAberdeen0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)
Inverness Caledonian ThistleCeltic Park
14.30 BBC Sport Attendance: 51,143
Referee: Steven McLean
Penalties
Robson
Low
Vernon
Rooney
McKay
Tansey
Ross
Doran

Scottish Cup

30 November 2013 Fourth RoundInverness Caledonian Thistle4 – 0MortonCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Ross  45' (pen.)
McKay  71'  90'
Doran  90' (pen.)
BBC Sport Referee: Don Robertson
8 February 2014 Fifth RoundStranraer2 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleStair Park
15:00 Grehan  45' (pen.)
Longworth  72'
BBC Sport Doran  40'
McKay  74'
Attendance: 722
Referee: Kevin Clancy
18 February 2014 Fifth Round replayInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0StranraerCaledonian Stadium
19:45 Ross  3'
Doran  90'
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,458
Referee: Alan Muir
9 March 2014 Quarter-finalInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 5Dundee UnitedCaledonian Stadium
12.30 Tansey  44'
Watkins  72'
BBC Sport Çiftçi  16', 28'
Gunning  36' (pen.)
Mackay-Steven  49'
Armstrong  57'
Attendance: 3,164
Referee: Willie Collum

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
9 MF Richie Foran 28 Club captain
3 DF Graeme Shinnie 17
5 DF Gary Warren 1

Last updated: 11 May 2014
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.

Appearances & Goals

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 11 May 2014[3][4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Ryan Esson 101+000+000+00
2 DF David Raven 32125+113+003+00
3 DF Graeme Shinnie 44336+034+004+00
4 MF James Vincent 27119+213+003+00
5 DF Gary Warren 40334+022+014+00
6 DF Josh Meekings 42034+004+004+00
7 FW Billy McKay 462238+0184+014+03
8 MF Ross Draper 41233+114+013+00
9 MF Richie Foran 30423+143+002+10
10 MF Aaron Doran 41833+053+103+13
11 MF Nick Ross 39425+812+212+02
12 GK Dean Brill 45037+004+004+00
14 DF Daniel Devine 1608+502+100+00
15 MF Marley Watkins 33115+1113+003+10
16 MF Greg Tansey 21315+122+013+00
17 MF Ben Greenhalgh 601+500+000+00
18 DF Carl Tremarco 24020+101+101+00
19 MF Danny Williams 24111+910+100+30
20 MF Liam Polworth 2317+1210+201+10
21 MF Conor Pepper 000+000+000+00
22 DF Matthew Cooper 000+000+000+00
23 FW Torbjørn Agdestein 1600+1300+200+10
31 GK Nick Draper 000+000+000+00
32 MF Jay Cheyne 000+000+000+00
33 DF Calum Howarth 000+000+000+00
34 MF Jason Brown 000+000+000+00
35 DF Joe Gorman 000+000+000+00
36 MF Ryan Christie 1733+1230+100+10
37 FW Alisdair Sutherland 000+000+000+00
39 FW Calum Ferguson 000+000+000+00
40 MF Adam Evans 200+200+000+00
42 GK Cameron Mackay 000+000+000+00
FW Curtis Allen 000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 11 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
2DFDavid Raven 50100060
3DFGraeme Shinnie 702010100
4MFJames Vincent 10000010
5DFGary Warren 80110091
6DFJosh Meekings 11101031[5]
7FWBilly McKay 10100020
8MFRoss Draper 612020101
9MFRichie Foran 702010100
10MFAaron Doran 30000030
11MFNick Ross 10000010
14DFDaniel Devine 00100010
15MFMarley Watkins 40101161
16MFGreg Tansey 30001141
18DFCarl Tremarco 70100080
19MFDanny Williams 30000030
20MFLiam Polworth 10000010
36MFRyan Christie 10000010

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 20 23[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

Position summary

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GroundHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHHHAAHAAAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWWWDWWLWLLWWWDWLDLLDWLDWWLDLWLDLWDLDLW
Position11111111222222243445445545455555555555
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2014. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Personnel awards

Last updated 20 April 2014

Player Award Month
Richie Foran SPFL Player of the Month [7] August
Terry Butcher SPFL Manager of the Month [8] August
Billy McKay SPFL Player of the Month [9] September
Graeme Shinnie PFA Scotland Team of the Year[10]

Transfers

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See also

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