2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season
The 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season is the club's first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2016–17 season.[3] Thistle will also compete in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
2017–18 season | |
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Chairman | Graham Rae[1] |
Manager | John Robertson[2] |
Stadium | Caledonian Stadium |
Championship | Fifth Place |
Scottish Challenge Cup | Winner, won against Dumbarton |
League Cup | Group Stage |
Scottish Cup | Fourth round, lost to Dundee |
Top goalscorer | League: George Oakley, Iain Vigurs (8 each) All: George Oakley (12) |
Highest home attendance | 3,415 vs. Dundee United, 5 August 2017 |
Lowest home attendance | 930 vs. Peterhead, 7 October 2017 |
This season has seen the most postponements of any Inverness CT season, with 10 Postponements as of 18 April 2018.
Summary
Management
Following the club's relegation at the end of the previous season manager Richie Foran was sacked by the club during the close season on 29 May 2017.[4] On 14 June 2017, John Robertson was appointed as manager on a two-year contract,[5] leaving his role of Head of Coach Education at Heart of Midlothian.[6] Brian Rice assistant manager to Foran oversaw team affairs prior to Robertson's appointment.[7]
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendlies/Charity Games
1 July 2017 Friendly | Forres Mechanics | 0 – 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Forres |
14:00 | Stadium: Mosset Park |
4 July 2017 Frendly | Brora Rangers | 1 – 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Brora |
19:45 | Stadium: Dudgeon Park |
7 July 2017 Friendly | Nairn County | 1 – 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Nairn |
19:30 | Stadium: Station Park |
8 July 2017 Friendly | Elgin City | 2 – 0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Elgin |
15:00 | Stadium: Borough Briggs |
8 November 2017 Charity Match | Ross County | 3 – 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dingwall |
19:00 | Stadium: Victoria Park |
Scottish Championship
5 August 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–1 | Dundee United | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | McMullan |
Attendance: 3,415 Referee: Thomson |
12 August 2017 Championship | Dunfermline Athletic | 5–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | East End Park |
15:00 | Smith Ashcroft Cardle Hopkirk |
BBC Report | Vigurs |
Attendance: 4,391 Referee: McLean |
19 August 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | Greenock Morton | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Warren Seedorf |
BBC Report | Thomson |
Attendance: 2,202 Referee: Finnie |
26 August 2017 Championship | Brechin City | 0–4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glebe Park |
15:00 | BBC Report | Vigurs McKay Cooper |
Attendance: 703 Referee: Northcroft |
9 September 2017 Championship | St Mirren | 4–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | Morgan Buchanan Smith McShane |
BBC Report | Baird Polworth |
Attendance: 3,610 Referee: Collum |
16 September 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–3 | Livingston | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Bell |
BBC Report | Todorov Robinson Halkett |
Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Charleston |
23 September 2017 Championship | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Froxylias Wardrop |
BBC Report | Bell Warren |
Attendance: 594 Referee: Steven |
30 September 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–0 | Queen of the South | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Anderson |
14 October 2017 Championship | Falkirk | 0–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Walsh |
21 October 2017 Championship | Dundee United | 0–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Tannadice Park |
15:00 | BBC Report | Vigurs Bell |
Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Collum |
28 October 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Bell |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,948 Referee: Clancy |
4 November 2017 Championship | Livingston | 0–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Duncan |
21 November 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | P–P | Brechin City | Caledonian Stadium |
BBC Report | ||||
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch |
25 November 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–2 | St Mirren | Caledonian Stadium |
Vigurs | Report | McShane |
Attendance: 2687 Referee: McKendrick |
28 November 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4–0 | Brechin City | Caledonian Stadium |
McKay |
Report | Attendance: 1801 Referee: Charleston |
2 December 2017 Championship | Queen of the South | 0–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Palmerston Park |
15:00 | Report | Attendance: 1293 Referee: Cook |
9 December 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | P–P | Falkirk | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 |
12 December 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | P–P | Falkirk | Caledonian Stadium |
19:45 | BBC Report |
16 December 2017 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Tremarco |
Report | Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Kirkland |
23 December 2017 Championship | Greenock Morton | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Caledonian Stadium |
Harkins |
BBC Report | Raven |
Attendance: 1,547 Referee: Steven |
30 December 2017 Championship | Brechin City | 2–3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glebe Park |
15:00 | Sinclair |
BBC Report | Smith Oakley Tremarco |
Attendance: 571 Referee: Duncan |
2 January 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | Livingston | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Doran Vigurs |
BBC Report | Lithgow |
Attendance: 2239 Referee: Aitken |
6 January 2018 Championship | St Mirren | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | Reilly |
BBC Report | Attendance: 4,448 Referee: Collum |
9 January 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4–1 | Falkirk | Caledonian Stadium |
19:45 | Oakley Bell Mulraney Baird |
Report | Longridge |
Attendance: 2,014 Referee: Beaton |
Note: Rescheduled fixture due to previous postponements |
13 January 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3–1 | Queen of the South | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Vigurs Chalmers Doran |
Report | Bell |
Attendance: 2,209 Referee: Muir |
27 January 2018 Championship | Falkirk | 3–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 | Muirhead |
Report | Mulraney |
Referee: Anderson |
3 February 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | P–P | Dundee United | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | ||||
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[8] |
17 February 2018 Championship | Dunfermline Athletic | P–P | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | East End Park |
15:00 | ||||
Note: Postponed due to fixture clash with Scottish Challenge Cup Semi Finals |
24 February 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–2 | Greenock Morton | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Tiffoney |
Attendance: 2,359 Referee: Kirkland |
27 February 2018 Championship | Dumbarton | P–P | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
19:45 | ||||
Note: Postponed due to Heavy Snowfall[9] |
3 March 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | P–P | Brechin City | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | ||||
Note: Postponed for the safety of travelling fans from the central belt due to extremely heavy snowfall along the A9 and the most of Scotland due to "The Beast from the East" |
5 March 2018 Championship | Dunfermline Athletic | P–P | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | East End Park |
19:45 | ||||
Note: Postponed due to Frozen pitch and Heavy Snowfall. |
10 March 2018 Championship | Livingston | P–P | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 |
13 March 2018 Championship | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | East End Park |
19:45 | Craigen |
Report | Attendance: 2249 Referee: Clancy |
17 March 2018 Championship | Dundee United | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Tannadice Park |
15:00 | Mikkelsen |
Report | Vigurs |
Attendance: 4772 Referee: Kirkland |
27 March 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–0 | Dundee United | Caledonian Stadium |
19:45 | Doran |
Report | Attendance: 2,328 Referee: Aitken |
31 March 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–2 | St Mirren | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Warren |
Report | Davis |
Attendance: 3,025 Referee: Newlands |
3 April 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4–0 | Brechin City | Inverness |
19:45 | Chalmers Donaldson |
Report | Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1,963 Referee: Steven |
7 April 2018 Championship | Queen of the South | 0–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dumfries |
15:00 | Report | Austin |
Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,140 Referee: Anderson |
10 April 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–0 | Falkirk | Inverness |
19:45 | Mulraney |
Report | Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,053 Referee: Walsh |
14 April 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 5–1 | Dumbarton | Inverness |
15:00 | Doran Austin |
Report | Gallagher |
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,355 Referee: Duncan |
17 April 2018 Championship | Dumbarton | P–P | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dumbarton |
19:45 | Referee: Robertson | |||
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, game rescheduled for next day. |
18 April 2018 Championship | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dumbarton |
19:45 | Report | Vigurs |
Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 392 Referee: Robertson |
21 April 2018 Championship | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–2 | Dunfermline Athletic | Inverness |
15:00 | Chalmers |
Ryan |
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,316 Referee: Finnie |
24 April 2018 Championship | Livingston | 0–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Livingston |
19:45 | Report | Polworth |
Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 740 Referee: Steven |
28 April 2018 Championship | Greenock Morton | 0–3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Greenock |
15:00 | Report | Oakley |
Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,539 Referee: Beaton |
League Cup
15 July 2017 League Cup Group A | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3–0 | Brechin City | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Warren Oakley |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Cook |
18 July 2017 League Cup Group A | Stirling Albion | 0–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Forthbank Stadium |
19:45 | BBC Report | Attendance: 591 Referee: Roncone | ||
Note: Inverness earn bonus point after 2 – 0 win on penalties |
22 July 2017 League Cup Group A | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–2 | Falkirk | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | McKee Austin |
Referee: Beaton |
29 July 2017 League Cup Group A | Forfar Athletic | 1–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Station Park |
15:00 | Scott |
BBC Report | Oakley Baird |
Attendance: 517 Referee: Duncan |
Scottish Challenge Cup
2 September 2017 Challenge Cup Second round | Aberdeen U20s | 2 – 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glebe Park |
19:45 | Ross Anderson |
SPFL Report | Calder Polworth Raven Tremarco |
Attendance: 175 Referee: Newlands |
7 October 2017 Challenge Cup Third round | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3 – 0 | Peterhead | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Polworth Calder MacKay |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 930 Referee: Muir |
11 November 2017 Challenge Cup Quarter final | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 – 0 | Falkirk | Caledonian Stadium |
17:15 | Bell |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,078 Referee: Anderson |
18 February 2018 Challenge Cup Semi final | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3 – 2 | Crusaders | Caledonian Stadium |
17:15 | Oakley |
Report | Heatley |
Attendance: 1,044 Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones |
24 March 2018 Challenge Cup Final | Dumbarton | 0 – 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | McDiarmid Park |
16:15 | Report | Tremarco |
Attendance: 4,602 Referee: Dallas |
Scottish Cup
20 January 2018 Scottish Cup Fourth round | Dundee | 2 – 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dens Park |
15:00 | Leich-Smith O'Hara |
Report | Doran Oakley |
Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Finnie |
30 January 2018 Scottish Cup Fourth round replay | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0 – 1 | Dundee | Caledonian Stadium |
19:45 | Allan |
Attendance: 1,746 Referee: Finnie |
Squad statistics
During the 2017–18 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
Appearances
- As of 20 January 2018
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
2 | DF | David Raven | 22 | 1 | 15+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Carl Tremarco | 18 | 2 | 14+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Joe Chalmers | 29 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Gary Warren | 14 | 3 | 9+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Matthew Elsdon | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Liam Polworth | 30 | 3 | 22+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Ross Draper | 5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
8 | FW | Nathan Austin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | John Baird | 29 | 4 | 18+3 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Aaron Doran | 8 | 3 | 3+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | |
11 | MF | Iain Vigurs | 27 | 5 | 19+0 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
14 | FW | George Oakley | 27 | 7 | 8+11 | 4 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | |
15 | MF | Jake Mulraney | 23 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Riccardo Calder | 23 | 2 | 5+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
17 | DF | Collin Seedorf | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Felitciano Zschusschen | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
20 | FW | Connor Bell | 24 | 7 | 16+4 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
21 | FW | Alex Cooper | 10 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
22 | DF | Brad McKay | 29 | 2 | 21+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
23 | DF | Coll Donaldson | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
24 | MF | Charlie Trafford | 17 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
25 | GK | Owain Fôn Williams | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Daniel MacKay | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
28 | GK | Mark Ridgers | 27 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
Overall goalscorers
Rank | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1st | 12 | |
2nd | 8 | |
3rd | 7 | |
4th | 6 | |
5th | 5 | |
8th | 4 | |
10th | 3 | |
12th | 2 | |
15th | 1 |
Club statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 59 | |
5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |
6 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 52 | |
7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 50 |
League Cup table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAL | INV | STI | BRE | FOR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Falkirk (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | |
2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 0–2 | — | — | 3–0 | — | ||
3 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | — | 0–0p | — | 2–0 | — | ||
4 | Brechin City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | 0–3 | — | — | — | p1–1 | ||
5 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | — |
Division summary
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Management statistics
- Last updated 18 April 2018
Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[nb 1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Robertson[14] | 15 July 2017 | Present | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 41.38 |