2010–11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2010–11 season
Chairman	George Fraser
Manager	Terry Butcher
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
Scottish Premier League	7th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Adam Rooney (15); All: ; Adam Rooney (21)
Highest home attendance	7,547 vs. Celtic Scottish Premier League 14 August 2010
Lowest home attendance	1,001 vs. Peterhead League Cup 25 August 2010
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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.

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

14 August 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC SPORT	McCourt 56'	Attendance: 7,547 Referee: Murray

22 August 2010 SPL	Dundee United	0–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
		BBC SPORT	McCann 34' Rooney 51' Duncan 53' Rooney 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,575 Referee: Muir

28 August 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Hamilton	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC SPORT	Imrie 1'	Attendance: 3,851 Referee: McKendrick

11 September 2010 SPL	Hibernian	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Easter Road
	Riordan 8'	BBC SPORT	Rooney 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,358 Referee: Allan

18 September 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Hearts	Caledonian Stadium
	Odhiambo 37'	BBC SPORT	Innes 45' (Og.) Stevenson 55' Elliot 69'	Attendance: 4,515 Referee: Brines

25 September 2010 SPL	St Mirren	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park
	McGowan 77'	BBC SPORT	Odhiambo 45+2' (50)	Attendance: 3,954 Referee: Finnie

2 October 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 19' Rooney 61'	BBC SPORT	Paton	Attendance: 6,414 Referee: Murray

16 October SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 71'	BBC SPORT	Samuel 8'	Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Muir

23 October 2010 SPL	Kilmarnock	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park
	Miguel 74'	BBC SPORT	Rooney 42' (pen.) Hayes 66'	Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Norris

30 October SPL	Rangers	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Ibrox
	Edu 11'	BBC SPORT	Odhiambo 81'	Attendance: 43,697 Referee: Brines

6 November 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium
	Duff 75'	BBC SPORT	Gow 33' Blackman 43'	Attendance: 4,054 Referee: Tumilty

9 November 2010 SPL	Aberdeen	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie
	Velicka 49'	BBC SPORT	Rooney 34' (pen.) Munro 81'	Attendance: 5,917 Referee: McKendrick

13 November 2010 SPL	Hamilton	1–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park
	Imrie 29'	BBC SPORT	Rooney 34' 59' Hayes 52'	Attendance: 2,019 Referee: McLean

20 November 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–2	Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 7' Rooney 51' (pen.) 70' 80'	BBC SPORT	Riordan 66' Miller 78' (pen.) Hanlon	Attendance: 4,217 Referee: Conroy

27 November 2010 SPL	Celtic	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Celtic Park
	Ki 38' McCourt 65'	BBC SPORT	Foran 70' Munro 83'	Attendance: 46,096 Referee: Hamer

11 December 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Rangers	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 31'	BBC SPORT	Miller 57'	Attendance: 6,799 Referee: Murray

18 December 2010 SPL	Hearts	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
	Kyle 25' (pen.)	BBC SPORT	Munro 17'	Attendance: 12,994 Referee: Winter

26 December 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium
	Cox 8'	BBC SPORT	Thomson 44' 85'	Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Thomson

29 December 2010 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 71'	BBC SPORT	Bryson 26' Kelly 68' Hamill 68'	Attendance: 3,735 Referee: Collum

2 January 2011 SPL	St Johnstone	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
	Samuel 85'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Salmond

15 January 2011 SPL	Motherwell	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park
		BBC SPORT		Attendance: 3,728 Referee: Norris

18 January 2011 SPL	Rangers	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Ibrox
	Davis 45'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 41,623 Referee: Thomson

22 January 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Hamilton	Caledonian Stadium
	Sánchez 18'	BBC SPORT	Antoine-Curier 45+1' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Finnie

26 January 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
	Munro	BBC SPORT	Jack 44' Blackman 49'	Attendance: 4,468 Referee: Conroy

12 February 2011 SPL	St Mirren	3–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park
	Higdon 28' (pen.) Thomson 29' McGregor 74'	BBC SPORT	Rooney 6' 61' Doran 33'	Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Madden

19 February 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium
	Tokely 28' Duncan 62'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 3,942 Referee: Collum

26 February 2011 SPL	Hibernian	2–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Easter Road
	Booth 58' Stevenson 89'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 13,841 Referee: Thomson

1 March 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC SPORT	Buaben 75' Robertson 90'	Attendance: 3,392 Referee: McLean

5 March 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium
	Sutherland 18' Foran 64' MacDonald 72'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 3,563 Referee: Brines

19 March 2011 SPL	Dundee United	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice
	Swanson 43'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 6,548 Referee: Salmond

9 April 2011 SPL	Kilmarnock	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park
	Kelly 13'	BBC SPORT	Hayes 10'	Attendance: 4,518 Referee: McKendrick

16 April 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1– 1	Hearts	Caledonian Stadium
	Doran 6' Tokely 78'	BBC Sport	Elliot 53'	Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Crawford Allan

25 April 2011 SPL	St Johnstone	0– 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
		BBC Sport	Innes 36' Doran 57' Foran 70'	Attendance: 2,395 Referee: Bobby Madden

30 April 2011 SPL	Aberdeen	1– 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie
	Pawlett 75'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 6,280 Referee: George Salmond

4 May 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3– 2	Celtic	Caledonian 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 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1– 0	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium
	Duncan 71' Rooney 85'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Bobby Madden

11 May 2011 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2– 0	Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 42' Ross 51'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,344 Referee: Stephen Finnie

14 May 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1– 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park
	Mensing 50'	BBC Sport	Foran 44' Rooney 57'	Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Iain Brines

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	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

8 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Elgin City	Caledonian Stadium
	Sánchez 90+2' Rooney 90+4'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 2,808 Referee: Smith

5 February 2011 Scottish Cup round 5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	5–1	Morton	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 19' 86' Rooney 38' 66' Hogg 62'	BBC SPORT	Lyle 83'	Attendance: 1,893 Referee: Charleston

16 March 2011 Scottish Cup Quarter-final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 44' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Ledley 45+2' 68'	Attendance: 6,064 Referee: Tumilty

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 League Cup round 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Queen's Park	Caledonian Stadium
	Cox 22' Odhiambo 55' Tokely 57'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 1,099 Referee: McLean

25 August 2010 League Cup round 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Peterhead	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 32' (pen.) Munro 38' Rooney 49'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 1,001 Referee: Somers

22 September 2010 League Cup round 3	Celtic	6–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Celtic 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Transfers

Transfers In
Player	Age*	From	Fee
Kenny Gillet	24	Barnet	Free
Jonathan Tuffey	23	Partick Thistle	Free
Chris Innes	33	St Mirren	Free
Chris Hogg	25	Hibernian	Free
Stuart Duff	28	Aberdeen	Free
Gil Blumstein	20	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Free
Max Johnson	19	Newcastle United	Undisclosed
Kevin McCann	22	Hibernian	Loan
Aaron Doran	19	Blackburn Rovers	Loan
Alex MacDonald	20	Burnley	Loan

Transfers Out
Player	Age*	To	Fee
Robert Eagle	23	Grimsby Town	Free
Dan Stratford	25	Hereford United	Free
Kyle Allison	20	Dunfermline Athletic	Free
Jamie Duff	21	Elgin City	Free
Lionel Djebi-Zadi	28	Saint Louisienne	Free
Roy McBain	36	Brechin City	Loan

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.

Hat-tricks


Player	Competition	Score	Opponent	Date
Adam Rooney	Scottish Premier League	4–2	Hibernian	20 November 2010

References

External links

Inverness Fixture List

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2010 2011
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Final Women's Cup 2010 2011 Women's League Cup 2010 2011
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2012 Euro qualifying UEFA Group I
Events	Scottish football referee strike
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Cowdenbeath Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County Stirling Albion
Second Division	Airdrie United Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Livingston Peterhead Stenhousemuir
Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers 2010–11