2011–12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

For the 2011–12 season, Inverness Caley Thistle will compete in the Scottish Premier League, for the second season in a row having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division in 2009–10. . They will also compete in the Scottish Cup, and the League Cup.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

2011–12 season

Chairman

George Fraser

Manager

Terry Butcher

Stadium

Caledonian Stadium

Scottish Premier League

10th (On going)

Scottish Cup

Fourth Round vs Dunfermline Athletic (On going)

League Cup

Second Round, lost to Ayr United

Top goalscorer

Andrew Shinnie (7)
Grégory Tadé (7)

Highest home attendance

6,623 v Rangers SPL 13 August 2011

Lowest home attendance

3,142 v Dundee United SPL 10 December 2011

Average home attendance

4,282

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2012-13 →

1 Results And Fixtures
2 Player statistics
3 Transfers
- 3.1 Players in
- 3.2 Players out
4 References

Results And Fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Pre Season

27 June 2011	Clachnacuddin	0 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Grant Street Park, Inverness
19:30 BST

2 July 2011	Elgin City	0 – 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Borough Briggs, Elgin
17:00 BST		Elgin City Report	Foran 35' 56' 58'

12 July 2011	Livingston	1 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Huish Park, Yeovil
17:00 BST	Jacobs 66'	Livingston FC Report	Foran 38'	Attendance: 507 Referee: Steve Conroy

12 July 2011	Yeovil Town	2 – 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Huish Park, Yeovil
19:40 BST	Upson 8' Blizzard 72'	YTFC Report	Tansey 18' (60), pen.' Shinnie 70' Foran 81'

14 July 2011	Bristol Rovers	2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Twerton Park, Bath
19:40 BST	McGleish 26' (pen) McLaggon 72'	Bristol Rovers Report	Ross 50' 80'	Attendance: 841

19 July 2011	Buckie Thistle	3 – 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park, Buckie
19:40 BST

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League 23 July 2011	Motherwell	3 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00	Hammell 25' Murphy 28' Lasley 77'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,190 Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Premier League 30 July 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 1	Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00		BBC Report	O'Connor 92'	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Steve Conroy

Scottish Premier League 6 August 2011	Dunfermline	3 – 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park, Dunfermline
	Kirk 26', 52' Hardie 90'	BBC	Tansey 46', 83' Hayes 76'	Attendance: 3,378 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Premier League 13 August 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 2	Rangers	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
	Jelavic 60' Edu 68' Edu 75'	BBC Report	Tokely 59'	Attendance: 6,623 Referee: Norris

Scottish Premier League 20 August 2011	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie, Aberdeen
15:00	Milsom 12' Vernon 27'	BBC Sport	Foran 79'	Attendance: 7,989 Referee: Crawford Allan

Scottish Premier League 27 August 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 1	Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Tade 26' Shinnie 89'	BBC Sport	Shiels 35'	Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Madden

Scottish Premier League 10 September 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Tadé 50'	BBC Report	Elliott 81'	Attendance: 4,106 Referee: Collum

Scottish Premier League 17 September 2011	Dundee United	3 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Dalla Valle 13' Swanson 43' Daly 71'	BBC Sport	Ross 16'	Attendance: 6,497 Referee: Conroy

Scottish Premier League 24 September 2011	Celtic	2 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00	Ledley 28' Forrest 33'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 47,382 Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Premier League 1 October 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 1	St. Mirren	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Shinnie 31' Tade 78'	BBC Sport	McAusland 23'	Attendance: 3,249 Referee: Salmond

Scottish Premier League 15 October 2011	St. Johnstone	2 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Sandaza 12' Mackay 65'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,909 Referee: Thomson

Scottish Premier League 22 October 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Tadé 33'	BBC Sport	Buchanan 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,241 Referee: McLean

Scottish Premier League 29 October 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 3	Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Davis 4' Shinnie 76' Hogg 83'	BBC Sport	Hutchinson 39' Lasley 77' Hateley 87'	Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Allan

Scottish Premier League 5 November 2011	Kilmarnock	3 – 6	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	Shiels 12', 73' (pen.) Heffernan 90'	BBC Sport	Shinnie 39', 60', 66' Hayes 53' Tadé 62', 83'	Attendance: 5,626 Referee: Madden

Scottish Premier League 19 November 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Tansey 37'	BBC Sport	Stokes 61' (72)	Attendance: 6,435 Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Premier League 26 November 2011	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Skacel 46' Jonsson 76'	BBC Sport	Tokely 58'	Attendance: 12,021 Referee: Thomson

Scottish Premier League 3 December 2011	St Mirren	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St. Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Thompson 45+2'	BBC Sport	Shinnie 11' Hayes 69'	Attendance: 3,675 Referee: Norris

Scottish Premier League 10 December 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 3	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Hayes 2' McKay 47' Davis 82'	BBC Sport	Russell 51', 78' Golobart 64' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,142 Referee: McLean

Scottish Premier League 17 December 2011	Rangers	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Bocanegra 55' Lafferty 83'	BBC Sport	Shinnie 67'	Attendance: 43,701 Referee: Madden

Scottish Premier League 24 December 2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
12:30	Golobart 64' Tadé 69'	BBC Sport	Fallon 76'	Attendance: 5,888 Referee: Muir

Scottish Premier League 28 December 2011	Hibernian	1 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45	O'Connor 8'	BBC Sport	Hayes 41'	Attendance: 6,923 Referee: McLean

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup

Scottish League Cup Round 2 24 August 2011	Ayr United	1 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Malone 60'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 987 Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup Round 4 7 January 2012	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	–	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness

Player statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. Games	Notes
9	FW	Richie Foran	Republic of Ireland	22	Club captain

Last updated: 30 December 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Only competitive matches.
Only starts as captain.
Ordered by player who has been captain the most number of times.
Country: 1st flag=country of birth, 2nd flag=country that plays for internationally (if different); No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); No. Games = The number of games the player has been captain.

Squad

Last updated 30 December 2011

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Ryan Esson	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Thomas Piermayr	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Ross Tokely	19	1	18	1	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Owain Tudur Jones	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5		MF	Chris Hogg	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Lee Cox	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
7		MF	Jonathan Hayes	14	5	13	5	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Greg Tansey	20	2	20	2	0	0	0	0
9		FW	Richie Foran	22	1	21	1	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Andrew Shinnie	15	7	14	7	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Nick Ross	15	1	14	1	0	0	1	0
12		GK	Jonathan Tuffey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	David Proctor	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
15		FW	Grégory Tadé	22	7	21	7	0	0	1	0
16		DF	Roman Golobart	13	1	12	1	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Gavin Morrison	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Shane Sutherland	17	0	16	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Graeme Shinnie	16	1	15	1	0	0	1	0
20		DF	Tom Aldred	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Aidan Chippendale	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
21		FW	Billy McKay	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
22		DF	Kenny Gillet	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
23		MF	Aaron Doran	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	David Davis	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
26		DF	Josh Meekings	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
31		MF	Liam Polworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 30 December 2011

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1		GK	Ryan Esson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Thomas Piermayr	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3		DF	Ross Tokely	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
4		DF	Owain Tudur Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		MF	Chris Hogg	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
6		MF	Lee Cox	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Jonathan Hayes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		MF	Greg Tansey	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
9		FW	Richie Foran	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
10		MF	Andrew Shinnie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Nick Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		GK	Jonathan Tuffey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		DF	David Proctor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Grégory Tadé	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
16		FW	Roman Golobart	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17		MF	Gavin Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		FW	Shane Sutherland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		DF	Graeme Shinnie	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		DF	Tom Aldred	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Aidan Chippendale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		FW	Billy McKay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		DF	Kenny Gillet	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Aaron Doran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		MF	David Davis	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
26		DF	Josh Meekings	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		MF	Liam Polworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Inverness' first significant move in the close season was to release 10 first team players.^[1] Two players also returned from loan back to their parent club. Chris Hogg was originally released by Caley Thistle at end of last but later re-signed.^[1]^[2]

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Grégory Tadé	Raith Rovers	Free^[3]
Tansey, GregGreg Tansey	Stockport County	Free^[4]
Aldred, TomTom Aldred	Watford	Loan^[5]
Shinnie, AndrewAndrew Shinnie	Rangers	Free^[6]
Josh Meekings	Ipswich Town	Free^[6]
Aaron Doran	Blackburn Rovers	Free^[7]
Piermayr, ThomasThomas Piermayr	LASK Linz	Free^[8]
McKay, BillyBilly McKay	Northampton Town	Free^[9]
Tudur Jones, OwainOwain Tudur Jones	Norwich City	Free^[10]
Golobart, RomanRoman Golobart	Wigan Athletic	Loan^[11]
Chippendale, AidanAidan Chippendale	Huddersfield Town	Loan^[12]
Davis, DavidDavid Davis	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan^[13]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Grant Munro	Ross County	Free^[14]
Roy McBain	Peterhead	Free^[15]
Stuart Golabek	Brora Rangers	Free^[16]
Russell Duncan	Ross County	Free^[17]
Max Johnson		Free
Chris Innes		Free
Gil Blumstein		Free
Dani Sánchez	Wellington Phoenix	Free^[18]
Eric Odhiambo	Denizlispor	Free^[19]
Alex MacDonald	Burnley	Loan Return
Aaron Doran	Blackburn Rovers	Loan Return
Adam Rooney	Birmingham	Free^[20]
Moir, ChrisChris Moir	Brora Rangers	Free^[21]

References

^ ^a ^b "Inverness CT to part company with 10 players in summer". BBC News. 3 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13262352.stm. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
^ "Hogg Tied!". ictfc.co.uk (Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.). http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110729/hogg-tied_2208825_2405219. Retrieved 29 July 2011 date=29 July 2011.
^ "Inverness Caley Thistle snap up striker Gregory Tade". BBC News. 8 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13701089.stm. Retrieved June 08, 2011.
^ "Greg Tansey looking forward to SPL challenge after move to Inverness Caledonian Thistle". Stockport Express. 8 June 2011. http://menmedia.co.uk/stockportexpress/sport/football/stockport_county/s/1422959_greg-tansey-looking-forward-to-spl-challenge-after-move-to-inverness-caledonian-thistle?rss=yes. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
^ "ALDRED LEAVES ON LOAN". Watford FC. 21 June 2011. http://www.watfordfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10400~2379492,00.html. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Double Capture". ictfc.co.uk (Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.). 4 July 2011. http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110704/double-capture_2208825_2386321. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
^ "Doran joins Inverness". Blackburn Rovers. Rovers.co.uk. July 21, 2011. http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2398375,00.html. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
^ "Austrian defender Thomas Piermayr joins Inverness CT". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). July 23, 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14261332.stm. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
^ "DOUBLE SWOOP!". ictfc.co.uk. ICT News. July 21, 2011. http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110713/double-swoop_2208825_2392151. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
^ "Jones Joins Inverness". Inverness News. icIctfc. July 29, 2011. http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110728/along-came-jones-_2208825_2404085. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
^ "Golobart heads to Inverness". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 19 August 2011. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_7112198,00.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
^ "Aidan arrives". Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.. http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110831/aidan-arrives_2208825_2437623. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
^ "Wolf at the door!". Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.. 31 August 2011. http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110831/wolf-at-the-door_2208825_2437286. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
^ "Grant Munro agrees move to Ross County". BBC Sport. 24 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13523304.stm. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ "McBain Signs Up". peterheadfc.co.uk (Peterhead F.C.). 17 May 2011. http://www.peterheadfc.co.uk/NewsDetail.asp?News_ID=470. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
^ "Brora Rangers announce Stuart Golabek signing". ngrfoundation.co.uk (Highland League). 22 May 2011. http://www.ngrfoundation.co.uk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25214&Itemid=1. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ "Duncan joins County along with Hibs youngster". The Courier. 14 June 2011. http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Duncan-joins-County.htm. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
^ "Wellington Phoenix Sign Sanchez". footballaustralia.com.au. Wellington Phoenix FC. 5 September 2011. http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/Wellington%20Phoenix%20Sign%20Sanchez/41008. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
^ "Odhiambo opts for Turkish move". Sky Sports (BSKYB). July 07, 2011. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_7024910,00.html. Retrieved July 07, 2011.
^ "Birmingham City snap up striker Adam Rooney". BBC Sport (BBC). June 29, 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13968294.stm. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
^ "Brora Rangers sign Moir from ICT". ngrfoundation.co.uk (Highland League). 21 June 2011. http://www.ngrfoundation.co.uk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25251&Itemid=1. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

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2011–12 in Scottish football

« 2010–11 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	Premier 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

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup · League Cup · Challenge Cup (Final) · Junior Cup · Youth Cup · Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League · Europa League

Related to national team	Results · 2012 Euro qualifying (UEFA Group I)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen · Celtic · Dundee United · Dunfermline Athletic · Heart of Midlothian · Hibernian · Inverness Caledonian Thistle · Kilmarnock · Motherwell · Rangers · St. Johnstone · St. Mirren

First Division	Ayr United · Dundee · Falkirk · Greenock Morton · Hamilton Academical · Livingston · Partick Thistle · Queen of the South · Raith Rovers · Ross County

Second Division	Airdrie United · Albion Rovers · Arbroath · Brechin City · Cowdenbeath · Dumbarton · East Fife · Forfar Athletic · Stenhousemuir · Stirling Albion

Third Division	Alloa Athletic · Annan Athletic · Berwick Rangers · Clyde · East Stirlingshire · Elgin City · Montrose · Peterhead · Queen's Park · Stranraer

List of Scottish football transfers summer 2011 List of Scottish football transfer winter 2011–12

2011–12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Contents

Results And Fixtures

Pre Season

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

Squad

Disciplinary Record

Transfers

Players in

Players out

References