2014–15 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2014–15 season
Chairman Roy MacGregor
Manager Derek Adams (sacked)
Jim McIntyre (joined from Queen of the South)
Stadium Victoria Park, Dingwall, Ross-shire
Premiership Tenth place (Ongoing)
League Cup Third Round lost to Hibernian
Scottish Cup Fourth Round lost to St. Johnstone
Top goalscorer League: Liam Boyce (7)
All: Liam Boyce (8)
Highest home attendance 5,693 vs Celtic
Premiership
18 October 2014
Lowest home attendance 1,819 vs Hibernian
League Cup
23 September 2014
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2014–15 season is the club's 2nd season in the Scottish Premiership and their third consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

The club began the 2014-15 season under the management of Derek Adams. On 28 August 2014, after a poor start to the season, Adams was sacked along with his father who was a director of football. [1] On 9 September 2014, Jim McIntyre joined from Scottish Championship side Queen of the South with Billy Dodds as his assistant. [2]

Season summary

County lost their first 7 games of the season and were rock-bottom of The Premiership. After the sacking of Derek Adams in late August, in September, they hired Jim McIntyre and started to pick up results. With County still bottom, McIntyre was backed by the board to bring in some new players. [3] They failed to win a match between end of November to the end of January. After the 4-0 defeat away to Aberdeen in early February, County went on an unbeaten run up to the split, winning 8 of the next 9 matches. On 13 April 2015, Liam Boyce scored the club's first ever top-flight hat-trick for County in a 3-0 win at St. Mirren. [4]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Ross County have used thirty four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. This table also shows players who were on the bench and did not play.

Appearances

As of 25 April 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain Antonio Reguero 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Méïté 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland Rocco Quinn 12 0 8+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland Scott Boyd 31 0 28+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland Steven Saunders 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England Joe Cardle 24 0 11+10 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland Richard Brittain 22 0 18+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
9 FW England Jake Jervis 29 4 10+17 3 1+0 0 1+0 1
10 MF Slovakia Filip Kiss 31 0 20+9 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW England Craig Curran 15 5 14+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF England Jamie Reckord 23 1 22+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 MF Scotland Darren Barr 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 29 8 13+13 7 0+2 1 0+1 0
17 FW Scotland Steven Ross 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF England Ben Frempah 8 0 4+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
20 MF Lithuania Darvydas Šernas 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK Scotland Mark Brown 23 0 20+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF Spain Rubén Palazuelos 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland Graham Carey 25 2 17+5 2 2+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF Italy Raffaele De Vita 10 3 10+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland Martin Woods 24 1 22+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 FW Scotland Kyle MacLeod 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Scotland Tony Dingwall 16 2 8+7 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
31 MF Canada Terry Dunfield 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Australia Jackson Irvine 26 2 23+1 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
38 DF Australia Cameron Burgess 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 FW Scotland Michael Gardyne 22 5 18+2 5 0+1 0 0+1 0
43 DF Scotland Paul Quinn 26 3 24+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
44 DF Scotland Marcus Fraser 12 1 12+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
2 DF Belgium Tim Dreesen 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Slovenia Uroš Celcer 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Netherlands Melvin de Leeuw 8 1 3+3 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
14 FW Netherlands Darren Maatsen 8 2 0+8 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW Martinique Yoann Arquin 19 2 14+3 2 1+0 0 0+1 0
19 DF England Jim Fenlon 6 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF Netherlands Jordi Balk 5 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Scotland Lewis Toshney 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 25 April 2015
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 SpainGK Antonio Reguero 10000010
2 BelgiumDF Tim Dreesen 20000020
3 SloveniaDF Uroš Celcer 11000011
4 ScotlandDF Rocco Quinn 20000020
5 ScotlandDF Scott Boyd 50000050
6 ScotlandDF Steven Saunders 30000030
8 ScotlandMF Richard Brittain 40000040
9 EnglandFW Jake Jervis 10000010
10SlovakiaMF Filip Kiss 70000070
11NetherlandsFW Melvin de Leeuw 30000030
11EnglandFW Craig Curran 10000010
12EnglandDF Jamie Reckord 40001050
15MartiniqueFW Yoann Arquin 20000020
16Northern IrelandFW Liam Boyce 21000021
19EnglandDF Jim Fenlon 10000010
20NetherlandsMF Jordi Balk 10000010
20LithuaniaMF Darvydas Šernas 10000010
23Republic of IrelandDF Graham Carey 50101070
24ItalyMF Raffaele De Vita 10000010
26ScotlandMF Martin Woods 50000050
30ScotlandMF Tony Dingwall 10000010
31CanadaMF Terry Dunfield 11000011
36AustraliaMF Jackson Irvine 60000060
40ScotlandFW Michael Gardyne 20100030
43ScotlandDF Paul Quinn 30001040
44ScotlandDF Marcus Fraser 30000030
TOTALS 67 3 2 0 3 0 72 3

Goal scorers

As of 25 April 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Northern Ireland16Liam Boyce7108
2 England11Craig Curran5005
Scotland40Michael Gardyne5005
4 England9 Jake Jervis3014
5 Italy24Raffaele De Vita3003
Scotland43Paul Quinn3003
7 Netherlands14Darren Maatsen2002
Martinique15Yoann Arquin2002
Republic of Ireland23Graham Carey2002
Scotland30Tony Dingwall2002
Australia36Jackson Irvine2002
12 Netherlands11Melvin de Leeuw0101
England12Jamie Reckord1001
Scotland26Martin Woods1001
Scotland44Marcus Fraser1001
Own Goals1001
TOTALS 402143

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Partick Thistle 35 12 8 15 46 39 +7 44
9 Kilmarnock 35 10 8 17 38 53 −15 38
10 Ross County 35 10 8 17 41 59 −18 38
11 Motherwell 35 9 5 21 34 60 −26 32 Qualification to Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 St. Mirren 35 7 3 25 26 63 −37 24 Relegation to Scottish Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Scottish Premiership
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
Result L L L L L L L W D L D L W L L D L D L D L L D L W W W W D W W W W L        
Position 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10        

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Ross County score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 0-3 0-1 0-4 0
Celtic 0-5 0-0 0-1 1
Dundee 2-1 1-1 1-0 7
Dundee United 1-2 2-3 2-1 3
Hamilton Academical 0-4 0-1 2-2 1
Inverness C.T. 1-1 1-3 1-1 2
Kilmarnock 1-2 3-0 2-1 6
Motherwell 1-2 2-2 3-2 4
Partick Thistle 0-4 3-1 1-0 1-2 6
St. Johnstone 1-2 1-2 1-0 3
St. Mirren 2-2 1-2 3-0 4

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Awards

Player of the Month

Player Month
Raffaele De VitaMarch [5]

Manager of the Month

Manager Month
Jim McIntyreFebruary [6]
Jim McIntyreMarch [7]

Transfers

Players In

Date Player From Fee
21 May 2014 England Joe Cardle Scotland Raith Rovers Free[8]
7 June 2014 England Jake Jervis England Portsmouth Free[9]
13 June 2014 Northern Ireland Liam Boyce Northern Ireland Cliftonville Free[10]
17 June 2014 Spain Antonio Reguero Scotland Kilmarnock Free[11]
18 July 2014 Belgium Tim Dreesen Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Free[12]
18 July 2014 Netherlands Jordi Balk Netherlands Utrecht Free[13]
18 July 2014 England Ben Frempah England Leicester City Free[14]
21 July 2014 England Jim Fenlon England AFC Wimbledon Free[15]
6 August 2014 Slovakia Filip Kiss Wales Cardiff City Loan[16]
6 August 2014 Slovenia Uroš Celcer Italy Parma Free[17]
6 August 2014 France Rosario Latouchent France Caen Free[18]
1 September 2014 Scotland Michael Gardyne Scotland Dundee United Loan[19]
1 September 2014 Scotland Darren Barr Scotland Kilmarnock Free[20]
1 September 2014 Australia Jackson Irvine Scotland Celtic Loan[21]
27 September 2014 Scotland Lewis Toshney Scotland Celtic Free[22]
9 October 2014 Scotland Martin Woods England Barnsley Free[23]
16 October 2014 Canada Terry Dunfield England Oldham Athletic Free[24]
16 October 2014 England Jamie Reckord England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free[25]
2 January 2015 England Craig Curran England Nuneaton Town Free[26]
15 January 2015 Australia Cameron Burgess England Fulham Loan[27]
22 January 2015 Scotland Marcus Fraser Scotland Celtic Free[28]
27 January 2015 Lithuania Darvydas Šernas Poland Wigry Suwałki Free[29]
30 January 2015 Spain Rubén Palazuelos Cyprus Ermis Aradippou Free[30]
30 January 2015 Italy Raffaele De Vita England Cheltenham Town Free[31]
13 February 2015 Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Meite Greece OFI Crete Free[32]

Players Out

Date Player To Fee
23 May 2014 Scotland Gordon Finlayson Scotland Elgin City Free[33]
17 June 2014 Scotland Michael Fraser Scotland Elgin City Free[34]
1 July 2014 England Ben Gordon England Colchester United Free[35]
3 July 2014 Scotland Alex Cooper Scotland Falkirk Free[36]
11 July 2014 Scotland Gary Glen Scotland Livingston Free[37]
22 July 2014 England Evangelos Ikonomou Cyprus Doxa Katokopias Free[38]
15 August 2014 Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Scotland Brora Rangers Free[39]
13 October 2014 Netherlands Marc Klok Bulgaria Cherno More Varna Free[40]
28 October 2014 Netherlands Melvin de Leeuw Released Free[41]
7 November 2014 France Rosario Latouchent Released Free[42]
13 November 2014 Slovenia Uroš Celcer Released Free[43]
13 November 2014 Belgium Tim Dreesen Released Free[44]
12 January 2015 Netherlands Jordi Balk Netherlands FC Oss Free[45][46]
2 February 2015 Netherlands Darren Maatsen Netherlands Den Bosch Free[47]
2 February 2015 Scotland Lewis Toshney Scotland Cowdenbeath Free[48]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Ross County sack manager Derek Adams and his father George". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ross County: Jim McIntyre joins from Queen of the South". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ross County: Boss Jim McIntyre grateful for backing from board". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Boyce hat-trick in Ross County win at St Mirren". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ross County: Raffaelle De Vita takes March player award". BBC Sport. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ross County's McIntyre and ICT's Christie win February awards". BBC Sport. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jim McIntyre: Ross County boss wins Premiership manager award". BBC Sport. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ross County sign winger Joe Cardle from Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Jake Jervis agrees Ross County move after Portsmouth exit". BBC Sport. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Cliftonville striker Liam Boyce agrees move to Ross County". BBC Sport. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ross County: Goalkeeper Antonio Reguero agrees move to Dingwall". BBC Sport. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Defender Jimmy Fenlon becomes latest Ross County capture". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Ross County: Filip Kiss among new trio of new signings". BBC Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Ross County: Filip Kiss among new trio of new signings". BBC Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Ross County: Filip Kiss among new trio of new signings". BBC Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Ross County: Three players sign on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Ross County: Three players sign on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Ross County: Three players sign on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ross County: Lewis Toshney impact hailed after first league win". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ross County sign up midfielder Martin Woods". BBC Sport. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "Ross County: Boss Jim McIntyre grateful for backing from board". BBC Sport. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "Ross County: Boss Jim McIntyre grateful for backing from board". BBC Sport. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  26. ↑ "Ross County: Striker Craig Curran wins six-month contract". BBC Sport. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "Ross County sign Cameron Burgess on loan from Fulham". BBC Sport. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  28. ↑ "Ross County sign defender Marcus Fraser". BBC Sport. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  29. ↑ "Darvydas Sernas: Ross County sign Lithuania midfielder". BBC Sport. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  30. ↑ "Ross County add Ruben Palazuelos and Raffaele De Vita". BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  31. ↑ "Ross County add Ruben Palazuelos and Raffaele De Vita". BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  32. ↑ "Abdoulaye Meite: Ross County sign defender until season's end". BBC Sport. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  33. ↑ "Elgin bring in trio". SPFL. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  34. ↑ "Michael Fraser: Out of contract goalkeeper leaves Ross County". BBC Sport. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  35. ↑ "Chris Lewington, Ben Gordon and Sean Clohessy join Colchester Utd". BBC Sport. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  36. ↑ "Falkirk: Jamie MacDonald one of five new arrivals". BBC Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  37. ↑ "Livingston bring in Glen". SPFL. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  38. ↑ "Ross County: Evangelos Oikonomou makes second exit". BBC Sport. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  39. ↑ "Ross County: Midfielder Stuart Kettlewell leaves club". BBC Sport. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  40. ↑ "Early Ross County release for Marc Klok". BBC Sport. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  41. ↑ "Ross County: Melvin De Leeuw exits 'for personal reasons'". BBC Sport. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  42. ↑ "Rosario Latouchent leaves Ross County". pressandjournal. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  43. ↑ "Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  44. ↑ "Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  45. ↑ "Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  46. ↑ "Balk maakt seizoen af bij FC Oss (in Dutch)". kliknieuws. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  47. ↑ "Ross County: Darren Maatsen leaves for Den Bosch". BBC Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  48. ↑ "Ross County: Darren Maatsen leaves for Den Bosch". BBC Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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