2011–12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2009–10 season.^[1] Inverness also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

2011–12 season
Chairman	George Fraser (Until 22 September 2011) Kenny Cameron (From 22 September 2011)
Manager	Terry Butcher
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
SPL	Tenth
Scottish Cup	Fifth round, lost to Celtic
League Cup	Second round, lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorer	League: Grégory Tadé (9) All: Grégory Tadé (9) Jonny Hayes (9)
Highest home attendance	6,623 v Rangers, 13 August 2011
Lowest home attendance	3,036 v Dunfermline Athletic, 2 May 2012
Average home league attendance	4,181
Home colours Away colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Summary

Inverness finished tenth in the Scottish Premier League.^[2] They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by semifinalists Celtic.^[3] They were beaten in the second round of the League Cup by First Division side Ayr United.^[4]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre season

Clachnacuddin v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Elgin City v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Livingston v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

10 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

Yeovil Town v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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'

Bristol Rovers v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Buckie Thistle v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

23 July 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hibernian

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

Dunfermline Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

6 August 2011 Scottish Premier League	Dunfermline Athletic	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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Rangers

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

Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Kilmarnock

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Heart of Midlothian

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

Dundee United v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

17 September 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v St Mirren

1 October 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

St Johnstone v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Motherwell

29 October 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

Kilmarnock v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

5 November 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Celtic

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

Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

26 November 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

St Mirren v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

3 December 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee United

10 December 2011 Scottish Premier League	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

Rangers v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Aberdeen

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

Hibernian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

14 January 2012 Scottish Premier League	Motherwell	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00		BBC Sport	Tadé 67'	Attendance: 4,152 Referee: Madden

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Heart of Midlothian

21 January 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Sutherland 49'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,812 Referee: Salmond

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v St Mirren

28 January 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Finnie

Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

11 February 2012 Scottish Premier League	Celtic	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Ledley 16' Majstorovic  60'	BBC Sport	Williams  78'	Attendance: 50,014 Referee: Mclean

Dunfermline Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

18 February 2012 Scottish Premier League	Dunfermline Athletic	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00	Cardle 45'	BBC Sport	Ross 73'	Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Madden

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Rangers

26 February 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–4	Rangers	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
12:45	Williams 40'	BBC Sport	Davis 6' Aluko 16' Little 36' McCulloch 72'	Attendance: 6,416 Referee: Collum

Dundee United v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

5 March 2012 Scottish Premier League	Dundee United	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45	Rankin 15' Robertson 52' Russell 78'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 5,994 Referee: Muir

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Kilmarnock

10 March 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Golobart 83'	BBC Sport	Golobart 31' (Own goal)	Attendance: 3,060 Referee: Murray

Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

24 March 2012 Scottish Premier League	Aberdeen	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00		BBC Sport	Tadé 10' Meekings  58'	Attendance: 8,939 Referee: Finnie

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v St Johnstone

28 March 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45		BBC Sport	Sandaza 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,035 Referee: Collum

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hibernian

1 April 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–3	Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Tansey 60' (pen.) Hayes 83'	BBC Sport	Hanlon 64' O'Connor 75' Griffiths 85'	Attendance: 3,274 Referee: Madden

St Johnstone v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

7 April 2012 Scottish Premier League	St Johnstone	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Clancy

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Aberdeen

21 April 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00		BBC Sport	Golobart 46' (o.g.) Gillet 89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,487 Referee: McLean

Kilmarnock v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

28 April 2012 Scottish Premier League	Kilmarnock	4–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	Fowler 14' Nelson 66' Shiels 80', 85'	BBC Sport	McKay 29', 35' Hayes  58'  Williams 90'	Attendance: 3,848 Referee: Salmond

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic

2 May 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,036 Referee: O'Reilly

St Mirren v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

5 May 2012 Scottish Premier League	St Mirren	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00		BBC Sport	Foran 85'	Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Murray

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hibernian

12 May 2012 Scottish Premier League	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Tansey 62' Hayes 71' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 4,457 Referee: Beaton

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup

Ayr United v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

24 August 2011 Scottish League Cup round 2	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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic

7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Gillet  29' Hayes 90'	Sky Report	Barrowman 30'	Attendance: 1,601 Referee: Norris

Dunfermline Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

18 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 replay	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45	Barrowman 40'	BBC Sport	Hayes 54' A. Shinnie 93' Tansey 110'	Attendance: 1,594 Referee: Norris

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Celtic

4 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
12:45		BBC Report	Samaras 33' Brown 68'	Attendance: 5,743 Referee: Murray

Player statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
9	FW	Richie Foran		41	Club captain

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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.

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Ryan Esson	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	AUT	Thomas Piermayr	23	0	20	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Ross Tokely	32	1	29	1	2	0	1	0
4	DF	WAL	Owain Tudur Jones	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	ENG	Chris Hogg	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	ENG	Lee Cox	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	IRL	Jonny Hayes	29	9	25	7	3	2	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Greg Tansey	39	5	36	4	3	1	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Richie Foran	41	2	37	2	3	0	1	0
10	MF	SCO	Andrew Shinnie	19	8	17	7	1	1	1	0
11	MF	SCO	Nick Ross	32	2	29	2	2	0	1	0
12	GK	NIR	Jonathan Tuffey	9	0	5	0	3	0	1	0
14	DF	SCO	David Proctor	19	0	17	0	2	0	0	0
15	FW	FRA	Grégory Tadé	40	9	36	9	3	0	1	0
16	DF	ESP	Roman Golobart	25	2	22	2	2	0	1	0
17	MF	SCO	Gavin Morrison	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	SCO	Shane Sutherland	30	1	28	1	1	0	1	0
19	DF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	32	1	28	1	3	0	1	0
20	DF	SCO	Tom Aldred	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Aidan Chippendale	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Sam Winnall	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
21	FW	NIR	Billy McKay	24	3	22	3	2	0	0	0
22	DF	FRA	Kenny Gillet	27	0	25	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF	IRL	Aaron Doran	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	ENG	Steve Williams	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	David Davis	15	1	14	1	1	0	0	0
25	MF	FRA	Claude Gnakpa	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Josh Meekings	21	0	19	0	2	0	0	0
31	MF	SCO	Liam Polworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012

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	1	0	0	0	7	0
3		DF	Ross Tokely	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
4		DF	Owain Tudur Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	Chris Hogg	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
6		MF	Lee Cox	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Jonny Hayes	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
8		MF	Greg Tansey	6	1	0	0	0	0	6'	1
9		FW	Richie Foran	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	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	1	0	0	0	2	0
15		FW	Grégory Tadé	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
16		FW	Roman Golobart	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
17		MF	Gavin Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		FW	Shane Sutherland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Graeme Shinnie	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	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
20		FW	Sam Winnall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		FW	Billy McKay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		DF	Kenny Gillet	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1
23		MF	Aaron Doran	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Steve Williams	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
25		MF	David Davis	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
25		MF	Claude Gnakpa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26		DF	Josh Meekings	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
31		MF	Liam Polworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	St Mirren	38	9	16	13	39	51	−12	43
9	Aberdeen	38	9	14	15	36	44	−8	41
10	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	10	9	19	42	60	−18	39
11	Hibernian	38	8	9	21	40	67	−27	33
12	Dunfermline Athletic (R)	38	5	10	23	40	82	−42	25	Relegation to the First Division

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Hat-tricks

Player	Competition	Score	Opponent	Date
Richie Foran	Friendly	0–3	Elgin City	2 July 2011
Andrew Shinnie	Scottish Premier League	3–6	Kilmarnock	5 November 2011

Transfers

Inverness' first significant move in the close season was to release 10 first team players.^[5] Two players also returned from loan back to their parent club. Chris Hogg was originally released by Caley Thistle at end of the season but later re-signed.^[5][6]

Players in Player From Fee Grégory Tadé Raith Rovers Free[7] Greg Tansey Stockport County Free[8] Tom Aldred Watford Loan[9] Andrew Shinnie Rangers Free[10] Josh Meekings Ipswich Town Free[10] Aaron Doran Blackburn Rovers Free[11] Thomas Piermayr LASK Linz Free[12] Billy McKay Northampton Town Free[13] Owain Tudur Jones Norwich City Free[14] Roman Golobart Wigan Athletic Loan[15] Aidan Chippendale Huddersfield Town Loan[16] David Davis Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan[17] Steve Williams Bradford City Loan[18] Sam Winnall Wolves Loan[19] Claude Gnakpa Walsall Free[20]

Players out Player To Fee Grant Munro Ross County Free[21] Roy McBain Peterhead Free[22] Stuart Golabek Brora Rangers Free[23] Russell Duncan Ross County Free[24] Max Johnson Blyth Spartans[25] Free[5] Chris Innes Arbroath[26] Free[5] Gil Blumstein Free agent Free[5] Dani Sánchez Wellington Phoenix Free[27] Eric Odhiambo Denizlispor Free[28] Adam Rooney Birmingham Free[29] Chris Moir Brora Rangers Free[30] Lee Cox Swindon Town Undisclosed[31] Gavin Morrison Grindavik Loan[32] Claude Gnakpa Free agent Free[33]