2011–12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2011–12 season
ChairmanGeorge Fraser
(Until 22 September 2011)
Kenny Cameron
(From 22 September 2011)
ManagerTerry Butcher
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
SPLTenth
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Celtic
League CupSecond round, lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Grégory Tadé (9)

All:
Grégory Tadé (9)
Jonny Hayes (9)
Highest home attendance6,623 v Rangers, 13 August 2011
Lowest home attendance3,036 v Dunfermline Athletic, 2 May 2012
Average home league attendance4,181

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.

Summary

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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 lower league opposition Ayr United.[4]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre season

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

Scottish Premier League

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
9 FW Richie Foran Republic of Ireland 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

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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 Scotland SCO Ryan Esson 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Austria AUT Thomas Piermayr 23 0 20 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Ross Tokely 32 1 29 1 2 0 1 0
4 DF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF England ENG Chris Hogg 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF England ENG Lee Cox 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonny Hayes 29 9 25 7 3 2 1 0
8 MF England ENG Greg Tansey 39 5 36 4 3 1 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Foran 41 2 37 2 3 0 1 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 19 8 17 7 1 1 1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Nick Ross 32 2 29 2 2 0 1 0
12 GK Northern Ireland NIR Jonathan Tuffey 9 0 5 0 3 0 1 0
14 DF Scotland SCO David Proctor 19 0 17 0 2 0 0 0
15 FW France FRA Grégory Tadé 40 9 36 9 3 0 1 0
16 DF Spain ESP Roman Golobart 25 2 22 2 2 0 1 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Morrison 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Shane Sutherland 30 1 28 1 1 0 1 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Graeme Shinnie 32 1 28 1 3 0 1 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Tom Aldred 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF England ENG Aidan Chippendale 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW England ENG Sam Winnall 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
21 FW Northern Ireland NIR Billy McKay 24 3 22 3 2 0 0 0
22 DF France FRA Kenny Gillet 27 0 25 0 2 0 0 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran 12 0 10 0 1 0 1 0
24 DF England ENG Steve Williams 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0
25 MF England ENG David Davis 15 1 14 1 1 0 0 0
25 MF France FRA Claude Gnakpa 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF England ENG Josh Meekings 21 0 19 0 2 0 0 0
31 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Ryan Esson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Austria DF Thomas Piermayr 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
3 Scotland DF Ross Tokely 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
4 Wales DF Owain Tudur Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 England MF Chris Hogg 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 England MF Lee Cox 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
7 Republic of Ireland MF Jonny Hayes 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
8 England MF Greg Tansey 6 1 0 0 0 0 6' 1
9 Republic of Ireland FW Richie Foran 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
10 Scotland MF Andrew Shinnie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Scotland MF Nick Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Northern Ireland GK Jonathan Tuffey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Scotland DF David Proctor 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
15 France FW Grégory Tadé 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
16 Spain FW Roman Golobart 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
17 Scotland MF Gavin Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Scotland FW Shane Sutherland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Scotland DF Graeme Shinnie 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
20 Scotland DF Tom Aldred 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 England MF Aidan Chippendale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 England FW Sam Winnall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Northern Ireland FW Billy McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 France DF Kenny Gillet 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
23 Republic of Ireland MF Aaron Doran 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 England DF Steve Williams 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
25 England MF David Davis 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
25 France MF Claude Gnakpa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 England DF Josh Meekings 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
31 Scotland MF Liam Polworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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

Transfers

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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]

References

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