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2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2017–18 football season
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2017–18 season
ChairmanGraham Rae[1]
ManagerJohn Robertson [2]
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Championship Fifth Place
Scottish Challenge Cup Winner, won against Dumbarton
League Cup Group Stage
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Dundee
Top goalscorerLeague: George Oakley,
Iain Vigurs
(8 each)
All: George Oakley (12)
Highest home attendance3,415 vs. Dundee United, 5 August 2017
Lowest home attendance930 vs. Peterhead, 7 October 2017

The 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season was the club's first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2016–17 season.[3] Thistle will also compete in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

This season has seen the most postponements of any Inverness CT season, with 10 Postponements as of 18 April 2018.[citation needed ]

Summary

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Management

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Following the club's relegation at the end of the previous season manager Richie Foran was sacked by the club during the close season on 29 May 2017.[4] On 14 June 2017, John Robertson was appointed as manager on a two-year contract,[5] leaving his role of Head of Coach Education at Heart of Midlothian.[6] Brian Rice assistant manager to Foran oversaw team affairs prior to Robertson's appointment.[7]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies/Charity Games

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Scottish Championship

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Greenock Morton
19 August 2017 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Greenock Morton Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Warren 19'
Seedorf Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card BBC Report Thomson 51' Attendance: 2,202
Referee: Finnie
Dumbarton v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
23 September 2017 Championship Dumbarton 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Froxylias 46'
Wardrop 62' BBC Report Bell 8'
Warren Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card 78' Attendance: 594
Referee: Steven
Brechin City v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
30 December 2017 Championship Brechin City 2–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glebe Park
15:00 Sinclair 18' (pen.), 39' BBC Report Smith 4' (Own goal)
Oakley 65' 78'
Tremarco Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card Attendance: 571
Referee: Duncan
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Livingston
2 January 2018 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Livingston Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Doran 6'
Vigurs Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card BBC Report Lithgow 82' Attendance: 2239
Referee: Aitken
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Falkirk
9 January 2018 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–1 Falkirk Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Oakley 10'
Bell 28'
Mulraney 30'
Baird 88' Report Longridge 86' Attendance: 2,014
Referee: Beaton
Note: Rescheduled fixture due to previous postponements
Falkirk v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
27 January 2018 Championship Falkirk 3–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Muirhead 48' (pen) 66' (pen) Nelson 87' Report Mulraney Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card MacKay 84' Referee: Anderson
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee United
3 February 2018 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P–P Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
15:00
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[8]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Brechin City
3 March 2018 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P–P Brechin City Caledonian Stadium
15:00
Note: Postponed for the safety of travelling fans from the central belt due to extremely heavy snowfall along the A9 and the most of Scotland due to "The Beast from the East"
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dumbarton
14 April 2018 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5–1 Dumbarton Inverness
15:00 Doran 17'

Austin 41,50,66'

Vigurs 63' Report Gallagher 13' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,355
Referee: Duncan
Dumbarton v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
17 April 2018 Championship Dumbarton P–P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumbarton
19:45 Referee: Robertson
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, game rescheduled for next day.

League Cup

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Stirling Albion v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
18 July 2017 League Cup Group A Stirling Albion 0–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Forthbank Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 591
Referee: Roncone
Note: Inverness earn bonus point after 2 – 0 win on penalties

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Crusaders Northern Ireland
18 February 2018 Challenge Cup Semi-final Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2 Crusaders Northern Ireland Caledonian Stadium
17:15 Oakley 1'

Chalmers 13' Mulraney 44'

McKay Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card Report Heatley 57' 79' Caddell Yellow card 90+6' Yellow-red card Attendance: 1,044
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

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During the 2017–18 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

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As of 20 January 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England ENG David Raven 22 1 15+3 0 3+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Carl Tremarco 18 2 14+1 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Joe Chalmers 29 1 21+0 1 3+0 0 2+2 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Gary Warren 14 3 9+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 2 1+0 0
6 DF England ENG Matthew Elsdon 8 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 30 3 22+0 1 3+0 2 4+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF England ENG Ross Draper 5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
8 FW Scotland SCO Nathan Austin 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO John Baird 29 4 18+3 3 3+0 0 4+0 1 0+1 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran 8 3 3+3 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
11 MF Scotland SCO Iain Vigurs 27 5 19+0 5 3+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
14 FW England ENG George Oakley 27 7 8+11 4 0+3 0 3+1 2 1+0 1
15 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jake Mulraney 23 1 13+7 1 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Riccardo Calder 23 2 5+10 0 2+1 2 4+0 0 1+0 0
17 DF Netherlands NED Collin Seedorf 7 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Curaçao CUW Felitciano Zschusschen 5 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
20 FW England ENG Connor Bell 24 7 16+4 6 2+0 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
21 FW Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 10 1 3+3 1 2+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Brad McKay 29 2 21+0 2 3+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Coll Donaldson 20 0 15+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF Canada CAN Charlie Trafford 17 0 10+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 GK Wales WAL Owain Fôn Williams 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Daniel MacKay 2 1 0+1 0 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK Scotland SCO Mark Ridgers 27 0 20+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0

Overall goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals
1st England George Oakley 12
2nd Scotland Iain Vigurs 8
3rd England Connor Bell 7
4th England Nathan Austin 6
5th Scotland Joe Chalmers

Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran

Scotland Liam Polworth

5
8th Scotland John Baird

England Gary Warren

4
10th Republic of Ireland Jake Mulraney

England Carl Tremarco

3
12th England Riccardo Calder

Scotland Daniel MacKay

Scotland Brad McKay

2
15th England Alex Cooper

Scotland Coll Donaldson

England David Raven

1

Hat-tricks

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Player Competition Score Opponent Date
England Nathan Austin Scottish Championship 5–1 Dumbarton 14 April 2018

Club statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Dundee United 36 18 7 11 52 42 +10 61 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 36 16 11 9 60 35 +25 59
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 16 9 11 53 37 +16 57
6 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 59 53 +6 52
7 Greenock Morton 36 13 11 12 47 40 +7 50
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[10]

League Cup table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL INV STI BRE FOR
1 Falkirk (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 13 1 +12 12 Qualification for the Second Round — — 4–1 — 4–0
2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 8 0–2 — — 3–0 —
3 Stirling Albion 4 2 0 1 1 6 5 +1 7 — 0–0p — 2–0 —
4 Brechin City 4 0 1 0 3 1 9 −8 2 0–3 — — — p1–1
5 Forfar Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 3 10 −7 1 — 1–2 1–3 — —
Source: [11]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[12]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundH A H A AHAHAAHAHHAHA AHA HHAAAAAHHHAHAHAA
ResultLLDWLLLDDWWDLWDWLWDLWWLLLDWDWWWWWDWW
Position81210778899877888777777678855
Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2018. Source: [13]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated 18 April 2018
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
John Robertson [14] 15 July 2017 Present 29 12 8 9 041.38

Transfers

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Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date Notes
Scotland John Baird 31 ST Scotland Falkirk Free 1 July 2017
Scotland Daniel Hoban 19 GK Academy Free 1 July 2017
Scotland Mark Ridgers 26 GK Scotland Partick Thistle Free 3 July 2017
England George Oakley 21 ST England AFC Wimbledon Free 3 July 2017
Netherlands Collin Seedorf 22 DF Netherlands RKC Waalwijk Free 5 July 2017
England Riccardo Calder 21 DF England Aston Villa Free 6 July 2017
Republic of Ireland Zak Elbouzedi 19 MF England West Bromwich Albion Free 7 July 2017
Scotland Joe Chalmers 23 MF Scotland Motherwell Free 13 July 2017
Curaçao Felitciano Zschusschen 25 ST Germany 1. FC Saarbrücken Free 17 July 2017
Scotland Alex Cooper 25 DF Scotland East Fife Free 21 July 2017
England Connor Bell 21 ST Switzerland Servette Free 29 July 2017
Canada Charlie Trafford 25 MF Finland RoPS Free 18 August 2017
Scotland Coll Donaldson 22 DF Scotland Dundee United Free 19 August 2017
England Nathan Austin 23 ST Scotland Falkirk Free 1 January 2018
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date Notes
England Greg Tansey 28 MF Scotland Aberdeen Free 1 July 2017
England Alex Fisher 27 ST Scotland Motherwell Free 1 July 2017
Republic of Ireland Dean Ebbe 22 ST Republic of Ireland Bluebell United Free 1 July 2017
England Scott Boden 27 ST Wales Wrexham Free 6 July 2017
Scotland Kevin McNaughton 34 DF Retired N/A 7 July 2017
Estonia Henri Anier 26 ST Finland FC Lahti Free 10 July 2017
England Louis Laing 24 DF England Hartlepool United Free 10 July 2017
Scotland Jason Brown 21 DF Scotland Peterhead Free 14 July 2017
England Lewis Horner 25 MF England Blyth Spartans Free 21 July 2017
England Ross Draper 28 DF Scotland Ross County 100,000ドル 9 August 2017
England Josh Meekings 24 DF Scotland Dundee Free 18 August 2017
Scotland Alex Cooper 26 DF United States Fresno Free 7 January 2018
England David Raven 32 DF Wales Wrexham Free 27 January 2018
Curaçao Felitciano Zschusschen 26 ST Released N/A 31 January 2018
Loans In/Returns
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out
England Matthew Elsdon 20 DF England Middlesbrough Half Season 6 July 2017 7 January 2018
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In
Scotland Daniel Hoban 20 GK Scotland Brora Rangers Season 29 July 2017 1 May 2018
Scotland Cammy Mackay 20 GK Scotland Brora Rangers Emergency Loan 13 October 2017 10 November 2017
Republic of Ireland Zak Elbouzedi 19 MF Scotland Elgin City Emergency Loan 30 December 2017 27 January 2018
Wales Owain Fôn Williams 30 GK United States Indy Eleven Season 31 January 2018 30 November 2018
Scotland John Baird 32 FW Scotland Greenock Morton Emergency Loan 26 February 2018 30 April 2018

Notes

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  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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  1. ^ "Inverness CT appoint Willie Finlayson as chairman following relegation". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ "John Robertson returns as Inverness manager 13 years after securing maiden Premiership promotion". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ "The reasons behind Inverness CT's relegation". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Richie Foran sacked as Inverness Caledonian Thistle boss". stv.tv. STV. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "John Robertson returns as Inverness Caley Thistle manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  6. ^ "ROBBO'S MANAGEMENT RETURN". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Inverness future remains a mystery to Brian Rice as list of summer departures lengthens". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Inverness CT v Dundee Utd & Dumbarton v Brechin postponed". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Six Tuesday Scottish fixtures postponed after cold snap". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Dundee United 2017–18 Results". Statto. Retrieved 4 June 2017.[permanent dead link ‍]
  14. ^ "John Robertson Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase . Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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