2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2017–18 season
Chairman	Graham Rae
Manager	John Robertson
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
Championship	Fifth Place
Scottish Challenge Cup	Winner, won against Dumbarton
League Cup	Group Stage
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to Dundee
Top goalscorer	League: George Oakley,; Iain Vigurs; (8 each); All: George Oakley (12)
Highest home attendance	3,415 vs. Dundee United, 5 August 2017
Lowest home attendance	930 vs. Peterhead, 7 October 2017
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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

Management

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies/Charity Games

1 July 2017 Friendly	Forres Mechanics	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Forres
14:00				Stadium: Mosset Park

4 July 2017 Friendly	Brora Rangers	1–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Brora
19:45				Stadium: Dudgeon Park

7 July 2017 Friendly	Nairn County	1–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Nairn
19:30				Stadium: Station Park

8 July 2017 Friendly	Elgin City	2–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Elgin
15:00				Stadium: Borough Briggs

8 November 2017 Charity Match	Ross County	3–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dingwall
19:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

Scottish Championship

5 August 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	McMullan 13' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,415 Referee: Thomson

12 August 2017 Championship	Dunfermline Athletic	5–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
15:00	Smith 2' Ashcroft 14' Cardle 41', 90' Hopkirk 67'	BBC Report	Vigurs 18'	Attendance: 4,391 Referee: McLean

19 August 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Greenock Morton	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Warren 19' Seedorf 90'	BBC Report	Thomson 51'	Attendance: 2,202 Referee: Finnie

26 August 2017 Championship	Brechin City	0–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glebe Park
15:00		BBC Report	Vigurs 27', 73' McKay 32' Cooper 62'	Attendance: 703 Referee: Northcroft

9 September 2017 Championship	St Mirren	4–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park
15:00	Morgan 31' Buchanan 63' Smith 73' McShane 74'	BBC Report	Baird 61' Polworth 69'	Attendance: 3,610 Referee: Collum

16 September 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Bell 27'	BBC Report	Todorov 24' Robinson 52' Halkett 72'	Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Charleston

23 September 2017 Championship	Dumbarton	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Froxylias 46' Wardrop 62'	BBC Report	Bell 8' Warren 60' 78'	Attendance: 594 Referee: Steven

30 September 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Queen of the South	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Anderson

14 October 2017 Championship	Falkirk	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Falkirk Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Walsh

21 October 2017 Championship	Dundee United	0–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00		BBC Report	Vigurs 28' Bell 36'	Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Collum

28 October 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Bell 23'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,948 Referee: Clancy

4 November 2017 Championship	Livingston	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Duncan

21 November 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	P–P	Brechin City	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch

25 November 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium
	Vigurs	Report	McShane 52'Reilly 90+2'	Attendance: 2687 Referee: McKendrick

28 November 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–0	Brechin City	Caledonian Stadium
	McKay 7' Baird 9' Bell 52' Oakley 87'	Report		Attendance: 1801 Referee: Charleston

2 December 2017 Championship	Queen of the South	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Palmerston Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1293 Referee: Cook

9 December 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	P–P	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium
15:00

12 December 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	P–P	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium
19:45		BBC Report

16 December 2017 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Dumbarton	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Tremarco 34'	Report		Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Kirkland

23 December 2017 Championship	Greenock Morton	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Caledonian Stadium
	Harkins 22' (pen.)	BBC Report	Raven 22'	Attendance: 1,547 Referee: Steven

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 67'	Attendance: 571 Referee: Duncan

2 January 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Doran 6' Vigurs 43'	BBC Report	Lithgow 82'	Attendance: 2239 Referee: Aitken

6 January 2018 Championship	St Mirren	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park
15:00	Reilly 26'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,448 Referee: Collum

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

13 January 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–1	Queen of the South	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Vigurs 3' Chalmers 29' Doran 58'	Report	Bell 85'	Attendance: 2,209 Referee: Muir

27 January 2018 Championship	Falkirk	3–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Muirhead 48' (pen) 66' (pen)Nelson 87'	Report	Mulraney 45' MacKay 84'	Referee: Anderson

3 February 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	P–P	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
15:00
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch^[8]

17 February 2018 Championship	Dunfermline Athletic	P–P	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to fixture clash with Scottish Challenge Cup Semi-finals

24 February 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Greenock Morton	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		Report	Tiffoney 28'Harkins 70' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,359 Referee: Kirkland

27 February 2018 Championship	Dumbarton	P–P	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45
Note: Postponed due to Heavy Snowfall^[9]

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"

5 March 2018 Championship	Dunfermline Athletic	P–P	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
19:45
Note: Postponed due to Frozen pitch and Heavy Snowfall.

10 March 2018 Championship	Livingston	P–P	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00

13 March 2018 Championship	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
19:45	Craigen 6'	Report		Attendance: 2249 Referee: Clancy

17 March 2018 Championship	Dundee United	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00	Mikkelsen 64'	Report	Vigurs 30'	Attendance: 4772 Referee: Kirkland

27 March 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Doran 44'	Report		Attendance: 2,328 Referee: Aitken

31 March 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Warren 78'Polworth 81'	Report	Davis 4' (pen)Morgan 70'	Attendance: 3,025 Referee: Newlands

3 April 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–0	Brechin City	Inverness
19:45	Chalmers 12,58' Donaldson 22' Oakley 66'	Report		Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1,963 Referee: Steven

7 April 2018 Championship	Queen of the South	0–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dumfries
15:00		Report	Austin 9'Oakley 30'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,140 Referee: Anderson

10 April 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Falkirk	Inverness
19:45	Mulraney 81'	Report		Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,053 Referee: Walsh

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

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.

18 April 2018 Championship	Dumbarton	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dumbarton
19:45		Report	Vigurs 56'	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 392 Referee: Robertson

21 April 2018 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Inverness
15:00	Chalmers 16'Austin 48'		Ryan 13'Clark 90+5'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,316 Referee: Finnie

24 April 2018 Championship	Livingston	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Livingston
19:45		Report	Polworth 46'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 740 Referee: Steven

28 April 2018 Championship	Greenock Morton	0–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Greenock
15:00		Report	Oakley 20,37'Austin 55'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,539 Referee: Beaton

League Cup

15 July 2017 League Cup Group A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Brechin City	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Warren 21', 34' Oakley 57'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Cook

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

22 July 2017 League Cup Group A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	McKee 21' Austin 43'	Referee: Beaton

29 July 2017 League Cup Group A	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Station Park
15:00	Scott 49'	BBC Report	Oakley 54' Baird 55'	Attendance: 517 Referee: Duncan

Scottish Challenge Cup

2 September 2017 Challenge Cup Second round	Aberdeen U20s	2–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glebe Park
19:45	Ross 51' Anderson 89'	SPFL Report	Calder 4' Polworth 25' Raven 40' Tremarco 82'	Attendance: 175 Referee: Newlands

7 October 2017 Challenge Cup Third round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Peterhead	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Polworth 2' Calder 51' MacKay 90'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 930 Referee: Muir

11 November 2017 Challenge Cup Quarter-final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium
17:15	Bell 57'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,078 Referee: Anderson

18 February 2018 Challenge Cup Semi-final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–2	Crusaders	Caledonian Stadium
17:15	Oakley 1' Chalmers 13'Mulraney 44' McKay 63'	Report	Heatley 57' 79'Caddell 90+6'	Attendance: 1,044 Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones

24 March 2018 Challenge Cup Final	Dumbarton	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
16:15		Report	Tremarco 90+3'	Attendance: 4,602 Referee: Dallas

Scottish Cup

20 January 2018 Scottish Cup Fourth round	Dundee	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dens Park
15:00	Leich-Smith 47' O'Hara 64'	Report	Doran 16' Oakley 87'	Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Finnie

30 January 2018 Scottish Cup Fourth round replay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Dundee	Caledonian Stadium
19:45			Allan 47'	Attendance: 1,746 Referee: Finnie

Squad statistics

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

As of 20 January 2018

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

Overall goalscorers


Rank	Player	Goals
1st	George Oakley	12
2nd	Iain Vigurs	8
3rd	Connor Bell	7
4th	Nathan Austin	6
5th	Joe Chalmers Aaron Doran Liam Polworth	5
8th	John Baird Gary Warren	4
10th	Jake Mulraney Carl Tremarco	3
12th	Riccardo Calder Daniel MacKay Brad McKay	2
15th	Alex Cooper Coll Donaldson David Raven	1

Hat-tricks


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

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	8	12	10	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8										5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2018. Source: ^[13]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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

Transfers In
Player	Age*	Pos	From	Fee	Date
John Baird	31	ST	Falkirk	Free	1 July 2017
Daniel Hoban	19	GK	Academy	Free	1 July 2017
Mark Ridgers	26	GK	Partick Thistle	Free	3 July 2017
George Oakley	21	ST	AFC Wimbledon	Free	3 July 2017
Collin Seedorf	22	DF	RKC Waalwijk	Free	5 July 2017
Riccardo Calder	21	DF	Aston Villa	Free	6 July 2017
Zak Elbouzedi	19	MF	West Bromwich Albion	Free	7 July 2017
Joe Chalmers	23	MF	Motherwell	Free	13 July 2017
Felitciano Zschusschen	25	ST	1. FC Saarbrücken	Free	17 July 2017
Alex Cooper	25	DF	East Fife	Free	21 July 2017
Connor Bell	21	ST	Servette	Free	29 July 2017
Charlie Trafford	25	MF	RoPS	Free	18 August 2017
Coll Donaldson	22	DF	Dundee United	Free	19 August 2017
Nathan Austin	23	ST	Falkirk	Free	1 January 2018

Transfers Out
Player	Age*	Pos	To	Fee	Date
Greg Tansey	28	MF	Aberdeen	Free	1 July 2017
Alex Fisher	27	ST	Motherwell	Free	1 July 2017
Dean Ebbe	22	ST	Bluebell United	Free	1 July 2017
Scott Boden	27	ST	Wrexham	Free	6 July 2017
Kevin McNaughton	34	DF	Retired	N/A	7 July 2017
Henri Anier	26	ST	FC Lahti	Free	10 July 2017
Louis Laing	24	DF	Hartlepool United	Free	10 July 2017
Jason Brown	21	DF	Peterhead	Free	14 July 2017
Lewis Horner	25	MF	Blyth Spartans	Free	21 July 2017
Ross Draper	28	DF	Ross County	£100,000	9 August 2017
Josh Meekings	24	DF	Dundee	Free	18 August 2017
Alex Cooper	26	DF	Fresno	Free	7 January 2018
David Raven	32	DF	Wrexham	Free	27 January 2018
Felitciano Zschusschen	26	ST	Released	N/A	31 January 2018

Loans In/Returns
Player	Age*	Pos	From	Duration	Date In	Date Out
Matthew Elsdon	20	DF	Middlesbrough	Half Season	6 July 2017	7 January 2018


Player	Age*	Pos	To	Duration	Date Out	Date In
Daniel Hoban	20	GK	Brora Rangers	Season	29 July 2017	1 May 2018
Cammy Mackay	20	GK	Brora Rangers	Emergency Loan	13 October 2017	10 November 2017
Zak Elbouzedi	19	MF	Elgin City	Emergency Loan	30 December 2017	27 January 2018
Owain Fôn Williams	30	GK	Indy Eleven	Season	31 January 2018	30 November 2018
John Baird	32	FW	Greenock Morton	Emergency Loan	26 February 2018	30 April 2018

Notes

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