2010–11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

For the 2010–11 season, Inverness Caley Thistle compete in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division in 2009–10. They reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup, and the third round of the League Cup, before being eliminated by Celtic in both competitions.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

2010–11 season
Chairman	George Fraser
Manager	Terry Butcher
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
Scottish Premier League	5th (Ongoing)
Scottish Cup	Quarter Final
League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Rooney (15) All: Adam Rooney (21)
Highest home attendance	7,547 vs. Celtic Scottish Premier League 14 August 2010
Lowest home attendance	1,001 vs. Peterhead League Cup 25 August 2010
Home colours Away colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Results & fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2010–11

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		0 – 1		Celtic	Caledonian Stadium	14 August 2010
					McCourt  56'	Attendance: 7,547 Referee: Murray Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Dundee United		0 – 4		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park	22 August 2010
					McCann  34' Rooney  51' Duncan  53' Rooney  82' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,575 Referee: Muir Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		0 – 1		Hamilton	Caledonian Stadium	28 August 2010
					Imrie  1'	Attendance: 3,851 Referee: McKendrick Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hibernian		1 – 1		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Easter Road	11 September 2010
Riordan  8'					Rooney  82' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,358 Referee: Allan Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 3		Hearts	Caledonian Stadium	18 September 2010
Odhiambo  37'					Innes  45' (Og.) Stevenson  55' Elliot  69'	Attendance: 4,515 Referee: Brines Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	St Mirren		1 – 2		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park	25 September 2010
McGowan  77'					Odhiambo  45+2' (50)	Attendance: 3,954 Referee: Finnie Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		2 – 0		Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium	2 October 2010
Hayes  19' Rooney  61'					Paton	Attendance: 6,414 Referee: Murray Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 1		St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium	16 October
Hayes  71'					Samuel  8'	Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Muir Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 2		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park	23 October 2010
Miguel  74'					Rooney  42' (pen.) Hayes  66'	Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Norris Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Rangers		1 – 1		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Ibrox	30 October
Edu  11'					Odhiambo  81'	Attendance: 43,697 Referee: Brines Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 2		Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium	6 November 2010
Duff  75'					Gow  33' Blackman  43'	Attendance: 4,054 Referee: Tumilty Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Aberdeen		1 – 2		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie	9 November 2010
Andrius VelickalVelicka  49'					Rooney  34' (pen.) Munro  81'	Attendance: 5,917 Referee: McKendrick Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hamilton		1 – 3		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park	13 November 2010
Dougie ImrielDougie Imrie  29'					Rooney  34' (59) Hayes  52'	Attendance: 2,019 Referee: McLean Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		4 – 2		Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium	20 November 2010
Foran  7' Rooney  51' (pen.)  70' (80)					Derek RiordanlRiordan  66' Miller  78' (pen.) Hanlon	Attendance: 4,217 Referee: Conroy Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Celtic		2 – 2		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Celtic Park	27 November 2010
Ki  38' McCourt  65'					Foran  70' Munro  83'	Attendance: 46,096 Referee: Hamer Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 1		Rangers	Caledonian Stadium	11 December 2010
Hayes  31'					Miller  57'	Attendance: 6,799 Referee: Murray Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hearts		1 – 1		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium	18 December 2010
Kyle  25' (pen.)					Munro  17'	Attendance: 12,994 Referee: Winter Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 2		St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium	26 December 2010
Cox  8'					Thomson  44' (85)	Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Thomson Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 3		Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium	29 December 2010
Foran  71'					Bryson  26' Kelly  68' Hamill  68'	Attendance: 3,735 Referee: Collum Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	St Johnstone		1 – 0		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park	2 January 2011
Samuel  85'						Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Salmond Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Motherwell		0 – 0		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park	15 January 2011
						Attendance: 3,728 Referee: Norris Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Rangers		1 – 0		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Ibrox	18 January 2011
Davis  45'						Attendance: 41,623 Referee: Thomson Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 1		Hamilton	Caledonian Stadium	22 January 2011
Sánchez  18'					Antoine-Curier  45+1' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Finnie Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		0 – 2		Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium	26 January 2011
Munro					Jack  44' Blackman  49'	Attendance: 4,468 Referee: Conroy Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	St Mirren		3 – 3		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park	12 February 2011
Higdon  28' (pen.) Thomson  29' McGregor  74'					Rooney  6' (61) Doran  33'	Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Madden Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		2 – 0		St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium	19 February 2011
Tokely  28' Duncan  62'						Attendance: 3,942 Referee: Collum Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Hibernian		2 – 0		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Easter Road	26 February 2011
Booth  58' Stevenson  89'						Attendance: 13,841 Referee: Thomson Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		0 – 2		Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium	1 March 2011
					Buaben  75' Robertson  90'	Attendance: 3,392 Referee: McLean Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		3 – 0		Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium	5 March 2011
Sutherland  18' Foran  64' MacDonald  72'						Attendance: 3,563 Referee: Brines Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Dundee United		1 – 0		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice	19 March 2011
Swanson  43'						Attendance: 6,548 Referee: Salmond Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 1		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park	9 April 2011
Kelly  13'					Hayes  10'	Attendance: 4,518 Referee: McKendrick Report: BBC SPORT

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1– 1		Hearts	Caledonian Stadium	16 April 2011
Doran  6' Tokely  78'					Elliot  53'	Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Crawford Allan Report: BBC Sport

SPL	St Johnstone		0– 3		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park	25 April 2011
					Innes  36' Doran  57' Foran  70'	Attendance: 2,395 Referee: Bobby Madden Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Aberdeen		1– 0		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie	30 April 2011
Pawlett  75'						Attendance: 6,280 Referee: George Salmond Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		3– 2		Celtic	Caledonian Stadium	4 May 2011
Mulgrew  7' (o.g.) Munro  53' Sutherland  62'					Commons  9', 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,072 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1– 0		St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium	7 May 2011
Duncan  71' Rooney  85'						Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Bobby Madden Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		2– 0		Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium	11 May 2011
Foran  42' Ross  51'						Attendance: 3,344 Referee: Stephen Finnie Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Hamilton		1– 2		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park	14 May 2011
Mensing  50'					Foran  44' Rooney  57'	Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup Round 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		2 – 0		Elgin City	Caledonian Stadium	8 January 2011
Sánchez  90+2' Rooney  90+4'						Attendance: 2,808 Referee: Smith Report: BBC SPORT

Scottish Cup Round 5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		5 – 1		Morton	Caledonian Stadium	5 February 2011
Foran  19' (86) Rooney  38' (66) Hogg  62'					Lyle  83'	Attendance: 1,893 Referee: Charleston Report: BBC SPORT

Scottish Cup Quarter Final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		1 – 2		Celtic	Caledonian Stadium	16 March 2011
Rooney  44' (pen.)					Ledley  45+2' (68)	Attendance: 6,064 Referee: Tumilty Report: BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

Main article: Scottish League Cup 2010–11

League Cup Round 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		3 – 0		Queen's Park	Caledonian Stadium	31 July 2010
Cox  22' Odhiambo  55' Tokely  57'						Attendance: 1,099 Referee: McLean Report: BBC SPORT

League Cup Round 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle		3 – 0		Peterhead	Caledonian Stadium	25 August 2010
Rooney  32' (pen.) Munro  38' Rooney  49'						Attendance: 1,001 Referee: Somers Report: BBC SPORT

League Cup Round 3	Celtic		6 – 0		Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Celtic Park	22 September 2010
Samaras  17' (37), 57' Hooper  21' Stokes  74' (pen.),  81'						Attendance: 17,429 Referee: McDonald Report: BBC Sport

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ryan Esson 2 DF David Proctor 3 DF Ross Tokely 4 DF Stuart Duff 5 DF Stuart Golabek 6 MF Lee Cox 7 FW Eric Odhiambo 8 MF Russell Duncan 9 FW Richie Foran (club captain) 10 FW Adam Rooney 11 MF Jonathan Hayes 12 GK Jonathan Tuffey 14 DF Grant Munro

No. Position Player 15 DF Chris Innes 16 MF Roy McBain 17 MF Gavin Morrison 18 FW Gil Blumstein 19 MF Nick Ross 20 FW Shane Sutherland 21 DF Graeme Shinnie 22 GK Max Johnson 23 FW Dani Sánchez 24 DF Kenny Gillet 26 MF Aaron Doran (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 27 FW Alex MacDonald (on loan from Burnley) 28 DF Chris Hogg

Captains

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

Last updated: 25 March 2011
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.

Most frequent starting line-up

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Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

External links

• Inverness Fixture List