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
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 attendance3,142 v Dundee United, 10 December 2011
Average home league attendance4,181

Summary edit

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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre season edit

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 edit

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
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
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

Scottish League Cup edit

Scottish Cup edit

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

League table edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]

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