2012–13 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's third consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[2] Inverness also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2012–13 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerTerry Butcher
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Premier League4th place
League CupSemi-final, lost to Heart of Midlothian
Scottish Cup5th round, lost to Kilmarnock
Top goalscorerLeague:
Billy McKay (23)

All:
Billy McKay (27)
Highest home attendance6,766 v Ross County, 5 October 2012
Lowest home attendance2,529 v Kilmarnock, 13 February 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 4,038[1]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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Scottish Premier League

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4 August 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
15:00 Guy   32'
McGregor   92'
Guy   93'
BBC Report Ross   70'
Mckay   76'
Attendance: 4,104
Referee: McLean
2 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 4 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
15:00 Hateley   11'
Higdon   12', 72', 79'
BBC Report Foran   28' Attendance: 4,031
Referee: O'Reilly
15 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Jones   56'
Foran   Pen' (57)
BBC Report Anderson   66'
Smith   84'
Attendance: 4,499
Referee: Salmond
19 October 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee 1 – 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park
19:45 Nish   13' BBC Report Mckay   4', 85'
Warren   7'
A. Shinnie   pen' (81)
Attendance: 5,006
Referee: Thomson
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Kelly   56'
Bell   76'
BBC Report A. Shinnie   22'
Mckay   pen' (77)
Attendance: 4,541
Referee: Norris
18 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 5 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
12:45 Foran   47' BBC Report Higdon   18'
Murphy   21'
Cummins   52'
Ojamaa   72'
Daley   89'
Attendance: 2,948
Referee: McLean
15 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee United 4 – 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice Park
15:00 Meekings   5' (Own goal)
Daly   6', 90+3'
Skacel   8'
BBC Report Mckay   26', 28', 62' (pen)
Warren   86'
Attendance: 5,483
Referee: Beaton
22 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 1 Dundee Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Mckay   12' (pen)   48'
Tudur Jones   24'
A. Shinnie   70'
BBC Report Riley   19' Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Clancy
21 April 2013 Scottish Premier League Celtic 4 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park
12:45 Hooper   61', 73'
Ledley   66'
Samaras   89'
BBC Report Doran   90+2' Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Ross County 3 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
12:15 Quinn   49'
Vigurs   86'
Brittain   90+3'
BBC Report Mckay   30'
Foran   74', 90+5'
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Craig Thomson

Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
9 FW Richie Foran   22 Club captain
1 GK Ryan Esson   2
3 DF Graeme Shinnie   1

Last updated: 16 February 2013 - List incomplete
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.

Appearances & Goals

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013[8][9]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Ryan Esson 18 0 15+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF   ENG David Raven 43 0 36+0 0 3+1 0 3+0 0
3 DF   SCO Graeme Shinnie 44 1 37+0 0 4+0 1 3+0 0
4 DF   WAL Owain Tudur Jones 39 2 31+2 2 3+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF   ENG Gary Warren 38 6 31+0 5 4+0 1 3+0 0
6 MF   ENG Chris Hogg 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW   NIR Billy McKay 45 27 33+5 23 4+0 1 3+0 3
8 MF   ENG Ross Draper 40 5 33+1 5 4+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW   IRL Richie Foran 34 10 25+3 8 2+1 0 3+0 2
10 MF   SCO Andrew Shinnie 45 16 37+1 12 4+0 4 3+0 0
11 MF   SCO Nick Ross 22 3 8+13 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 GK   ESP Antonio Reguero 28 0 23+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
14 DF   ENG Josh Meekings 41 0 31+3 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
15 DF   ENG Simon King 5 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW   ENG Jason Oswell 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF   IRL Aaron Doran 45 3 38+0 3 4+0 0 3+0 0
18 FW   SCO Shane Sutherland 25 0 5+16 0 1+2 0 0+1 0
19 MF   SCO Gavin Morrison 11 0 2+7 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
20 MF   SCO Martin Laing 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   SCO Liam Polworth 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   IRL Conor Pepper 15 2 2+10 2 1+2 0 0+0 0
23 FW   IRL Philip Roberts 23 1 8+9 1 1+2 0 0+3 0
25 DF   ENG Andre Blackman 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   ENG Jordan Gibbons 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
27 DF   NIR Daniel Devine 10 0 8+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF   ENG Charlie Taylor 8 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
31 GK   SCO Scott Mathieson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF   SCO Matthew Cooper 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF   CAN Calum Ferguson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF   SCO Ryan Christie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF   SCO Kyle Whyte 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Hat-tricks

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Player Competition Score Opponent Date
  Billy Mckay Scottish Premier League 4–4 Dundee United 15 December 2012
  Billy Mckay Scottish Premier League 4–3 Motherwell 4 May 2013

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
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 David Raven 5 1 2 0 0 0 7 1
3   DF Graeme Shinnie 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
4   DF Owain Tudur Jones 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
5   DF Gary Warren 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
6   MF Chris Hogg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7   FW Billy Mckay 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
8   MF Ross Draper 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
9   FW Richie Foran 6 1 1 0 2 0 9 1
10   MF Andrew Shinnie 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
11   MF Nick Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12   GK Antonio Reguero 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
14   DF Josh Meekings 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
15   DF Simon King 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16   FW Jason Oswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17   MF Aaron Doran 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18   FW Shane Sutherland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   MF Gavin Morrison 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20   MF Martin Laing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21   MF Liam Polworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22   MF Conor Pepper 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23   FW Philip Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25   DF Andre Blackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26   MF Jordan Gibbons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27   DF Daniel Devine 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
28   DF Charlie Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31   GK Scott Mathieson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32   DF Matthew Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37   MF Calum Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38   MF Ryan Christie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40   MF Kyle Whyte 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
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47[a]
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.

Position summary

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GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAAHHA
ResultDDDLLDDWWWDWDLWWWDWDDWLLDLWDDDWWDLLWLL
Position35881111119635347522322222223233433333334
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [10]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Most frequent line-up

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By number of appearances

As of 19 May 2013

Formation: 4–2–3–1.

Personnel Awards

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Last updated 19 April 2013

Player Award Month
  Terry Butcher SPL Manager of the Month [11] November
  Billy Mckay SPL Player of the Month [11] November
  Aaron Doran SPL Young Player of the Month [11] November
  Josh Meekings SPL Young Player of the Month [12] March

Transfers

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References

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