2014–15 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2014–15 season is Inverness Caledonian Thistle's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the second in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[2] Inverness also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2014–15 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerJohn Hughes
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
PremiershipThird place
League CupSecond round
lost to Rangers
Scottish CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy McKay (10)
All: Billy McKay (10)
Highest home attendance6,614 v. Aberdeen, 28 December 2014
Lowest home attendance2,426 v. Dundee United, 5 May 2015
Average home league attendance3,733

Results & Fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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5 July 2014 Friendly Fort William 2 – 6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Claggan Park, Fort William
13.00 Iain MacLellan  
Michael Ellis  
Report Calum Ferguson      
Chris Blackett  
Jaime Wilson  
Ryan Baptie  
19 July 2014 Friendly Rothes 2 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Mackessack Park, Rothes
13.00 Callum McIntosh     Report Calum Ferguson    
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30 July 2014 North of Scotland Cup Clachnacuddin 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Grant Street Park, Inverness
19.30 David Watson   59'
Andrew Skinner   67'
Report Ryan Baptie   7'

Scottish Premiership

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For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. website

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
3 DF Graeme Shinnie   43
5 DF Gary Warren   2
9 MF Richie Foran   0 Club captain

Last updated: 30 May 2015
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 30 May 2015[3][4]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Ryan Esson 20 0 14+2 0 0 0 4 0
2 DF   ENG David Raven 39 1 33 0 1 0 5 1
3 DF   SCO Graeme Shinnie 43 3 37 2 0 0 6 1
4 MF   ENG James Vincent 24 2 13+7 1 0 0 3+1 1
5 DF   ENG Gary Warren 41 3 36 2 1 0 4 1
6 DF   ENG Josh Meekings 44 4 37 3 1 0 6 1
7 FW   NGA Edward Ofere 13 6 7+3 5 0 0 3 1
8 MF   ENG Ross Draper 38 0 31+1 0 0 0 6 0
10 MF   IRL Aaron Doran 38 6 15+18 6 1 0 1+3 0
11 MF   SCO Nick Ross 32 3 13+13 3 0 0 2+4 0
12 GK   ENG Dean Brill 27 0 24 0 1 0 2 0
13 FW   ENG Ibra Sekajja 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   NIR Daniel Devine 11 1 6+2 0 0 0 2+1 1
15 MF   ENG Marley Watkins 39 9 29+4 7 1 0 5 2
16 MF   ENG Greg Tansey 42 7 36 4 1 0 5 3
17 MF   ENG Lewis Horner 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF   ENG Carl Tremarco 13 0 9+2 0 1 0 1 0
19 MF   ENG Danny Williams 41 3 27+7 2 1 0 5+1 1
20 MF   SCO Liam Polworth 6 0 1+4 0 1 0 0 0
22 MF   SCO Ryan Christie 42 4 26+9 4 0+1 0 4+2 0
25 FW   EST Tarmo Kink 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 0+1 0
31 GK   SCO Cameron Mackay 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   SCO Alisdair Sutherland 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW   CAN Calum Ferguson 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   NIR Billy McKay 26 10 22+1 10 1 0 2 0

Hat-tricks

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Player Competition Score Opponent Date
  Calum Ferguson Friendly 2–6 Fort William 5 July 2014

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 30 May 2015

Number Nation Position Name Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
               
2   DF David Raven 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0
3   DF Graeme Shinnie 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
4   MF James Vincent 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5   DF Gary Warren 6 1 4 1 0 0 2 0
6   DF Josh Meekings 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
7   FW Edward Ofere 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
8   MF Ross Draper 13 1 12 1 0 0 1 0
10   MF Aaron Doran 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
11   MF Nick Ross 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
14   DF Daniel Devine 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
15   MF Marley Watkins 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
16   MF Greg Tansey 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
18   DF Carl Tremarco 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
19   MF Danny Williams 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22   MF Ryan Christie 3 1 3 1 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
1 Celtic (C) 38 29 5 4 84 17 +67 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 38 23 6 9 57 33 +24 75 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.

Position summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWDWWWLWLDWWLWWWLLLWWWWWDWDDLLDLDLDWWWL
Position12111213332412224555333333333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2015. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Personnel Awards

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Last updated 24 May 2015

Player Award Month
  Ross Draper SPFL Player of the Month[6] August
  John Hughes SPFL Manager of the Month[6] August
  Ryan Christie SPFL Young Player of the Month[6] August
  John Hughes SPFL Manager of the Month[7] January
  Ryan Christie SPFL Young Player of the Month[8] February
  John Hughes PFA Scotland Manager of the Year[9]
  Ryan Christie SFWA Young Player of the Year[10]
  John Hughes SFWA Manager of the Year[11]

Transfers

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Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date
  Lewis Horner 22 MF   Blyth Spartans Free 8 August 2014
  Ibra Sekajja 21 ST Free Agent N/A 7 October 2014
  Edward Ofere 28 ST Free Agent N/A 27 February 2015
  Tarmo Kink 29 MF Free Agent N/A 2 March 2015
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date
  Nick Draper 20 GK Released N/A 1 July 2014
  Joe Gorman 19 DF   Bray Wanderers Free 1 July 2014
  Matthew Cooper 20 DF   Elgin City Free 1 July 2014
  Conor Pepper 20 DF   Greenock Morton Free 1 July 2014
  Jay Cheyne 19 DF   Buckie Thistle Free 1 July 2014
  Adam Evans 20 MF   Bohemian Free 3 July 2014
  Ben Greenhalgh 22 ST   Maidstone United Free 10 August 2014
  Ibra Sekajja 22 ST   Livingston Free 16 January 2015
  Billy Mckay 26 ST   Wigan Athletic £150,000 30 January 2015

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New SPFL branding is unveiled". skysports.com. SKY Sports. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ "2009/09 Scottish Division One Table / Table". ESPN Soccernet. ESPN. Retrieved 12 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Inverness CT stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. ^ "ICT Squad". ICT. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Inverness". Statto. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Inverness CT win trio of SPFL monthly awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. ^ "John Hughes: Inverness Caledonian Thistle wins January award". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Ross County's McIntyre and ICT's Christie win February awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Inverness: John Hughes named PFA manager of year". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Ryan Christie is Scottish football writers' young player of the year". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  11. ^ Gordon, Moira (23 May 2015). "John Hughes still inspired by tragic Craig Gowans". Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 24 May 2015.