2012–13 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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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.

ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerTerry Butcher
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Premier League4th place
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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]
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Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

7 July 2012[3] Friendly Buckie Thistle 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Borough Briggs
15:00 Robertson 85' Inverness Report
Report		 Sutherland 26'
Laing 80'
10 July 2012[3] Friendly Clachnacuddin 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Grant Street Park
19:30
11 July 2012[3] Friendly Forres Mechanics P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Mosset Park
Report
12 July 2012[3] Friendly Lossiemouth P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Grant Park
Report
14 July 2012[4] Friendly Elgin City 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Borough Briggs
15:00 Daily Record Report Ross 83'
18 July 2012[3] Friendly Deveronvale 0 – 6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Princess Royal Park
Report A. Shinnie
Sutherland
G. Shinnie
Ross
Mckay
19 July 2012[3] Friendly Muir of Ord Rovers 0 – 10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pavilion Park
19:30
21 July 2012[5] Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 1 Coventry City England Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Foran 19' (pen.)
Mckay 49'
Oswell 90'		 Report
Coventry Report		 Jeffers 53' Referee: Brines
24 July 2012[6] Friendly Brechin City 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glebe Park
19:30 McKenna 62' (pen.), 89' Brechin Report
Report		 G. Shinnie 42'
25 July 2012[3] Friendly Wick Academy 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Harmsworth Park

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
4 August 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
15:00 Guy 32'
McGregor 92'
Guy Red card 93'		 BBC Report Ross 70'
Mckay 76'		 Attendance: 4,104
Referee: McLean
11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
15:00 A. Shinnie 8'
Jones Red card 79'		 BBC Report Pascali 45' Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Colvin
18 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Novikovas 15'
Sutton (pen.), 41'		 BBC Report Foran Red card 45+2'
A. Shinnie (pen.), 58'
Pepper 90'		 Attendance: 11,512
Referee: Madden
25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 4 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Draper 82', 87' BBC Report Wanyama 4'
Watt 25', 64'
Mulgrew 48'		 Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Collum
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 Red card 56'
Foran (pen.), 57'		 BBC Report Anderson Red card 66'
Smith 84'		 Attendance: 4,499
Referee: Salmond
22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road
15:00 Doyle 23'
Wotherspoon 31'		 BBC Report Pepper 39'
Foran 81'		 Attendance: 9,908
Referee: Norris
29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 0 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Foran 31', 35'
A. Shinnie 70'
Roberts 73'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,059
Referee: Finnie
5 October 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 1 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Draper 9'
A. Shinnie 28'
Doran 87'		 BBC Report Vigurs 48' Attendance: 6,766
Referee: Brines
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
27 October 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Mckay 73' BBC Report Robertson 90+2' Attendance: 3,154
Referee: Beaton
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Kelly 56'
Bell Red card 76'		 BBC Report A. Shinnie 22'
Mckay (pen.), 77'		 Attendance: 4,541
Referee: Norris
10 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
12:00 Tudur Jones 19' BBC Report Žaliūkas (pen.), 90' Attendance: 3,332
Referee: Collum
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
24 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park
15:00 BBC Report Mckay 64' Attendance: 44,379
Referee: Murray
27 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 2 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Magennis 45+3', 50' BBC Report Mckay 36', 82'
Warren 58'		 Attendance: 9,193
Referee: Muir/Charleston[7]
8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 0 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper 13'
Foran 76'
Mckay 87'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,422
Referee: Allan
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
26 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 2 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
15:00 A. Shinnie 38'
Foran 67'		 BBC Report Imrie 2'
Thompson 55'		 Attendance: 3,506
Referee: Collum
29 December 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 2,975
Referee: Madden
2 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:05 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
19 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 0 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
15:00 A. Shinnie 53'
Mckay 61', 78'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,734
Referee: Allan
30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
19:45 Gonçalves 26'
Thompson 82'		 BBC Report Mckay (pen.), 45' Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Muir
9 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 3 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
12.00 Ross 9' BBC Report Commons 20'
Gershon 48'
Miku 82'		 Attendance: 6,175
Referee: Thomson
13 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Ross 21' BBC Report Pérez 90' Attendance: 2,529
Referee: Madden
16 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
15:00 Higdon 30', 56'
Law 52'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,179
Referee: Murray
23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian 2 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Holt 55'
Webster 74'		 BBC Report Warren 15' 77'
Mckay 61'		 Attendance: 11,325
Referee: Madden
27 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 3,413
Referee: Colvin
2 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 5,959
Referee: McLean
9 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee 1 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park
15:00 Baird 13' BBC Report Mckay 83' Attendance: 4,114
Referee: Thomson
16 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
15:00 A. Shinnie 5'
Mckay (pen.), 59'		 BBC Report Lawson 35' Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Brines
30 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road
15:00 Griffiths 59' BBC Report Draper 48'
A. Shinnie 65'		 Attendance: 8,555
Referee: Thomson
5 April 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 3,744
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
27 April 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
12:00 MacLean 77' BBC Report Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Thomson
4 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 3 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
15:00 McKay 3', 27', 84'
A. Shinnie 25'		 BBC Report McFadden 36', 64'
Higdon 49' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,857
Referee: Collum
11 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 2 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Doran 42' BBC Report Dow 50'
Mackay-Steven 90'		 Attendance: 3,728
Referee: Allan
19 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
12:45 Hainault 44' BBC Report Attendance: 6,002
Referee: Norris

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish League Cup
29 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2 Arbroath 0 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Gayfield Park
19:45 BBC Report A. Shinnie 7', 71' Attendance: 672
Referee: Finnie
25 September 2012 Scottish League Cup round 3 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 6 p)		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ochilview Park
19:45 Ferguson 40' (pen.) BBC Report Mckay 23' Attendance: 705
Referee: Madden
Penalties
Ferguson football with check mark
Rodgers football with check mark
Hodge football with red X
Gemmell football with check mark
McMillan football with check mark
Kean football with check mark
Smith football with red X		 Foran football with red X
G. Shinnie football with check mark
Morrison football with check mark
Doran football with check mark
A. Shinnie football with check mark
Draper football with check mark
Roberts football with check mark
31 October 2012 Scottish League Cup QF Rangers 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ibrox Stadium
19:45 BBC Report A. Shinnie 27'
Warren 59'
G. Shinnie (pen.), 79'		 Attendance: 28,033
Referee: McLean
26 January 2013 Scottish League Cup SF Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)		 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
15:00 A. Shinnie 49' BBC Report Ngoo 66'
Robinson Red card 77'		 Attendance: 16,326
Referee: Norris
Penalties
G. Shinnie football with check mark
A. Shinnie football with check mark
McKay football with check mark
Tudur Jones football with check mark
Roberts football with red X		 Žaliūkas football with check mark
Ngoo football with check mark
Webster football with check mark
Novikovas football with check mark
Taouil football with check mark

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Cup
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
11 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Replay Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
19:45 McKay (pen.), 9' 54' BBC Report Vigurs 41' Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Craig Thomson
2 February 2013 Scottish Cup round 5 Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Heffernan 58', 85' BBC Report Attendance: 3,172
Referee: Collum

Player statistics

Captains

More information No., P ...
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
9 FW Richie Foran Republic of Ireland 22 Club captain
1 GK Ryan Esson Scotland 2
3 DF Graeme Shinnie Scotland 1
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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

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013[8][9]
More information No., Pos ...
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland SCO Ryan Esson 18015+002+001+00
2 DF England ENG David Raven 43036+003+103+00
3 DF Scotland SCO Graeme Shinnie 44137+004+013+00
4 DF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones 39231+223+003+00
5 DF England ENG Gary Warren 38631+054+013+00
6 MF England ENG Chris Hogg 303+000+000+00
7 FW Northern Ireland NIR Billy McKay 452733+5234+013+03
8 MF England ENG Ross Draper 40533+154+002+00
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Foran 341025+382+103+02
10 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 451637+1124+043+00
11 MF Scotland SCO Nick Ross 2238+1330+001+00
12 GK Spain ESP Antonio Reguero 28023+102+002+00
14 DF England ENG Josh Meekings 41031+304+003+00
15 DF England ENG Simon King 504+001+000+00
16 FW England ENG Jason Oswell 200+200+000+00
17 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran 45338+034+003+00
18 FW Scotland SCO Shane Sutherland 2505+1601+200+10
19 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Morrison 1102+700+200+00
20 MF Scotland SCO Martin Laing 000+000+000+00
21 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 300+300+000+00
22 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Conor Pepper 1522+1021+200+00
23 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Philip Roberts 2318+911+200+30
25 DF England ENG Andre Blackman 202+000+000+00
26 MF England ENG Jordan Gibbons 200+100+000+10
27 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Devine 1008+200+000+00
28 DF England ENG Charlie Taylor 804+300+000+10
31 GK Scotland SCO Scott Mathieson 000+000+000+00
32 DF Scotland SCO Matthew Cooper 302+100+000+00
37 MF Canada CAN Calum Ferguson 000+000+000+00
38 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Christie 000+000+000+00
40 MF Scotland SCO Kyle Whyte 000+000+000+00
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, Competition ...
Player Competition Score Opponent Date
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Scottish Premier League 4–4 Dundee United 15 December 2012
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Scottish Premier League 4–3 Motherwell 4 May 2013
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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1ScotlandGKRyan Esson 00000000
2EnglandDFDavid Raven 51200071
3ScotlandDFGraeme Shinnie 90000090
4WalesDFOwain Tudur Jones 32000032
5EnglandDFGary Warren 60200080
6EnglandMFChris Hogg 00000000
7Northern IrelandFWBilly Mckay 00200020
8EnglandMFRoss Draper 70002090
9Republic of IrelandFWRichie Foran 61102091
10ScotlandMFAndrew Shinnie 40001050
11ScotlandMFNick Ross 00000000
12SpainGKAntonio Reguero 00100010
14EnglandDFJosh Meekings 40200060
15EnglandDFSimon King 30000030
16EnglandFWJason Oswell 00000000
17Republic of IrelandMFAaron Doran 30000030
18ScotlandFWShane Sutherland 10000010
19ScotlandMFGavin Morrison 20000020
20ScotlandMFMartin Laing 00000000
21ScotlandMFLiam Polworth 00000000
22Republic of IrelandMFConor Pepper 30000030
23Republic of IrelandFWPhilip Roberts 10000010
25EnglandDFAndre Blackman 00000000
26EnglandMFJordan Gibbons 00000000
27Republic of IrelandDFDaniel Devine 30000030
28EnglandDFCharlie Taylor 10000010
31ScotlandGKScott Mathieson 00000000
32ScotlandDFMatthew Cooper 00000000
37CanadaMFCalum Ferguson 00000000
38ScotlandMFRyan Christie 00000000
40ScotlandMFKyle Whyte 00000000

Team statistics

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
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]
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Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    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

More information Round, Ground ...
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAAHHA
ResultDDDLLDDWWWDWDLWWWDWDDWLLDLWDDDWWDLLWLL
Position35881111119635347522322222223233433333334
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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

By number of appearances

As of 19 May 2013

Formation: 4–2–3–1.

Personnel Awards

Last updated 19 April 2013

More information Player, Award ...
Player Award Month
England Terry Butcher SPL Manager of the Month [11] November
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay SPL Player of the Month [11] November
Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran SPL Young Player of the Month [11] November
England Josh Meekings SPL Young Player of the Month [12] March
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Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2012 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2012-13
More information Player, From ...
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References

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