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2014–15 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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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

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.

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

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 Scotland 43
5 DF Gary Warren England 2
9 MF Richie Foran Republic of Ireland 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 Scotland SCO Ryan Esson 20 0 14+2 0 0 0 4 0
2 DF England ENG David Raven 39 1 33 0 1 0 5 1
3 DF Scotland SCO Graeme Shinnie 43 3 37 2 0 0 6 1
4 MF England ENG James Vincent 24 2 13+7 1 0 0 3+1 1
5 DF England ENG Gary Warren 41 3 36 2 1 0 4 1
6 DF England ENG Josh Meekings 44 4 37 3 1 0 6 1
7 FW Nigeria NGA Edward Ofere 13 6 7+3 5 0 0 3 1
8 MF England ENG Ross Draper 38 0 31+1 0 0 0 6 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran 38 6 15+18 6 1 0 1+3 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Nick Ross 32 3 13+13 3 0 0 2+4 0
12 GK England ENG Dean Brill 27 0 24 0 1 0 2 0
13 FW England ENG Ibra Sekajja 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Devine 11 1 6+2 0 0 0 2+1 1
15 MF England ENG Marley Watkins 39 9 29+4 7 1 0 5 2
16 MF England ENG Greg Tansey 42 7 36 4 1 0 5 3
17 MF England ENG Lewis Horner 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF England ENG Carl Tremarco 13 0 9+2 0 1 0 1 0
19 MF England ENG Danny Williams 41 3 27+7 2 1 0 5+1 1
20 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 6 0 1+4 0 1 0 0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Christie 42 4 26+9 4 0+1 0 4+2 0
25 FW Estonia EST Tarmo Kink 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 0+1 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Cameron Mackay 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO Alisdair Sutherland 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Canada CAN Calum Ferguson 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Northern Ireland NIR Billy McKay 26 10 22+1 10 1 0 2 0

Hat-tricks

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Player Competition Score Opponent Date
Canada 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
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 England DF David Raven 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0
3 Scotland DF Graeme Shinnie 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
4 England MF James Vincent 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 England DF Gary Warren 6 1 4 1 0 0 2 0
6 England DF Josh Meekings 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nigeria FW Edward Ofere 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 England MF Ross Draper 13 1 12 1 0 0 1 0
10 Republic of Ireland MF Aaron Doran 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
11 Scotland MF Nick Ross 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 Northern Ireland DF Daniel Devine 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
15 England MF Marley Watkins 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
16 England MF Greg Tansey 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
18 England DF Carl Tremarco 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
19 England MF Danny Williams 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland 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
England Ross Draper SPFL Player of the Month[6] August
Scotland John Hughes SPFL Manager of the Month[6] August
Scotland Ryan Christie SPFL Young Player of the Month[6] August
Scotland John Hughes SPFL Manager of the Month[7] January
Scotland Ryan Christie SPFL Young Player of the Month[8] February
Scotland John Hughes PFA Scotland Manager of the Year[9]
Scotland Ryan Christie SFWA Young Player of the Year[10]
Scotland John Hughes SFWA Manager of the Year[11]

Transfers

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New SPFL branding is unveiled". Sky Sports. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ "2009/09 Scottish Division One Table / Table". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  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. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. ^ "John Hughes: Inverness Caledonian Thistle wins January award". BBC Sport. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Ross County's McIntyre and ICT's Christie win February awards". BBC Sport. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Inverness: John Hughes named PFA manager of year". BBC Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Ryan Christie is Scottish football writers' young player of the year". BBC Sport. 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.