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2016–17 Ross County F.C. season

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Ross County
2016–17 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerJim McIntyre
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipSeventh place
League CupGroup Stage
Scottish CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Boyce (23)
All: Liam Boyce (24)
Highest home attendance6,590 vs Rangers
Premiership
6 November 2016
Lowest home attendance722 vs Cove Rangers
League Cup
30 July 2016
Average home league attendance4,103[1]

The 2016–17 season was the club's 4th season in the Scottish Premiership and their fifth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, having won the League Cup the previous year for the first time in their history.[2]

Season summary

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County were unable to retain the trophy after being knocked out of the Group Stages in a new format introduced by the SPFL.[3] County U20s won the Development League, managed by Stuart Kettlewell.[4] Liam Boyce finished the season on 23 league goals and was the top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership.[5]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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5 July 2016[6] Friendly Hungary Paksi FC 1–3 Ross County Budapest, Hungary
18:00 Kovács 41' 1 Schalk 15', 32'
Graham 79'
Stadium: Globall Sport Complex
8 July 2016[6] Friendly Hungary Soroksár SC 1–1 Ross County Budapest, Hungary
18:00 Koós 9' 2 Irvine 45' Stadium: Globall Sport Complex

Scottish Premiership

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6 August 2016 1 Ross County 1–3 Dundee Victoria Park
15:00 Curran 67' Report Loy 13', 41' (pen.)
McGowan 62'
Attendance: 3,669
Referee: Madden
13 August 2016 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Ross County Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Boden 45'
Draper 65'
Report Boyce 7', 26', 47' Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Dallas
20 August 2016 3 Ross County 2–0 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 29', 74' Report Attendance: 3,263
Referee: Walsh
27 August 2016 4 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Ross County New Douglas Park
15:00 Imrie 74' Report Attendance: 1,609
Referee: Aitken
10 September 2016 5 Ross County 1–1 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 61'
McEveley Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 70'
Report Moult 41' (pen.) Attendance: 3,019
Referee: Muir
17 September 2016 6 Rangers 0–0 Ross County Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 47,935
Referee: Aitken
24 September 2016 7 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Rherras Yellow card 55'
Djoum Yellow card 87'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Woods Yellow card 50'
Dingwall Yellow card 57'
McShane Yellow card 81' Yellow-red card 83'
Fraser Yellow card 90'
Attendance: 16,321
Referee: Muir
1 October 2016 8 Ross County 0–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Woods Yellow card 90+3' BBC Report
SPFL Report
Swanson 42' (pen.)
Kane 73'
Foster Yellow card 90+2'
Attendance: 3,299
Referee: Allan
15 October 2016 9 Aberdeen 4–0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hayes 20'
Logan 32'
Reynolds Yellow card 67'
McGinn 68'
Stockley 78'
Report
SPFL Report
Fraser Yellow card 12'
Chow Red card 21'
Davies Yellow card 73'
Attendance: 10,091
Referee: Thomson
22 October 2016 10 Partick Thistle 1–1 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 Welsh 20'
Azeez Yellow card 58'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Davies Yellow card 12'
Curran Yellow card 50'
Dow Yellow card 90+3'
Burke 90+5'
Attendance: 3,777
Referee: Robertson
26 October 2016 11 Ross County 0–4 Celtic Victoria Park
19:45 Dow Yellow card 64'
McEveley Yellow card 86'
BBC Sport
SPFL Report
Roberts 3'
Armstrong 83'
Griffiths Yellow card 44'
Gordon Yellow card 73'
Sinclair 90+1'
Dembélé 90+3'
Attendance: 6,290
Referee: Muir
22 October 2016 12 Motherwell 4–1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 McDonald 8'
van der Weg 32' (o.g.)
Heneghan Yellow card 49'
Tait 51'
Ainsworth 62'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
van der Weg Yellow card 39'
Quinn Yellow card 53'
Schalk 78'
Attendance: 3,177
Referee: Walsh
6 November 2016 13 Ross County 1–1 Rangers Victoria Park
12:00 McEveley Yellow card 11'
Davies 26'
Chow Yellow card 61'
Dow Yellow card 76'
Dingwall Yellow card 78'
Routis Yellow card 82'
Burke Yellow card 86'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Hill 8'
Holt Yellow card 67'
Waghorn Yellow card 74'
Attendance: 6,590
Referee: Dallas
19 November 2016 14 St Johnstone 2–4 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson Yellow card 4'
Paton Yellow card 55'
Foster Yellow card 62'
Swanson 65' (pen.)
MacLean 80'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
McEveley 24' Yellow card 65'
Routis 38'
van der Weg Yellow card 45+4'
Curran 63'
Boyce 83'
Attendance: 2,554
Referee: Beaton
26 November 2016 15 Ross County 1–1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 39' BBC Report Crawford 77' Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Thomson
3 December 2016 16 Ross County 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 McEveley 43'
Boyce 86' (pen.)
BBC Report Djoum 66'
Paterson 67'
Attendance: 4,042
Referee: Collum
10 December 2016 17 Dundee 0–0 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,742
Referee: Anderson
17 December 2016 18 Ross County 2–1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 26'
Dow 88'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
McGinn 68' Attendance: 4,467
Referee: Thomson
23 December 2016 19 Ross County 1–3 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce 83' BBC Report
SPFL Report
Lindsay 50'
Doolan 62'
Erskine 78'
Attendance: 2,935
Referee: Beaton
28 December 2016 20 Celtic 2–0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Sviatchenko 38'
Armstrong 45+1'
BBC Sport
SPFL Report
Attendance: 55,355
Referee: Walsh
31 December 2016 21 Ross County 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 2', 35'
Woods 61'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Tremarco 28'
Fisher 81'
Attendance: 5,111
Referee: Madden
28 January 2017 22 Kilmarnock 3–2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd 1'
Dicker 61'
Longstaff 90'
BBC Sport
SPFL Report
Routis 7'
Schalk 11'
Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Barry Cook
31 January 2017 23 Ross County 1–2 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 McEveley 34' BBC Report
SPFL Report
McDonald 28'
Moult 54'
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: McLean
4 February 2017 24 Rangers 1–1 Ross County Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Wallace 71' BBC Report
SPFL Report
Schalk 18' Attendance: 49,428
Referee: Don Robertson
18 February 2017 25 Ross County 1–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Curran 73'
O'Brien Yellow card 76'
BBC Report McEveley 31' (o.g.)
Kane 90+1'
Attendance: 3,187
Referee: Beaton
25 February 2017 26 Aberdeen 1–0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Reynolds Yellow card 27'
Rooney 69'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Gardyne Yellow card 23' Attendance: 11,774
Referee: Collum
1 March 2017 27 Heart Of Midlothian 0–1 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Struna Yellow card 16' BBC Report Chow Yellow card 15'
Schalk 51'
Boyce Yellow card 68'
Attendance: 15,470
Referee: Muir
11 March 2017 28 Ross County 1–2 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce Yellow card 38' 58'
van der Weg Yellow card 74'
Curran Yellow card 79'
Chow Yellow card 80'
BBC Report Sammon 46'
Boyd 85'
Roberts Yellow card 32'
Hendrie Yellow card 64'
Taylor Yellow card 79'
Attendance: 3,380
Referee: Nick Walsh
18 March 2017 29 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Ross County Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Tansey 48'
Tremarco Yellow card 88'
BBC Report Naismith Yellow card 52'
Schalk 86'
Attendance: 4,123
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 April 2017 30 Partick Thistle 2–1 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan 64', 79' Yellow card 65'
Edwards Yellow card 68'
Lawless Yellow card 74'
BBC Report Curran 58'
Fraser Yellow card 84'
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Collum
4 April 2017 31 Ross County 2–1 Dundee Victoria Park
19:45 Chow 7'
Davies Yellow card 25'
O'Brien Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 81'
Boyce 90' (pen.)
Curran Yellow card 90+1'
BBC Report O'Dea Yellow card 26' 45' (pen.)
O'Hara Yellow card 90+1'
Williams Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 90+2'
Attendance: 2,819
Referee: Beaton
8 April 2017 32 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Ross County New Douglas Park
15:00 Donati 3'
Bingham Yellow card 15'
McMann Yellow card 37'
Skondras Red card 45'
Devlin Yellow card 57'
BBC Report Curran 60' Attendance: 1,548
Referee: McLean
16 April 2017 33 Ross County 2–2 Celtic Victoria Park
12:30 Gardyne Yellow card 40' 50'
O'Brien Yellow card 76'
Boyce 90' (pen.) Yellow card 90+1'
Davies Yellow card 90+3'
BBC Report Tierney 34'
Roberts 78'
Šimunović Yellow card 88'
Brown Red card 90+2'
Attendance: 6,205
Referee: Don Robertson
28 April 2017 34 Ross County 4–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
19:45 O'Brien Yellow card 10'
Boyce 21', 34', 49' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Chow Yellow card 53'
BBC Report Vigurs Yellow card 49'
Polworth Red card 60'
Attendance: 4,928
Referee: Thomson
6 May 2017 35 Motherwell 0–1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report van der Weg Yellow card 44'
O'Brien Yellow card 61'
Routis 72'
Attendance: 3,870
Referee: Madden
13 May 2017 36 Dundee 1–1 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 McGowan Yellow card 62'
Vincent Yellow card 63'
O'Dea 76' (pen.) Yellow card 77'
BBC Report Boyce 4'
Fraser Yellow card 33'
Woods Yellow card 54'
Gardyne Yellow card 65'
O'Brien Yellow card 69'
Curran Yellow card 76'
Tumilty Yellow card 90+4'
Attendance: 6,812
Referee: Nick Walsh
16 May 2017 37 Ross County 3–2 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
19:45 Gardyne 3'
Matthews 31' (o.g.)
O'Brien Yellow card 89'
Franks 90+1'
Boyce Yellow card 90+3'
BBC Report Bingham 26'
Longridge Yellow card 8'
MacKinnon Yellow card 13'
Templeton 75'
Imrie Yellow card 90'
Skondras Yellow card 90+3'
Attendance: 4,871
Referee: Alan Muir
20 May 2017 38 Kilmarnock 1–2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Sammon 10' (pen.)
Smith Yellow card 41'
Dicker Yellow card 67'
BBC Report Boyce 21', 34' Attendance: 3,951
Referee: Madden

League Cup

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16 July 2016[7] Group D[7] Montrose 0–1 Ross County Links Park
15:00 SPFL Report Graham 86' (pen.) Attendance: 557
Referee: Charleston
23 July 2016 Group D Ross County 1–1
(3–4 p)
Raith Rovers Victoria Park
15:00 Graham 75' (pen.) SPFL Report Čikoš 18' (o.g.) Attendance: 1,173
Referee: McKendrick
Penalties
26 July 2016 Group D Alloa Athletic 3–2 Ross County Recreation Park
19:30 Kirkpatrick 2'
Robertson 11'
Waters 72'
SPFL report Graham 14'
Schalk 21'
Attendance: 319
Referee: Finnie
30 July 2016 Group D Ross County 7–0 Cove Rangers Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk 24', 49'
Graham 46', 56', 89'
Curran 65', 81'
SPFL Report Attendance: 722
Referee: Mat Northcroft

Scottish Cup

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21 January 2017 Fourth round Ross County 6–2 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Routis 6' 76'
Quinn 16'
Chow 28'
Boyce 30'
O'Brien 90+2'
Report Andreu 13' Yellow card 35' 45+2'
Telfer Yellow card 15'
Fraser Yellow card 39'
Attendance: 2,440
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 February 2017 Fifth round Ross County 0–1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Report Logan 87' Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Madden

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Scott Fox 40 0 35 0 3 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Marcus Fraser 35 0 33 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Jason Naismith 16 0 14+2 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF France FRA Christopher Routis 34 5 23+7 3 2+1 0 1 2
5 DF Scotland SCO Jay McEveley 29 3 20+3 3 4 0 2 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jim O'Brien 18 1 8+8 0 0 0 1+1 1
7 FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 38 2 28+5 2 4 0 1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Martin Woods 35 1 27+2 1 4 0 2 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Ryan Dow 24 1 13+10 1 0 0 1 0
10 FW Northern Ireland NIR Liam Boyce 41 24 35 23 4 0 2 1
11 FW England ENG Craig Curran 38 7 25+8 5 1+3 2 0+1 0
12 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Tim Chow 32 2 26+4 1 0 0 2 1
15 DF England ENG Andrew Davies 34 1 31 1 2 0 1 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Tony Dingwall 17 0 4+11 0 0+2 0 0 0
17 FW England ENG Jonathan Franks 19 1 9+8 1 1+1 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Ian McShane 10 0 5+2 0 2+1 0 0 0
19 MF England ENG Oscar Gobern 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Chris Burke 6 1 4+2 1 0 0 0 0
23 FW Netherlands NED Alex Schalk 38 8 15+17 5 3+1 3 2 0
27 FW Slovakia SVK Milan Lalkovic 8 0 2+4 0 0 0 0+2 0
28 DF Netherlands NED Kenny van der Weg 38 0 29+4 0 3 0 2 0
31 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron McCarey 5 0 3+1 0 1 0 0 0
41 GK England ENG Mark Foden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn 19 1 16 0 2 0 1 1
50 MF England ENG Davis Keillor-Dunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 DF Scotland SCO Reghan Tumilty 9 0 2+6 0 0 0 0+1 0
53 FW Scotland SCO Greg Morrison 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0
57 MF Scotland SCO Blair Malcolm 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
58 FW Scotland SCO Russell Dingwall 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
63 MF Scotland SCO Dylan Dykes 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
3 DF Slovakia SVK Erik Čikoš (contract terminated by mutual consent) 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Chris Robertson (contract terminated) 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Richard Foster (joined St Johnstone) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham (joined Hibernian) 5 6 1 0 2+2 6 0 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Scott Boyd (joined Kilmarnock) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Scotland SCO Christopher McLaughlin (loaned to Forfar Athletic) 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Northern Ireland 10 Liam Boyce 23 0 1 24
2 Netherlands 23 Alex Schalk 5 3 0 8
3 England 11 Craig Curran 5 2 0 7
4 Scotland 19 Brian Graham 0 6 0 6
5 France 4 Christopher Routis 3 0 2 5
6 Scotland 5 Jay McEveley 3 0 0 3
7 Scotland 7 Michael Gardyne 2 0 0 2
= Chinese Taipei 12 Tim Chow 1 0 1 2
9 Republic of Ireland 6 Jim O'Brien 0 0 1 1
= Scotland 8 Martin Woods 1 0 0 1
= Scotland 9 Ryan Dow 1 0 0 1
= England 15 Andrew Davies 1 0 0 1
= England 17 Jonathan Franks 1 0 0 1
= Scotland 22 Chris Burke 1 0 0 1
= Scotland 43 Paul Quinn 0 0 1 1
Own Goal 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 48 11 6 65

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Scott Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
3 Scotland DF Jason Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 France DF Christopher Routis 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Scotland DF Jay McEveley 9 1 1 0 0 0 10 1
6 Republic of Ireland MF Jim O'Brien 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
7 Scotland FW Michael Gardyne 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
8 Scotland MF Martin Woods 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
9 Scotland FW Ryan Dow 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Northern Ireland FW Liam Boyce 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
11 England FW Craig Curran 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
12 Chinese Taipei DF Tim Chow 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
12 Scotland DF Richard Foster 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
15 England DF Andrew Davies 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
16 Scotland MF Tony Dingwall 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland MF Ian McShane 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
19 Scotland FW Brian Graham 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland MF Chris Burke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Netherlands FW Alex Schalk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Slovakia FW Milan Lalkovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 Netherlands DF Kenny van der Weg 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
43 Scotland DF Paul Quinn 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
52 Scotland DF Reghan Tumilty 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 83 5 8 0 4 0 95 5

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[a]
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
6 Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38 54 −16 42
7 Ross County 38 11 13 14 48 58 −10 46
8 Kilmarnock 38 9 14 15 36 56 −20 41
9 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 46 69 −23 38
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[8]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Transfers

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See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Scottish Premiership 2016/2017 Home Average Attendance".
  2. ^ "Motherwell and Rangers to meet in Scottish League Cup group stage". STV Sport. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Scottish League Cup: Alloa 3-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Ross County youth coach Stuart Kettlewell targets first team spots for his stars". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Ross County have no interest in selling Liam Boyce - Jim McIntyre". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Ross County FC Pre-Season Plans". Ross County FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Betfred Cup 2016/2017 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d "Ross County bring in four new signings on free transfers". BBC Sport. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Jay McEveley joins Ross County after Sheffield United exit". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Tim Chow: Ross County sign Wigan Athletic midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Ryan Dow signs on at Ross County until the end of the season". Ross County FC. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Ross County sign Scotland winger Chris Burke". BBC Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Ross County sign Jason Naismith for fee and Jim O'Brien on loan". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Ross County: Staggies sign midfielders Gobern and Lalkovic". BBC Sport. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  16. ^ "Dundee United sign Stewart Murdoch after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Jackson Irvine: Burton Albion sign Ross County midfielder". BBC Sport. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Nigel Clough: Jackson Irvine has a 'worrying' likeness to Robbie Savage". BBC Sport. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Foster joins Saints - signings update". SPFL. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  20. ^ "Graham joins Hibernian". SPFL. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  21. ^ "Kilmarnock sign Ross County's Scott Boyd on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Chris Robertson: AFC Wimbledon sign former Ross County centre-back". BBC Sport. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Erik Cikos leaves Ross County to pursue 'exciting opportunity'". BBC Sport. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  24. ^ "Ross County FC Transfer News Christopher McLaughlin completes Development loan to Forfar Athletic". rosscountyfootballclub. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  25. ^ "Kilmarnock secure deals for Conor Sammon, Scott Boyd and Joshua Umerah". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.