2007–08 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
2007-08 season
ManagerCraig Brewster
Scottish Premier League9th
Scottish Cup4th round
Scottish League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Don Cowie (9)
All: Marius Niculae (10)
Highest home attendance7,753 vs. Rangers, 20 January 2008
Lowest home attendance3,420 vs. Kilmarnock, 19 April 2008
Average home league attendance4,753

The 2007–08 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's fourth in the Scottish Premier League and 14th since the merger that created the club. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Premier League[]

Caley Thistle finished 9th of 12 teams in the SPL, on 43 points from 38 matches. They managed only a disappointing −11 goal differential, from 51 goals scored and 62 allowed. It was a mixed season for statistics, as this tied the club's record for goals scored in an SPL season, set in 2004–05, but also demolished their record for SPL goals conceded by 14. But overall, it could be called a poor season for the Caley, with the lowest total points and lowest finishing league standing since their promotion in 2004.

The exception to this poor form, and the main reason for the team's survival in the SPL, was the month of December. A streak that included wins against Hearts and Celtic earned Craig Brewster Manager of the Month and Marius Niculae Player of the Month honors.

Scottish Cup[]

To go along with the lackluster league season was a short and poor Scottish Cup. Caley Thistle entered the tournament in the fourth round, and faced Hibernian at Easter Road. Dean Shiels scored a hat trick and sunk Caley's hopes for a cup run at the first possible point as the match finished 3–0 to Hibs.

League Cup[]

The League Cup provided a bit more positive news for Caley Thistle fans, as the club reached the quarterfinals for the second time in three seasons, on the strength of a 4–1 win over Arbroath and a 3–0 win over Gretna. The run stopped abruptly, however, away to Aberdeen, who beat Caley Thistle 4–1 on the strength of another hat trick (albeit including two penalties), this time from Barry Nicholson.

Results[]

All the results of the regular matches [1]

Scottish Premier League[]

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Premier League
4 August 2007 Premier League Inverness CT 0–3 Rangers Caledonian Stadium
12:30 Ferguson Goal 16' Goal 90' Novo Goal 64' Attendance: 7,711
Referee: Clarke
11 August 2007 Premier League Motherwell 2–1 Inverness CT Fir Park
15:00 O'Donnell Goal 85' McCormack ((goal|90}} Tokely Goal 82' Attendance: 4,259
Referee: Freeland
18 August 2007 Premier League St Mirren 2–1 Inverness CT Love Street
15:00 Miranda Goal 19' Corcoran Goal 55' Cowie Goal 58' Attendance: 3,309
Referee: Collum
25 August 2007 Premier League Inverness CT 0–3 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Dillon Goal 46' Robson Goal 58' Goal 81' Attendance: 4,178
Referee: Underhill
1 September 2007 Premier League Hibernian 1–0 Inverness CT Easter Road
15:00 Fletcher Goal 2' Attendance: 13,258
Referee: Smith
15 September 2007 Premier League Celtic 5–0 Inverness CT Celtic Park
15:00 Vennegoor of Hesselink Goal 15' Goal 59'

Donati Goal 41' Nakamura Goal 56'

McGuire Goal og70'		 Attendance: 56,020
Referee: Thomson
22 September 2007 Premier League Inverness CT 2–1 Hearts Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Wyness Goal 64' Brewster Goal 90' Black Goal og34' Attendance: 4,918
Referee: Tumilty
29 September 2007 Premier League Inverness CT 4–2 Falkirk Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Wyness Goal 7' Goal 54'

Duncan Goal 18'

Black Goal 32'		 Milne Goal 28' Arfield Goal 47' Attendance: 4,011
Referee: Somers
6 October 2007 Premier League Kilmarnock 2–2 Inverness CT Rugby Park
15:00 Koudou Goal 1' Nish Goal 56' Ford Goal og22' Cowie Goal 61' Attendance: 4,456
Referee: Brines
21 October 2007 Premier League Inverness CT 1–2 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
14:00 Wyness {goal|58}} Young Goal 8' Tokely Goal og62' Referee: Smith
27 October 2007 Premier League Gretna 0–4 Inverness CT Fir Park
15:00 Wyness Goal 2'

Cowie Goal 31' Wilson Goal 73'

McBain Goal 75'		 Attendance: 1,096
Referee: McCurry
3 November 2007 Premier League Rangers 2–0 Inverness CT Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Boyd Goal 1' Cuéllar Goal 63' Attendance: 48,898
Referee: Collum
10 November 2007 Premier League Inverness CT 0–3 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Clarkson Goal 15' Goal 53' Smith Goal 87' Attendance: 3,608
24 November 2007 Premier League Inverness CT 1–0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Cowie Goal 6' Attendance: 3,699
Referee: Allan
1 December 2007 Premier League Dundee United 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice Stadium
15:00 Black Goal 20' Attendance: 5845
Referee: Brines
8 December 2007 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Niculae Goal 42' Goal 78' Attendance: 4224
Referee: Clark
12 December 2007 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
14:00 Rankin Goal pen' (41),

Proctor Goal 57', Red card 68'

Cowie Goal 61'		 Vennegoor of Hesselink Goal 24', Goal 26' Attendance: 7004
22 December 2007 Premier League Heart of Midlothian 2–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Park
15:00 Berra Goal 62',

Kurskis Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card

Velicka Goal pen' (88)		 Duncan Goal 22',

Rankin Goal pen' (52),

Bayne Goal 90+3'		 Attendance: 16202
26 December 2007 Premier League Falkirk 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Aafjes Goal 34' Attendance: 5265
29 December 2007 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Niculae Goal 42', Goal 76', Cowie Goal 52' Nish Goal 87' Attendance: 4169
2 January 2008 Premier League Aberdeen 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Nicholson Goal pen' (82) Attendance: 13327
5 January 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 Gretna Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Niculae Goal 34', Goal 42', Rankin Goal pen' (39) Attendance: 3919
20 January 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Rangers Caledonian Stadium
14:00 Darcheville Goal 89' Attendance: 7753
9 February 2008 Premier League St Mirren 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
15:00 Mehmet Goal 75' Munro Goal 27' Attendance: 3609
16 February 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Paatelainen Goal 84' Buaben Goal 68' Attendance: 4087
20 February 2008 Premier League Motherwell 3–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
19:45 Clarkson Goal 7', Goal 42', Porter Goal 10' Cowie Goal 19' Attendance: 4526
23 February 2008 Premier League Hibernian 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road
15:00 Nish Goal 3', Fletcher Goal 5' Attendance: 12552
27 February 2008 Premier League Celtic 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park
19:45 McDonald Goal 45', Samaras Goal 61' Niculae Goal 70' Attendance: 56787
1 March 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Karypidis Goal 22', Elliot Goal 33', Goal 47' Attendance: 4489
15 March 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Falkirk Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Clarke Goal 86' Attendance: 4012
22 March 2008 Premier League Kilmarnock 4–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Wright Goal 37',

Bryson Goal 50', Goal 57',

Flannigan Goal 64'		 Black Goal 13' Attendance: 5100
29 March 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–4 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Bus (o.g.) 20,

Duncan Goal 40', Yellow card 46' Yellow-red card, McBain Goal 57',

Munro Red card 90+10'		 Aluko Goal 7',

Nicholson Goal 45', Miller Goal 53',

Maguire Goal 90+3'		 Attendance: 5655
5 April 2008 Premier League Gretna 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
15:00 Barr Goal 80' McBain Goal 71', Cowie Goal 73' Attendance: 431
19 April 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Imrie Goal 10',

Lilley (o.g.) 71,

Niculae Goal 79'		 Attendance: 3420
26 April 2008 Premier League Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Park
15:00 Glen Goal 80' Attendance: 15423
4 May 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6–1 Gretna Caledonian Stadium
14:00 Imrie Goal 1',

McAllister Goal 24', Wilson Goal 51', Cowie Goal 70', Tokely Goal 88',

Vigurs Goal 90+1'		 Hogg Goal 26' Attendance: 3639
10 May 2008 Premier League Falkirk 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Higdon Goal 28', Finnigan Goal 68' Wilson Goal pen' (90) Attendance: 5631
17 May 2008 Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Proctor Red card 54' Attendance: 3783
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
7 Falkirk 38 13 10 15 45 49 −4 49
8 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 9 16 47 55 −8 48
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 4 21 51 62 −11 43
10 St Mirren 38 10 11 17 26 54 −28 41
11 Kilmarnock 38 10 10 18 39 52 −13 40
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score ICT Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 28 August Arbroath H 3–1 Niculae (2), Wyness 1,246
R3 25 September Gretna H 3–0 Bayne, Wilson, Wyness 1,717
R4 31 October Aberdeen A 1–4 Bayne 7,270

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup
12 January 2008 Round 4 Hibernian 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road
15:00 Shiels Goal 5', Goal 53', Goal 84', Morais Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card McGuire Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card Attendance: 9622
Referee: }

Club Records Set[]

  • (+) Tied - Most SPL goals scored: 51 (also scored 51 in 2004–05)
  • (−) Lowest SPL finish: 9th (previous was 8th in 2004–05 and 2006–07)
  • (−) Least SPL points: 43 (previous was 44 in 2004–05)
  • (−) Worst SPL goal difference: −11 (previous was −6 in 2004–05 and 2006–07)
  • (−) Most SPL goals allowed: 62 (previous was 48 in 2006–07)

Transfers In[]

Date Name Moving from Fee
8 May 2007 Scotland Ally Ridgers Scotland Clachnacuddin Free[2]
1 July 2007 Scotland Don Cowie Scotland Ross County Free[3]
4 July 2007 England Dean McDonald England Gillingham Undisclosed[4]
17 July 2007 Romania Marius Niculae Germany Mainz 05 Free[5]
14 August 2007 Scotland Steven Watt Wales Swansea City Loan[6]
31 August 2007 Poland Zbigniew Małkowski Scotland Hibernian Loan[7]
31 August 2007 Scotland Phil McGuire Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Loan[8]
31 August 2007 Scotland David Proctor Scotland Dundee United Free[9]
31 January 2008 Scotland Dougie Imrie Scotland Clyde Undisclosed[10]

Transfers Out[]

Date Name Moving to Fee
1 June 2007 Scotland Stuart Golabek Scotland Ross County Free[11]
28 June 2007 Scotland Craig Dargo Scotland St Mirren Free[12]
1 July 2007 Scotland Darren Dods Scotland Dundee United Free[13]
31 August 2007 Scotland Ally Ridgers Scotland Elgin City Loan[14]
31 August 2007 Scotland Zander Sutherland Scotland Elgin City Loan[14]
1 January 2008 Scotland Alan Morgan Scotland Kilmarnock Free
17 January 2008 Scotland John Rankin Scotland Hibernian £110,000
29 April 2008 Scotland Stuart McCaffrey Scotland St Johnstone Free

References[]

  1. ^ "Caleythistleonline 2007-08 results".
  2. ^ "Ridgers poised for Inverness stay". BBC Sport. 8 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Inverness line up County captain". BBC Sport. 1 July 2007.
  4. ^ "McDonald joy at Inverness switch". BBC Sport. 4 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Romania striker joins Inverness". BBC Sport. 17 July 2007.
  6. ^ "Defender Watt moves to Inverness". BBC Sport. 14 August 2007.
  7. ^ "Malkowski heads to Caley Thistle". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007.
  8. ^ "Transfer Window". caleythistleonline.com. 31 August 2007.
  9. ^ "Proctor moves back to Inverness". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007.
  10. ^ "Caley Thistle sign Clyde's Imrie". BBC Sport. 2 March 2008.
  11. ^ "Golabek & Bullock back at County". BBC Sport. 1 June 2007.
  12. ^ "St Mirren sign up striker Dargo". BBC Sport. 28 June 2007.
  13. ^ "Dods seals move to Dundee United". BBC Sport. 22 June 2007.
  14. ^ a b "Inverness duo farmed out to Elgin". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007.
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