2009–10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2009–10 season
Manager	Terry Butcher
Scottish First Division	1st
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
Scottish League Cup	Third Round
Scottish Challenge Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Adam Rooney (24)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Inverness Caledonian Thistle's first in the Scottish First Division since relegation from the Scottish Premier League the previous season.

Scottish First Division[]

8 August 2009 Scottish Div 1	Dunfermline	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
		BBC SPORT	Cox 90+1'	Attendance: 2,975 Referee: Dougie McDonald

15 August 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,297 Referee: Winter

22 August 2009 Scottish Div 1	Dundee	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dens Park
	Harkins 9', 29'	BBC SPORT	Sanchez 20' Cox 38'	Attendance: 5,507 Referee: Tumilty

29 August 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 60'	BBC Sport	di Giacomo 10' Vigurs 53' Brittain 76'	Attendance: 5,846 Referee: Finnie

12 September 2009 Scottish Div 1	Morton	0–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Cappielow
		BBC SPORT	Sanchez 45' Foran 60' Proctor 85'	Attendance: 1,946 Referee: Richmond

19 September 2009 Scottish Div 1	Airdrie United	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Excelsior Stadium
	Baird 25'	BBC Sport	Hayes 83'	Attendance: 951 Referee: McKendrick

26 September 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–3	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 63' (pen.) Foran 76'	BBC SPORT	Buchanan 38', 39' Archibald 45'	Attendance: 3,218 Referee: E. Norris

10 October 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Queen of the South	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 18'	BBC SPORT	Holmes 1', 83', 90'	Attendance: 3,011 Referee: I. Brines

13 October 2009 Scottish Div 1	Raith Rovers	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Stark's Park
		BBC SPORT	Proctor 83'	Attendance: 2,014 Referee:

17 October 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium
	Proctor 45'	BBC SPORT	Kirk 69'	Attendance: 3,082 Referee:

24 October 2009 Scottish Div 1	Ayr United	1–5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Somerset Park
	Roberts 13'	BBC SPORT	Foran 11', 25', 57' Rooney 15' Imrie 21'	Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Collum

31 October 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–1	Morton	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 19', 42', 51' (pen.) Bulvītis 31'	BBC SPORT	=Paartalu 33'	Attendance: 3,021 Referee:

7 November 2009 Scottish Div 1	Ross County	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
	Boyd 18' Gardyne 20'	BBC SPORT	Rooney 82'	Attendance: 5,506 Referee:

14 November 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Airdrie United	Caledonian Stadium
	Sanchez 45' Odhiambo 69'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,780 Referee:

28 November 2009 Scottish Div 1	Partick Thistle	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Firhill Stadium
	Adams 53' Lovell 68'	BBC SPORT	Tokely 7'	Attendance: 2,353 Referee: McDonald

5 December 2009 Scottish Div 1	Queen of the South	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Palmerston Park
	Harris 75' Lilley 77'	BBC SPORT	Hayes 18' Foran 75' Duncan 77'	Attendance: 2,196 Referee:

12 December 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Raith Rovers	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 23'	BBC Sport	Hill 69'	Attendance: 2,768 Referee:

19 December 2009 Scottish Div 1	Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
		BBC SPORT		Attendance: 2,280 Referee:

26 December 2009 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Dundee	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 57'	BBC SPORT	Griffiths 45' (pen.) Harkins 85'	Attendance: 3,660 Referee:

23 January 2010 Scottish Div 1	Airdrie United	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Excelsior Stadium
		BBC SPORT	Rooney 43' (pen.)	Attendance: 839 Referee:

30 January 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 38' Rooney 89' (pen.)	BBC SPORT	Corcoran 16' Maxwell 88'	Attendance: 3,107 Referee:

13 February 2010 Scottish Div 1	Raith Rovers	0–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park
		BBC SPORT	Rooney 67' Hayes 70' Bulvītis 77' Stratford 90'	Attendance: 1,568 Referee: C. Thomson

27 February 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–3	Ayr United	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 45' Hayes 61' Rooney 90' (pen.)	BBC SPORT	Aitken 25' Roberts 30' McManus 71'	Attendance: 2,843 Referee:

1 March 2010 Scottish Div 1	Dundee	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dens Park
	Kerr 78' Harkins 84'	BBC SPORT	Foran 46' Odhiambo 59'	Attendance: 4,974 Referee:

9 March 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–1	Queen of the South	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 42', 52', 76' (pen.)	BBC SPORT	Holmes 61' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,003 Referee:

13 March 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Morton	Caledonian Stadium
	Ross 65'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 2,788 Referee:

20 March 2010 Scottish Div 1	Ross County	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
	Swanson 43'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 5,928 Referee: M. Tumilty

23 March 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–0	Airdrie United	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 10' Foran 24' Munro 47' Hayes 83'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 2,008 Referee: C. Murray

27 March 2010 Scottish Div 1	Partick Thistle	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Firhill Stadium
		BBC Sport	Rooney 32'	Attendance: 2,380 Referee:

30 March 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 14' Odhiambo 16' Hayes 40'	BBC Sport	Keddie 13'	Attendance: 5,411 Referee:

3 April 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–3	Raith Rovers	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 29', 90' Rooney 41' Odhiambo 57'	BBC Sport	Williamson 12' Tadé 66' Mole 74' Simmons 88'	Attendance: 3,562 Referee:

6 April 2010 Scottish Div 1	Morton	0–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Cappielow Park
		BBC Sport	Foran 6' Rooney 85'	Attendance: 1,277 Referee:

10 April 2010 Scottish Div 1	Queen of the South	1–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Palmerston Park
	McLaren 10' Harris 74'	BBC Sport	Rooney 42', 88' Munro 67'	Attendance: 2,093 Referee: C. Richmond

17 April 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 55' Foran 62'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,728 Referee: W. Collum

24 April 2010 Scottish Div 1	Ayr United	0–7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Somerset Park
		BBC Sport	Hayes 2' Rooney 10' Foran 13' Odhiambo 42' Sanchez 75' Eagle 85' Morrison 89'	Attendance: 3,031 Referee:

1 May 2010 Scottish Div 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Dundee	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 28'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 6,031 Referee: S. Conroy

Scottish Cup[]

18 January 2010 Scottish Cup Round 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium
	Bulvītis 43' Imrie 62'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Brines

6 February 2010 Scottish Cup Round 5	Kilmarnock	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park
	Sammon 28' Kelly 36', 59'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 4,473 Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish League Cup[]

1 August 2009 League Cup Round 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–0	Annan Athletic	Caledonian Stadium
	Cox 22' Odhiambo 55' Tokely 57'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 1,095 Referee: McLean

25 August 2009 League Cup Round 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–0	Albion Rovers	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 32' (pen.) Munro 38' Rooney 49'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 681 Referee: Somers

22 September 2009 League Cup Round 3	Motherwell	3–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park
	Samaras 17' (37), 57' Hooper 21' Stokes 74' (pen.), 81'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,905 Referee: McDonald

Scottish Challenge Cup[]

25 July 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Montrose	Caledonian Stadium
	Sánchez 90+2' Rooney 90+4'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Smith

18 August 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Stranraer	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 19' (86) Rooney 38' (66) Hogg 62'	BBC SPORT	Lyle 83'	Attendance: 664 Referee: Charleston

6 September 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Quarter-final	Partick Thistle	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Firhill Stadium
	Rooney 44' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Ledley 45+2' (68)	Attendance: 1,746 Referee: Tumilty

4 October 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Semi-final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 19' (86) Rooney 38' (66) Hogg 62'	BBC SPORT	Lyle 83'	Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Charleston

22 November 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Final	Dundee	3–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
	Rooney 44' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Ledley 45+2' (68)	Attendance: 8,031 Referee: Tumilty

Team statistics[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P)	36	21	10	5	72	32	+40	73	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Dundee	36	16	13	7	48	34	+14	61
3	Dunfermline Athletic	36	17	7	12	54	44	+10	58
4	Queen of the South	36	15	11	10	53	40	+13	56
5	Ross County	36	15	11	10	46	44	+2	56

Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division Play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A
Result	W
Position	3

Updated to match(es) played on 9 August. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers[]

Transfers In
Player	Age	From	Free
Robert Eagle	22	Norwich City	Free
Jonny Hayes	22	Leicester City	Free
Stuart Golabek	34	Ross County	Free
Dani Sánchez	24	Real Murcia Imperial	Free
Lee Cox	18	Leicester City	Undisclosed
Dan Stratford	24	D.C. United	Free
Nauris Bulvitis	22	FC Tranzits	Loan
Stuart Duff	27	Aberdeen	Loan


Player	Age	To	Fee
Dougie Imrie	26	Hamilton Academical	£54,000
Iain Vigurs	21	Ross County	Free
Richard Hastings	32	Hamilton Academical	Free
Ian Black	24	Heart of Midlothian	Free
Garry Wood	21	Ross County	Free
Ally Ridgers	27	Nairn County	Free
Brian Kerr	27	Dundee	Free
Filipe Morais	23	St Johnstone	Free
	20	Nairn County	Free
Andy Barrowman	25	Ross County	Free
	20	Bray Wanderers	Free
Michael Fraser	25	Motherwell	Undisclosed
Pāvels Mihadjuks	29	FK Ventspils	Undisclosed
Richie Byrne	27	Darlington	Free
Zander Sutherland	21	Peterhead	Free
Shane Sutherland	19	Elgin City	Loan
Gavin Morrison	19	Elgin City	Loan

References[]

^ "Terry Butcher: Hibernian to talk to Inverness Caledonian Thistle boss". BBC Sport. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[1] "Terry Butcher: Hibernian to talk to Inverness Caledonian Thistle boss". BBC Sport. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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2009–10 season
Manager	Terry Butcher^[1]
Scottish First Division	1st
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
Scottish League Cup	Third Round
Scottish Challenge Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Adam Rooney (24)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

v t 2009–10 in Scottish football
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton
Third Division	Albion Rovers Livingston
List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10