2009–10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2009–10 season
Manager	Terry Butcher
Scottish First Division	1st (promoted)
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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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) Champions; (P) Promoted

Matches

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

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

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

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

26 September 2009	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	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	Raith Rovers	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Stark's Park
		BBC SPORT	Proctor 83'	Attendance: 2,014 Referee: c Allen

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

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

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

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

28 November 2009	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	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: Muir

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

19 December 2009	Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
		BBC SPORT		Attendance: 2,280 Referee: J. McKendrick

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

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

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

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

27 February 2010	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: S. MacDonald

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

9 March 2010	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: C. Allan

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

20 March 2010	Ross County	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
		BBC SPORT		Attendance: 5,928 Referee: M. Tumilty

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

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

3 April 2010	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: Muir

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

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

24 April 2010	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: O'Reilly

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

Scottish Cup

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

6 February 2010 Fifth round	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 First round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–0	Annan Athletic	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 21' Eagle 52' Imrie 72' Sanchez 88'			Attendance: 1,095 Referee: McLean

25 August 2009 Second round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–0	Albion Rovers	Caledonian Stadium
	Eagle 8' Rooney 16' Bulvītis 41' Munro 57'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 681 Referee: Somers

22 September 2009 Third round	Motherwell	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park
	McHugh 33' Bulvītis 94' (og) Forbes 119'	BBC Sport	Barrowman 70' Munro 111'	Attendance: 3,905 Referee: McDonald

Scottish Challenge Cup

25 July 2009 First round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1 (5–3 p)	Montrose	Caledonian Stadium
	Crighton 45' (og)	BBC SPORT	Leyden 87'	Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Smith

18 August 2009 Second round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Stranraer	Caledonian Stadium
	Foran 19', 32' Sanchez 29'	BBC SPORT	Lyle 83'	Attendance: 664 Referee: Charleston

6 September 2009 Quarter-final	Partick Thistle	1–1 (3–4 p)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Firhill Stadium
	Buchanan 77'	BBC Sport	Sanchez 6'	Attendance: 1,746 Referee: Tumilty

4 October 2009 Semi-final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
	Eagle 44'	BBC SPORT	Lyle 83'	Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Charleston

22 November 2009 Final	Dundee	3–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
	Bulvītis 48' (o.g.) Harkins 53' Forsyth 83'	BBC Sport	Rooney 20' Bulvītis 33' Imrie 90'	Attendance: 8,031 Referee: Tumilty

Hat-tricks


Player	Competition	Score	Opponent	Date
Richie Foran	Scottish First Division	1–5	Ayr United	24 October 2009
Adam Rooney	Scottish First Division	4–1	Morton	31 October 2009
Adam Rooney	Scottish First Division	3–1	Queen of the South	9 March 2010

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
Dale Gillespie	20	Nairn County	Free
Andy Barrowman	25	Ross County	Free
Andy McNulty	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 (promoted)
Scottish Cup	Fifth round
Scottish League Cup	Third round
Scottish Challenge Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Adam Rooney (24)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →