2020–21 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2020–21 Inverness Caledonian Thistle is the club's 27th season in existence, and their fourth consecutive season in the Championship, the second-tier of Scottish football.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2020–21 season
ChairmanRoss Morrison
ManagerJohn Robertson
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Scottish Championship7th
Scottish CupSecond Round
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Nikolay Todorov (3)
All: Nikolay Todorov (3)
Highest home attendance300, vs. Raith Rovers (21 November 2020)
Lowest home attendance0

Fixtures and Results

Friendlies
26 September 2020 Friendly Elgin City 3 – 7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Elgin
14:00 Hester  29',  70' Bronsky  80' Keatings  3',  54'

Todorov  22' Storey  75',  83'

MacGregor  78',  85'		 Stadium: Borough Briggs
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
29 September 2020 Friendly Nairn County 0 – 7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Nairn
19:30 Welsh

MacKay Keatings Hyde Storey Harkness

Todorov 		Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
2 October 2020 Friendly Clachnacuddin 0 – 2 Inverness Caledoninan Thistle Inverness
19:30 Thompson MacKay Stadium: Grant Street Park
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
3 October 2020 Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Elgin City Inverness
14:00 Todorov Hester Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors

League

The league was cut down to 27 Games from 36 Games in accordance with Government Guidelines on COVID-19 and Social Distancing.

17 October 2020 Championship Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dunfermline
15:00 Murray  23', Dow  78', McManus  84' Todorov  2' Stadium: East End Park
24 October 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Ayr United Inverness
15:00 Todorov  86' Cameron  57' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
31 October 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 1 Arbroath Inverness
15:00 MacKay  47', Allardice  71', Todorov  79' Doolan  24' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
7 November 2020 Championship Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Edinburgh
15:00 Naismith  47', Boyce  70' Doran  86' Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
21 November 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Inverness
15:00 Keatings  19', Allardice  68' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 300
5 December 2020 Championship Queen of the South 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumfries
15:00 Kennedy  21',

MacGregor  50',

Storey  80'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
12 December 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 2 Dundee Inverness
15:00 Deas  72', Keatings  75' Fontaine  37', McGhee  82' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 300
19 December 2020 Championship Alloa Athletic 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Alloa
15:00 Murray  61', Thomson  78' McKay  7' Stadium: Indodrill Stadium
26 December 2020 Championship Greenock Morton P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
15:00 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Note: Postponed due to Waterlogged Pitch
29 December 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Inverness
19:45 Storey  67' Turner  23' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
2 January 2021 Championship Arbroath P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
15:00 Stadium: Gayfield Park
12 January 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Queen of the South Inverness
18:30 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Note: Postponed due to rescheduled Scottish Cup game
16 January 2021 Championship Raith Rovers P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kirkcaldy
15:00 Stadium: Stark's Park
Note: Postponed due to COVID Outbreak in Raith Staff
23 January 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Alloa Athletic Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
27 January 2021 Championship Greenock Morton 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
18:30 McGinty  3',

Omar  28' ,

Blues  66'		 Sutherland  4', Mackay  15' Stadium: Cappielow
30 January 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Queen of the South Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
3 February 2021 Championship Arbroath 1 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
19:45 Hamilton  45' Sutherland  48' Stadium: Gayfield Park
6 February 2021 Championship Dundee P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Stadium: Dens Park
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
13 February 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Greenock Morton Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
20 February 2021 Championship Ayr United v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ayr
15:00 Stadium: Somerset Park
27 February 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Heart of Midlothian Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
6 March 2021 Championship Alloa Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Alloa
15:00 Stadium: Indodrill Stadium
13 March 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Raith Rovers Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
20 March 2021 Championship Dunfermline Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dunfermline
15:00 Stadium: East End Park
27 March 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Arbroath Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
3 April 2021 Championship Greenock Morton v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
15:00 Stadium: Cappielow Park
10 April 2021 Championship Queen of the South v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumfries
15:00 Stadium: Palmerston Park
17 April 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
24 April 2021 Championship Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Edinburgh
15:00 Stadium: Tynecastle Park
30 April 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Ayr United Inverness
19:05 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

Scottish Cup
9 January 2021 Second Round Buckie Thistle P – P inverness Caledonian Thistle Buckie
15:00 Stadium: Victoria Park
Note: Postponed due to Frozen Pitch
12 January 2021 Second Round Buckie Thistle P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Buckie
20:00 Stadium: Victoria Park
Note: Postponed after Scottish FA called a postponement to all competitions below the Scottish Championship, including the Scottish Cup.
30 January 2021 Third Round Ross County P – P Buckie Thistle or Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dingwall
15:00 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Note: Postponed after Scottish FA called a postponement to all competitions below the Scottish Championship, including the Scottish Cup.

League Cup
6 October 2020 League Cup Group A Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Edinburgh
19:45 Walker (62 p) Stadium: Tynecastle
Note: Live on Premier Sports
13 October 2020 League Cup Group A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0
(4 – 2 p)		 Cowdenbeath Inverness
19:45 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Penalties
Nikolay Todorov ,

Robbie Deas , Sean Welsh ,

Scott Allardice 		Graham Taylor,

Oliver Hamilton, Harvey Swann,

Kris Renton
10 November 2020 League Cup Group A Raith Rovers 3 – 3
(3 – 2 p)		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kirkcaldy
19:45 Duku  11',  90' Devine (o.g.) Sutherland  24',

Keatings (67 p),

MacGregor  69'		 Stadium: Stark's Park
Penalties
Regan Hendry ,

Ross Matthews , Daniel Armstrong ,

Brad Spencer 		Nikolay Todorov,

James Keatings, Robbie Deas, Scott Allardice,

Kai Kennedy
14 November 2020 League Cup Group A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 0 East Fife Inverness
15:00 Sutherland  64' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

Challenge Cup

The Scottish Challenge Cup was unanimously cancelled due to the Coronavirus stopping fans from attending with 34 of the 42 agreeing it was not financially viable to play the tournament behind closed doors.[1] The previous season's final against Raith Rovers has been rescheduled for a date later in the 20/21 season, with expectations that it won't take place before Christmas.

North of Scotland Cup

The North of Scotland Cup, was initially said to be cancelled, but talks are underway as to whether it should go ahead this season, due to the very short timeframe it takes up.

Team Statistics

First Team Player Statistics

League Goalscorers
Rank Player Goals
1st Nikolay Todorov 3
2nd Scott Allardice 2
= James Keatings 2
= Miles Storey 2
= Shane Sutherland 2
= Daniel Mackay 2
7th Aaron Doran 1
= Roddy MacGregor 1
= Kai Kennedy 1
= Robbie Deas 1
= Brad McKay 1

Overall Goalscorers
Rank Player Goals
1st Shane Sutherland 4
2nd Nikolay Todorov 3
= James Keatings 3
4th Scott Allardice 2
= Roddy MacGregor 2
= Miles Storey 2
7th Aaron Doran 1
= Daniel Mackay 1
= Kai Kennedy 1
= Robbie Deas 1
= Brad McKay 1

*as of match played 3 February 2021

**players in italics left the club during the season, so cannot move up the table

Transfers
Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date Notes
Shane Sutherland 29 FW Elgin City Pre-Contract Agreement 16 January 2020
Robbie Deas 20 DF Celtic Free 6 August 2020
Scott Allardice 22 MF Waterford Undisclosed 13 August 2020
Danny Devine 27 DF Dunfermline Athletic Free 17 August 2020
Ryan Fyffe 19 DF Free Agent Free 11 September 2020 Initially released 30 June 2020
Harry Nicholson 19 DF Free Agent Free 11 September 2020 Initially released 30 June 2020
Wallace Duffy 21 DF St Johnstone Free 5 October 2020
Anthony McDonald 19 MF Córdoba CF Free 8 February 2021
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date Notes
Shaun Rooney 23 DF St Johnstone Pre-Contract Agreement 30 January 2020
Jordan White 28 ST Motherwell Pre-Contract Agreement January 2020
Charlie Trafford 28 MF Hamilton Academical Free 29 June 2020
Ryan Fyffe 19 DF Free Agent Released 30 June 2020 Resigned 11 September 2020
Harry Nicholson 19 DF Free Agent Released 30 June 2020 Resigned 11 September 2020
Matheus Machado 18 MF Rio Ave Free 1 July 2020
Daniel Hoban 22 GK Forfar Athletic Free 11 July 2020
Carl Tremarco 34 DF Ross County Free 16 July 2020
Tom Walsh 23 MF Ayr United Free 6 August 2020
Jack Brown 19 MF Rothes Free 5 October 2020
Roddy Kennedy 19 ST Strathspey Thistle Free 11 October 2020
Donald Morrison 18 DF Dumbarton Free 16 October 2020
Gabriel Hastings 19 DF Strathspey Thistle Free 20 November 2020
Ross Gunn 19 MF Rothes Free 26 November 2020
Loans In/Return
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out Notes
Kai Kennedy 18 FW Rangers Half Season 4 October 2020 5 January 2021
Loans Out/Return
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In Notes
Shane Harkness 18 FW Rothes 2 Months 26 November 2020 January 2021
Lewis Hyde 18 MF Rothes 1 Month 10 December 2020 January 2021
Ryan Fyffe 18 DF Clachnacuddin 1 Month 11 December 2020 January 2021
Martin MacKinnon 20 GK Buckie Thistle 1 Month 18 December 2020 January 2021

*at time of transfer/loan

References
  1. "Challenge Cup cancelled for 2020-21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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