Inverness CT 4 - 0 Dundee

League Match
Saturday, May 14th, 2016, 12:30 PM at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,794
Referee: Barry Cook
Inverness CT  Dundee

Goalscorers
Miles Storey (61)
Daniel Devine (69)
Ross Draper (71)
Richie Foran (pen.) (84)
None.

Team Managers
John Hughes Paul Hartley

Starting Eleven
Owain Fon Williams
Josh Meekings
Gary Warren
Daniel Devine
Carl Tremarco
Iain Vigurs
Liam Polworth
Greg Tansey
Ross Draper
Danny Williams
Miles Storey
Scott Bain
Paul McGinn
Julen Etxabeguren
Darren O-Dea
Kevin Holt
Greg Stewart
Calvin Colquhoun
Nick Ross
Craig Wighton
Rory Loy
Kane Hemmings

Substitutes
Ryan Esson
David Raven
Lewis Horner
Jordan Roberts
Ryan Williams
Richie Foran
Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo
David Mitchell
Daryll Meggatt
Arturo Perez Reverte
Andrew Black
Kostadin Gadzhalov
Jesse Curran

Substitutions
Richie Foran for Miles Storey (67)
David Raven for Josh Meekings (73)
Ryan Williams for Danny Williams (76)
Arturo Rodriguez -> Calvin Colquhoun (67)
Jesse Curran -> Greg Stewart (77)
Andrew Black -> Paul McGinn (78)

Bookings
None. Andrew Black (84)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Owain Fon Williams (GK) 47 apps -
Daniel Devine 84 apps4 goals
Gary Warren 151 apps12 goals
Carl Tremarco 74 apps2 goals
Josh Meekings 174 apps6 goals
Liam Polworth 76 apps7 goals
Danny Williams 108 apps5 goals
Greg Tansey 147 apps25 goals
Ross Draper 159 apps12 goals
Iain Vigurs 61 apps11 goals
Miles Storey 37 apps13 goals
David Raven (sub) 140 apps3 goals
Ryan Williams (sub) 8 apps -
Richie Foran (sub) 209 apps45 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Liam Polworth (21 years 220 days)
Oldest Player:Josh Meekings (2017 years 290 days)
Average Player Age:26 years 313 days
Domestic Players:5 (45.45 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Liam Polworth (21 years 220 days)
Oldest Player:Josh Meekings (2017 years 290 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 149 days
Domestic Players:11 (61.11 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Raven signs off on a high:

Inverness recorded their biggest win of the season defeating Dundee 4-0 to round off the campaign on a high and confirm seventh place, after a torrid season. All goals came in a lively second half following a pedestrian first forty-five.

Miles Storey started the ball rolling by scoring from an acute angle just after the hour, and defender Danny Devine bundled home the second eight minutes later, closely followed by Ross Draper. Richie Foran completed the rout from the penalty spot after great work by Liam Polworth. That was despite the fans protestations looking for David Raven to have a go.

Big send off for Raven at the end as he went to the fans to say cheerio in the sun, and he also picked up the fans player of the year vote at the stadium, with Ross Draper getting the players player of the year award.

Twas a pleasant afternoon as the game kicked off with John Hughes continuing to irk the home fans with his persistence to keep David Raven on the bench. And just to rub salt into the wound, the Dundee departing Danny Williams started the game. Why, you may ask. There's nothing wrong with Danny by the way, but he has chosen to go elsewhere so why was he playing when others were kept on the bench.

It all smacks of a rift within, and one that will get worse before it gets better.

Anyway, to the game, and Inverness looked to be getting a stranglehold early on but as we were attacking without intent Scott Bain was left mainly untroubled early doors. Iain Vigurs and Greg Tansey failed to fluster the Dundee keeper with long range efforts and Dundee grew more into the battle and a couple of breakaways threatened Owain Fon Williams goal.

A swift counter between Greg Stewart and Kane Hemmings had them combine brilliantly before Stewart saw his curling effort deflect off the corner of the bar with Fon Williams stranded. A let off for Inverness.

They never heeded this though and Hemmings should have done better from twelve yards, but he lifted his shot well over the bar from prime position.

Ten minutes before the break John McGinn saw a shot saved well by Fon Williams as Dundee took the more direct approach as Inverness' more pedantic approach kept possession but lacked penetration.

A Tansey shot five minutes before half time was easily plucked out of the air by Bain as Inverness looked to make the breakthrough, but the whistle ended the first forty-five with the score level.

Half Time 0-0

The home fans were looking for more urgency and they were treated to a much better second period.

It still took until around the hour before we opened the scoring and a cracking goal it was too. Inverness pressure saw Ross Draper slip the ball to Liam Polworth who in turn slipped a great ball into the box where Miles Storey ran onto it and rounded the keeper, and as he went wide he drilled the ball home from an acute angle for a smart finish and his thirteenth goal of the season.

After sixty-seven minutes club captain Richie Foran was introduced for Storey, the reason for that would become apparent over the next few days.

The Inverness pressure had been building since the goal and when Iain Vigurs sent in a decent ball from a corner it looked as though Foran nudged it on and Danny Devine bundled it in at the back post, his second goal in the last two games.

It was raining goals now and two minutes later Ross Draper capitalised on a bad mistake by the Dundee defence from none other than Nick Ross, who was mugged outside the box. Drapes then bore down on goal before slotting the ball neatly behind the keeper to leave the Dark Blues shell shocked.

Huge cheers all round when David Raven entered the game and he almost had the perfect send off. He stopped the ball with his foot from a throw in, his second touch was a deep curling cross which was met full on by Carl Tremarco. Unfortunately he was denied by a tremendous point blank save by Bain as he met the cross and crashed a header towards the goal. The fans were now loving this and every touch by Raven was greeted with a cheer.

Dundee signing Danny Williams left the field to polite applause, Ryan Williams replacing him.

The goal rush was not finished yet though and when Liam Polworth bamboozled Andrew Black inside the box he was unceremoniously dumped on the turf. Richie Foran was quick to grab the ball and despite the fans chanting for Raven to take the spot kick, it was Foran that sent Bain the wrong way to round off the scoring.

Raven almost signed off with a goal but he headed over from six yards, much to the chagrin of the home fans. But we were in fine spirit now although Fon Williams had to look lively to deny Dundee a late consolation.

Full Time 4-0

All in, it turned out to be a great afternoon especially in the second half as we went on a goal spree. Great send off for Raven who spent a long time amongst the fans getting selfies and autographs. John Hughes kept a low profile throughout all this, but the fans were left chanting David Raven's name, a fine tribute to an excellent servant to this club, and one that is leaving before his time.


Ross Draper was my MotM and Aberdeen target Miles Storey did well in the second half although it looks as though he has scored his last goal for this club. Marvelous memories of David Raven's last stand and the silence from Yogi was deafening.

Match report written by tm4tj



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Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Celtic 37 25 8 4 86 31 55 83
2. Aberdeen 37 22 5 10 62 44 18 71
3. Hearts 37 18 10 9 57 38 19 64
4. St. Johnstone 37 16 7 14 56 53 3 55
5. Motherwell 37 15 5 17 47 56 -9 50
6. Ross County 37 13 6 18 51 61 -10 45
7. Inverness CT 38 14 10 14 54 48 6 52
8. Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 -4 48
9. Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 -9 46
10. Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 -21 43
11. Kilmarnock 38 9 9 20 41 64 -23 36
12. Dundee Utd 38 8 7 23 45 70 -25 31

* - Table split into two divisions of six.

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