The team for this match showed Caley Thistle’s depth of squad with youngsters Garry Wood, Iain Vigurs, Guy Kerr, and Zander Sutherland (who had all played the previous night) as well as Jamie Duff and Ally McDonald (who had not) taking the field at some point in this game alongside another seven first team players. Sitting this game out were a full squad of first team players - Fraser, Tokely, McCaffrey, Munro, Hastings, Wilson, Hart, McBain, Rankin, Bayne and Wyness as well as Marius Niculae who was not eligible yet.

Two trialists played for Caley Thistle in this game. One was Andrew McNulty (17), a young Irish keeper that Charlie was considering for the U19 squad and Phil Marsh (20) the ex Man Utd youngster who can play up front or in defence came on in the latter stages of the game.

The first half was a goalless affair with Clach – featuring another 6 ex-ICT players – proving very difficult to break down and it took until the 76th minute for Caley Thistle to score with a nice solo effort from Zander Sutherland. Garry Wood extended the lead a few minutes before the end after he was fouled in the box and took the resulting penalty himself.

Team: Trialist, Duff, Kerr, A McDonald, Cowie, Black, Duncan, Morgan (Vigurs 60), Paatelainen (Sutherland 72), D McDonald (Trialist 72), McAllister (Wood 60)

A full report is available on the official club site HERE