Dunfermline 0 - 1 Inverness CT

League Match
Saturday, August 13th, 2005, 3:00 PM at East End Park, Dunfermline
Attendance: 5,005
Referee: Craig Thomson
Dunfermline Inverness CT

Goalscorers
none Liam Fox (42)

Team Managers
Jim Leishman Craig Brewster

Starting Eleven
Halliwell
Skerla
Tod
Thomson
Shields
Mason
Darren Young
Makel
Morrison
Donnelly
Burchill
Mark Brown
Richard Hastings
Ross Tokely
Grant Munro
Stuart Golabek
Darren Dods
Barry Wilson
Roy McBain
Ian Black
Craig Brewster
Craig Dargo

Bench
Murdoch
Labonte
Tarachulski
Campbell
Hunt
Derek Young
Wilson
Michael Fraser
David Proctor
Tom Parratt
Russell Duncan
Richie Hart
Liam Fox
Steven Hislop

Substitutions
Tarachulski -> Donnelly (61)
Derek Young -> Burchill (72)
Hunt -> Skerla (81)
Liam Fox for Richard Hastings (25)
Steven Hislop for Craig Dargo (79)
Richie Hart for Barry Wilson (85)

Bookings
Makel (58) Barry Wilson (37)
Ian Black (58)
Ross Tokely (60)

Red Cards
none None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Mark Brown (GK) 136 apps -
Grant Munro 132 apps2 goals
Stuart Golabek 210 apps5 goals
Richard Hastings 232 apps2 goals
Ross Tokely 324 apps23 goals
Darren Dods 33 apps1 goal
Roy McBain 208 apps11 goals
Ian Black 16 apps -
Barry Wilson 233 apps69 goals
Craig Brewster 18 apps7 goals
Craig Dargo 3 apps -
Liam Fox (sub) 11 apps4 goals
Richie Hart (sub) 106 apps14 goals
Steven Hislop (sub) 59 apps16 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (26 years 165 days)
Oldest Player:Ian Black (2007 years 13 days)
Average Player Age:31 years 266 days
Domestic Players:10 (90.91 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:David Proctor (21 years 166 days)
Oldest Player:Ian Black (2007 years 13 days)
Average Player Age:29 years 246 days
Domestic Players:17 (94.44 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Club Historian Ian Broadfoot reports on the match against Dunfermline at East End Park. This game saw the return of manager Craig Brewster to his old stomping ground and Dunfermline's first home game of the season on real grass after being told to replace the plastic pitch.

Last November Liam Fox came off the bench and scored at Dunfermline to earn Caley Thistle a point. He did the same at Kilmarnock and Dundee but this time he went one better. He replaced the injured Richard Hastings in the 25th minute and his goal just before half time proved to be the winner.

This was Dunfermline 's first home game of the season after reluctantly replacing their plastic pitch with grass. The Pars pushed forward from the start and in 10 minutes Greg Shields headed over from 12 yards after good work by Simon Donnelly down the left.

A Lee Makel corner in 14 minutes was headed goalwards by Scott Thomson but Mark Brown tipped it over.

Four minutes later a Stuart Golabek header at the other end was taken by Bryn Halliwell. Mark Burchill shot high over the visitors' bar in 21 minutes then Golabek hit wide of Halliwell's goal.

Close to the break ICT substitute Liam Fox collected a Darren Dods pass at the edge of the Dunfermline box and drove a tremendous shot past Halliwell. A Darren Young shot hit Darren Dods as the whistle loomed and the home fans claimed hand ball – the referee disagreed.

Half Time: 0-1

Into the second half and in 53 minutes Halliwell took two attempts to save Craig Dargo's turn and shot. Dunfermline's closest effort of the second period came in 70 minutes when Makel hit the bar from 30 yards.

Six minutes from time a Makel 25 yard shot went narrowly past. Another excellent ICT performance and fifth place retained.

Match report written by Ian Broadfoot



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Celtic 3 2 1 0 9 5 4 7
2. Hearts 2 2 0 0 8 2 6 6
3. Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 6
4. Kilmarnock 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 6
5. Inverness CT 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 6
6. Hibernian 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
7. Motherwell 3 1 1 1 6 8 -2 4
8. Falkirk 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
9. Aberdeen 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
10. Dundee Utd 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
11. Dunfermline 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1
12. Livingston 3 0 0 3 0 8 -8 0