Alloa Athletic 0 - 2 Inverness CT

League Match
Tuesday, March 11th, 1997, 7:30 PM at Recreation Park, Alloa
Attendance: 441
Referee: K Toner
Alloa Athletic Inverness CT

Goalscorers
None. Scott McLean (36)
Mike Noble (57)

Team Managers
Unknown. Steve Paterson

Starting Eleven
Balfour
McCulloch
Valentine
McAneny
Cowan
M Wilson
S Wilson
Pew
Piggott
Irvine
Kane
Jim Calder
Mike Noble
Richard Hastings
Iain MacArthur
Paul Cherry
Charlie Christie
Davie Ross
Mike Teasdale
Barry Wilson
Iain Stewart
Scott McLean

Bench
McCormack
Little
Simpson
Ross Tokely
Marco De Barros
Brian Thomson

Substitutions
Simpson => Piggott (55) None.

Bookings
S. Wilson None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Jim Calder (GK) 79 apps -
Mike Noble 100 apps3 goals
Paul Cherry 29 apps1 goal
Iain MacArthur 63 apps -
Richard Hastings 79 apps2 goals
Barry Wilson 27 apps4 goals
Charlie Christie 95 apps21 goals
Mike Teasdale 58 apps5 goals
Davie Ross 67 apps8 goals
Iain Stewart 76 apps47 goals
Scott McLean 22 apps9 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Richard Hastings (19 years 302 days)
Oldest Player:Jim Calder (36 years 325 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 363 days
Domestic Players:10 (90.91 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (18 years 8 days)
Oldest Player:Jim Calder (36 years 325 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 112 days
Domestic Players:13 (92.86 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones
Mike Noble played his 100th major competitive game for the Club.

The Inverness clubs 100th league game ended in a good win and another step towards promotion.

Mike Noble became the first player to reach 100 appearances for the visitors and he celebrated with a goal.

An uninspiring first 30 minutes but the visitors took the lead in 36 minutes. Charlie Christie made a great run into the box under severe pressure and his cross was parried by Balfour - Scott Mclean was well positioned to head home.

The visitors were in control after that and in 57 minutes it was 2-0. A long range Barry Wilson effort rebounded to Mike Noble who controlled it on his chest before blasting it home from 10 yards. Alloas best effort came in 64 minutes when Jim Calder touched over a Willie Irvine free kick.

Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Inverness CT 28 19 6 3 56 27 29 63
2. Ross County 28 15 5 8 47 33 14 50
3. Forfar Athletic 28 12 9 7 53 39 14 45
4. Albion Rovers 28 11 8 9 39 34 5 41
5. Montrose 28 12 4 12 38 44 -6 40
6. Alloa Athletic 28 11 6 11 37 42 -5 39
7. Queens Park 28 7 8 13 38 43 -5 29
8. Cowdenbeath 28 8 5 15 29 42 -13 29
9. Arbroath 28 5 10 13 25 40 -15 25
10. East Stirlingshire 28 6 7 15 29 47 -18 25