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Inverness CT
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Annan Athletic
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Sutherland
Brydson
Elliot |
Appearances & Goals To Date
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Richard Hastings (20 years 256 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Mark McCulloch (1999 years 175 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 29 years 361 days |
| Domestic Players: | 9 (81.82 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Ross Tokely (18 years 327 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Mark McCulloch (1999 years 175 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 28 years 234 days |
| Domestic Players: | 12 (85.71 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
The home side demolished a determined Annan side after an early fright. A loose ball found Norman Montgomery clear inside the Inverness half and he lobbed the ball over Jim Calder. Caley Thistle stormed upfield and scored 3 goals in a 6 minute spell. In 16 minutes Barry Wilson was set up by Iain Stewart just inside the area and he drove the ball low past Robert McColm. Three minutes later Brian Thomson slipped it to Stewart on the 18 yard line and he sent a low ball past the �keeper. On the 20 minute mark Thomson was fouled just outside the box � he took the kick himself and sent it into the top corner. A fourth goal came in the 38th minute. Thomson and Stewart set up Barry Robson down the right and he headed straight for goal. Under strong pressure Robson hit it home. In 55 minutes Mark McCulloch cleared upfield from the half-way line and found Stewart who ran through the defence and slipped it to the side of the �keeper � he unselfishly sent it across to Thomson who only had to tap it in. In 74 minutes it was 6-1. A Vetle Andersen cross from the left went in off the head of defender Stanley Leslie. 10 minutes later Wilson got the seventh with a low drive from 15 yards and with 4 minutes left substitute Duncan Shearer rose above the Annan defence on the penalty spot and headed in an Andersen cross to complete the 8-1 record score. Annan�s bad tempered tackling was finally punished in 86 minutes when Stanley Leslie was sent off. Caley Thistle now play Dundee United at Tannadice on February 14th.
Match report written by Ian Broadfoot