Inverness CT 0 - 0 Alloa Athletic

League Match
Saturday, August 3rd, 2002, 3:00 PM at Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Attendance: 1,623
Referee: C MacKay (replaced by J Banks after 27 minutes)
Inverness CT  Alloa Athletic

Goalscorers
None. None.

Team Managers
Steve Paterson Unknown.

Starting Eleven
Mark Brown
Ross Tokely
Grant Munro
Bobby Mann
Stuart Golabek
Stuart McCaffrey
Charlie Christie
Barry Robson
Russell Duncan
Dennis Wyness
Paul Ritchie
Hogarth
Valentine
Watson
D Ferguson
Thomson
Christie
Hamilton
MacDonald
Crabbe
Hutchison
Little

Substitutes
Ally Ridgers
Roy McBain
Anthony Low
Richie Hart
Liam Keogh
G Evans
Cowan
Fisher
B Ferguson
J Evans

Substitutions
Richie Hart for Russell Duncan (72)
Liam Keogh for Paul Ritchie (72)
Roy McBain for Barry Robson (80)
G Evans -> Little (38)

Bookings
None. Christie

Red Cards
None. MacDonald (69)
Appearances & Goals To Date
Mark Brown (GK) 1 app (debut) -
Ross Tokely 198 apps12 goals
Stuart Golabek 80 apps1 goal
Grant Munro 34 apps1 goal
Stuart McCaffrey 77 apps -
Bobby Mann 132 apps11 goals
Charlie Christie 278 apps32 goals
Russell Duncan 40 apps1 goal
Barry Robson 126 apps14 goals
Dennis Wyness 116 apps53 goals
Paul Ritchie 44 apps20 goals
Roy McBain (sub) 83 apps5 goals
Richie Hart (sub) 1 app (debut) -
Liam Keogh (sub) 1 app (debut) -

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (23 years 154 days)
Oldest Player:Paul Ritchie (2004 years 2 days)
Average Player Age:29 years 327 days
Domestic Players:11 (100.00 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (23 years 154 days)
Oldest Player:Paul Ritchie (2004 years 2 days)
Average Player Age:29 years 327 days
Domestic Players:16 (100.00 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts
Mark Brown(Signed )
Liam Keogh(Signed )
Richie Hart(Signed )

Milestones

A frustrating start to the season for the home side that dominated throughout but could not score. All three new signings played and Myles Hogarth celebrated his first game for Alloa with a penalty save. Hogarth denied Dennis Wyness in four minutes then in nine minutes a Ross Tokely angled header came off the bar. The best chance of the first half came in 21 minutes when Paul Ritchie headed on Barry Robson’s corner but it was cleared off the line by Max Christie. The game was held up for nine minutes when the referee limped off in 27 minutes and he was eventually replaced by an assistant. The second half was not much better than the first but the opening looked to have come in 63 minutes. An ICT breakaway saw Wyness close in on Craig Valentine then slip the ball to Charlie Christie in the box. Christie’s shot was saved by Hogarth but it fell loose and Stuart Golabek slid in for the kill. Somehow the ball was taken off his foot by Valentine and the danger averted. Five minutes later Alloa’s Billy MacDonald handled on the line and was shown a red card. Tokely’s penalty was pushed by Hogarth onto the post in some style. Despite 22 minutes with a man advantage Caley Thistle could not break down a resolute Alloa defence. Not the best of starts to the league season.

None.

Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Ross County 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2. Falkirk 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3. St. Johnstone 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4. Queen of the South 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5. Alloa Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6. Inverness CT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7. Clyde 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
8. Ayr United 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9. St. Mirren 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
10. Arbroath 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0