Inverness CT 1 - 0 Queen of the South

League Match
Saturday, April 5th, 2003, 3:00 PM at Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Attendance: 1,656
Referee: Alan Freeland
Inverness CT  Queen of the South

Goalscorers
Ross Tokely (42)
None.

Team Managers
John Robertson Unknown.

Starting Eleven
Mark Brown
Ross Tokely
Grant Munro
Bobby Mann
Stuart Golabek
Stuart McCaffrey
Roy McBain
Richie Hart
Dennis Wyness
Paul Ritchie
Steven Hislop
Scott
McColligan
Atkinson
Allan
Aitken
Thomson
O’Connor
Bowey
Weatherson
Lyle
McAlpine

Substitutes
Michael Fraser
Charlie Christie
David Bagan
Russell Duncan
Liam Keogh
McLaughlin
Paton
Renicks
Anderson
Campbell

Substitutions
Liam Keogh for Steven Hislop (53)
Russell Duncan for Roy McBain (63)
Charlie Christie for Dennis Wyness (81)
McLaughlin -> Atkinson (70)
Paton -> Weatherson (75)

Bookings
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Mark Brown (GK) 38 apps -
Stuart Golabek 117 apps1 goal
Stuart McCaffrey 97 apps1 goal
Bobby Mann 165 apps14 goals
Ross Tokely 233 apps17 goals
Grant Munro 66 apps1 goal
Richie Hart 32 apps8 goals
Roy McBain 118 apps5 goals
Steven Hislop 10 apps1 goal
Paul Ritchie 81 apps37 goals
Dennis Wyness 153 apps80 goals
Russell Duncan (sub) 67 apps1 goal
Charlie Christie (sub) 303 apps33 goals
Liam Keogh (sub) 27 apps -

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (24 years 34 days)
Oldest Player:Paul Ritchie (2004 years 247 days)
Average Player Age:24 years 34 days
Domestic Players:11 (100.00 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (24 years 34 days)
Oldest Player:Paul Ritchie (2004 years 247 days)
Average Player Age:30 years 207 days
Domestic Players:16 (100.00 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

A narrow victory against a lively Queens side which could easily have taken a point. Barry Robson was suspended so Steve Hislop wore the number 11 shirt. After a slow start Queens should have taken the lead in 11 minutes when Peter Weatherson mishit 10 yards out with only Mark Brown to beat. In 16 minutes a Richie Hart painful block set up a Paul Ritchie run on goal – he flicked it past the advancing Colin Scott but was forced wide and his angled low shot was cleared off the line by Derek Allan. Ritchie was again well placed in 21 minutes but Allan stepped in to clear. A short back pass in 23 minutes nearly proved fatal for Queens but Colin Scott took it just ahead of Roy McBain. Scott saved from Ritchie four minutes later then Brown produced a good stop from a Derek Lyle angled effort. The deadlock was broken three minutes from half-time when Ross Tokely rose to head home a McBain corner from the right. Liam Keogh came on in 53 minutes and he had a chance a minute later – he raced onto a poor back pass but Scott dived on it just inside his area. In 67 minutes a Hart low shot on the turn was held by Scott. Brown touched the ball over from a Steve Bowey shot in 71 minutes. Caley Thistle could find no way to kill off the Doonhamers but Keogh came close twice in the closing minutes. He hit a low shot from 20 yards just inches past then an angled ball was deflected for a corner after he ran past three defenders. Ritchie scored but the whistle had gone then a minute over time a Bowey diving header went just past the post. Rather an anti-climax after the Celtic game but a welcome three points.

None.

Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Falkirk 31 21 6 4 68 27 41 69
2. St. Johnstone 31 19 6 6 45 23 22 63
3. Inverness CT 31 18 5 8 64 37 27 59
4. Clyde 31 17 8 6 53 31 22 59
5. Ayr United 31 11 8 12 31 33 -2 41
6. Queen of the South 31 10 10 11 41 45 -4 40
7. St. Mirren 31 9 8 14 39 61 -22 35
8. Ross County 31 6 8 17 32 41 -9 26
9. Alloa Athletic 31 5 8 18 30 66 -36 23
10. Arbroath 31 3 5 23 26 65 -39 14