Kilmarnock 2 - 2 Inverness CT

League Match
Saturday, November 19th, 2005, 3:00 PM at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 4,708
Referee: Alan Freeland
Kilmarnock Inverness CT

Goalscorers
Boyd (54)
Naismith (56)
Graham Bayne (30)
Craig Dargo (77)

Team Managers
Jim Jefferies Craig Brewster

Starting Eleven
Combe
Fowler
Wright
Greer
Ford
Hay
Invincibile
Johnston
Dodds
Naismith
Boyd
Mark Brown
Richard Hastings
Ross Tokely
Grant Munro
David Proctor
Darren Dods
Barry Wilson
Russell Duncan
Ian Black
Graham Bayne
Craig Dargo

Bench
Smith
Murray
McDonald
Wales
Nish
Campbell
Pronevych
Michael Fraser
Richie Hart
Liam Fox
Alan Morgan
Dennis Wyness
Juanjo Carricondo
Craig Brewster

Substitutions
Nish -> Dodds (46)
Wales -> Naismith (80)
Murray -> Invincibile (81)
Liam Fox for Ian Black (77)
Craig Brewster for Graham Bayne (80)
Juanjo Carricondo for Craig Dargo (83)

Bookings
none Graham Bayne (45)

Red Cards
none None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Mark Brown (GK) 151 apps -
Grant Munro 146 apps3 goals
Darren Dods 47 apps1 goal
Richard Hastings 238 apps2 goals
David Proctor 35 apps2 goals
Ross Tokely 338 apps23 goals
Russell Duncan 162 apps4 goals
Barry Wilson 247 apps71 goals
Ian Black 27 apps1 goal
Graham Bayne 47 apps9 goals
Craig Dargo 15 apps3 goals
Liam Fox (sub) 23 apps5 goals
Craig Brewster (sub) 28 apps11 goals
Juanjo Carricondo (sub) 34 apps6 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:David Proctor (21 years 264 days)
Oldest Player:Ian Black (2007 years 111 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 251 days
Domestic Players:10 (90.91 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:David Proctor (21 years 264 days)
Oldest Player:Juanjo Carricondo (2007 years 111 days)
Average Player Age:29 years 344 days
Domestic Players:17 (94.44 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Bayne and Dargo score as Caley Thistle draw 2-2 with Kilmarnock. This game also saw Juanjo make his first appearance of the season as a late second half substitute. Ian Broadfoot reports from the game.

A good away point from a game that started well but nearly slipped away from Caley Thistle. The Graham Bayne/Craig Dargo strike partnership came up trumps with a goal each – Dargo came back to haunt his former club with a 77th minute equaliser after Caley Thistle had taken a first half lead then surrendered it to two goals early in the second half. Craig Brewster stayed with the starting line-up from the disappointing Livingston cup tie but gave himself a place on the bench.

Kilmarnock created very little in the first half but Mark Brown did have to look lively in ten minutes to clear ahead of Kris Boyd. Two minutes later ex-Killie striker Dargo came close when he forced an excellent one-handed save from Alan Combe.

Caley Thistle deservedly took a 1-0 lead through Bayne on the half hour mark. Ian Black’s pass reached Dargo but he chose to set up his strike partner – Bayne slid the ball home from 15 yards.

Richard Hastings and Russell Duncan both had chances in a two minute spell before the break with Hastings putting a shot wide from 20 yards and Duncan putting a 25 yarder over the bar while Steven Naismith and Gordon Greer also had chances in first half injury time with Naismith’s being the better after being setup by Allan Johnston but marshalled well by Mark Brown.

Half Time: 0-1

A half-time substitution by Jim Jefferies signalled the Kilmarnock intention to attack this game when he replaced defender Rhian Dodds with forward Colin Nish and although Barry Wilson did have a shot at goal in 48 minutes, it was Kilmarnock who now started to look likely to score.

Allan Johnston seemed to have a free role and he was instrumental in setting up a quickfire double for the Rugby Park men. In 54 minutes, he fired over a cross from the left wing which found Kris Boyd 6 yards out and he hit it into the net for the equaliser.

The dust had not settled when Killie made it 2-1 through either Colin Nish or Steven Naismith depending on who is telling the story. Naismith latched onto a clever chip from Alan Johnston with the visitors awaiting an offside decision that never came. Naismith curled the ball past Brown from a tight angle with Nish claiming a final touch. Naismith was given the credit but for Caley Thistle it did not really matter whose name went into the record books.

Caley Thistle had to pick themselves up from these two shocks and slowly they did just that. Barry Wilson had an effort go wide in the 76th minute before setting up Craig Dargo for the equaliser a minute later. Barry crossed from the right and Craig Dargo bent low to head it home.

Caley Thistle made three substitutions over the next few minutes with Fox replacing Black when he seemed to pick up a knock, Brewster replacing Bayne, and in 83 minutes, the player all fans wanted to see return to the fray made his season debut – albeit only for 7 minutes – when Juanjo came on to the cheers of the away support to replace Craig Dargo. The Spanish wizard didn’t have time to make much of an impact, but it was good to see him back on the park after a frustrating 7 month layoff. Killie too had made their other two substitutions in this frantic 5 minute substituting spell with Wales replacing Steven Naismith and Stephen Murray replacing Danny Invincible.

With seven minutes left Killie did come close to a winner when Gary Wales drove from 20 yards and Brown dived to save well. As time ran out Brown tipped over a Johnston shot and Wilson shot over the bar at the other end. The Killie fans shouted for a penalty when Nish clashed with Darren Dods but Alan Freeland ignored the pleas.

Full Time: 2-2

It ended 2-2 and the point pushed ICT up to seventh for a short time until Aberdeen took a point from Hearts 24 hours later.

Match report written by Ian Broadfoot



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Celtic 15 12 2 1 41 12 29 38
2. Hearts 14 11 2 1 30 9 21 35
3. Hibernian 15 10 1 4 28 17 11 31
4. Rangers 15 6 5 4 23 16 7 23
5. Kilmarnock 15 5 5 5 27 26 1 20
6. Motherwell 15 5 4 6 28 31 -3 19
7. Inverness CT 15 4 6 5 17 19 -2 18
8. Aberdeen 14 4 5 5 17 17 0 17
9. Falkirk 15 4 4 7 16 28 -12 16
10. Dundee Utd 15 3 5 7 17 26 -9 14
11. Livingston 15 1 5 9 8 30 -22 8
12. Dunfermline 15 1 2 12 9 30 -21 5