St. Mirren 0 - 0 Inverness CT

League Match
Saturday, December 29th, 2001, 3:00 PM at Love Street, Paisley
Attendance: 4,089
Referee: E Martindale
St. Mirren Inverness CT

Goalscorers
None. None.

Team Managers
Tom Hendrie Steve Paterson

Starting Eleven
Roy
Gillies
Ross
Walker
McLaughlin
Bowman
Quitongo
MacKenzie
McGinty
Burns
McKnight
Nicky Walker
Ross Tokely
Grant Munro
Bobby Mann
Stuart McCaffrey
Charlie Christie
Barry Robson
Roy McBain
Martin Bavidge
Dennis Wyness
Paul Ritchie

Bench
Robinson
Nicholson
McGarry
Wreh
Robertson
Les Fridge
Stuart Golabek
Graeme Stewart
David Bagan
Russell Duncan

Substitutions
McKnight (McGarry 72)
MacKenzie (Nicholson 76)
Gillies (Robinson 86)
None.

Bookings
McLaughlin (67) Stuart McCaffrey (90)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Nicky Walker (GK) 17 apps -
Bobby Mann 114 apps10 goals
Ross Tokely 178 apps9 goals
Stuart McCaffrey 61 apps -
Grant Munro 15 apps -
Charlie Christie 261 apps32 goals
Barry Robson 107 apps13 goals
Roy McBain 66 apps4 goals
Dennis Wyness 96 apps46 goals
Martin Bavidge 105 apps17 goals
Paul Ritchie 26 apps14 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (22 years 302 days)
Oldest Player:Nicky Walker (2003 years 150 days)
Average Player Age:29 years 110 days
Domestic Players:11 (100.00 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (22 years 302 days)
Oldest Player:Nicky Walker (2003 years 150 days)
Average Player Age:30 years 239 days
Domestic Players:16 (100.00 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

A goalless draw which brought to an end a remarkable record. The last 0-0 draw involving Caley Thistle was 160 games ago on 4th April 1998 at home against Forfar. It was perhaps more remarkable that the visitors made it to this match as heavy snow in the north had made road conditions treacherous. Only two First Division games survived the bad weather. St Mirren had the better of the first half with Nicky Walker bringing off some excellent saves. Saints� Rickie Gillies shot across goal in two minutes after being set up by Jose Quitongo then Paul McKnight forced a tip over the bar from Walker. At the other end Ludo Roy saved a long range Dennis Wyness effort. McKnight tested Walker again with an overhead kick from the right but the �keeper pushed it away and Charlie Christie completed the clearance. Saints were relieved when a Bobby Mann header was kicked off the line with Roy beaten. Ian Ross had a great chance after he started a run and played a one-two with Alex Burns. The return pass hit his heel but fell kindly and he was one-on-one with Walker - Ross hit it wide. The Inverness side had a good second half and especially the last 20 minutes. The visitors gained a free kick just outside the area, Bobby Mann stepped over the ball and Barry Robson�s curling shot was punched away by Roy. Wyness latched on to a through ball from Robson, turned Gary Bowman in the box but Roy held the shot at the second attempt. The best chance to settle it came in 75 minutes when Wyness took a cross from the right with no defenders in sight. From 16 yards he drove hard but somehow Roy touched it away with his foot. In the last few minutes Roy McBain surged through and cut it back to Christie � he shot just over from 20 yards. Caley Thistle went home happy with one point but knew they could have taken all three in the closing stages.

Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Airdrieonians 19 11 7 1 39 15 24 40
2. Partick Thistle 20 12 4 4 37 21 16 40
3. Ayr United 21 8 4 9 34 32 2 28
4. St. Mirren 20 7 7 6 23 25 -2 28
5. Inverness CT 21 8 3 10 40 35 5 27
6. Clyde 19 7 5 7 25 34 -9 26
7. Falkirk 19 7 4 8 32 35 -3 25
8. Arbroath 20 8 1 11 25 41 -16 25
9. Ross County 19 6 2 11 21 29 -8 20
10. Raith Rovers 20 3 7 10 30 39 -9 16