Inverness CT 0 - 0 Clyde

League Match
Saturday, August 16th, 2003, 3:00 PM at Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Attendance: 1,839
Referee: I Frickleton
Inverness CT  Clyde

Goalscorers
None. None.

Team Managers
John Robertson Alan Kernaghan

Starting Eleven
Mark Brown
Ross Tokely
Bobby Mann
Stuart Golabek
Stuart McCaffrey
Charlie Christie
Roy McBain
Russell Duncan
Richie Hart
David Bingham
Steven Hislop
Halliwell
Mensing
McLaughlin
Potter
Fraser
Ross
Hagen
Millen
Gilhaney
Harty
McConalogue

Substitutes
Michael Fraser
Grant Munro
David Proctor
Darran Thomson
Paul Ritchie
Smith
Doyle
Reid
Baird
Morrison

Substitutions
Darran Thomson for David Bingham (36)
Paul Ritchie for Charlie Christie (60)
Smith -> McConalogue (46)

Bookings
None. McConalogue

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Mark Brown (GK) 48 apps -
Stuart McCaffrey 107 apps2 goals
Ross Tokely 243 apps17 goals
Bobby Mann 174 apps16 goals
Stuart Golabek 125 apps2 goals
Roy McBain 127 apps5 goals
Charlie Christie 310 apps34 goals
Russell Duncan 77 apps1 goal
David Bingham 4 apps1 goal
Richie Hart 41 apps11 goals
Steven Hislop 18 apps5 goals
Darran Thomson (sub) 3 apps -
Paul Ritchie (sub) 89 apps41 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (24 years 167 days)
Oldest Player:Bobby Mann (2005 years 15 days)
Average Player Age:30 years 340 days
Domestic Players:11 (100.00 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:David Proctor (19 years 168 days)
Oldest Player:Darran Thomson (2005 years 15 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 39 days
Domestic Players:16 (100.00 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

A lively first half, a scrappy second and no goals:

Stuart McCaffrey's red card at Falkirk was cancelled on appeal so Caley Thistle were at full strength.

In the first minute Steve Hislop headed well wide from a Richie Hart cross then Hart drove wide from 25 yards. In seven minutes a chip from David Bingham in the box found Hislop who shot first time from close range but it came back off the post. A Bingham free kick in 13 minutes curled past the post. A Ross Tokely cross a minute later was tipped away by Bryn Halliwell. In 24 minutes a solo run by Hislop ended with a strong shot, a touch off the head of a defender and a brilliant save by Halliwell.

Clyde's best first half chance came in 33 minutes when John Fraser found space in the middle and ran towards goal, but with Stuart Golabek in pursuit he hit low and wide.

The Caley Thistle cause was dealt a bad blow in 35 minutes when David Bingham limped off with a leg injury. Two minutes later Clyde survived a series of shots before play switched to the other end.

Stephen McConalogue intercepted a Mark Brown kick-out and headed first time goalwards but Brown recovered to collect.

Clyde started the second half well and McCaffrey blocked shots from Mark Gilhaney and David Hagen. In 62 minutes Brown saved a mishit Ian Harty shot in the box then in 72 minutes Halliwell held a Hart free kick under pressure.

Hagen turned a defender and shot past in 78 minutes then a Hart shot was deflected to safety by the Clyde defence. The closing minutes produced some excitement and tension in the Caley Thistle camp as Clyde gained four corners in a row. They came close when a Mensing header was cleared off the line then Andy Smith headed over and the pressure was eased. A draw was about right.

Match report written by Ian Broadfoot



None.

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