Inverness CT 2 - 0 Falkirk

League Match
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006, 7:45 PM at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,121
Referee: E Smith
Inverness CT  Falkirk

Goalscorers
Russell Duncan (18)
Craig Dargo (30)
None.

Team Managers
Charlie Christie John Hughes

Starting Eleven
Michael Fraser
Ross Tokely
Stuart Golabek
Stuart McCaffrey
Darren Dods
Russell Duncan
Liam Keogh
Alan Morgan
Zander Sutherland
Dennis Wyness
Craig Dargo
Howard
Scobie
Dodds
Rodrigues
Ross
Craig
Lima
O'Donnell
Milne
Gow
McBreen

Substitutes
Mark Brown
Stuart Soane
Barry Wilson
Roy McBain
Liam Fox
Graham Bayne
Rory McAllister
Moutinho
Scally
Churchill
Barr
McPherson
Ferguson
Lawrie

Substitutions
Rory McAllister for Craig Dargo (64)
Graham Bayne for Dennis Wyness (69)
Stuart Soane for Alan Morgan (83)
McPherson -> Milne (16)
Scally -> Rodrigues (52)
Moutinho ->Craig (52)

Bookings
None. Scobbie (74)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Michael Fraser (GK) 3 apps -
Stuart McCaffrey 172 apps6 goals
Ross Tokely 361 apps26 goals
Darren Dods 72 apps3 goals
Stuart Golabek 227 apps5 goals
Liam Keogh 95 apps3 goals
Zander Sutherland 1 app (debut) -
Alan Morgan 24 apps2 goals
Russell Duncan 187 apps5 goals
Craig Dargo 38 apps20 goals
Dennis Wyness 192 apps91 goals
Stuart Soane (sub) 1 app (debut) -
Rory McAllister (sub) 21 apps1 goal
Graham Bayne (sub) 60 apps9 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (27 years 63 days)
Oldest Player:Dennis Wyness (2007 years 276 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 63 days
Domestic Players:11 (100.00 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (27 years 63 days)
Oldest Player:Alan Morgan (2007 years 276 days)
Average Player Age:30 years 257 days
Domestic Players:18 (100.00 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts
Zander Sutherland(Signed )
Stuart Soane(Signed )

Milestones

With 7th place assured, manager Charlie Christie rested a few first team regulars and gave starting places to Stuart McCaffrey, Zander Sutherland and Mike Fraser. Russell Duncan and Craig Dargo netted the goals that won it for the Caley Jags.

With seventh spot guaranteed this was a chance for Charlie Christie to give a start to squad players. Stuart McCaffrey and Alan Morgan came into the side and Mike Fraser made a first start in goal after 139 bench appearances and two occasions when he came on as a substitute for Mark Brown. Brown ended a fine consecutive record of 176 starts as he gave way to his young rival. Youngsters Zander Sutherland and Stuart Soane made debut appearances – Sutherland played for 90 minutes and Soane for the last eight. All three youngsters impressed and their efforts were appreciated with cheers from the home crowd. Falkirk were missing four regulars including influential midfielder Russell Latapy and they never really got going.

Caley Thistle were always ahead without ever reaching top gear. A 20 yard shot from Vitor Lima went wide in 14 minutes then four minutes later Russell Duncan made it 1-0 to the home side with one of the goals of the season. A Ross Tokely ball into the box was cleared from the feet of Dennis Wyness to Duncan 30 yards out – he steadied himself then sent a rocket past the helpless Mark Howard. On the half hour mark a Wyness low ball was deflected for a corner. Morgan’s kick from the left flag was headed on by Darren Dods and Dargo hammered home from the right side of the box. This was Dargo’s 20th goal of a fine season. Another Lima effort went wide in 34 minutes but this was a rare attempt on the ICT goal.

Half Time: 2-0

Just after the break Fraser had to be alert to collect a rising 25 yard shot from Liam Craig. On the hour mark there was a flare up after Pedro Mountinho fouled Morgan but no cards were produced. Howard punched clear a Morgan corner in 65 minutes and follow-up shots from Liam Keogh and McCaffrey were blocked. It was all one way with a Sutherland shot being blocked, a Morgan effort running wide, Howard collecting a Morgan free kick then punching away a 25 yard shot from Keogh. With ten minutes left a Morgan free kick from wide right was headed just over by Ross Tokely then in added time another Tokely header was cleared off the line by Jack Ross amidst protests that it had gone in. Substitute Graham Bayne had tried to make sure but took a head knock for his trouble. He recovered to join his team mates in a salute to the home crowd at the final whistle.

Full Time: 2-0

Four wins in a row and four clean sheets. The only black spot was Hearts 1-0 win over Aberdeen – this left Hearts in second spot, Gretna to qualify for the UEFA Cup at the expense of Hibs, and ICT unlikely to be in the Intertoto Cup. The only remote possibility is that Hibs decide to back out. One game to go then a well earned rest for all.

Match report written by Ian Broadfoot



None.

Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Celtic 37 28 6 3 91 35 56 90
2. Hearts 37 22 8 7 71 29 42 74
3. Rangers 37 20 10 7 65 37 28 70
4. Hibernian 37 17 5 15 60 53 7 56
5. Inverness CT 37 14 13 10 50 38 12 55
6. Aberdeen 37 13 14 10 44 38 6 53
7. Kilmarnock 37 14 10 13 60 63 -3 52
8. Motherwell 37 13 9 15 54 60 -6 48
9. Dunfermline 37 8 9 20 33 67 -34 33
10. Dundee Utd 37 7 11 19 40 65 -25 32
11. Falkirk 37 7 9 21 34 64 -30 30
12. Livingston 37 4 6 27 25 78 -53 18