1996–97 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. competed in the Scottish Third Division in season 1996–97 and the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Challenge Cup and Scottish Cup.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.

1996-97 season
Manager	Steve Paterson
Scottish Third Division	1st - Champions
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
Scottish League Cup	1st Round
Scottish Challenge Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Iain Stewart (27) All: Iain Stewart (29)
Highest home attendance	5,525 vs. Ross County, 15 March 1997 (Caledonian Stadium) 2,086 vs. Arbroath, 5 October 1996 (Telford Street Park)
Lowest home attendance	1,316 vs. East Stirlingshire, 14 September 1996 (Telford Street Park) 1,397 vs. Alloa Athletic, 1 March 1997 (Caledonian Stadium)

Results

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Third Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	ICT Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	17 August	Cowdenbeath	H	1–3	Thomson	1,524
2	24 August	Forfar Athletic	A	1–3	Thomson	427
3	31 August	Alloa Athletic	H	1–0	Teasdale	1,685
4	7 September	Albion Rovers	A	0–0		845
5	14 September	East Stirlingshire	H	2–0	Hercher, Noble	1,316
6	21 September	Queen's Park	H	2–2	Stewart, Christie	1,452
7	28 September	Ross County	A	3–1	Stewart (2), Thomson	3,519
8	5 October	Arbroath	H	2–0	Thomson, Stewart	2,086
9	12 October	Montrose	A	2–2	Stewart, Ross	643
10	19 October	Cowdenbeath	A	4–3	Thomson (2), Hercher, Stewart	321
11	26 October	Forfar Athletic	A	0–2		454
12	2 November	East Stirlingshire	A	0–0		398
13	9 November	Albion Rovers	H	1–1	Stewart	3,734
14	16 November	Ross County	H	2–0	Stewart (2)	4,562
15	23 November	Queen's Park	A	3–2	McLean, Wilson, Christie	786
16	30 November	Arbroath	A	4–1	Wilson, Addicoat, Stewart, Christie	457
17	14 December	Montrose	H	2–0	Stewart, McLean	2,477
18	21 December	Cowdenbeath	H	2–1	Stewart (2)	2,188
19	18 January	Arbroath	H	4–1	Hercher (2), McLean, Ross	1,742
20	22 January	Queen's Park	H	1–0	Stewart	1,432
21	1 February	Montrose	A	2–0	McLean, Stewart,	520
22	8 February	East Stirlingshire	H	3–2	Stewart, Wilson, McLean	1,642
23	12 February	Ross County	A	3–0	McLean (2), Wilson	4,482
24	15 February	Albion Rovers	A	3–0	Teasdale, Tokely, Stewart	608
25	22 February	Forfar Athletic	H	1–1	Stewart	2,507
26	1 March	Alloa Athletic	H	3-1	Stewart (2), Ross	1,397
27	8 March	Queen's Park	A	2–1	Stewart, Tokely	857
28	11 March	Alloa Athletic	A	2–0	McLean, Noble	441
29	15 March	Ross County	H	3–0	Stewart (2), Thomson	5,525
30	22 March	Arbroath	A	0–0		570
31	5 April	Montrose	H	3–2	Stewart (3)	3,026
32	12 April	Albion Rovers	H	4–1	Thomson (2), Wilson, De Barros	2,960
33	19 April	East Stirlingshire	A	3–0	Stewart, Ross, Thomson	404
34	26 April	Cowdenbeath	A	1–2	Cherry	282
35	3 May	Forfar Athletic	H	0–4		3,852
36	10 May	Alloa Athletic	A	0-1		507

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	23	7	6	70	37	34	76
2	Forfar Athletic	36	19	10	7	74	45	30	67
3	Ross County	36	20	7	9	58	41	17	67

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	ICT Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	5 August	Clyde	A	0-1 (aet)		899

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	ICT Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	10 August	Livingston	A	2–1	Thomson, Cherry	1,335
R2	27 August	Stirling Albion	A	1–3	Stewart	838

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	ICT Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	13 January	Stranraer	A	1–1	McLean	577
R2 R	15 January	Stranraer	H	0–0 (aet) (ICT won 4-3 on penalties)		1,407
R3	25 January	Hamilton Academical	H	1–3	Stewart	3,310

References

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