News 2012-13

Congratulations to Andrew Shinnie, who becomes the thirteenth winner of the annual CaleyThistleOnline Player of the Year award.   The race to become the CTO Player of the Year went right down to the final day clash with Ross County, but Shinnie picked up points in the matches against Motherwell and Dundee United to take an ultimately decisive four point lead over Billy McKay which he didn't relinquish.   Shinnie is a very deserving winner, having scored 16 goals for the club this sea

The race for the coveted CaleyThistleOnline Player of the Year title is still wide open as we enter the final few weeks of the campaign.  Incredibly, at the end of April, no fewer than NINE different players were still in with a chance of lifting the trophy.   With only three matches this month, there weren't too many points on offer - and nearly all of them were snaffled up by Josh Meekings, who continued his excellent campaign by earning his second player of the month award, earn

After a difficult February, ICT bounced back with an unbeaten month of March to consolidate a top six place, picking up two wins - including a precious derby victory over Ross County - and two draws.   The battle for the much coveted (we think!) CTO Player of the Year award is still wide open, but Andrew Shinnie remains the outright leader despite adding only 1 point to his total this month.  A man of the match performance at Dens Park allowed Billy McKay to close the gap, with four different

Aaron Doran was CTO's star man for February, becoming the sixth different player to earn player of the month honours this season.   The Irish winger was voted man of the match in three straight matches, against Celtic, Kilmarnock and Motherwell, and his total of 72 votes was well clear of second placed Nick Ross. David Raven (against Killie away), Gary Warren (against Hearts) and Danny Devine (against Dundee United) were all voted man of the match once.   Doran's impressive haul of points mo

January was a disappointing month for the club, with a penalty shootout defeat to Hearts and a league loss at St. Mirren.  But it did see a first Player of the month award for young defender Josh Meekings.   Meekings was voted as the star man in the games against Aberdeen and Hearts, and was second to Owain Tudur Jones for the St. Mirren game.  His 80 votes put him 9 clear of Andy Shinnie.   Shinnie does however have the consolation of taking the overall lead in the standings for Player of t

December was a hugely busy month for ICT, with seven matches - and an undefeated month too which saw plenty of drama as the side crushed Hibs and Dundee at home, produced a Lazarus-like comeback at Dundee United (from 3-0 down in 9 minutes) and decent draws with St. Mirren and St. Johnstone.  It also saw two clashes with our local rivals, with a last-gasp equalizer in Dingwall earning us a replay where, ten days later, Caley Thistle eeked out another victory.   And it's no surprise that, after

Editorial note: First of all, we must apologise for the lateness of this article. Our resident vote collator  Hislopsoffsideagain did submit it in plenty of time, but we dropped the ball editorially. So without further ado, here is the article for our Player of the Month award for November (which will be followed closely by the December article). Aside from a 5-1 shellacking at home to Motherwell, November was a successful month indeed for ICT, producing wins at Kilmarnock, Celtic and Aberde