I went looking for stats on previous encounters with the Saints, and if soccerbase is right we have played them 19 times, with Caley winning 11 and drawing 5 of these. We haven't lost the last 11 matches against St. Mirren, making us unbeaten against them for almost 5 years! Were Tom Hendrie and John Coughlin not sacked as a result of hammerings by us?
HEAD TO HEAD
1999/2000
10th August 1999: Inverness CT 1 (Teasdale 88) St. Mirren 0 (Challenge Cup 1st round)
17th August 1999: Inverness CT 2 (Sheerin 104pen, Byers 118) St. Mirren 0 (League Cup 2nd round)
21st August 1999: St. Mirren 3 (Yardley 34, Walker 37, McGarry 40) Inverness CT 2 (Sheerin 29pen, Teasdale 86)
11th December 1999: Inverness CT 1 (Wilson 51) St. Mirren 1 (Yardley 43)
12th February 2000: St. Mirren 2 (Yardley 22, Bowman 67) Inverness CT 0
6th May 2000: Inverness CT 5 (Xausa 25, McCulloch 35, Wilson 36, Bavidge 84, McCulloch 89) St. Mirren 0
2001/2002
25th August 2001: St. Mirren 1 (McGarry 50) Inverness CT 1 (Mann 88)
3rd November 2001: Inverness CT 1 (Wyness 31) St. Mirren 2 (Ross 14, Walker 50)
29th December 2001: St. Mirren 0 Inverness CT 0
2nd March 2002: Inverness CT 4 (Bagan 38, Ritchie 55, 57, 80) St. Mirren 2 (Gillies 10pen, Ross 72)
2002/2003
31st August 2002: St. Mirren 0 Inverness CT 4 (Robson 9, 21, Hart 24, Christie 72)
24th September 2002: Inverness CT 3 (Hart 13, Wyness 73, 86) St. Mirren 1 (Cameron 24) (League Cup 2nd round)
2nd November 2002: Inverness CT 4 (Wyness 7, 25, Hart 58, Robson 84pen) St. Mirren 1 (Gillies 82)
28th December 2002: St. Mirren 1 (Cameron 86) Inverness CT 4 (Wyness 14, Tokely 22, Stewart 29, Ritchie 51)
1st March 2003: Inverness CT 3 (Ritchie 25, 49, 55) St. Mirren 1 (McHale 13)
2003/2004
27th September 2003: Inverness CT 2 (Ritchie 21, McCaffrey 36) St. Mirren 0
22nd November 2003: St. Mirren 0 Inverness CT 4 (Bingham 30, 65, McBain 34, 57)
31st January 2004: Inverness CT 1 (Bingham 88) St. Mirren 1 (Lappin 17)
3rd April 2004: St. Mirren 0 Inverness CT 0
Mark Brown, Ross Tokely, Stuart McCaffrey, Barry Wilson, Richie Hart, Russell Duncan, Grant Munro and Liam Keogh all played in that last game, while David Proctor was an unused sub.