Preview Inverness CT Cup Tie
Wednesday, 4th Jan 2012In the Scottish Cup the sides have been drawn together only once - in the 2004 Semi Final. That time it took a replay to take Dunfermline past the First Division highlanders.
On Saturday Dunfermline will travel back up the A9 to face Inverness Caley Thistle in the Scottish Cup. The teams last met in October at the Caledonian Stadium and the match ended all square after a late Liam Buchanan penalty countered a first half strike by Gregory Tade. The first meeting this season at East End Park was rescued by a special from Martin Hardie after Andy Kirk had twice put his side in the lead..
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Record v Inverness Caledonian Thistle (A) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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11 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
16 |
The Pars record against the Highlanders is not the best and they have won only twice at Inverness in 11 visits. The 2-1 win in April 2000 won them promotion to the Premier League after a year`s absence and the other a 3-1 win on St Patricks Day 2007 was Stephen Kenny`s first league victory after 16 attempts.
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Milestones Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
3-1 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
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Best League Victory |
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2-1 |
Sc Div 1 |
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Worst League Defeat |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
In the twenty two league match between the sides, Dunfermline have won four of them, there have been nine draws and nine have ended in defeat.
Last 12 League Matches v Inverness CT | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 22/10/11 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Tade, [1-1] Buchanan (pen.) |
| 06/08/11 | H | 3-3 | [1-0] Kirk, [1-1] Tansey, [2-1] Kirk. [2-2] Hayes, [2-3] Tansey, [3-3] Hardie |
| 17/04/10 | A | 0-2 | [1-0] Rooney, [2-0] Foran |
| 19/12/09 | H | 0-0 | . |
| 17/10/09 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Proctor, [1-1] Kirk |
| H | 0-1 | [0-1] Cox | |
| 12/05/07 | A | 1-2 | [1-0] McIntyre, [1-1] Hastings, [1-2] McAllister |
| 17/03/07 | A | 3-1 | [0-1] Paatelainen, [1-1] Glass, [2-1] McIntyre, [3-1] Glass |
| 23/12/06 | H | 0-0 | |
| A | 0-1 | [0-1] Tokely | |
| 06/05/06 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Morgan |
| 08/02/06 | H | 2-2 | [1-0] Hunt, [2-0] Burchill, [2-1] Dargo (p), [2-2] Wyness |
In the Scottish Cup the sides have been drawn together only once - in the 2004 Semi Final. That time it took a replay to take Dunfermline past the First Division side. The first game was played at Hampden on Saturday 10th April in front of a crowd of 13,255. A Craig Brewster goal midway through the second half made it 1-1 and the teams were to meet again just over a week later at Pittodrie.
It was an unpopular choice for the replay that many felt should have been held in Tayside and with the game being shown live on Sky TV only 5,728 turned up on a cool but sunny evening beside the beach in the Granite City. Caley Thistle took an early lead but Darren Young got the Pars back level in 25 minutes. Brewster put Dunfermline ahead for the first time in the tie on 63 minutes and then 15 minutes later a gem of a goal from skipper Barry Nicholson secured Dunfermline`s place in the Scottish Cup Final, their first since 1968 and a place in the next season`s UEFA Cup.
David Bingham scored a late consolation for Caley Thistle but the Pars won 3-2 to safely qualify for European football for the first time in 35 years.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Celtic): Chris Smith, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; Paul Willis (Andy Kirk 65), Paul Burns, Gary Mason,(c) (Joe Cardle,52), Martin Hardie, David Graham, Andy Barrowman Liam Buchanan 76).
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Goodfellow (GK), Craig Easton, Ryan Thomson, Shaun Byrne
INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE: (v Hibs); Ryan Esson; Kenny Gillet, Graeme Shinnie, Roman Golobart, Thomas Piermayr, Lee Cox, David Davis, Jonathan Hayes, Richie Foran, Gregory Tade, Billy McKay
SUBS: Nick Ross, Gavin Morrison, Aaron Doran, Greg Tansey, Josh Meekings, Shane Sutherland, Jonathan Tuffey (GK).
Referee will be Euan Norris.
Come on ye Pars!
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