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Nation: Scotland
Found: 1994
Status: Professional
Reputation: National
Chairman Status: Loves the Club
Favoured Personnel: Charlie Christie, Bobby Mann, Ross Tokley, Dennis Wyness, Grant Munro
Fierce Rivals: Ross County, Livingston
Other Rivals: Clachnacuddin
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 7778 All SeaterPitch Size: Length: 105m Width:68m
Training Facilities: Good Training Facilities
Youth Facilities: God Youth Facilities
Media Prediction: 9th
Captain: Grant Munro
Transfer Budget: £50,000
Wage Budget: £18,664

In Real Life:
In 1994 Caledonian F.C and Inverness Thistle F.C(Two Highland League teams at this point) joined to make one in order to fill an empty space in the Scottish Football League. After a promising start to their first season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle eventually finished sixth in the Third Division in Season 1994-1995. The following season, they finished third and, eventually, in Season 1996-97, they won the Third Division Championship. The club then spent two seasons in the Second Division and, after a closely-fought season, finished runners-up in Season 1998-99; a feat which saw them promoted to the First Division. Season 2003/2004 could be regarded as the club\'s most successful to date. In November 2003, they defeated Airdrie United 2-0, thanks to goals from Steve Hislop and David Bingham, to win the Scottish Challenge Cup, and also reached the Scottish Cup semi-final, losing a replay 3-2 to Dunfermline Athletic after a 1-1 draw at Hampden Park. However, the best was still to come. On the final day of the season, Inverness defeated St Johnstone 3-1, with goals from Paul Ritchie, David Bingham and Barry Wilson and, as a result, pipped Clyde to the First Division title. This made them eligible for promotion to the Scottish Premier League (SPL). However, SPL rules stated that all member clubs must have a stadium with a minimum capacity of 10 000 seats. Caledonian Stadium did not and this left the club\'s board with a dilemma: either to remain in the First Division (like Falkirk the previous season) or to groundshare with Aberdeen, over 150 km (over 100 miles) away. After consulting with supporters, the board decided the sacrifice of one season in Aberdeen would be worth it for Premier League football. After a change in SPL rules during the 2004-05 season to only require 6,000 seats for SPL membership, Caledonian Stadium was made a valid SPL venue after a rapid ground expansion, which added two new stands. The stadium was renamed as the 'Tulloch Caledonian Stadium' in honour of the building firm which completed the work in only 47 working days. The chairman of Tulloch, David Sutherland CBE, was also chairman of the club at the time. Caley Thistle returned to playing in Inverness, playing and defeating Dunfermline in their first SPL game in their own ground on 29 January 2005 2-0 thanks to goals from Barry Wilson and then player manager Craig Brewster

The team is also famous for its Scottish Cup victories over Celtic in 2000 and 2003: winning 3-1 at Celtic Park, resulting in the memorable headline "Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious" in The Sun which is now framed in the foyer of Caledonian Stadium, and 1-0 . Caledonian Thistle have also knocked other SPL teams out of cup competitions, including Motherwell and Hearts. Over the first ten years of their existence the club had been responsible for a total of 11 'shocks' and as a result had gained themselves a reputation as being 'giant killers', but following their promotion to the SPL, they have now joined the ranks of the 'giants' themselves.Caledonian's run of cup victories over Celtic came to an end following 2 goals in the last 4 minutes of their fifth round tie held at Caledonian Stadium on 25 February 2007 after the home side had led 1-0 for the majority of the game thanks to a Graham Bayne goal. Another famous victory occurred on the 16 December 2007 when the club went from being 2-0 down to Celtic to win 3-2. The Inverness goals were scored by John Rankin, David Proctor and Don Cowie. The Sun's new title at that moment was "Super Cowie Goes Ballistic Celtic Were Atrocious".


Goalkeepers:
1. Michael Fraser
30. Zbigniew Malkowski

Defenders:
42. Jamie Duff
14. Phil Maguire
Steven Watt
2. Ross Tokely
16. Richard Hastings
13. Grant Munro
29. David Proctor
Guy Kerr

Midfielders:
8. Ian Black
12. Russel Duncan
6. Roy McBain
15. Don Cowie
10. Ritchie Hart
20. Markus Paatalainen
7. Barry Wilson

Striker:
18. Marius Niculae
19. Dennis Wyness
28. Craig Brewster

Tactics:
Original tactics is a 4-4-2
My preffered tactics with Inverness would be Wozza\'s Widge. Gives you great possesion and scores many and concedes barley any.

Conclusion:
In conclusion to this guide. I suggest that if you are wanting a challenging season and want to go a low budgeted team, I suggest YOU LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE! (Only Joking!). Inverness would be a great choice for you. My starting aim is to get a European place but i have managed to win the league but it went right down to the final match. So please take my advise and go Inverness. :D

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