1998–99 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. competed in the Scottish Second Division in season 1998–99 and the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. 1998–99 football season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
1998–99 season
Manager	Steve Paterson
Scottish Second Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	2nd Round
Scottish League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Scott McLean (19) All: Scott McLean (20)
Highest home attendance	5,164 vs. Aberdeen, 8 August 1998
Lowest home attendance	1,323 vs. Alloa Athletic, 16 December 1998
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Results

Scottish Second Division

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Second Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	ICT Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	4 August	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	Wilson	1,998
2	15 August	Livingston	H	2–1	Shearer, Wilson	1,897
3	22 August	Alloa Athletic	A	1–1	Tokely	616
4	29 August	East Fife	A	5–1	Sheerin, Shearer, Cherry, Bavidge, Teasdale	599
5	5 September	Arbroath	H	2–1	Crawford (own goal), Shearer	1,842
6	12 September	Queen of the South	H	3–2	Sheerin, McLean, Wilson	1,912
7	19 September	Stirling Albion	A	0–1		916
8	26 September	Clyde	A	1–2	Cherry	978
9	3 October	Forfar Athletic	H	2–2	McLean, Wilson	1,925
10	10 October	Livingston	A	1–2	McLean	4,100
11	17 October	Partick Thistle	H	3–2	McLean (2), Sheerin	2,598
12	24 October	East Fife	H	4–2	Shearer, Christie, Sheerin, McLean	1,547
13	31 October	Arbroath	A	1–0	Cherry	934
14	7 November	Stirling Albion	H	3–1	McLean (2), Wilson	2,026
15	14 November	Queen of the South	A	2–2	Sheerin, McLean	1,021
16	21 November	Clyde	H	1–1	Wilson	2,268
17	28 November	Forfar Athletic	A	2–2	Shearer, McLean	510
18	16 December	Alloa Athletic	H	3–2	Robertson, McCulloch, McLean	1,323
19	19 December	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Wilson	2,141
20	27 December	East Fife	A	2–3	Teasdale, McLean	994
21	9 January	Arbroath	H	2–0	Wilson, Sheerin	1,795
22	16 January	Clyde	A	1–1	Glancy	1,105
23	30 January	Forfar Athletic	H	2–0	Wilson, Christie	2,018
24	6 February	Stirling Albion	A	5–1	Glancy (2), Sheerin, McCulloch, Teasdale	890
25	13 February	Queen of the South	H	1–0	Rowe (own goal)	2,204
26	20 February	Alloa Athletic	A	4-1	Shearer (2), Wilson, Christie	595
27	27 February	Livingston	H	3–1	McLean, Wilson, Shearer	3,279
28	6 March	Arbroath	A	1–3	McLean	705
29	13 March	East Fife	H	4–0	McLean, Wilson, Sheerin, Teasdale	1,797
30	20 March	Forfar Athletic	A	3–0	McLean (2), Sheerin	304
31	3 April	Clyde	H	3–0	Wilson, Sheerin, Shearer	3,019
32	10 April	Stirling Albion	H	2–2	Shearer (2)	1,778
33	17 April	Queen of the South	A	1–1	Wilson	1,214
34	24 April	Partick Thistle	H	3–2	McLean (2), McCulloch	3,246
35	1 May	Livingston	A	3–4	McCulloch, Christie, Stewart	6,013
36	8 May	Alloa Athletic	H	2-1	Stewart	2,662

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston (C, P)	36	22	11	3	64	35	+29	77	Promotion to the First Division
2	Inverness CT (P)	36	21	9	6	80	48	+32	72	Promotion to the First Division
3	Clyde	36	15	8	13	46	42	+4	53
4	Queen of the South	36	13	9	14	50	45	+5	48
5	Alloa Athletic	36	13	7	16	65	56	+9	46

Source: "1998-1999 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	ICT Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	1 August	Queen of the South	A	4–1	Sheerin, McLean, Shearer, Cherry	1,227
R2	8 August	Aberdeen	H	0-3		5,164

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	ICT Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	2 January	Livingston	H	1–2	McManus (own goal)	3,367

References

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