Steve Paterson

Scotland · Born 8 Apr 1958

Full name: Steven William Paterson

Biography

Steve joined Caley Thistle in the summer of 1995 ahead of our second season in the SFL. Paterson spent seven and a half years at Caley Thistle. During this time, he took the club from the Third Division to the First Division and presided over the team's famous victories against Celtic (resulting in the well-known newspaper headline "Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious") and Hearts in the Scottish Cup. In November 2002, Paterson was strongly linked with the vacant manager's job at Dundee United, but he stayed at Caley Thistle for another month before accepting a job offer with…Read moreRead less

Steve joined Caley Thistle in the summer of 1995 ahead of our second season in the SFL. Paterson spent seven and a half years at Caley Thistle. During this time, he took the club from the Third Division to the First Division and presided over the team's famous victories against Celtic (resulting in the well-known newspaper headline "Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious") and Hearts in the Scottish Cup.

In November 2002, Paterson was strongly linked with the vacant manager's job at Dundee United, but he stayed at Caley Thistle for another month before accepting a job offer with Aberdeen.

Statistics

Played: 325
Won: 152
Drawn: 77
Lost: 96
For: 612
Against: 433
Win rate: 46.8%

Clean sheets: 85
Longest winning run: 6
Longest unbeaten run: 13

Seasons

Season	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Win %
2002/03	21	14	2	5	49	22	66.7%
2001/02	46	19	10	17	79	69	41.3%
2000/01	43	17	13	13	84	68	39.5%
1999/00	47	20	11	16	80	64	42.6%
1998/99	39	22	9	8	85	54	56.4%
1997/98	44	17	11	16	88	62	38.6%
1996/97	42	25	8	9	75	46	59.5%
1995/96	43	18	13	12	72	48	41.9%

Competitions

Competition	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Win %
League Cup	18	10	0	8	34	29	55.6%
SFL Third Division	72	38	19	15	134	75	52.8%
Challenge Cup	14	7	0	7	24	22	50.0%
Scottish Cup	24	11	6	7	42	32	45.8%
SFL Second Division	72	34	19	19	145	99	47.2%
SFL First Division	125	52	33	40	233	176	41.6%

Home and away

Venue	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Win %
Away	157	62	38	57	268	225	39.5%
Home	167	90	39	38	340	204	53.9%
Neutral	1	0	0	1	4	4	0.0%

Matches (325)

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Result
1 Mar 1997	Inverness CT	3–1	Alloa	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
22 Feb 1997	Inverness CT	1–1	Forfar Athletic	SFL Third Division1996/97	D
15 Feb 1997	Albion Rovers	0–3	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
12 Feb 1997	Ross County	0–3	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
8 Feb 1997	Inverness CT	3–2	East Stirlingshire	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
1 Feb 1997	Montrose	0–2	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
25 Jan 1997	Inverness CT	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Scottish Cup1996/97	L
22 Jan 1997	Inverness CT	1–0	Queens Park	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
18 Jan 1997	Inverness CT	4–1	Arbroath	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
15 Jan 1997	Inverness CT	0–0 4–3 pens	Stranraer	Scottish Cup1996/97	W
13 Jan 1997	Stranraer	1–1	Inverness CT	Scottish Cup1996/97	D
21 Dec 1996	Inverness CT	2–1	Cowdenbeath	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
14 Dec 1996	Inverness CT	2–0	Montrose	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
30 Nov 1996	Arbroath	1–4	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
23 Nov 1996	Queens Park	2–3	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
16 Nov 1996	Inverness CT	2–0	Ross County	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
9 Nov 1996	Inverness CT	1–1	Albion Rovers	SFL Third Division1996/97	D
2 Nov 1996	East Stirlingshire	0–0	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	D
26 Oct 1996	Forfar Athletic	2–0	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	L
19 Oct 1996	Cowdenbeath	3–4	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
12 Oct 1996	Montrose	2–2	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	D
5 Oct 1996	Inverness CT	2–0	Arbroath	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
28 Sep 1996	Ross County	1–3	Inverness CT	SFL Third Division1996/97	W
21 Sep 1996	Inverness CT	2–2	Queens Park	SFL Third Division1996/97	D
14 Sep 1996	Inverness CT	2–0	East Stirlingshire	SFL Third Division1996/97	W