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
19 Dec 1998	Partick Thistle	2–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	L
16 Dec 1998	Inverness CT	3–2	Alloa	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
28 Nov 1998	Forfar Athletic	2–2	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	D
21 Nov 1998	Inverness CT	1–1	Clyde	SFL Second Division1998/99	D
14 Nov 1998	Queen of the South	2–2	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	D
7 Nov 1998	Inverness CT	3–1	Stirling Albion	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
31 Oct 1998	Arbroath	0–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
24 Oct 1998	Inverness CT	4–2	East Fife	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
17 Oct 1998	Inverness CT	3–2	Partick Thistle	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
10 Oct 1998	Livingston	2–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	L
3 Oct 1998	Inverness CT	2–2	Forfar Athletic	SFL Second Division1998/99	D
26 Sep 1998	Clyde	4–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	L
19 Sep 1998	Stirling Albion	0–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
12 Sep 1998	Inverness CT	3–2	Queen of the South	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
5 Sep 1998	Inverness CT	2–1	Arbroath	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
29 Aug 1998	East Fife	1–5	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
22 Aug 1998	Alloa	1–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1998/99	D
15 Aug 1998	Inverness CT	2–1	Livingston	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
8 Aug 1998	Inverness CT	0–3	Aberdeen	League Cup1998/99	L
4 Aug 1998	Inverness CT	1–0	Partick Thistle	SFL Second Division1998/99	W
1 Aug 1998	Queen of the South	1–4	Inverness CT	League Cup1998/99	W
9 May 1998	Livingston	1–2	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1997/98	W
2 May 1998	Inverness CT	2–1	Brechin City	SFL Second Division1997/98	W
25 Apr 1998	East Fife	0–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1997/98	W
18 Apr 1998	Stranraer	3–1	Inverness CT	SFL Second Division1997/98	L