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Charlie Christie

Biography

Charlie Christie made 314 appearances as a Caley Thistle player, including a man of the match performance in THAT game against Celtic in season 1999/2000. Charlie had signed for Celtic in 1987 from Inverness Thistle but never made any first team appearances although he was a regular for their reserve side. He returned North two years later to sign for Inverness Caledonian in the Highland league in 1989. He made his debut for Caledonian Thistle on 3rd September 1994 in a 1-0 win at Albion Rovers in the 3rd Division. The rest is history... When Craig Brewster resigned as manager…Read moreRead less
Charlie Christie made 314 appearances as a Caley Thistle player, including a man of the match performance in THAT game against Celtic in season 1999/2000.

Charlie had signed for Celtic in 1987 from Inverness Thistle but never made any first team appearances although he was a regular for their reserve side. He returned North two years later to sign for Inverness Caledonian in the Highland league in 1989. He made his debut for Caledonian Thistle on 3rd September 1994 in a 1-0 win at Albion Rovers in the 3rd Division. The rest is history...

When Craig Brewster resigned as manager in January 2006 to return to his 'spiritual home' at Dundee Utd, in the same way as his predecessor John Robertson had returned to Hearts, the Caley Thistle board decided that it was time to appoint a manager who had ICT in his heart.

Having been at the club since it was formed and involved not only in fundraising through the Centenary lottery but also coaching, Charlie Christie was the chosen man.

His managerial career spanned 63 games and he won around a third of these including an excellent 5 game winning streak at the end of season 05/06 where ICT won all 5 post-split fixtures without conceding a single goal (an SPL record).

He resigned after three games of the 07/08 season citing family reasons and returned to a behind the scenes role at the club.

Charlie's son is Ryan Christie who starred for Inverness before joining Celtic and has been capped for Scotland.

Charlie's trophy cabinet: Third Division Championship medal 1996/97; Matchday Programme Player of the Year 1998/99; Top appearances 2000/01 (42 out of 43); First Division Championship medal 2003/04; Only player to appear in all of first ten seasons; First player to reach 150, 200, 250 & 300 appearances​. Total of 314 appearances scoring a total of 34 goals. Testimonial match v Celtic 7 April 1998.

An ICTFC Legend.

Statistics

Apps
267 (45)
Goals
34
Yel
20
Red
2
Goals/game
0.11
Minutes
24,206*
Seasons
10
Wins
136
Draws
80
Losses
96
SeasonAppsGoalsYelRed
2003/043 (3)000
2002/0315 (14)210
2001/0238 (3)350
2000/0137 (5)230
1999/0030 (7)130
1998/9936 (1)430
1997/9815 (2)131
1996/9736 (3)310
1995/9631 (5)1211
1994/9526 (2)600

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 1994 · Left: 31 May 2004

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceLast appearanceApps
Sergei Baltacha3 Sep 199413 May 199526 (2)
Steve Paterson5 Aug 199530 Nov 2002229 (34)
John Robertson28 Dec 20027 Feb 200410 (9)

Timeline

  1. Born

    Inverness, Scotland

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Albion Rovers 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

    · SFL Third Division · Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge

    Caledonian Thistle's good start to the season continued with this win at Coatbridge. Both sides came close in the first half. Albion's Martin Scott had three chances with two shots being saved by McRitchie and a header hitting the post. McRitchie saved a shot from…

  7. SFL Third Division winners medal

    33 of 36 league matches (91.7%)

    1996/97

  13. Recorded contract end

Appearances (312)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
7 Feb 2004 St. Mirren 0–1 Inverness CT Scottish Cup2003/04 W
23 Aug 2003 St. Johnstone 1–2 Inverness CT SFL First Division2003/04 W
16 Aug 2003 Inverness CT 0–0 Clyde SFL First Division2003/04 D
12 Aug 2003 Peterhead 1–2 Inverness CT Challenge Cup2003/04 W
9 Aug 2003 Falkirk 2–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division2003/04 L
2 Aug 2003 Gretna 0–5 Inverness CT Challenge Cup2003/04 W
10 May 2003 Falkirk 2–3 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W
20 Apr 2003Neutral venue Inverness CT 0–1 Dundee Scottish Cup2002/03 L
12 Apr 2003 Inverness CT 1–2 Clyde SFL First Division2002/03 L
5 Apr 2003 Inverness CT 1–0 Queen of the South SFL First Division2002/03 W
23 Mar 2003 Inverness CT 1–0 Celtic Scottish Cup2002/03 W
8 Mar 2003 Ross County 0–2 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W
25 Feb 2003 Inverness CT 1–5 Ross County SFL First Division2002/03 L
22 Feb 2003 Inverness CT 6–2 Hamilton Academical Scottish Cup2002/03 W
15 Feb 2003 Inverness CT 0–2 St. Johnstone SFL First Division2002/03 L
8 Feb 2003 Inverness CT 3–4 Falkirk SFL First Division2002/03 L
25 Jan 2003 Inverness CT 2–0 Raith Rovers Scottish Cup2002/03 W
18 Jan 2003 Inverness CT 0–1 Ayr United SFL First Division2002/03 L
28 Dec 2002 St. Mirren 1–4 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W
21 Dec 2002 Inverness CT 1–1 Alloa SFL First Division2002/03 D
14 Dec 2002 Falkirk 1–1 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 D
30 Nov 2002 Inverness CT 1–0 Clyde SFL First Division2002/03 W
16 Nov 2002 Inverness CT 5–3 Queen of the South SFL First Division2002/03 W
9 Nov 2002 Ross County 0–2 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W
2 Nov 2002 Inverness CT 4–1 St. Mirren SFL First Division2002/03 W
26 Oct 2002 Inverness CT 2–1 St. Johnstone SFL First Division2002/03 W
23 Oct 2002 Celtic 4–2 Inverness CT League Cup2002/03 L
19 Oct 2002 Alloa 0–6 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W
10 Sep 2002 Inverness CT 2–0 Dumbarton League Cup2002/03 W
31 Aug 2002 St. Mirren 0–4 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W

Goals scored (34)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
10 May 2003 Falkirk 2–3 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W 82′
31 Aug 2002 St. Mirren 0–4 Inverness CT SFL First Division2002/03 W 72′
10 Nov 2001 Raith Rovers 1–5 Inverness CT SFL First Division2001/02 W 21′
29 Sep 2001 Inverness CT 3–1 Ayr United SFL First Division2001/02 W 49′
7 Aug 2001 Inverness CT 3–2 Forfar Athletic Challenge Cup2001/02 W 7′
7 Apr 2001 Morton 0–3 Inverness CT SFL First Division2000/01 W 17′
16 Dec 2000 Inverness CT 4–0 Airdrieonians SFL First Division2000/01 W 42′
30 Nov 1999 Inverness CT 1–1 Ayr United SFL First Division1999/00 D 80′
1 May 1999 Livingston 4–3 Inverness CT SFL Second Division1998/99 L 61′
20 Feb 1999 Alloa 1–4 Inverness CT SFL Second Division1998/99 W 88′
30 Jan 1999 Inverness CT 2–0 Forfar Athletic SFL Second Division1998/99 W 67′
24 Oct 1998 Inverness CT 4–2 East Fife SFL Second Division1998/99 W 26′
2 Aug 1997 Inverness CT 5–1 Stenhousemuir League Cup1997/98 W 32′
30 Nov 1996 Arbroath 1–4 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1996/97 W 85′
23 Nov 1996 Queens Park 2–3 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1996/97 W 21′
21 Sep 1996 Inverness CT 2–2 Queens Park SFL Third Division1996/97 D 75′
20 Apr 1996 Inverness CT 1–1 Albion Rovers SFL Third Division1995/96 D 45′
13 Apr 1996 Inverness CT 2–0 Cowdenbeath SFL Third Division1995/96 W 34′
30 Mar 1996 Queens Park 1–2 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1995/96 W 56′
3 Feb 1996 Cowdenbeath 2–1 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1995/96 L 4′
17 Jan 1996 Livingston 0–2 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1995/96 W 81′
13 Jan 1996 Alloa 0–2 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1995/96 W 88′
25 Nov 1995 Inverness CT 1–1 Alloa SFL Third Division1995/96 D 84′
4 Nov 1995 Inverness CT 5–1 Arbroath SFL Third Division1995/96 W 72′
4 Nov 1995 Inverness CT 5–1 Arbroath SFL Third Division1995/96 W 77′