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David Carson

Biography

David Carson spent his early career with Ashington. In 2014, Carson signed for Blackburn Rovers but he returned to non-league, playing with South Shields, Whitby Town and Morpeth Town from whence he came to ICT from on a free transfer on 15 May 2019. Carson signed for Scottish Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. John Robertson tipped him for success. He has made 37 appearances for Inverness but he has yet to score although he likes a yellow card gaining 8 bookings prior the the 20/21 season. His last season in Evo-Stik East League saw the 23-year-old named league player of…Read moreRead less
David Carson spent his early career with Ashington. In 2014, Carson signed for Blackburn Rovers but he returned to non-league, playing with South Shields, Whitby Town and Morpeth Town from whence he came to ICT from on a free transfer on 15 May 2019. Carson signed for Scottish Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. John Robertson tipped him for success. He has made 37 appearances for Inverness but he has yet to score although he likes a yellow card gaining 8 bookings prior the the 20/21 season. His last season in Evo-Stik East League saw the 23-year-old named league player of the season, as well as making the league team of the year, as Morpeth Town secured a league and Cup double. David missed the start of season 20/21 through injury. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1-0 win over Dunfermline in his 47th appearance following MotM performances in his previous three games at right back.
David has extended his stay by adding three years to his contract announced on 15th April 2021 which keeps him at Inverness until end of season 2024 and was the supporters player of the year choice.
The Scottish Cup Final v Celtic on June 3rd 2023 will be David's 140th appearance for Inverness with two goals to his credit so far.

David Carson has left Inverness on February 1st 2024 to sign for Livingston FC.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC can confirm that David Carson has joined Livingston FC following a permanent transfer deal being agreed between both clubs.

Carson, 28 years-old, joined us from Morpeth Town back in the summer of 2019. During his first season Carson played 38 matches across all competitions as Caley Thistle sat in second place before the season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

David missed the initial start to the 2020/21 season due to injury but returned and during the season began to feature more at right-back rather than midfield. David was named the club’s Fans’ Player of the Year for 2020/21 for his performances.

In 2021/22, David made over 40 appearances at Caley Thistle reached the final of the Premiership Play-offs. David was named the Fans’ Player of the Year for 2021/22 for his performances, for a second season in a row.

David reached his 100th game for the club at the start of the 2022/23 season in July against Queen’s Park. During 2022/23, David featured in 45 matches, and he scored an 88th minute winner against Greenock Morton in a 2-1 win for his second goal at the club.

David featured in our run to the Scottish Cup final, featuring in the wins against Livingston and Kilmarnock and in the final against Celtic.

Earlier this season, David played his 150th game for the club against Dundee United and in total he has played 163 matches for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and has scored twice.

The club would like to place on record our thanks to David for his contributions while at Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC and we wish David and his family all the very best in the future.

Statistics

Apps
142 (21)
Goals
2
Yel
35
Red
1
Goals/game
0.01
Minutes
12,985
Seasons
5
Wins
72
Draws
42
Losses
49
SeasonAppsGoalsYelRed
2023/2419 (4)020
2022/2343 (2)1110
2021/2237 (3)0101
2020/2116 (2)140
2019/2027 (10)080

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 2019 · Left: 1 Feb 2024

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceLast appearanceApps
John Robertson16 Jul 201923 Feb 202129 (11)
Neil McCann26 Feb 202130 Apr 202114 (1)
Billy Dodds13 Jul 202116 Sep 202389 (5)
Duncan Ferguson26 Aug 202327 Jan 202413 (4)

Timeline

  1. Born

    Newcastle upon Tyne, England

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Peterhead 0–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

    · League Cup · Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead

    Peterhead Penalty scorers : (11) Rory McAllister William Gibson Jack Leitch Jamie Stevenson Ben Armour Patrick Boyle Jason Brown Michael Dunlop Cameron Eadie Simon Ferry Greg Fleming ICT Penalty Scorers : (10) Jordan White Coll Donaldson Nikolay Todorov Tom Walsh Carl Tremarco David Carson James…

  4. Recorded contract end

Appearances (163)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
27 Jan 2024 Raith Rovers 2–3 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 W
20 Jan 2024 Inverness CT 4–0 Broomhill Scottish Cup2023/24 W
12 Jan 2024 Inverness CT 0–1 Dundee Utd SPFL Championship2023/24 L
6 Jan 2024 Ayr United 1–3 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 W
2 Jan 2024 Airdrieonians 2–0 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 L
30 Dec 2023 Inverness CT 0–0 Morton SPFL Championship2023/24 D
25 Nov 2023 Inverness CT 2–0 Cowdenbeath Scottish Cup2023/24 W
18 Nov 2023 Dunfermline 1–1 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 D
11 Nov 2023 Inverness CT 3–1 Ayr United SPFL Championship2023/24 W
4 Nov 2023 Dundee Utd 1–1 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 D
28 Oct 2023 Inverness CT 1–0 Airdrieonians SPFL Championship2023/24 W
7 Oct 2023 Inverness CT 0–0 Partick Thistle SPFL Championship2023/24 D
30 Sep 2023 Arbroath 2–3 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 W
23 Sep 2023 Inverness CT 0–1 Dundee Utd SPFL Championship2023/24 L
16 Sep 2023 Raith Rovers 1–0 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 L
2 Sep 2023 Inverness CT 1–1 Dunfermline SPFL Championship2023/24 D
26 Aug 2023 Airdrieonians 2–1 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 L
12 Aug 2023 Ayr United 1–0 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2023/24 L
5 Aug 2023 Inverness CT 1–2 Queens Park SPFL Championship2023/24 L
30 Jul 2023 Dundee 1–0 Inverness CT League Cup2023/24 L
25 Jul 2023 Inverness CT 2–3 Airdrieonians League Cup2023/24 L
18 Jul 2023 Dumbarton 2–1 Inverness CT League Cup2023/24 L
15 Jul 2023 Inverness CT 2–1 Bonnyrigg Rose League Cup2023/24 W
3 Jun 2023Neutral venue Celtic 3–1 Inverness CT Scottish Cup2022/23 L
5 May 2023 Inverness CT 1–2 Ayr United SPFL Championship2022/23 L
22 Apr 2023 Inverness CT 1–1 Dundee SPFL Championship2022/23 D
18 Apr 2023 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2022/23 W
15 Apr 2023 Cove Rangers 1–2 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2022/23 W
11 Apr 2023 Inverness CT 2–0 Arbroath SPFL Championship2022/23 W
8 Apr 2023 Inverness CT 2–0 Raith Rovers SPFL Championship2022/23 W

Goals scored (2)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
1 Apr 2023 Morton 1–2 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2022/23 W 88′
20 Mar 2021 Dunfermline 0–1 Inverness CT SPFL Championship2020/21 W 81′