The whole season was just a disaster for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in every sense of the word, as they were relegated to the Championship after some belated resistance.
It all started with the appointment of rookie manager Richie Foran, and despite a raft of departures, including the influential James Vincent and Danny Williams, Foran only really brought in Kevin McNaughton, Brad McKay, and Billy King on loan in the summer. Initially it looked as though Caley would be fine going into the campaign after an impressive flurry of Betfred Cup group-stage wins, but their interest in that competition ended at lower league Alloa.
The Caley Jags struggled defensively for most of the season, and ended up winning only two of their 21 fixtures in the first-half of the year. They lost goals in every one of those games bar one, showing the magnitude of the rebuilding job facing Foran heading into January. He brought in a handful of players in the window, but their impact was mixed.
For long periods things remained the same. McKay and Anier weren't clicking up front, whilst Foran was chopping and changing his defence too frequently for consistency. It led to another dismal run of one win in 14 games heading into the split. Caley had also suffered a less than dignified Scottish Cup exit - going down 6-0 at Celtic. Inverness showed some real battle towards the end of the campaign, winning three of their final four games meaning that they still had a chance heading into the final day, but results elsewhere meant that automatic demotion was confirmed.
