Tel Enjoys Another Away Day

Last updated : 26 September 2010 By BBC Sport

Terry Butcher has urged his Inverness Caledonian Thistle side to turn their fantastic away record into home points after their 2-1 win at St Mirren Park.

"Our away record is unbelievable," said the manager. "That's 28 November last year in the league since we last lost and we keep marching on.

"Seven points out of nine away from home and none out of nine at home. We have to try to get that right.

"We had to work hard against a very resilient and tough St Mirren side."

Butcher's side had arrived in Paisley days after a thumping defeat in the Co-operative Insurance Cup followed a league defeat at home to Hearts.

"The boys came here under a lot of pressure after losing six against Celtic and 3-1 in the game before and I thought they showed great attitude," he told BBC Scotland, praising two-goal Eric Odhiambo and returning fellow forward Richie Foran.

"We had to match St Mirren's resilience, which we did, and we had an extra bit of quality with Eric Odiahmbo and Jonny Hayes and Richie was back in.

"We had a front four out there, which carried us through the First Division."

However, Butcher admitted that he was concerned about the destination of the points after Paul McGowan's reply for the Buddies.

"I wouldn't say it was convincing," he said. "St Mirren threw a lot of balls and bodies into the box in the last 15 minutes.

"We just wanted to get the third goal if we could to finish the game, but it became very stretched and St Mirren had to go for it.

"We just had a bit of quality at the start of the second half, got the second goal at a good time, started the second half pretty well and then sat back.

"A lot of these boys had played 90 minutes at Celtic Park, so it took its toll with the heat as well - it was a beautiful day here.

"So, in the end, we had to hang on, but we got the goals and that is all that matters."

Source: BBC Sport

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