Editing Terry Butcher (section)

===Inverness Caledonian Thistle===
[[File:ICTChampionsMay 2010.jpg|thumb|The Inverness team celebrate winning the [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]] title in May 2010 at the [[Caledonian Stadium]] (Butcher is to the left of the stage)]]

On 27 January 2009, Butcher was appointed manager of [[Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.|Inverness Caledonian Thistle]], signing an 18-month contract while also continuing his role as assistant manager to [[George Burley]] for the Scotland national team.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/inverness_ct/7842208.stm |title=Butcher named as Inverness boss |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 January 2009 }}</ref> Butcher was joined in Inverness by [[Maurice Malpas]] as his assistant manager. In May 2009, Inverness were relegated from the Scottish Premier League. 
After a bad start to the 2009–10 [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]] league campaign, Butcher managed to turn things around for Inverness. By the end of March, Butcher had guided his club from 16 points behind league leaders Dundee, to four points ahead and top of the Scottish First Division. He was awarded the "[[Irn Bru]] Phenomenal" manager of the month award for March.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/lennon-grabs-a-hat-trick-whilst-twe/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229135449/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/lennon-grabs-a-hat-trick-whilst-twe/|archive-date=29 February 2012|title= IRN-BRU Phenomenal Awards for March 2010|publisher=Scottish Football League|date=13 April 2010|access-date=18 July 2010}}</ref> Inverness won the Irn Bru First Division on 21 April after Dundee were beaten 1–0 by Raith Rovers clinching Inverness's return to the Scottish Premier League. As of 2025, Butcher was the last manager in the club to lead the team to promotion.

As part of the push for promotion in 2009–10, ICT went on an unbeaten away run in the league that continued through the entire 2010 calendar year, culminating in a 1–1 draw against Hearts at [[Tynecastle Stadium|Tynecastle]] on 18 December.<ref>Winton, Richard "Equal opportunity goes unseized" ''Sunday Herald'', 19 December 2010</ref> In April 2010 his contract was extended to the end of the 2011–12 season.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100523025144/http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20100429/terrys-here-for-two-years_2208826_2038645 "Terry's Here for Two Years"] Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC; Retrieved 2 May 2010.</ref> In the SPL 2010–11 season, the club finished seventh, only narrowly missing out on a top six finish. Butcher was inducted to the [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]] in November 2011.<ref name=hof>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/european/pat_crerand_and_terry_butcher_among_new_boys_in_hall_of_fame_1_1964680|title=Pat Crerand and Terry Butcher among new boys in Hall of Fame |last=Pattullo |first=Alan |work=The Scotsman |date=14 November 2011 |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref>

In the 2012–13 season Butcher received a [[List of Scottish Premier League monthly award winners|manager of the month award]] for a second time in November, along with two Inverness players [[Aaron Doran]] and [[Billy McKay]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Inverness CT sweep Clydesdale Bank SPL November awards|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20286127|publisher=BBC Sport|date=6 December 2012|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> having receiving it for October in the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inverness manager Terry Butcher picks up a second award|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/inverness_ct/9159296.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 November 2010|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> This was explained due to winning three matches (including away to [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Celtic 0–1 Inverness CT|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20374545|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 November 2012|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> and drawing another, despite the other fixture in the month being a 5–1 defeat to Motherwell<ref>{{cite news|title=Inverness CT 1–5 Motherwell|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20286127|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 November 2012|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> and he led the club into second place by the end of 2012. Butcher expressed his delight with the club staying in second place and also his pleasure with the defenders, who were becoming more prominent than his free-scoring forward line.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inverness CT manager Terry Butcher delighted at SPL position|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20868481|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 December 2012|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref>

In January 2013, Butcher rejected an offer to manage [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20963656 |title=Terry Butcher: Inverness CT boss rejects Barnsley job |publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 January 2013 |access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> having been linked to succeed [[Keith Hill (footballer)|Keith Hill]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Terry Butcher: Barnsley hold talks with Inverness boss|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20972500|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 January 2013|access-date=11 January 2013}}</ref> After rejecting Barnsley, Butcher explained that one of his reasons for staying was his belief that the club could make history<ref>{{cite news|title=Terry Butcher: Inverness CT boss staying to make history|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20972500|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 January 2013|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> and that he was happy to continue his stay in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inverness CT boss Terry Butcher: I love life up here.. next time I go to England might be to scatter my ashes|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/terry-butcher-on-his-love-affair-with-inverness-ct-1528780|work=Daily Record|date=11 January 2013|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> His decision to stay was greeted with relief by defender [[Danny Devine (footballer, born 1992)|Daniel Devine]], who had signed for the club earlier that month.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inverness: Danny Devine happy at Terry Butcher decision|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20980465|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 January 2013|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref>

Butcher's efforts in guiding Inverness to their top six finish were recognised when he was nominated in the four-man shortlist for [[PFA Scotland Manager of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Celtic's Neil Lennon on PFA Scotland manager of year list|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22357133|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 April 2013|access-date=4 May 2013}}</ref>