:Clachnacuddin F.C.
{{short description|Association football club in Scotland}}
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| nickname = The Lilywhites, Clach
| founded = 1885
| ground = Grant Street Park, Inverness
| capacity = 3,000 (154 seated)
| chairman = Chris Stewart
| manager = Conor Gethins
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Clachnacuddin Football Club is a part-time, senior Scottish football club based in the city of Inverness, that currently plays in the Highland Football League.
Clachnacuddin have won the most Highland Football League championships in the competition's history: a total of 18, a title shared with, now defunct side, Caledonian. Their home ground is Grant Street Park in the city's Merkinch area.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51307964 Clachnacuddin: The fire-hit football club longing to return home], BBC Scotland News, 31 January 2020 They also have a youth system, with many teams ranging from the primary squads to the under 19s.
The club operates a reserve team in the North Caledonian Football League, which they rejoined in 2022–23 after withdrawing at the start of the 2014–15 season.
They were founded in 1885 and are nicknamed "The Lilywhites" (due to their white strip) or "Clach". Their name is an English approximation of a Scots Gaelic name meaning "the stone of the tub", referring to a city landmark in Inverness.
As a full member of the Scottish FA, they are entitled to enter the Scottish Cup each year.
Ground
Clachnacuddin have played at Grant Street Park in the Merkinch area of Inverness since the ground opened in 1886. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 3,000 spectators.
On 23 May 1988 a major fire destroyed Grant Street's wooden grandstand with vandalism blamed.{{cite web |url=http://www.clachnacuddin.com/fire-destroys-stand/ |title=Fire Destroys Stand – Inverness Clachnacuddin FC |publisher=Clachnacuddin.com |date=2012-05-28 |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120013149/http://www.clachnacuddin.com/fire-destroys-stand/ |archive-date=20 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
On the morning of Christmas Eve 2019, a fire broke out in the kit room due to an electrical fault in a tumble drier.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-50902936|title=Clachnacuddin fire: 'Significant' blaze at Highland League club's stadium|date=2019-12-24|access-date=2019-12-24}} As a result, Clachnacuddin's home game against Formartine United was called off. Following this incident, Clach were put into a temporary groundshare with Highland RFC at Canal Park, in the Bught area of Inverness.
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Honours
- Highland Football League[http://sfha.org.uk/highlandleague.htm Scottish Highland League], Scottish Football Historical Archive, 2 January 2021
- Champions: 1894–95, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1974–75, 2003–04
- Highland League Cup
- Winners: 1947–48, 1950–51, 1981–82, 2003–04, 2013–14
- North of Scotland Cup{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/senior-nopq.htm|title = Co.nf}}
- Winners: 1894–95, 1895–96, 1897–98, 1899–1900, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1964–65, 1979–80, 1992–93, 2001–02
- Inverness Cup{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/senior-c.htm|title = Co.nf}}
- Winners: 1897–98, 1900–01 1903–04, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1936–37, 1951–52, 1952–53
- Scottish Qualifying Cup (North){{Cite web|url=http://scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/scottish.htm|title=Scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk}}[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotqualcuphist.html Scotland – List of Qualifying Cup Finals], RSSSF, 15 December 2004
- Winners: 1934–35, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1974–75, 1998–99
- Bells Cup[http://sfha.org.uk/bellscup.htm Bells Cup], Scottish Football Historical Archive, 4 June 2020
- Winners: 1977–78
- Inverness Charity Cup[http://sfha.org.uk/invernesscharity.htm Inverness Charity Cup], Scottish Football Historical Archive, 6 July 2020
- Winners: 1896–97, 1897–98, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1920–21, 1927–28, 1932–33, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1948–49
- Elginshire Charity Cup[http://sfha.org.uk/elginshirecharity.htm Elginshire Charity Cup], Scottish Football Historical Archive, 14 July 2020
- Winners: 1896–97, 1897–98, 1899–1900, 1905–06
- Inverness Sports Bed Cup
- Winners: 1937–38
Club records
- Record attendance: 8,850 vs St Johnstone, 17 January 1948{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://clachfc.co.uk/ Website]
- [https://www.facebook.com/ClachFC/ Facebook]
- [https://twitter.com/clachfc?lang=en Twitter]
{{Highland Football League}}
Category:Football clubs in Scotland
Category:Highland Football League teams
Category:Association football clubs established in 1885