Clachnacuddin F.C. Explained

Clubname:Clachnacuddin
Fullname:Clachnacuddin Football Club
Nickname:The Lilywhites, Clach
Founded:1885
Ground:Grant Street Park, Inverness
Capacity:3,000 (154 seated)
Chairman:Vacant
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. Their home ground is Grant Street Park in the city's Merkinch area.[1] 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.[2]

On the morning of Christmas Eve 2019, a fire broke out in the kit room due to an electrical fault in a tumble drier.[3] 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.[1]

Honours

Club records

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51307964 Clachnacuddin: The fire-hit football club longing to return home
  2. Web site: Fire Destroys Stand – Inverness Clachnacuddin FC . Clachnacuddin.com . 2012-05-28 . 2012-10-06 . dead . https://archive.today/20130120013149/http://www.clachnacuddin.com/fire-destroys-stand/ . 20 January 2013 . dmy-all .
  3. News: Clachnacuddin fire: 'Significant' blaze at Highland League club's stadium. 2019-12-24. 2019-12-24.
  4. http://sfha.org.uk/highlandleague.htm Scottish Highland League
  5. Web site: Co.nf.
  6. Web site: Co.nf.
  7. Web site: Scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk.
  8. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotqualcuphist.html Scotland – List of Qualifying Cup Finals
  9. http://sfha.org.uk/bellscup.htm Bells Cup
  10. http://sfha.org.uk/invernesscharity.htm Inverness Charity Cup
  11. http://sfha.org.uk/elginshirecharity.htm Elginshire Charity Cup