Alness United Football Club are a

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football club based in

Alness Alness (, ; gd, Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles (5 km) to the east, and the village of Evanton ...

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. They currently compete in the

North Caledonian Football League The North Caledonian Football Association is a football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competitions o ...

and play in black and white striped shirts with black shorts. The club has won the North Caledonian League on four occasions. Alness play their home games at Dalmore Park, previously on a grass pitch but in 2022 they moved to a new artificial turf pitch with floodlights adjacent to

Alness Academy Alness Academy ( gd, Acadamaidh Alanais) is a secondary school in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland, serving the town of Alness and the villages of Evanton and Ardross. Along with five associated primary schools, it ...

. They were given the

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's prestigious ''Quality Mark Development Award'' in July 2011. United took a year out in 2019–20 but returned to the North Caledonian League the following season, winning the one-off Division Two as the league split for the 2020–21 season to reduce fixtures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours

* North Caledonian League **Champions: 1972–73, 1973–74, 2000–01, 2004–05 *North Caledonian League Division Two **Champions: 2020–21 *

North Caledonian Cup The North Caledonian Cup, originally known as the North of Scotland Junior Cup and later the North of Scotland 2nd XI Cup is an annual association football cup for competition between football clubs across the Highlands & Islands of Scotland. ...

**Winners: 1973–74, 1999–00, 2013–14 *Football Times Cup **Winners: 2000–01, 2018–19 *Chic Allan Cup **Winners: 1980–81, 2002–03, 2003–04 *MacNicol Trophy **Winners: 1980–81 *Ness Cup **Winners: 1977–78, 2020–21 *Morris Newton / SWL Cup **Winners: 1979–80, 1999–00, 2004–05

References

External links

* * Football clubs in Scotland Alness North Caledonian Football League teams Football in Highland (council area) {{Scotland-footyclub-stub