Clachnacuddin Football Club is a part-time, senior Scottish

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club based in the city of

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, that currently plays in the

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. Clachnacuddin have won the most

championships in the competition's history: a total of 18. Their home ground is Grant Street Park in the city's

Merkinch Merkinch (Scottish Gaelic: ''Marc-Innis'', meaning "Island of the Horse") is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. One of the oldest neighbourhoods in Inverness, it's situated in the city's north-west flanke ...

area.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 operated a

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in the North Caledonian Football League but withdrew for 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

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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 The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Merkinch Merkinch (Scottish Gaelic: ''Marc-Innis'', meaning "Island of the Horse") is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. One of the oldest neighbourhoods in Inverness, it's situated in the city's north-west flanke ...

area of

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. On the morning of Christmas Eve 2019, a fire broke out in the kit room due to an electrical fault in a tumble drier. As a result, Clachnacuddin's home game against

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was called off. Following this incident, Clach were put into a temporary groundshare with

Highland RFC Highland Rugby Football Club is a rugby union amateur club from the city of Inverness that compete in the . They have a number of teams taken from different age groups including micros and minis, S1 and S2, Under-15, Under-16, Under-18 and senio ...

at Canal Park, in the

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area of Inverness. File:Grantstreetparkinverness.jpg File:Clachnacuddin Football Club ground.JPG

Honours

: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: *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: *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): *Winners: 1934–35, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1998–99 Bells Cup: *Winners: 1977–78 Inverness Charity Cup: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:
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 St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

, 17 January 1948

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