Invergordon Football Club are a senior

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club from

Invergordon Invergordon (; or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. History The town built up around the harbour which was established in 1828. The area ...

in the

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. They compete in the

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and play at the Recreation Grounds.

Origins

Although the exact year the club was formed is unknown, the first mentions of an Invergordon Football Club are made in local newspapers around 1870. Invergordon were founder members of the Ross-shire Junior FA in 1894 and first competed for silverware for the Ross-shire Junior Cup in 1895. They remained regular competitors in the Ross-shire Junior ranks either side of the

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Post-War History

Invergordon joined the North of Scotland Junior FA (later renamed to the

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) immediately after the

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, winning the league championship in their first season. By the 1950s, they had attained full membership and have remained members of the league (with the exception of a handful of seasons) since that time. In June 2022, following their North Caledonian League victory, it was announced that they would be making their debut appearance in the Scottish Cup preliminary round, being the first North Caledonian League side other than Golspie Sutherland to get the chance to participate in the trophy, losing 5–1 at the Global Energy Stadium to Newtongrange Star.

Ground

The club's original ground was the old "Blackpark" (now part of

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), before they moved to their current playing field at the town's Recreation Grounds. In January 2025, the club applied for planning permission to upgrade the ground, including building a stand, floodlights, dugouts and a fence.

Club colours

Invergordon were originally known as the "Maroons" with their first kit donated by

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. Their colours have been changed on several occasions before settling on yellow and royal blue for a number of years. In 2016, the club adopted new club colours of white and blue.

Scottish Cup record

Following the conclusion of the 2020–21 season, it was decided that the winners of the

would earn the ability to play in the

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to the title, they again achieved this feat in the 2023–24 season, again, narrowly beating Loch Ness. ''Invergordon goals shown first''

Honours

**Champions: 1946–47, 1976–77, 1987–88, 2001–02, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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**Winners: 1987–88, 2018–19,

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 * Football Times Cup **Winners: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2016–17,

, 2023–24 *Jock Mackay Memorial Cup **Winners: 2017–18, 2018–19 *Chic Allan Cup **Winners: 1988–89 *MacNicol Trophy **Winners: 1968–69, 1974–75, 1976–77 *Ness Cup **Winners: 1972–73, 1976–77 *Morris Newton / SWL Cup **Winners: 1989–90, 1997–98

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