Clachnacuddin Football Club is a part-time, senior Scottish football club based in the city of Inverness, that currently plays in the Highland 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. They also have a youth system, with many teams ranging from the primary squads to the under 19s.
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.
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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.
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 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.
Reserves
Clachnacuddin's reserve team plays in the North Caledonian Football League, which they rejoined in 2022–23 after withdrawing at the start of the 2014–15 season.
Fixtures are mostly played at Culcairn Park, in Evanton. The club intermittently runs an amateur team in the local Inverness and District League.
Honours
Highland Football League
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, 1974–75, 1998–99
Bells Cup
Winners: 1977–78
Inverness Charity Cup
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
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 (as per the 'Inverness Courier' dated 20 January 1948).