Clachnacuddin F.C.

Clachnacuddin

Full name	Clachnacuddin Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Lilywhites
Founded	1885
Ground	Grant Street Park, Inverness
Ground Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Dennis Bridgeford
Manager	Iain Polworth
League	Highland Football League
2014–15	Highland Football League, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Clachnacuddin Football Club are part-time senior professional football club from the city of Inverness who currently play in the Scottish Highland Football League.

Clachnacuddin have won the most Highland Football League championships in the competition's history a total of 18 times overall. 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.

The club operated a reserve team 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 Scots Gaelic and means the stone of the tub, referring to a city landmark.

As a senior team with an acceptable stadium they are entitled to enter the Scottish Cup.

First team squad

As of 16 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Aidan MacDonald GK Dylan McLean GK John Campbell DF Alan MacPhee DF David McGurk DF Dougie MacLennan DF Jamie Doran DF Matthew Grant DF Michael Finnis DF Ryan MacDonald DF Scott MacLean DF Sean Fitzpatrick

No. Position Player MF Blair Lawrie MF Conor MacPhee MF Martin Callum MF Ross Grant MF Scott Morrison MF Sean Ellis FW Daniel McLennan FW Gordon Morrison FW Ian Penwright FW Scott Davidson FW Scott Graham FW Stefan MacRitchie

Honours

• Highland League:
  • Winners (18): 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
• Scottish Qualifying Cup (North):
  • Winners (6): 1934–35, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1998–99
  • Runners-up (6): 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1964–65, 2003–04
• Highland League Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1947–48, 1950–51, 1981–82, 2003–04, 2013–14
• North of Scotland Cup:
  • Winners (22): 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 (14): 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

Club records

• Record attendance: 8,850 vs St Johnstone, 17 January 1948

References

External links

• Official website