Clachnacuddin
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Wikipedia - Clachnacuddin F.C.
Clachnacuddin Football Club is a part-time, senior Scottish football club based in the city of Inverness, that currently plays in the Highland Football League.
Clachnacuddin have won the most Highland Football League championships in the competition's history: a total of 18. 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 operates a reserve team in the North Caledonian Football League, which they rejoined in 2022–23 after withdrawing at 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 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.
Clachnacuddin hrá svoje domáce zápasy na štadióne Grant Street Park v Inverness. Štadión má kapacitu 2 200 miest. Klub má dlhú a bohatú históriu a vyhral viacero trofejí, vrátane Scottish Highland Football League v rokoch 1912 a 1920.
Clachnacuddin je stálym členom Highland Football League od roku 1906. Najväčším úspechom klubu je postup do štvrtého kola Škótskeho pohára v sezóne 1961-62, kde prehral s Celtic FC 3-0.
V súčasnom tíme Clachnacuddinu hrá niekoľko skúsených hráčov, vrátane bývalých profesionálov Kevina Mackinnesa a Stevena MacKenna. Trénerom tímu je Brian Macleod, bývalý hráč Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Clachnacuddin je komunálny klub, ktorý zohráva dôležitú úlohu v miestnej komunite. Klub má silné mládežnícke oddelenie a organizuje rôzne akcie pre miestne deti.