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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.
Klubbens mest framgångsrika period var på 1930-talet, då de vann Highland Football League tre gånger i rad och även nådde den skotska cupens kvartsfinal 1936. Clachnacuddin har vunnit Highland League tio gånger, senast 1994, och har också vunnit Scottish Qualifying Cup tre gånger, senast 2004.
Clachnacuddins största rival är Inverness Caledonian Thistle, som de möter i det årliga North of Scotland Cup-derbyt. Klubben har också en långvarig rivalitet med Ross County, som de möter i det årliga Sutherland Cup-derbyt.
Clachnacuddins nuvarande tränare är Brian Macleod, som tog över 2019. Några av klubbens mest kända spelare genom tiderna inkluderar Donald Colman, som spelade för Skottland, och Charlie Christie, som spelade för Arsenal.