Inverness City F.C.
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| Full name | Inverness City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | City | ||
| Founded | 2006 | ||
| Ground | Lister Park Bught Park, Inverness[1] | ||
| Capacity | 1000[2] | ||
| Chairman | Alastair Wardhaugh | ||
| Manager | Jordan MacDonald | ||
| League | SJFA North Superleague | ||
| 2013–14 | SJFA North Division One (West), 1st (promoted) | ||
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Inverness City Football Club are a Scottish football club from Inverness. Their home strip is white and black and the away strip is red and white.
The club entered the North Caledonian Football League in the 2006–07 season and originally played their games at Ferry Brae Park in North Kessock and won their first trophy when they beat Golspie Sutherland in the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup. They also won the Football Times Cup when again they triumphed over Golspie 3–2. In Season 2007–08 they again got through to the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup Final but were beaten this time on penalties by Golspie Sutherland.
For Season 2008–09 Inverness City successfully applied to the Scottish Junior Football Association for membership and will compete in the North Region Division 2. They finally moved into Inverness where their home games will be played at the Northern Meeting Park, They are thus also eligible to play in the Scottish Junior Cup. The Meeting Park venue has been the cause of some controversy due to its use by a cricket side during the summer months.
In their inaugural season, Inverness City won the Scotscoup Division 2 Junior League and the Elginshire Cup where they defeated Bishopmill 3-0 in the final to complete a historic double.
For the past three seasons, City have qualified for promotion to the North Superleague but have been denied entry, owing to the club not having access to the Northern Meeting Park for the full duration of the playing season. The club are currently trying to secure a playing facility at The Bught in Inverness that will enable the club to obtain promotion.[3]
Honours
- PMAC Group Division 1
- Winners (3): 2010–11, 2011–12,2013-4
- Runner Up (1): 2009–10
- North Regional Cup
- Runner Up (1) 2011–12
- Grill Cup
- Runner Up (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
- Morrison Cup
- Runner Up (1): 2009–10
- Scotscoup Division 2
- Champions (1): 2008–09
- Elginshire Cup
- Winners (1): 2008–09
- Jock Mackay Memorial Cup
- Winners (1): 2006–07
- Runner Up (1): 2007–08
- Football Times Cup
- Winners (1): 2006–07
Records
Scottish Junior Cup
- Best performance:
- 3rd Round 2012–13
League records
- Biggest home victory:
- Inverness City 10–0 New Elgin, Saturday 9 October 2010.
- Biggest away victory:
- RAF Lossiemouth 2–8 Inverness City, Saturday 8 November 2008.
- Bishopmill United 0–6 Inverness City, Saturday 14 November 2009.
- Biggest home defeat:
- Inverness City 1–4 Nairn St. Ninian, Saturday 15 November 2008.
- Biggest away defeat:
- Whitehills 5–2 Inverness City, Saturday 6 September 2008.
- Deveronside 5–2 Inverness City, Saturday 18 October 2008.
- Glentanar 4–1 Inverness City, Saturday 5 September 2009.
Player records
- Most appearances:
- Most goals: Stevie Sanderson - 80
- Most league goals in a season:
Youth Football
The club places great emphasis on its role as a social focus for the community, and part of this role is to offer the chance to play football to all.
Inverness City commenced their youth programme in January 2010 and were accepted into the Moray League for the second half of the 2009/10 season at Under 13's.
In their first ever game Inverness City U13's beat Strathspey U13's 7-1 with goals from Rhys Taylor, David Robertson, Jordan Ross, Calum MacLean, Ryan Nelson, Derry Ferguson and Robert MacDowell.
References
- ^ Linton, Graham (6 August 2013). "City prepare to open new ground". Inverness Courier. Inverness.
- ^ "Inverness City". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Pitch headache puts future of Inverness City champs in doubt". North Star. Inverness. 9 May 2011.