Caledonian F.C.
Caledonian Football Club (Caledonian F.C.) were a football club from the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
Formed in 1882, they played in the Highland Football League and wore strips of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. Their home ground was Telford Street Park, located beside the Caledonian Canal, and they were known by the nickname Caley.
One of the Highland League's larger clubs, they won the competition eighteen times; a record they hold with another Inverness side: Clachnacuddin. They also qualified for the Scottish Cup on a number of occasions, knocking-out larger League clubs several times.
In 1993, the Scottish Football League decided to expand and restructure. This meant that two vacancies for membership would be available. Caledonian decided to apply for membership, as did city rivals Inverness Thistle. The SFL hinted that a joint application may be more successful and the boards of Caley and Thistle decided to merge. This decision was met with widespread opposition by supporters of both sides but an amalgamation went ahead. The new club, Caledonian Thistle (later Inverness Caledonian Thistle), were granted membership to the Third Division at the beginning of Season 1994–1995.
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