Inverness Citadel F.C.
| Full name | Inverness Citadel Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Sheep's Bags,[1] the Del | |
| Founded | 1883 | |
| Dissolved | 1937 | |
| Ground | Shore Street Park Inverness | |
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Inverness Citadel Football Club was a football team from Inverness, Scotland. Formed in 1883, it played in the Highland Football League from 1893 to 1935, before dissolving in 1937. The name has been reused by an Inverness amateur team since 2010.
Citadel's traditional attire was maroon shirts with white shorts and maroon socks. Its home ground was Shore Street Park.[2] It won a league championship in 1909.[3] It regularly participated in the North Caledonian Football League as well, winning five times.[4] In the 1921–22 season it became the first Highland League side to defeat a Scottish Football League side in the Scottish Cup, going over Clackmannan 5–3 in the first round.[5]
Citadel withdrew from the Highland League in 1935 due to financial problems and initially attempted to continue in football. The club committee voted to wind it up in 1937 due to "the apathy of the supporters".[6]
References
- ^ McWilliam, Rab (2016). "Oliver's Army". Nutmeg. 2.
- ^ Scottish Football Historical Archive. "All-time Scottish Football Club Directory". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Highland Football League. "League Champions by date". Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ Scottish Football Historical Archive. "North Caledonian Football League". Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ Abbin, Dinant (2 May 2007). "Scotland – Cup Results 1873/74-1877/78 and 1889/90-1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Citadel F.C. is finished". Aberdeen Journal. 23 July 1937. Retrieved 2 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.