Invergordon Football Club are a senior football club from

Invergordon Invergordon (; gd, Inbhir Ghòrdain or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. History The town built up around the harbour which was established in 1828. The area beca ...

in the

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. They compete in the

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and play at the Recreation Grounds.

Origins

Although the exact year the club was formed is unknown, the first mentions of an Invergordon Football Club are made in local newspapers around 1870. Invergordon were founder members of the Ross-shire Junior FA in 1894 and first competed for silverware for the Ross-shire Junior Cup in 1895. They remained regular competitors in the Ross-shire Junior ranks either side of the

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Post-War History

Invergordon joined the North of Scotland Junior FA (later renamed to the North Caledonian League) immediately after the

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, winning the league championship in their first season. By the 1950s, they had attained full membership and have remained members of the league (with the exception of a handful of seasons) since that time. In June 2022, following their North Caledonian League victory, it was announced that they would be making their debut appearance in the Scottish Cup preliminary round, being the first North Caledonian League side other than Golspie Sutherland to get the chance to participate in the trophy, losing 5–1 at the Global Energy Stadium to Newtongrange Star.

Ground

The club's original ground was the old "Blackpark" (now part of

Invergordon Distillery Invergordon distillery is a grain whisky distillery located at Invergordon in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. The distillery is operated by Whyte & Mackay, which Philippines-based Alliance Global owns. It was establi ...

), before they moved to their current playing field at the town's Recreation Grounds.

Club colours

Invergordon were originally known as the "Maroons" with their first kit donated by Plymouth Argyle. Their colours have been changed on several occasions before settling on yellow and royal blue for a number of years. In 2016, the club adopted new club colours of white and blue.

Honours

* North Caledonian League **Champions: 1946–47, 1976–77, 1987–88, 2001–02, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2023–24 *

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**Winners: 1987–88, 2018–19,

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, 2023–24 *Football Times Cup **Winners: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2016–17,

, 2023–24 *Jock Mackay Cup **Winners: 2017–18, 2018–19 *Chic Allan Cup **Winners: 1988–89 *MacNicol Trophy **Winners: 1968–69, 1974–75, 1976–77 *Ness Cup **Winners: 1972–73, 1976–77 *Morris Newton / SWL Cup **Winners: 1989–90, 1997–98

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