Tulloch Caledonian Stadium is a football stadium situated in the Longman area of Inverness, Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premier League team Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Inverness (Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic) is the only city in the Scottish Highlands. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... The Scottish Premier League (SPL for short) is the top division within the current structure of Scottish association football. ... Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the city of Inverness. ...
Originally, Caley Thistle (as Inverness Caledonian Thistle are also known) played their home matches at Telford Street Park. However, one of the conditions of their acceptance into the Scottish Football League was that they'd move to a newly-built ground in within their first few seasons. Constructions on the ground begun in 1995 and in November1996, the ground hosted its first SFL match: a 1-1 draw between Caley Thistle and Albion Rovers. The Scottish Football League is a league of football (soccer) teams in Scotland. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Albion Rovers Football Club (Albion Rovers F.C.) are a Scottish football team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, who currently playing in the Scottish Football League. ...
When the club won the First Division in 2004, they faced a problem in that the Caledonian Stadium did not meet the SPL's rules on stadium criteria. As a result, the club groundshared with Aberdeen for the first half of the 2004-05 season, while redevelopment works were carried out at the Caledonian Stadium. These included the construction of two new stands at either end of the ground, which made the stadium all-seater and increased its capacity to 7,200. Scottish Division One is the highest division of the Scottish Football League and the second highest in the Scottish football league system. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aberdeen Football Club is a football team from Scotland, who compete in the Scottish Premier League. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Their home ground, CaledonianStadium, is situated beside the Moray Firth, in the shadow of the Kessock Bridge.
The club was formed as Caledonian Thistle F.C. in 1994 following the merger of Caledonian F.C. and Inverness Thistle F.C., both members of the Highland Football League, to fill a vacancy in the Scottish Football League.
CaledonianStadium did not and this left the club's board with a dilemma: do they remain in the First Division (like Falkirk the season before) or do they groundshare with Aberdeen, over 150 km away?
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