Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, better known as Inverness CT, was formed in 1994 when Caledonian and Inverness Thistle were merged in order to apply for one of the places available in the newly re-structured Scottish Football League. They were indeed accepted into the Football League structure, but on the proviso that they built a new stadium. That new stadium, you will have guessed, became Caledonian Stadium. Currently known as Tulloch Caledonian Stadium because of sponsorship, the area the ground was built on was one of a four strong shortlist, and it was finally chosen when the Highland Council gave its blessing to a site called East Longman. The new ground was supposed to be built by 1995 but the Scottish Football League extended that deadline to 1996 in order to allow certain funding complications to be overcome. It opened officially in November 1996.