 inverness caledonian thistle football club (also known as caley thistle, ict, the caley jags or inverness ct) are a scottish football club from inverness who compete in the scottish premiership. they are currently managed by john hughes and his assistant, russell latapy. caledonian thistle f.c. were formed in august 1994 following the merger of caledonian and inverness thistle, both members of the highland football league. the new club was formed with their target being an application for one of the two vacancies in the scottish football league, created when the league restructured in 1994 to four divisions of ten teams each. they were successful and were elected to the scottish third division along with highland derby rivals ross county. the club's name was amended to inverness caledonian thistle f.c. in 1996 at the request of inverness district council, who had contributed Â£900,000 towards the development of caledonian stadium. their home ground, tulloch caledonian stadium, is situated beside the moray firth, in the shadow of the kessock bridge. its construction was promised in t
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