Jamie said that the first game in Scotland under what we would consider modern floodlights (high-powered bulbs mounted on tall pylons) took place at Telford Street Park, Inverness on the evening of Wednesday 22 March 1933 when Caledonian beat Clachnacuddin 2-1 in a benefit match to mark the long service of Caley players Andrew Mitchell and K.J.

The story was revealed by Jamie Gaukroger, Co-ordinator of High Life Highland’s Am Baile culture and history web site, in addressing a recent meeting of Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Football Memories Group. It was not until 1959 that a major floodlighting system was installed at Telford Street when Rangers and Celtic players playing in an Old Firm select side took the field against Caledonian.

Research to capture memories of football in Inverness and the Highlands down the years has shone a light on what is believed to be the first floodlight system to be installed in Scotland, and reveals how the experiment was extinguished by the first major search for the Loch Ness Monster.Īfter only a couple of games at Telford Street, Inverness – home of Caledonian – in 1933, the lights were dismantled and relocated to the shores of Loch Ness where a huge reward was being offered for the capture of Nessie.

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