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| Full name | Forfar Athletic Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Loons, Sky Blues | ||
| Founded | 1885 | ||
| Ground | Station Park, Forfar | ||
| Capacity | 6,777[1] (739 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Scott Murdie | ||
| Manager | Ray McKinnon | ||
| League | Scottish League Two | ||
| 2023–24 | Scottish League Two, 6th of 10 | ||
| Website | https://www.forfarathletic.co.uk | ||
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Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games at Station Park, in the north end of Forfar.[2]
The club are nicknamed "the Loons" ('loon' is a Northern Scots word for a young man), although they are sometimes referred to as the "Sky Blues", which along with navy blue is one of the club colours. One explanation for the origins of the Loons' moniker is that the second string were younger than the first team, so over time people would say "I'm off to watch the Loons".[3]
Forfar share many local rivals in Angus, including Arbroath, Brechin City and Montrose, as well as the larger clubs of Dundee, Dundee United, St Johnstone and Aberdeen in the wider east of Scotland region. As well as taking part in the Scottish Professional Football League, the club also participate in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, the Challenge Cup and the Forfarshire Cup every season.
- ^ "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Street map". Streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "loon (2) definition". MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2008.