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| Full name | Annan Athletic Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Black and Golds[1] Galabankies[2] | ||
| Founded | 1942 | ||
| Ground | Galabank, Annan | ||
| Capacity | 2,504 (500 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Russell Brown | ||
| Manager | Willie Gibson | ||
| League | Scottish League One | ||
| 2023–24 | Scottish League One, 8th of 10 | ||
| Website | http://www.annanathleticfc.com/ | ||
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Annan Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. The club was founded in 1942 and competes in Scottish League One as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League.
The club competed in Scottish junior football and English regional leagues before becoming a member of the Scottish Football Association in 1978 which made the club eligible to compete in the Scottish Cup for the first time. Annan Athletic won the South of Scotland League twice and the East of Scotland League four times before successfully applying to join the Scottish Football League (SFL) in 2008.[3]
Annan Athletic's best finish in the SPFL was second in League Two in 2013–14 whilst its best result in the Scottish Cup is reaching the fifth round in 2021–22. The club plays its home games at Galabank in the north of Annan.[2]
- ^ Club information Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Annan Athletic F.C.. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ History of Annan Athletic FC 1942–2007 Archived 27 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Annan Athletic F.C.. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2013.