Annan Athletic F.C.
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| Full name | Annan Athletic Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Black and Golds, Galabankies |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Ground | Galabank, Annan |
| Capacity | 2,504 (500 seated) |
| Chairman | Henry McClelland |
| Manager | Jim Chapman |
| League | Scottish League Two |
| 2015–16 | Scottish League Two, 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
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 the Scottish League Two 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.
Annan Athletic's best finish in the SPFL was second in League Two in 2013–14 whilst its best result in the Scottish Cup was reaching the third round on three occasions, most recently in 2011–12. The club is managed by Jim Chapman and plays its home games at Galabank in the north of Annan.
Upon their formation in 1942, Annan entered the Dumfries and District Youth League, but this competition lasted only throughout the war years, and in 1945 they joined the Dumfries and District Junior League instead. They had a fairly successful time as a junior club, reaching the fifth round of the Scottish Junior Cup on one occasion (losing 2–1 to Perth side Jeanfield Swifts).
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