Forfar Athletic F.C.
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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 (739 seated) |
| Chairman |
 Alastair Donald |
| Manager |
Gary Bollan
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| League | Scottish League Two |
| 2015–16 | Scottish League One, 10th (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
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 the Scottish League Two. They play their home games at Station Park, in the north end of Forfar.
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 the club stopped using in the early 1990s). 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".
Other rival clubs in Angus include 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.
The club were founded in 1885 when the second team of the older Forfar club called Angus FC, broke away to form Forfar Athletic. Angus FC had been the town's senior club for a number of years, and on 24 September 1883, amalgamated with the Junior club Forfar West End, which became the 2nd XI, taking the name Angus Athletic. The demise of Angus in 1885 prompted the second string to go it alone and in early 1885 became independent as Forfar Athletic. The early side played in a navy and black striped home strip. Forfar played their first match on 16 May 1885 when they beat Dundee Our Boys 1–0. On 1 September 1888 the club recorded their record win when they defeated Lindertis, a side from nearby Kirriemuir, 14–1.
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