Mid-Annandale F.C.

Mid-Annandale FC

Full name	Mid-Annandale Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Mids
Founded	1959
Ground	King Edward Park, Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland (Capacity: 1,000 with no seating)
Manager	Ally Sloan
League	South of Scotland Football League
2010-11	7th
Home colours

Mid-Annandale Football Club are a football club from the town of Lockerbie in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland. Nicknamed The Mids, they were formed in 1959 as Lockerbie Boys Club FC and played in the Dumfries Amateur Football League until 2003 when they joined the South of Scotland Football League.

Home matches are played at the King Edward Park, which can accommodate around 1,000 spectators, although attendances can be as low as 20.^[1]

The team's strip (uniform) colours are yellow and black, with a change strip of all blue.

Mid Annandale FC can qualify for the Scottish Cup, but only by winning the South of Scotland League title, their best finish to date though is only 9th.

However, the history of organised football in Lockerbie goes back to 1877 with the formation of the original Mid-Annandale FC but this club folded in 1894^[2]. Over the next few years a number of unsuccessful attempts were made to establish a side in Lockerbie, but it was not until after the end of the First World War that a new Mid-Annandale team filled that void^[2].

In 1921 the Mids joined the Southern Counties Football League and enjoyed rapid success. They won the title that season and retained the trophy the following season. An invitation to join the new Third Division of the Scottish Football League was accepted in 1923, but this ill-fated expansion folded in 1926 leaving the Mids without a League home. Although they were eventually accepted into the Scottish Alliance League, the glory days were long gone. The club eventually quit their Kintail Park ground and used various school playing fields for the rest of their career. Despite a run of success in the Charity Cup during the early 30s, the club folded in 1936^[2].

Honours

Southern Counties Football League Champions
1921-22, 1922-23.
Southern Counties Cup Winners
1928-29
Southern Counties Charity Cup Winners
1926-27, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935-36

References

1. ^ http://nonleaguescotland.co.uk/region/south/southofscotland.htm
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/clublist1.xls

Other References

• Senior Non League Football in South West Scotland by Malcolm Pagan (ISBN 0 9528749 1 1)