Annbank United F.C.
Annbank United Football Club are a Scottish football club from Annbank, South Ayrshire. Formed in 1939, they are based at New Pebble Park and are nicknamed "The Bankies". They compete in the West of Scotland League Conference A and wear black and white strips (uniforms).
| Full name | Annbank United Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Bankies | |||
| Founded | 1939 | |||
| Ground | New Pebble Park, Annbank | |||
| Capacity | 2,600 | |||
| Chairman | Willie Fisher | |||
| Managers | Matt Maley | |||
| League | West of Scotland League Conference A | |||
| 2019–20 | SJFA West League Two, 9th of 15 | |||
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The club reached the final of the 1952–53 Scottish Junior Cup, losing 1–0 to Vale of Leven in front of 55,800 spectators at Hampden Park. Annbank had required thirteen matches to negotiate the seven rounds to the final.[1]
In June 2016, Annbank appointed Graeme Neil and Tom Robertson of the Ayr United Football Academy as their new management team. The duo had worked the previous season at Lugar Boswell Thistle, bringing Ayr's pro-youth players into an adult game environment.
Honours
- Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 1952–53
- Ayrshire Second Division winners: 1989–90
- Western League (Southern) winners: 1948–49
- Ayrshire (Ayrshire Weekly Press) Cup winners: 1940–41, 1943–44, 1945–46
- Ayrshire League (Rockware Glass) Cup winners: 1987–88
- Kyle & Carrick Cup winners: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93
- South Ayrshire Cup winners: 1997–98
- Ayrshire Super Cup winners: 1987–88
- Western League Cup winners: 1942–43, 1943–44
- Ayrshire Consolation Cup winners: 1951–52, 1955–56
- Irvine & District Cup winners: 1943–44
- Moore Trophy: 1954–55
- Vernon Cup winners: 1951–52, 1955–56
- Henderson Memorial Shield:1956
(shared with Dwinethorpe Rovers)
- Ferguson Invitational: 1970
- Vietnam Mid-Autumn Cup:1985
References
- Purdie, Tom (2011). The Scottish Junior Cup from 1946-1975. Stroud: Amberley. ISBN 978-1445604176.