Annbank United F.C.

Annbank United
Full name Annbank United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Bankies
Founded 1939
Ground New Pebble Park, Annbank
Capacity 2,600
Chairman ScotlandWillie Fisher
Managers Graeme Neil & Tom Robertson
League Ayrshire District League
2017–18 Ayrshire District League, 11th of 11 (relegated)

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 Ayrshire District League of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and wear black and white strips (uniforms).

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.[2]

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

References

  1. ↑ Purdie, Tom (2011). The Scottish Junior Cup from 1946-1975. Stroud: Amberley. ISBN 978-1445604176.
  2. ↑ "Auchinleck Talbot make it three finals out of four after dispatching Ayrshire rivals Cumnock in last-four clash". Evening Times. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

Coordinates: 55°28′29″N 4°31′29″W / 55.474807°N 4.524622°W / 55.474807; -4.524622

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