Preston Athletic F.C.

Preston Athletic
Full name Preston Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) The Panners
Founded 1945 (1945)
Ground Pennypit Park, Prestonpans
Capacity 4000 (313 seated)
Chairman John Snedden
League East of Scotland League Conference C
2017–18 East of Scotland League, 3rd of 13

Preston Athletic Football Club are a Scottish senior non-league football club based in the town of Prestonpans, East Lothian. The club are nicknamed the Panners and play their home matches at Pennypit Park. The team play in dark blue.

They were founding members of the Lowland Football League in 2013, but now play in the East of Scotland Football League (Conference C).

History

Founded in 1945, they were originally a junior club, only entering the senior ranks in 1994, when they joined the East of Scotland Football League. As a full member of the Scottish Football Association, Preston are automatically eligible to enter the Scottish Cup. They first qualified for the competition proper in 2002–03, losing 1–0 at home to Hamilton Academical in the First Round.

The club applied unsuccessfully to join the Scottish Football League in 2000 and 2002. In 2008 Preston Athletic were one of five clubs to prepare an application for entry into the Scottish Football League following Gretna relinquishing their league status, however they were unsuccessful after losing out to Annan Athletic.[1]

At the end of the 2016–17 season Preston Athletic were relegated to the East of Scotland League, having spent four seasons in the Lowland League.

References

  1. ↑ "Annan voted into Scottish league". BBC News. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2009-11-29.

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