Annan F.C.

was an association football club from Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, active in the late 19th century.

[3] Perhaps to get rid of the stigma, on 1 May 1890 the club shortened its name to Annan,[4] and in August joined the Scottish Football Association.

[5] This enabled the club to enter the Scottish Cup, and its first game, in the first round of the 1890–91 tournament, it lost 8–2 at home to the new Dumfries Wanderers club, going in at half-time 6–0 down, and the blame being put on Annan's weak passing.

[8] Its best performance, to the semi-final in 1893–94, was down to the decline in the local game, as it walked over Thistle (Lochmaben), and gained a bye, with only one win, against the 3rd Galloway Rifle Volunteers in Stranraer.

The rise of professionalism in the game made it more difficult for clubs in smaller towns, especially near the Scottish borders, as it was easier for English clubs to persuade players to migrate; indeed Annan regularly played friendlies against English clubs - the largest crowd at Greenknowe was against the Moss Bay Exchange from Workington.

1889–90 Churchill Cup, Our Boys 6–12 5th K.R.V., Annandale Observer, 15 November 1889