Forfar Athletic F.C.

Origins

The club was founded in 1885 when the second team of the older Forfar club, Angus F.C. broke away to form Forfar Athletic. Angus FC had been the town's senior club for a number of years, and on 24 September 1883, amalgamated with the Junior club Forfar West End, which became the 2nd XI, taking the name Angus Athletic.

The success of Angus Athletic in junior cup competitions and against other senior sides prompted the second string to go it alone, and in May 1885 it started playing as Forfar Athletic. Forfar played its first match on 16 May 1885 when it defeated Dundee Our Boys 1–0. The new club originally played in a strip of black and white one-inch hooped jerseys with blue knickers, changing to blue and black vertical stripes (imitating the old Angus colours) in 1889. The key match shifting the balance of power was a 3–1 win over Angus in the first round of the 1885–86 Scottish Cup; Angus was dissolved shortly afterwards. On 1 September 1888 the club recorded their record win when they defeated Lindertis, a side from nearby Kirriemuir, 14–1.

Into the League

The club were admitted into the Scottish Football League in the 1921–22 season, entering the new Second Division, finishing 14th out of 20 teams in their first season. In the 1923–24 season a third division was established, Forfar were relegated into that division in the 1924–25 season by finishing bottom of Division Two. The club were lucky; 12 of the 16 teams in that division were…

Scottish Second Division/Scottish League One: Winners (1): 1983–84 Scottish Third Division/Scottish League Two: Winners (1): 1994–95 Runners-up (3): 1996–97, 2009–10, 2021–22 Scottish Midlands Qualifying Cup: Winners (1): 1946–47 Forfarshire Cup: Winners (9): 1905–06, 1907–08, 1930–31, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2014–15 Forfarshire Charity Cup: Winners (5): 1887–88, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1893–94 Runners-up (1): 1892–93 Forfarshire County League: Winners (2): 1897–98, 1898–99 Runners-up (1): 1899–1900