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Angus
Full nameAngus Football Club
Founded1880
Dissolved1886
GroundBankhead Farm
Match SecretaryDavid Easton, George C. Nevay

Angus Football Clubwas anassociation footballclub fromForfarinScotland.Although it was entirely unsuccessful as a club, it was instrumental in the formation ofForfar Athletic.

History

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Forfar Athletic 3–1 Angus, Scottish Cup 1st round, 1885–86, from the Dundee Courier, 14 September 1885

The club was founded in 1880. Although the first club senior club in the town, it remained a small outfit for the first half of its existence; with 25 members in 1882, it was still the smallest senior club inForfarshire.[1]

Angus first entered theScottish Cupin1882–83,losing at home toBalgay1–0, a second Balgay goal not being allowed as the goalposts had been knocked down in the struggle around the ball.[2]

A one-goal defeat was Angus' best result in the competition. In1883–84the club went down 9–0 at the strongDundee Harpside, and inthe following season5–1 at home toDundee Strathmore.[3]Angus was just as unsuccessful in its twoForfarshire Cupentries, losing 3–0 at home to Tay Bank of Dundee - a junior side - in 1884–85[4]and 2–0 at home toWest Endin 1885–86.[5]

The cuckoo in the nest: Angus Athletic

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Angus strengthened in September 1883 by taking over the Forfar East End junior club, the East End side becoming the Angus second XI, taking on the name ofAngus Athletic.[6]This meant that by 1884 Angus had 37 members, but was still much smaller than any of theDundeeclubs.[7]The Angus Athletic took part in junior[8]and second XI competitions in the county; in 1884–85 the Athletics finished as runner-up in the Forfarshire Second XI cup, losing 4–1 to the Dundee Harp reserves in the final.[9]

The Athletics also occasionally played senior sides in friendlies.[10]In 1884–85, the Athletics played the nearbyLindertisside on at least three occasions, with wins of 4–2 and 6–1 (at home)[11]and 7–0 away.[12]

Forfar Athletic formation and demise of Angus

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Senior football grew hugely in Forfar in 1885. Angus increased its membership to 60.[13]However, towards the end of the season, the Angus Athletic split away to form a new club,Forfar Athletic.Its last match as Angus Athletic was a 5–4 win over the Alpine club ofArbroathon 2 May 1885;[14]its first recorded match as Forfar Athletic was against Our Boys Rangers of Dundee on 16 May 1885.[15]The Forfar match secretary (James Black) had been the East End secretary in 1883,[16]and Angus' honorary secretary the previous season.[17]The new club acquired 40 members before the 1885–86 season started.[18]

The Athletics joined the Forfarshire Football Association in June, alongside the Angus.[19]The key match between the sides came in the first round of the1885–86 Scottish Cup.It was Forfar's first match in the competition; it proved to be Angus' last. Angus had warmed up for the match with a rare big win the previous week, 5–1 at Dalhousie,[20]and took the lead in the tie, but did not take enough advantage of having the conditions in its favour in the first half, and went down 3–1. On the Forfar side, eight of the players - Ogilvie, Christie, Stormont, Smith, Menzies, Anderson, Samson, and Lamond - had played for Angus Athletic in the Second XI Cup final the previous season, and one more player (Black) was the Forfar nominated umpire for the tie. None of the Angus Athletic players was playing for Angus.

The result of the tie switched momentum to the new club. By 1886, Angus was stuck on 60 members,[21]while the Athletic had risen to 150 members, and was one of the biggest clubs in the county.[22]The nail was driven in in the Forfarshire Cup; Angus went out in the first round while Forfar reached the semi-final.[23]

Angus nearly had one slight moment of retribution against Forfar, in a friendly on 7 November 1885 at Station Park, in which Angus was 3–1 up at half-time and still 4–3 up early in the second half; however, the play was "brought to an abrupt conclusion" and the match abandoned.[24]

Given this sweeping rise of a rival club, Angus shut up shop. its final reported match was a 7–2 defeat atMontrosein November 1885,[25]and it was struck off the association membership roll for non-payment of subscriptions in August 1886.[26]

Colours

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The club played in 2 "hooped[27]blue and black jerseys and hose, with white knickers.[28]

Grounds

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The club's ground was originally at Bankhead Farm, 5 minutes' walk fromForfar railway station[29]owned by Andrew Christie. When the club decided to move, it presented Mr Christie with a portrait.[30]The Angus Athletic reserves played on Market Muir.[31][32]

In the 1884–85 season, the club moved toStation Park,shared with the new Forfar Athletic club.[33]The first match reported match played there, with the "wet and sloppy" pitch described as "a field behind the station", was an Angus Athletic game againstPartick Thistleat the start of 1885, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[34]

References

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  1. ^M'Dowall, John (1882).Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83.Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 143.
  2. ^"Angus (Forfar) v Balgay (Dundee)".Dundee Courier:4. 11 September 1882.
  3. ^"Scottish Association Cup Ties - Northern District".Dundee Courier:4. 15 September 1884.
  4. ^"Forfarshire County Cup".Glasgow Herald:8. 22 September 1884.
  5. ^"Angus (Forfar) v West End (Dundee)".Dundee Courier:4. 28 September 1885.
  6. ^"Football".Dundee Courier:4. 26 September 1883.
  7. ^M'Dowall, John (1884).Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 70.
  8. ^"Angus Athletic (Forfar) v East End Wanderers (Dundee)".Dundee Courier:3. 4 November 1884.
  9. ^"Forfarshire Second Eleen Association - Final Cup Tie".Dundee Courier:4. 9 March 1885.
  10. ^"Rob Roy v Angus Athletic".Dundee Courier:4. 12 November 1883.
  11. ^"Angus Athletics (Forfar) v Lindertis (Kirriemuir)".Dundee Courier:4. 2 March 1885.
  12. ^"Angus Athletics (Forfar) v Lindertis (Kirriemuir)".Dundee Courier:3. 23 December 1884.
  13. ^McDowall, John (1885).Scottish Association Annual 1885–86.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 72.
  14. ^"Angus Athletics (Forfar) v Alpine (Arbroath)".Dundee Courier:4. 4 May 1885.
  15. ^"Our Boys Rangers v Forfar (late Angus) Athletic".Dundee Courier:4. 18 May 1885.
  16. ^"Football".Dundee Courier:4. 26 September 1883.
  17. ^M'Dowall, John (1884).Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 70.
  18. ^McDowall, John (1885).Scottish Association Annual 1885–86.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 72.
  19. ^"Forfarshire Football Association".Dundee Courier:5. 19 June 1885.
  20. ^"Dalhousie (Brechin) v Angus (Forfar)".Dundee Courier:3. 8 September 1885.
  21. ^The Angus formed a replacement Angus Athletics reserve XI which played one tie in the 2d Eleven Cup, losing 6–1 at home to Strathmore Athletics of Dundee; Dundee Courier, 21 September 1885, p. 4
  22. ^McDowall, John (1886).Scottish FA Annual 1886–87.Hay Nisbet. p. 62.
  23. ^"Forfarshire Cup".Scottish Football Historical Archive.Retrieved1 May2023.
  24. ^"Angus (Forfar) v Forfar Athletic".Dundee Courier:4. 9 November 1885.
  25. ^"Angus v Montrose".Dundee Courier:3. 24 November 1885.
  26. ^SFA minutes 1884–87.Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 24 August 1886.
  27. ^McDowall, John (1885).Scottish Association Annual 1885–86.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 72.
  28. ^M'Dowall, John (1882).Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83.Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 143.
  29. ^M'Dowall, John (1882).Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83.Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 143.
  30. ^"Angus Football Club".Dundee Courier:8. 25 April 1884.
  31. ^"Angus Athletic (Forfar) v East End (Brechin)".Dundee Courier:4. 26 November 1883.
  32. ^"Taybank (Dundee) v Angus Athletic".Dundee Courier:4. 2 June 1884.
  33. ^McDowall, John (1885).Scottish Association Annual 1885–86.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 72.
  34. ^"Partick Thistle (Glasgow) v Angus Athletics (Forfar)".Glasgow Herald:2. 3 January 1885.
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