Mid-Annandale
Formed 1896
Founder members of Scottish Division Three 1923. Lost place when Division Three was abandoned in 1926.
Kit History
1896 (a)
1910 (a)
1922-1927 (b)
Background
Mid-Annandale started out as Vale of Dryfe FC and played in Lockerbie, a small market town only 20 miles from the English border (and some 70 miles from Glasgow). They competed for one season in the Southern Counties League (1897-98) before resigning. In 1910 the club re-emerged as Mid-Annandale FC and rejoined the competition.
In 1923 "The Mids" (a rather uninspiring nickname) helped form the new Scottish Third Division. Dominated by clubs from the rump Western League, the Lockerbie side faced considerably increased travel expenses against teams that were unfamiliar to local supporters and which failed to draw in the crowds. This dilemma proved to be the undoing of the competition, which ended in chaos in 1926 with fixtures incomplete.
Mid-Annandale joined the Scottish Alliance, which was briefly reformed into two regional sections to accomodate the influx of former Division Three sides. The club quit their Kintail Park ground and used school playing fields for the rest of their career. The Scottish Alliance returned to a single division of reserve sides in 1927 and Mid-Annandale joined the Provincial League (1927-28) and later the reformed Southern Counties League (1928-29, 1931-36). In 1936 the club closed down.
In 2003 a new incarnation of Mid-Annandale joined the South of Scotland Football League. The modern club plays at King Edward Park in Lockerbie in the gold and black colours of their predecessor.
Sources
- (a) The Scottish Football League Past Members - Part 4 (Norman Nichol 1994)
- (b) Alick Milne