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What's The Ground
Like?
Main Stand (photo)
What Is It Like
For Visiting Supporters?
Where To Drink?
Looking
Towards The Club House End
(photo)
How To Get There
By Car & Where To Park
By Train
Looking Towards The North End
(photo)
Admission
Prices
Programme
Price
Ground Layout
Fixtures 2008-2009
Disabled Facilities
Local Rivals
Record & Average Attendance
Hotel
Accommodation
Feedback
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What's The Ground
Like? |
After
competing in the East of Scotland League the Club was awarded Scottish
Football League status in 2008, following the demise of Gretna. Work has
been recently undertaken to bring the ground up to league standards
including, the installation of new floodlights and turnstile blocks.
The ground is a largely open one. On one side is the smart looking Main
Stand. This small covered stand is all seated as is five rows high and is
fairly new looking. It straddles the halfway line on the West side of the
ground. The rest of the stadium is mostly comprised of uncovered hard
standing areas. The team dugouts are located opposite the Main Stand on
the East Side, where there is some uncovered terrace which is only a few
steps high. The North End of the ground which has been dubbed the Astro
end, after the Astroturf training pitch behind, has been designated for
away supporters, if segregation is required. The pitch slopes down from
this area towards the South (Club house) end of the ground.
Special thanks to Alan Price for providing most of the
information and photos for this page.
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Main Stand |
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What Is It Like
For Visiting Supporters? |
I have yet to visit Annan to see a game, so if you like to
add your own experiences of the ground then please
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Where To Drink? |
The
Football Club would love visitors to drink in the clubhouse, but there are
also plenty of bars half a mile down the hill, on Annan�s High Street. on
which you will find the Bluebell Inn. This old coaching in situated by the
River Annan is listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. If you�re looking for
something to eat, then the Caf� Royal is recommended either for eat-in or as
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Looking
Towards The Club House End |
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How To Get There
By Car & Where To Park |
From the North:
Leave the A74(M) at Junction 20 and follow the signs for the B722 Annan.
After about five miles, Galabank is on your right as you enter Annan.
From the South and East:
Leave the A74(M) at Junction 22 and take the the A75, towards Dumfries.
After about eight miles turn left onto the B6357, signposted Annan. After �
mile turn right at the roundabout into Scotts Street, and follow this until
it becomes High Street. At the traffic lights in the town centre turn right
onto the B722 (Lady Street, signposted Eaglesfield); this becomes North
Street. The ground is on the left after half a mile, after the athletics
stadium.
From the West:
Coming west along the A75 from Dumfries, turn right onto the B721
(signposted Annan), and follow into the High Street. At the traffic lights,
turn left onto the B722, signposted Eaglesfield, then as above.
There
is not a lot of car parking available at the ground; however, the campsite
next door appears to be geared up to help out; offering parking for a fee of
�1.
For a map showing the location of the ground
click
here
(to take you to the Street Map website).
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By
Train |
Annan
station is located on the Carlisle to Dumfries line. It is about a twenty
minute walk from the ground. Leave the station heading north along St.
John�s Road, follow on into Bank Street, and cross the High Street to go up
Lady Street at the traffic lights. This then
becomes North Street. The ground is on the left after half a mile, after the
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Looking
Towards The North End |
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Admission
Prices |
Adults:
�7
Senior Citizens:
�4
Under 16's: �4
Under 12's when accompanied by an adult:
Free
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Programme
Price |
Official Programme � To be
advised. Top Of
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Ground Layout |
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Fixtures
2008-2009 |
For the Annan fixture
list
click here (to take you to the
Official Annan Athletic Website). Top Of
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Disabled Facilities |
The Club
has ample space for wheelchair users at the front of the Main Stand.
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Local
Rivals |
The team
replaced by Annan in the Scottish League, Gretna, are actually to play their
2008-9 East of Scotland League games just 200 yards down the road, between
Galabank and the town centre, as Raydale Park is not available to them for
this season. The closest current Scottish League side is Queen of the
South; Dumfries is about 16 miles away. Top Of
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Record
& Average Attendance |
Record Attendance: To be advised.
Average Attendance:
2007-2008: To be advised.Top Of
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Hotel
Accommodation |
If you require hotel accommodation in the
area then first try a hotel booking service provided
by Football Hotels who are powered by Activehotels, who
specialise in locating accommodation near or within a short travelling
distance of the football ground. They also have the added advantage over
some other hotel booking services that you pay on departure.
Yes this site will earn a small commission if you book through them, but
it will go to help with the running costs of keeping the Guide going.
To access their Annan and Dumfries page
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Feedback |
If anything is incorrect or you have something to add,
please
e-mail me and I'll
update
the guide.
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