Nickname(s) The Panners Chairman John Snedden League Lowland League Date founded 1945 | Ground Capacity 4000 (313 seated) Manager Craig Nisbet Ground Pennypit Park Capacity 4,000 (313 seated) | |
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Full name Preston Athletic Football Club | ||
Preston Athletic Football Club are a Scottish senior non-league football club based in the town of Prestonpans, East Lothian. They were formerly members of the East of Scotland Football League and were founding members of the Lowland Football League.
The club are nicknamed the Panners and play their home matches at Pennypit Park. The team normally play in dark blue.
Founded in 1945, they were originally a junior club, only entering the senior ranks in 1994, when they joined the East of Scotland Football League. The club has ambitions of progressing to an even higher level, having applied unsuccessfully to join the Scottish Football League in 2000, 2002 and 2008. As a full member of the Scottish Football Association, Preston are eligible to enter the Scottish Cup. They first qualified for the competition proper in 2002–03, losing 1–0 at home to Hamilton Academical in the First Round.
Preston Athletic were one of five clubs to prepare an application for entry into the Scottish Football League following Gretna relinquishing their league status on 3 June 2008. They were unsuccessful after losing out to Annan Athletic. The other unsuccessful clubs were Cove Rangers, Edinburgh City and Spartans.