Fair City Athletic Football Club was a football club from Perth in Scotland. It was one of the top two clubs in Perth in the 1890s but a disastrous ground move led to the club's dissolution in 1902. History The club was founded in November 1884 under the name Fair City Athletics. The club's name was indiscriminately reported as Athletic and Athletics over the club's existence. The Athletics' first recorded match was a 7–1 win over Balhousie of Perth at the South Inch in December 1884. Cup competitions The club entered the first Perthshire Cup in 1884–85 and lost to Dunblane F.C. in the semi-final by 13 goals to 1. City joined the Scottish Football Association in 1886, which entitled the club to enter the Scottish Cup; its first entry to the Cup was in 1886–87, but it withdrew before playing its first round tie. The F.C.A. became the top club in Perth, before the rise of St Johnstone. City first reached the Perthshire Cup final in 1886–87, losing to Coupar Angus. For the next two seasons, the club was runner-up to Dunblane. Fair City had beaten Dunblane in the 1887–88 Scottish Cup, and won the final later in the season on the South Inch (by now St Johnstone's ground) 7–4, scoring four times in the first ten minutes, and another two before the break. However, the referee, Mr Carmichael, had declared the surface unplayable due to ice before the match; the City players had added India-rubber strips to their boots to cope with the conditions, and Dunblane put in a pre-emptive protest. The Perthshire FA upheld the protest, and Dunblane won the replayed final 7–3, changing ends at half-time 5–1 to the good. Fair City was the marginal favourite for the 1888–89 final, played at St Johnstone's Recreation Park. Fair City was 3–1 up after 20 minutes, and 4–3 up at half-time, but Dunblane scored three times in the second half to go 6–4 up in the dying minutes; although City pulled one back, Dunblane retained the trophy. The 1888–89 Scottish Cup was the club's most successful, reaching the fourth round (last 26). The club welcomed Arbroath F.C. to Balhousie Park, but, in wretched conditions, the visitors were 3–0 up at half-time, and, although City pulled one goal back, Arbroath also struck the woodwork twice. In the 1890–91 Scottish Cup the club gained its biggest win in the competition,