Foot-Ball Club
TheFoot-Ball Clubwas afootballclub, inEdinburgh,Scotland, formed in 1824.[1]The club met in the summer months to play a form of football that did not resembleassociation football.[1]Nevertheless, the organisation can claim to be the earliest recorded club playing football of any kind.[2]A modernassociation footballclub with the same name was formed in 2007, in an attempt to revive the legacy of the old club.
| Full name | Foot-Ball Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1824; 200 years ago |
| Dissolved | c.1841 |
| Ground | Dalry Park(1824–31) Greenhill Park(1831–41) |
History
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The Foot-Ball Club of Edinburgh is thought to be one of the oldest recorded football clubs in the world with records going back to 1824.[3][4]Membership lists and accounts of the club between 1824 and 1841 are held in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS).[1]
Founded byJohn Hopein 1824, the club played its games in the city'sDalry Parkuntil 1831, when they moved toGreenhill Park.[3]The club appears to have met and played every summer, but there is no record of it after 1841.[3]
In 2017, a brief set of handwritten rules was found on the back of the club's 1833 budget statement. This has been described as the earliest known written rules of football.[5][6][7]
Reformation
[edit]In 2007, an association football club with the same name was formed by Kenny Cameron, a community coach atSpartans,after a tour of theScottish Football Museum.[8]The club's men play in the Edinburgh Sunday Premier League and the Ladies play in theScottish Women's Football League Second DivisionSouth East Division.
References
[edit]- ^abc"News:" Such kicking of shins and such tumbling "".The National Archives of Scotland. Archived fromthe originalon 3 January 2008.Retrieved5 January2012.
- ^Lambie, Derek (11 November 2007)."Football Club of Edinburgh in the News: Scottish Sunday Express".Sunday Express.Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved5 January2012.
- ^abcHughes, Mark (15 April 2008)."Edinburgh takes on Sheffield in 'oldest club' row".The Independent.Retrieved3 January2012.
- ^Boyle, Mark (15 April 2008)."Oldest football club".Herald Scotland.Retrieved3 January2012.
- ^Hope, John. Papers of Messrs D and JH Campbell, WS, solicitors, Edinburgh, ID: GD253/183/7/3. National Records of Scotland.
- ^"Historic 'foot-ball' rulebook found".BBC News.28 February 2017.Retrieved28 February2020.
- ^"Playing the game in 1833 - the world's earliest known rules of football".Scottish Sport History.15 May 2018.Retrieved28 February2020.
- ^Morris, Adam (2 February 2008)."Extra-time for the oldest club".Edinburgh Evening News.Archived fromthe originalon 4 February 2008.
Sources
[edit]- 1824: The World's First Foot-Ball Club,John Hutchinson and Andy Mitchell. Andy Mitchell Media, 2018.ISBN978-1-9866-1244-9.