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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).
Hibernian Football Club (/ h ɪ ˈ b ɜːr n i ə n /), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and the name is derived from the Latin for Ireland. [5]
The Scottish Cup is the oldest national trophy in world football. ... Edinburgh Football League/East of Scotland League (1894–1908): 1894–95, 1895–96, ...
Scotland and England are the oldest national football teams in the world. [9] Teams representing the two sides first competed at the Oval in five matches between 1870 and 1872. The two countries contested the first official international football match , at Hamilton Crescent in Partick , Scotland, on 30 November 1872.
Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region; Scottish Junior Football East Region Premier League South; Scottish Junior Football Lothians Division One; Scottish Junior Football Lothians Division Two; St Andrew's F.C. (Edinburgh) Swifts F.C. (Edinburgh)
Edinburgh City applied again following Gretna's liquidation in 2008, [6] but this time lost out to Annan Athletic. [7] Edinburgh City won the East of Scotland Football League Premier Division title for the first time in the 2005–06 season and became members of the new Lowland League in 2013. [8]
The East of Scotland Shield is a Scottish football trophy awarded by the East of Scotland Football Association. The only older cup competition in Scottish football is the Scottish Cup. [1] The tournament is the third-oldest in world football still competed for annually, after the FA Cup and the Scottish Cup.
The Edinburgh derby is an informal title given to any football match played between Scottish clubs Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) and Hibernian (Hibs), the two oldest professional clubs based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The two clubs have a fierce rivalry that dates back to the clubs being founded in the mid-1870s, which makes it one of the longest ...