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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 Edinburgh City Football Club Ltd., [4] which had continued trading as a social club since the football club stopped playing, gave their approval in 1986 for Postal United to use the Edinburgh City F.C. name. [3] The club has participated in the Scottish Cup since the mid-1990s, when it became a full member of the Scottish Football ...
Hearts midfielder Paul Hartley (No. 10) prepares to take a free kick in an Edinburgh derby match against Hibs, played on 26 December 2006. Hearts have a traditional local rivalry in Edinburgh with Hibs; the Edinburgh derby match between the two clubs is one of the oldest rivalries in world football. [181]
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.
1875–76 Edinburgh Football Association Cup; ... 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship; A. ... East Junior Football League; East of Scotland Football League; Edina F.C ...
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.
It was the home ground of Scottish Football League team Meadowbank Thistle between 1974 and 1995, becoming the first all-seated football ground in the UK in the process, and subsequently hosted senior non-league football as the home ground of Edinburgh City. League football returned to Meadowbank in 2016 following City's promotion to the ...