| Full name | Edinburgh City Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lilywhites, The Citizens | |
| Founded | 1928 | |
| Dissolved | 1955 | |
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Edinburgh City Football Club was an amateur Scottish football club which played in the Scottish Football League in the 1930s and 1940s, but went out of business in the 1950s. A new club adopted the Edinburgh City name in 1986.
History
Edinburgh City were founded in 1928 and joined the Scottish Football League as an amateur club in 1931.[1] The club won election to the league, where they replaced Clydebank, ahead of Nithsdale Wanderers by 25 votes to 7.[2]
The club was very unsuccessful in the league, as on average they won fewer than one game in six.[3] This record led to the club finishing bottom of the league table in six of the eight seasons between 1931 and 1939.[3] It also conceded more than 110 goals in seven of those seasons.[4] They achieved a famous Scottish Cup upset victory when they defeated Hibernian 3–2 at Easter Road in the first round of the 1937–38 competition.[4] Hibernian's Arthur Milne missed a penalty kick with five minutes left to play. In the next round, Edinburgh City lost 9–2 at Raith Rovers on 9 February 1938.
The club played in the Lothian Amateur League during the Second World War and were only admitted to the C Division in 1946.[3][5] After three more years of struggle, the club left the Scottish Football League in 1949.[3][5] It switched to junior status and played in the Edinburgh & District Junior League.[3][5] The club stopped playing football in 1955.[3] The city council had not renewed the lease on its home ground, City Park.[5]
A new club called Postal United was founded in 1966. The Edinburgh City Football Club Ltd.,[6] which had continued trading as a social club since the football club stopped playing, approved an application from Postal United in 1986 to adopt the Edinburgh City name.[5] The new Edinburgh City gained promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League in 2016.
Stadium
When the club was formed in 1928, they played at the Marine Gardens.[7] When they first joined the Scottish Football League in 1931, it played its home matches at Powderhall Stadium.[4] The pitch was only just wider than the minimum width of 50 yards due to the presence of a sprint track.[4] Edinburgh City also played at City Park during the club's time in the SFL.
Colours
The club colours were white and black.[5]
References
- ^ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 294)
- ^ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 90)
- ^ a b c d e f (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 295)
- ^ a b c d (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 91)
- ^ a b c d e f "Edinburgh City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "THE EDINBURGH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Going down the hill". The Arbroath Herald. 11 May 1928. Retrieved 6 October 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Bob Crampsey (1990). The First 100 Years. Scottish Football League. ISBN 0-9516433-0-4.
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