Edinburgh City F.C.

Full name

Edinburgh City Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Citizens (the 1928 club were known as 'The Lilywhites')

Founded

1928 (original club)
1966 (reformed, as Postal United)

Ground

Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh

Capacity

16,500

Chairman

James Lumsden

Manager

Gary Jardine

League

Lowland Football League

2015–16

Lowland Football League, 1st

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Edinburgh City Football Club are a semi-professional senior Scottish football club, which plays in the Lowland Football League after joining from the East of Scotland Football League. The club are based at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh City was first formed in 1928 as an amateur club. It participated 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. The new club applied to join the Scottish Football League in 2002 and 2008, but failed to win election. On 18 June 2013, they were confirmed as members of the new Lowland League from the 2013–14 season.^[1] The club won their first Lowland League in 2015 and retained the title a year later.

History

Edinburgh City were founded in 1928. The club aimed to become the Edinburgh equivalent of the Glasgow club Queen's Park, and joined the Scottish Football League as an amateur club in 1931.^[2] The club won election to the league, where they replaced Clydebank, ahead of Nithsdale Wanderers by 25 votes to 7.^[3]

The club was very unsuccessful in the league, as on average they won fewer than one game in six.^[4] This record led to the club finishing bottom of the league table in six of the eight seasons between 1931 and 1939.^[4] It also conceded more than 110 goals in seven of those seasons.^[5]

They achieved a famous Scottish Cup upset victory, however, when they defeated Hibernian 3–2 at Easter Road in the first round of the 1937–38 competition.^[5] Hibernians' player 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.^[4]^[6] After three more years of struggle, the club left the Scottish Football League in 1949.^[4]^[6] It switched to junior status and played in the Edinburgh & District Junior League.^[4]^[6] The club ceased activity completely in 1955,^[4] when the local council refused to renew its lease on its home ground, City Park.^[6]

A club called Postal United was founded in 1966. The Edinburgh City Football Club Ltd (Social Club), which had continued trading throughout the abeyance of the football club, gave their approval in 1986 for Postal United to use the Edinburgh City name.^[6]

The club has regularly participated in the Scottish Cup since the mid-1990s, when it became a full member of the Scottish Football Association.^[6] In the 1997–98 Scottish Cup they defeated SFL club, East Stirlingshire, before losing 7–2 to Dunfermline Athletic, then of the Premier Division.

The club applied to join the Scottish Football League in 2002,^[7] after Airdrieonians had gone bankrupt, but Gretna won the vote instead. Following Gretna's liquidation in 2008, Edinburgh City again applied,^[8] but this time lost out to Annan Athletic.^[9]

The club won the East of Scotland Football League Premier Division title for the first time in the 2005–06 season.

Stadium

Meadowbank Stadium, where the club play their home fixtures

When the club first joined the Scottish Football League in 1931, it played its home matches at Powderhall Stadium.^[5] The pitch was only just wider than the minimum width of 50 yards due to the presence of a sprint track.^[5] Edinburgh City also played at City Park during the club's time in the SFL.

The present club initially played their home fixtures at the Saughton Enclosure, which is now home to Lothian Thistle, before switching to Paties Road, where Edinburgh United currently play. Edinburgh City then moved to City Park and then Fernieside. Edinburgh City moved to Meadowbank Stadium in 1996, which had been vacated by the move of Meadowbank Thistle to Livingston.^[6]

Colours

The club colours are white and black.^[6] Postal United F.C. played in all-red, but switched to the traditional colours when it adopted the Edinburgh City identity in 1986.^[6]

Honours

Lowland Football League
- Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
East of Scotland Football League
- Winners (1): 2005–06
East of Scotland Football League First Division
- Winners (1): 1995–96

References

↑ "Scottish Lowland Football League clubs selected". Scottish FA (SFA). 17 June 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
↑ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 294)
↑ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 90)
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 295)
1 2 3 4 (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 91)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Edinburgh City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
↑ Lindsay, Clive (17 June 2002). "Airdrie may edge out Gretna". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
↑ "Edinburgh City will apply to SFL". BBC Sport (BBC). 11 June 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
↑ "Annan voted into Scottish league". BBC Sport (BBC). 3 July 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

Bob Crampsey (1990). The First 100 Years. Scottish Football League. ISBN 0-9516433-0-4.

External links

Official website

Edinburgh City Football Club

Club	Edinburgh derby Players

Grounds	New Powderhall Marine Gardens City Park Meadowbank Stadium

Defunct and former Scottish football clubs

Former Scottish Football League members	Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Bathgate Beith Bo'ness Broxburn United Cambuslang Clackmannan Clydebank Cowlairs Dumbarton Harp Dundee Wanderers Dykehead Edinburgh City Galston Gretna Helensburgh Johnstone King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Lochgelly United Mid-Annandale Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Peebles Rovers Port Glasgow Athletic Renton Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Former Highland League members	Caledonian Elgin Caledonian Inverness Celtic Inverness Citadel Inverness Thistle Inverness Union

Former East of Scotland League members	Edinburgh Athletic Tollcross United

Former South of Scotland League members	5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV Cronberry Eglinton Lanemark Mauchline Springbank Stranraer Athletic Tarff Rovers Whithorn

Other senior clubs	23rd Renfrew RV Aberdeen (1881) Airdrie Alexandra Athletic Ayr Academicals Ayr Thistle Barholm Rovers Barrhead Bellstane Birds Blythswood Bon Accord Bridge of Allan Bute Rangers Callander Campsie Clifton & Strathfillan Clydesdale Coylton Coila Crown Dumbreck Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Eastern Gairdoch Grahamston Grangemouth Granville Grasshoppers Inveraray Kilsyth Wanderers Kirkcaldy United Laurieston Lochgilphead Orion Oxford Redding Athletic Rovers Shawfield Amateurs Slamannan Southern Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) Thornliebank Vale of Bannock Vale of Leven Rovers (Alexandria) Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow) Victoria United West End Western

Other junior clubs	Arbroath SC Baillieston Juniors Bankfoot Athletic Blackburn Athletic Blantyre Celtic Burnbank Athletic Duntocher Hibernian Glenbuck Cherrypickers Maryhill Hibernians Parkhead Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors Shawfield Strathclyde

Lowland Football League

Teams	BSC Glasgow Cumbernauld Colts Dalbeattie Star East Kilbride Edinburgh City Edinburgh University Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Preston Athletic Selkirk Spartans Stirling University Threave Rovers Vale of Leithen Whitehill Welfare

Cup competitions	Lowland Football League Cup

Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)

≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)

Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)

Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup

Clubs	Aberdeen Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St Johnstone St Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Seasons	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

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