First Ever Dedicated Football CLUB

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39 Players In One team !!!! You do not believe me ? Alright!!! let me introduce to the first ever dedicated Football Club

The  FootBall Club (active 1824–41) of Edinburgh

 Rules from the first football club
Still Existing in World Football
Forbade Tripping
Yes
Pushing & Holding
No
Picking Up the Ball
No
Number of Players
39(No)
Founder
John Hope 17-year-old trainee lawyer
                      Initial Members
61



 First Known Ground: Park on the Dalry Estate in the city's south-west suburbs
     Starting with 61 Members, club grew upto 85 in the season of 1826-27


Members Information (1824-25)



Some Info Additional
 Club moved to  Greenhill parks in Bruntsfield latter, where one of their short summer seasons was played. 

The last, Feb 1841
Dated February 1841 is an enquiry concerning temporary membership, which shows the club was still active. What happened thereafter is not clear, because there are no further records. The papers of the Foot-Ball Club are currently not available in the Historical Search Room at General Register House while conservation and digital imaging is carried out.

This football club was dominated by professionals in law and other elite peoples

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References
Scotland National Archive

(Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD253/183/1 pages 49-50)
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NAS ref. GD253
NAS ref. GD253/183/14/12
NAS ref. GD253/183/7/3
item (NAS ref. GD253/183/6/13)
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