N.N. Club

N.N. Club
Full name No Name Club
Founded c. 1863
Dissolved c. 1870
Ground Kilburn

N.N. Club or N.N. Kilburn—N.N. standing for "No Name"[1] —was an amateur English football club based in the Kilburn district of London. The club was one of the eleven founding sides of the Football Association on 26 October 1863,[2] and were represented by club member Arthur Pember who was elected as the FA's first president.[3]. It is unclear when the club dissolved; according to newspaper notices, the N.N.s were scheduled to play against Upton Park FC in February 1870,[4] and the club sent a representative to the annual meeting of the Football Association that month, but subsequent published lists of fixtures fail to show any activity from the club.[5]

See also

  • N.N. Club players

References

  1. ↑ "Barnes v N. N.". Bell's Life in London: 3. 1864-02-06.
  2. ↑ Harvey, Adrian (2005). Football, the First Hundred Years: The Untold Story of the People's Game. Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-415-35018-1.
  3. ↑ "Miscellaneous Football". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. XLIV (2826). British Newspaper Archive. 30 October 1863. p. 4. Retrieved 29 June 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Matches for This Week". Sporting Life. London (1140): 4. 1870-02-02.
  5. ↑ e.g. "Fixtures for March". Sportsman. London (773): 4. 1870-03-17.


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