Edinburgh Athletic F.C.
Edinburgh Athletic Football Club was an amateur senior Scottish football team based in Edinburgh.
The club were originally named Manor Thistle, having started as a team of employees of the many solicitors' firms in Edinburgh's Manor Place. They played at the Marine Drive playing fields in the north-west of the city near Muirhouse.
They played in the East of Scotland Football League until 2008, when they merged into Leith Athletic.[1]
References
- ↑ "Sucker punch from Ross sees City past Athletic". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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