N.N. Club
| Full name | No Names Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Mudlarks |
| Founded | c. 1863 |
| Dissolved | c. 1870 |
| Ground | Until 1867, Edgware Road, Kilburn; then Priory Road, Kilburn |
N.N. Club or N.N. Kilburn—N.N. standing for "No Names"[1] —was an amateur English football club based in the Kilburn district of London. The poor state of the club's original ground led to them being nicknamed the Mudlarks.[2]
The club recorded victories over Barnes F. C. in January and April 1863.[3] It was one of the eleven founding sides of the Football Association on 26 October 1863,[4] and was represented by club captain Arthur Pember, who was elected as the FA's first president.[5]
It is unclear when the club dissolved; the N.N.s were beaten by Upton Park FC on 5 February 1870,[6] the club sent a representative to the annual meeting of the Football Association that month, and two players in the first representative match between England and Scotland on 3 March 1870 are listed as N.N. players, but subsequent published lists of fixtures fail to show any activity from the club and there are no further results for the club available.[7] The club is absent from lists of Football Association members from 1871 onwards.[8]
The Brondesbury club, founded in 1871, was considered a resurrection of N.N.[9] and occasionally listed as Brondesbury N.N.[10]
Colours[edit]
The club's colours were blue jerseys, with N.N. embroidered on the chest in red letters.[11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Barnes v N. N.". Bell's Life in London: 3. 6 February 1864.
- ^ "match report". The Field. 7 December 1867.
- ^ "Football". Bell's Life in London: 7. 12 April 1863.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Meeting of Captains". Bell's Life in London: 10. 31 October 1863.
- ^ "match report". Sportsman: 3. 10 February 1870.
- ^ e.g. "Fixtures for March". Sportsman. London (773): 4. 17 March 1870.
- ^ Brown, Tony (2011). The Football Association 1863-1883: A Source Book. Nottingham: Soccerdata. p. 52. ISBN 9781905891528.
- ^ "news". Sportsman: 3. 1 November 1871.
- ^ "match report". Sportsman: 3. 23 December 1871.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1868). John Lillywhite's Football Annual. Euston Square: John Lillywhite and Kent & Co. p. 79.
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