N.N. Club

N.N. Club
Full name No Name Club
Founded 1863

N.N. Club or N.N. Kilburn—N.N. thought to mean "No Name"—was an 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,[1] and were represented by club member Arthur Pember who was elected as the FA's first president.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Miscellaneous Football". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent XLIV (2826) (British Newspaper Archive). 30 October 1863. p. 4. Retrieved 29 June 2014. (subscription required (help)).