We’ve trawled our photo archives to find these 30 great photos of Edinburgh primary school football over the years.
Thousands of boys and girls in the Capital have felt the pride of pulling on their primary school’s colours on the football field for generations.
We’ve uncovered team photos, action shots and celebrations dating back to the 1950s from primary school football in Edinburgh, including schools that no longer exist in the city.
Covered in mud and freezing cold for most of the season, children in Edinburgh have been playing football for their primary school for more than 100 years, with the still annual Edinburgh Primary Schools Inspectors Cup kicking off in 1893, only stopping for World Wars and the Covid pandemic.
1. Playground kickabout
Little boys playing football in the playground of St John's RC primary school in April 1989. | TSPL
2. Edinburgh
Team picture of the Edinburgh Primary Schools select football team in January 1969. | TSPL
3. Stewart's Melville
Stewart's Melville Primary School's girls' team, P6 team, and P7 team, all picked up trophies in 2012, completing an historic treble for the Edinburgh school. | TSPL Photo: Greg McVean
4. Flora Stevenson v Blackhall
Flora Stevenson Primary taking on Blackhall Primary in February, 1997. | TSPL