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.
25. St Patrick's RC
Team picture of the St Patrick's Primary School football team with a trophy in April 1964. | TSPL
26. Cramond v Broughton
Malcolm Cormack tackles for the ball in a game between Cramond and Broughton in January, 1997. | Johnston Press
27. Leith Walk
The Leith Walk Primary School football team pictured on the pitch in April, 1963. | TSPL
28. Towerbank
The 1997 Lothian & Borders Police/Evening News five-a-side football trophy winners, Towerbank Primary from Portobello. | TSPL