Leith Athletic
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| Full name | Leith Athletic Football Club |
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| Founded | 1887; reformed 1996 |
| Ground | Meadowbank 3G, Edinburgh |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Manager | Derek Riddel |
| League | East of Scotland Football League |
| 2015–16 | East of Scotland Football League, 1st |
Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They are members of the East of Scotland Football League. First team matches are played at Meadowbank 3G, an artificial pitch which is part of the Meadowbank Stadium complex.
The present club considers itself to be a continuation of the original Leith Athletic F.C., which was founded in 1887. They played in the Scottish Football League in four different spells between 1897 and 1953, but went out of business in 1955. The name was revived at local youth level in 1996. In 2008, Leith Athletic returned to senior football when they amalgamated with Edinburgh Athletic and took the latter's place in the East of Scotland League.
Leith Athletic were founded in 1887 in the Port of Leith. In 1891, Leith replaced Glasgow side Cowlairs in the Scottish Football League. After a reasonable start (fourth out of 12 in 1892), Leith had to apply for re-election in 1894 and 1895. They received only three votes in the latter year and were relegated to the Second Division. Leith fared rather better in the second flight, finishing second in 1896, 1897 and 1899, but they could not muster enough votes to be elected back into the First Division. In 1905, having failed again in the end of 1905 season voting, Leith Athletic were wound up and a new limited company formed to take over the old club's assets.
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