N.N. Club

N.N. Club or N.N. Kilburn—N.N. standing for "No Names" —was an amateur English football club based in the Kilburn district of London. History The club's first recorded matches were victories over Barnes F. C. in January and April 1863. It was one of the eleven founding sides of the Football Association on 26 October 1863, and was represented by club captain Arthur Pember, who was elected as the FA's first president. Although the N.N.s enjoyed goodwill as an FA founder, and in 1866 was one of the mere three clubs that played exclusively Association laws, the club was never considered one of the elite clubs, and, after Arthur Pember's emigration in 1868, interest in the club dwindled. In the 1869–70 season, the club often had to play without new captain Tebbutt and by the time of the club's final reported match - a defeat by Upton Park FC on 5 February 1870 - only seven members turned up to play.