 A few team matches were staged in 1929 and an Edinburgh team competed in the Northern League in 1930.The Edinburgh team of 1938 and 1939 was known as The Thistles and they staged a number of challenge matches.After the war, Marine Gardens was not available and the potential of Old Meadowbank, then the home of Leith Athletic F.C., was said to have been spotted by Ian Hoskins.