Edinburgh Hockey Club

Edinburgh Hockey Club
Full nameEdinburgh Hockey Club
LeagueScottish Hockey National Leagues
Founded1958 (1958)
Home groundMeggetland Sports Complex, Colinton Road
WebsiteOfficial website

Edinburgh Hockey Club also known as Cala Edinburgh for sponsorship reasons, is a field hockey club that is based at the Meggetland Sports Complex in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] The club was founded in 1958.[2] The club runs two men's adult teams, six adult women's teams, four boys teams and three girls teams.[3]

History

During the 1950s, Inverleith Hockey Club members decided that Edinburgh needed more field hockey clubs. A letter was sent to Civil service employees and subsequently the Edinburgh Civil Service Hockey Club was formed. Another Edinburgh club Broughton F.P. was also formed around the same time.[2] Two pitches were obtained at Muirhouse and the first A.G.M. was held in March 1958 in St. Andrew's House, with the first fixture following in September 1958.[2]

Edinburgh Civil Service won the inaugural Scottish Hockey National League in 1975–76 and went on to win it eleven times in the first 13 years.[4]

From 1980 to 2005 they were also known as Murray International Metals (MIM) due to sponsorship reasons[5] and later played as Cala Edinburgh from 2013, again due to sponsorship from Cala Homes.[6]

Honours

  • Scottish champions:
  • 1975–76
  • 1976–77
  • 1977–78
  • 1978–79
  • 1979–80
  • 1980–81
  • 1981–82
  • 1983–84
  • 1984–85
  • 1986–87
  • 1987–88

Notable players

Men's internationals

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Player Events Notes/Ref
Scotland Billy McLean Oly (1980), CT (1978, 1980)
Scotland Chris Sutherland CT (1978)

Key

  • Oly = Olympic Games
  • CG = Commonwealth Games
  • WC = World Cup
  • CT = Champions Trophy
  • EC = European Championships

Women's internationals

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Player Events Notes/Ref
Scotland Ellen Paterson 1980 [7]

Key

  • Oly = Olympic Games
  • CG = Commonwealth Games
  • WC = World Cup
  • CT = Champions Trophy
  • EC = European Championships

References

  1. ^ "Contact". Edinburgh Hockey Club. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Men's History". Edinburgh Hockey Club. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  3. ^ "teams". Edinburgh Hockey Club. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  4. ^ Hyndman, Eileen (2000). One Hundred Years of Scottish Hockey. Scottish Hockey Union.
  5. ^ "MIM call time on 25-year sponsorship". The Telegraph. 8 February 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  6. ^ "CALA Homes continues sponsorship of Edinburgh Hockey Club for the 13th year running". Scottish Hockey. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Women's Hockey". The Scotsman. 25 April 1980. Retrieved 29 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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