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Full name : \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Old Edwardians Football Club<\/p>\n

Nickname(s): \u00a0 \u00a0The May Park Boys<\/p>\n

Ground : \u00a0 National Stadium<\/p>\n

Freetown, Sierra Leone<\/p>\n

Capacity: \u00a0 36,000<\/p>\n

Manager : Elvis Kargbo<\/p>\n

Chairman : Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai<\/p>\n

Coach : Boizy<\/p>\n

Assistant Coach\/ Player: Parisco<\/p>\n

League: \u00a0 \u00a0 Sierra Leone National Premier League<\/p>\n

Old Edwardians Football Club commonly known as Old Edwards or simply Edwards is a Sierra Leonean football club based in the capital Freetown. The club is a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

Old Edwardians are one of the biggest and most popular clubs in Sierra Leone. Former Sierra Leonean international footballer Mohamed Kallon started his professional football career at Old Edwardians as a fifteen-year-old.<\/p>\n

Old Edwardians FC is the only Premier League Club which is associated with a Secondary School, St. Edwards Secondary School. The club is set up to identify football talents in the School and help them develop. Old Edwardians do their training at the school grounds located at Kingtom, Freetown.<\/p>\n

Honours<\/u><\/p>\n

Sierra Leone National Premier League champions: 1<\/p>\n

1990<\/p>\n

Sierra Leonean FA Cup winners: 3<\/p>\n

1984, 2001, 2005<\/p>\n

Notable Former Players<\/u><\/p>\n

Lamin Conteh( Junior Tumbu),\u00a0Amidu Karim,\u00a0Obreh Kargbo,\u00a0Magnus Campbell,\u00a0Jonathan Major,\u00a0Balae Balae<\/p>\n

Musa Kuwait,\u00a0Tostao,\u00a0Mohamed Kallon,<\/p>\n

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