The Cradle of Scottish Rugby International rugby is now played worldwide. International competition culminates in a four yearly world cup tournament organised by the International Rugby Board (IRB), the finals of which were most recently played in New Zealand last year. The last official statistics (for the 2007 competition) record there were 2.2 million ticket sales, 1.8 million web hits, and games were watched on 238 tv channels worldwide by a cumulative audience of 4.2 billion people. However not many people are aware that Scotland, and in particular the Edinburgh Academical Football Club (EAFC) were at the forefront of the establishment of the international game. By way of explanation:-

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Raeburn Place was acquired by the Edinburgh Academy in 1854.

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“Football” was played by many towns and schools (including the Edinburgh Academy) throughout the early 19th century but there were no common rules. Rugby School codified some rules and these were adopted by the Edinburgh Academy in 1855.

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The Edinburgh Academical Football Club (“EAFC”) was formed in 1857, the second oldest rugby club in the world. Its formation and name pre date the splitting of the Rugby and Association codes in 1864 (in layman’s terms when rugby and football as sports as we know them today went their separate ways). The oldest recognised “football” club in Scotland, Queens Park, formed in 1867.

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The first international rugby game was instigated by five Scottish club captains (including F Moncreiff of EAFC and A Robertson of West of Scotland) who challenged the English clubs to a game of football under rugby rules. The challenge was accepted on behalf of the English clubs by another Scot, B Burns, who at that time was club secretary at Blackheath in London. Moncreiff, Robertson and Burns had all attended the Edinburgh Academy and, in fact, had all been classmates during the 1860’s

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Raeburn Place was the venue of the first ever international on March 27th 1871. Scotland beat England by a goal and a try to a try (in those days a goal was a converted try). Moncreiff, Robertson and Burns (who played for England on the day) along with six other Accies played in this match.

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The Club was instrumental in the forming of the Scottish Football Union in 1873 (renamed Scottish Rugby Union in 1924) and is acknowledged the most senior club by the SRU. EAFC members J Chiene and J Wallace were the first President and Secretary respectively.

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JHA Macdonald (Lord Kingsburgh), one of the founding members of the Club and the gate man at the first international, was the arbiter appointed by the Celtic nations to resolve the rule dispute with England that had prevented these nations playing internationals for several years during the 1880’s. The successful arbitration led to the International Rugby Board (IRB) being acknowledged by all rugby playing nations as the final arbiter of the laws.

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JA Gardner, a former captain of EAFC and the then Secretary of the SFU, was one of the founding fathers and first Secretary of the IRB. A member of Glasgow Academicals became the first President.

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Bill Maclagan, a player and later President of EAFC, went on to captain both London Scottish and the first ever British (Lions) touring team in 1891. He had been given a cup by Sir Donald Currie, a Glasgow shipping magnate, which Maclagan presented to the team who played best against the British team. This cup is now the trophy played for by South African domestic teams.

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Two of the three Scottish Captains of Grand Slam teams were captains of EAFC at the time – GPS McPherson (1925) and David Sole (1990)

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Raeburn Place was again the venue for the first Calcutta Cup game (Scotland v England) in 1879. Significantly B Burns had moved to Calcutta in the interim and had played for the Calcutta Football Club. When that club folded in 1878 its club funds were used, in melted down rupees, to make the cup. This cup is still played for annually between Scotland and England.

There have been more than 100 members of the Club and School who have been capped for their country – more than any other club in Scotland and almost 1 in 10 of all Scottish Internationalists.

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Site Context PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT EDINBURGH ACADEMICAL CLUB, RAEBURN PLACE SPORTS GROUND, EDINBURGH We are holding this first Community event for the Edinburgh Academical Club sports ground at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh to advise you that the Edinburgh Academical Club, along with Raeburn Place Development Limited, have indicated to the City of Edinburgh Council their intention to submit a planning application for a new sports stadium, club house and associated facilities with supporting commercial, business and retail uses (Planning Use Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 and 11) at their Raeburn Place Sports Ground, Edinburgh. You will recall planning consent was granted last year (subject to conclusion of legal agreement) for a new clubhouse with associated facilities, hotel and commercial/restaurant use. Unfortunately due to the economic climate Festival Inns have ceased trading and the venture between Festival Inns and the Edinburgh Academical Club has been terminated. To ensure the long term viability and continued future of the club, and to wholly control matters the Edinburgh Academical Club along with Raeburn Place Development Limited have decided to prepare new proposals to ensure the delivery of a new clubhouse and sporting stadium befitting a rugby club of this stature. For such a planning application the Scottish Government now requires applicants to have dialogue with local residents / neighbours and to that end we have arranged two initial drop-in sessions in Edinburgh Accies Temporary Clubhouse at the Raeburn Place Sports Ground (access to the clubhouse is at the junction of Comely Bank Road and North Park Terrace) where we, along with other members of the design team and the club, will be available to discuss the proposals. The initial DROP IN CONSULTATION SESSIONS are to be held on: •

4.00pm – 8.00pm on Wednesday 9th May in the Edinburgh Accies Clubhouse at the Raeburn Place Sports Ground.

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2.00pm – 5.00pm on Thursday 10th May in the Edinburgh Accies Clubhouse at the Raeburn Place Sports Ground.

We will leave the drawings in the clubhouse until Monday 14th May to allow you a further opportunity to inspect our plans. Please note that there is not currently a planning application submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council and we plan to hold further consultation sessions in June after we have considered the various comments at the first sessions – we will advise you of the dates of the further consultation in due course. © Getmapping Plc

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Raeburn Place was built 1814-25 in the grounds of the estate owned by Henry Raeburn, the portrait painter. It was developed as a mixture of tenements and villas, one of which was Somerset Cottage, later to become the Raeburn House Hotel.

InverleithCounty: Park was laid out by the city council in 1890. It lies to the north of the site and to EDINBURGHSHIRE Published Date(s):Botanic 1877 the west of the Royal Gardens, which moved to their current location from Leith Originally plotted at: 1:10,560 Walk in 1822.

The map shows the existence of both the Edinburgh Academical ground and the Grange Cricket Club on the edge of the suburbs, bounded by fields. To the south lies a public park, highlighting the existence of leisure facilities in the area prior to the creation of Inverleith Park and the development of the city.

The map of 1896 shows the gradual development of Comely Bank which was developed from William Fettes estate can now clearly be seen.

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By 1944 the area surrounding the site is fully developed, and the two villas contemporary County: EDINBURGHSHIRE Published Date(s): 1896been lost to tenements. With such development the site clearly to Somerset Cottage have Originally plotted at: 1:2,500 becomes part of the boundary that separates the dense residential area of Stockbridge and Comely Bank with the open and greener areas to the north. Somerset Cottage has itself been through a few changes, with the first alterations occurring in 1925. Plans show vertical subdivision of the house in order to provide two houses for staff of Edinburgh Academy.

The largest addition to the area, shown by the map of 1973, is Broughton High School. The Landmark Historical Map Mapping: Epoch school was established in 51887 and moved to the current site in the 1980s. The building has Published Date(s): 1944-1948 since been replaced, reopening in 2009 but remaining in the same location. Originally plotted at: 1:2,500

It was during the 1970’s the Somerset Cottage became Raeburn House Hotel after Edinburgh Academy sold the building in the late 1960’s. It briefly functioned as a guesthouse before changing to a hotel in the 70’s. It was then that any traces of the house’s original parlour and kitchen were lost through alterations.

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SITE AREA 35,433 m2 (8.75Acres)

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TREE SURVEY A detailed visual assessment has been carried out from the ground level of 35 trees within and adjacent to the site by Alan Motion Tree Consulting Ltd. Overall tree condition is good, and the row of London planes along Comely Bank Road is a significant landscape feature within the street scene.

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Wall lean in towards Accies pitches by 100mm - 200mm (4” - 8”)

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The ground level on the Accies side of the wall is some 600mm – 700m lower than the street which adds to the stability problems. Steel posts and bracing from an old fence to the Accies ground are thought to help add some stability to the wall. The existing condition gives cause for concern and will be the subject of a Structural Engineers report. The amount of deflection and distortion along the length of the wall are such that piecemeal repairs would be impractical and only a complete rebuilding of the core wall would provide a satisfactory solution. However, there remains the problem of future long term damage from the tree roots.

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The existing boundary wall to Comely Bank Road is constructed in squared and coursed rubble masonry topped with a semi-circular stone cope. The wall is in poor condition and has a significant lean in towards the Accies sports ground - this varies between 100mm to 200mm over the height of the wall and this is causing joints in the stonework to open and crack at various places along its length. Mature trees grow close to wall at regular intervals and the roots of the trees have caused ground movement and significant distortion to the pavement and the stonework along the length of the wall.

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The Raeburn Place site is located immediately adjacent to Stockbridge retail centre, which is identified as a “town centre” in the Edinburgh City Local Plan. The proposals for development can accommodate up to 7 commercial units fronting onto Raeburn Place which would provide a modest, but effective, extension of the centre. In total these units would provide approximately 1885 sq m gross floorspace. Individual units could be limited so that no retail unit could be larger than about 970 sq m – which, by way of illustration, is less than one quarter the size of the nearby Waitrose. It is proposed that these units would be permitted for either Class 1 (shops), Class 2 (professional/financial services), Class 3 (café/restaurants and similar) or Class 4 (business) uses. These uses would be in addition to the proposals for improved pitches, stadium, club house, changing facilities and museum.

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Community Focussed Edinburgh Academical Football Club (Accies) Accies is at the forefront of involving youngsters in Stockbridge and north Edinburgh to become active in sport by providing a unique rugby programme. Accies turn out four regular senior teams (no other club in Scotland matches that), but to maintain the standards of the Club and to encourage wider participation in sport, we have committed to and invested in working with and involving the community of Stockbridge and north Edinburgh to provide the players, supporters and volunteers the Club needs to be successful going forward. This is unique in Edinburgh. Only Accies provide this community benefit. To deliver that we support three key programmes – Edinburgh Accies Minis (Minis), Edinburgh BATs Rugby (Broughton Accies Trinity) and Accies Centre of Excellence (ACE)

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ACE Mission Statement

BATs works with young people at school (in curriculum hours or at after school clubs), in the community (at youth clubs or Street Rugby), delivering festivals and rugby camps, or coaching the BATs Club players.

Accies recognise that to reach and maintain the playing levels that the Club aspires to, there is a need to produce a steady flow of players with the skills to progress to the highest level of club rugby and beyond.

They deliver and support rugby at four high schools - Broughton HS, Drummond CHS, Trinity Academy and Craigroyston CHS - and the 16 Primary Schools that make up their clusters.

It aims to deliver that through providing a pathway for players to achieve at Age Grade level (Edinburgh District and Scotland), at senior club 1XV level and then hopefully at Edinburgh Professional team level and beyond.

The Accies Centre of Excellance should be the cornerstone of our development program and lead to the future success of Edinburgh Accies and its partners by providing young players, coaches and referees with an environment in which they can grow, express themselves and realise their dream of becoming better at their chosen part of the rugby family.

After School Clubs are run in each of the clusters and specialist coaching provided to Trinity Academy school teams at S1, U15 and U18 squads throughout the season. BATs has five Club teams - P6, P7, U14, U16 and U18. BATs U14 and U16 play a number of competitive and friendly fixtures, with regular Sunday coaching when no games. The U18s take part in the Edinburgh and Lothian U18 leagues, the Borders Cup and a number of Border Sevens tournaments, which is an ideal way of developing our players overall skills. To compliment all that , they run a number of festivals for Primary Schools and High Schools, took a Primary Transition day and continued running our very successful Rugby Camps which as ever were well attended Last year BATs delivered 631 individual sessions attended by 14,617 young people – that equated to 750 hours of rugby sessions to 1560 individuals (926 male and 524 female), who did over 17,300 hours of activity between them. The work we do with the young people of north Edinburgh goes a long way towards helping meet the Scottish Executive targets for physical activity for young people.

Edinburgh Academical Football Club Minis (Minis) Accies Minis have been a thriving section of the Club for over 30 years and produced many players who have gone on to play at high levels. They work very closely with BATs and between them they run teams for P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 and P7 who receive weekly coaching, training or games throughout the rugby season.

Over the last year BATs began a new ‘relationship’ with Broughton HS (BHS) with longer term objectives of •

Delivering curriculum and out of school Rugby Union sessions to the boys and girls of (BHS)

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For BHS boys to play for BATs when not playing for BHS in the Bell Lawrie Cup

It is also recognised that there is a reduction in the numbers of volunteers in the two key areas necessary for ensuring that our game develops and takes place to the standards required - coaching and refereeing.

At Accies, we value attitude, commitment, integrity, and honesty as highly as we do rugby ability.

The Accies Centre of Excellence (ACE) is being started with the aim of improving the skills, standards and knowledge of young players, coaches and referees for the future benefit of rugby in north Edinburgh and Scotland The ACE will take place twice a month, initially at Raeburn Place and will provide a support structure for each individual away from their team environment Initially the ACE will be for•

Selected players from Edinburgh Accies U20s, BATs U16s/18s, schools in north Edinburgh with existing links through BATs youth work (such as Trinity, Broughton, Drummond, Fettes and The Edinburgh Academy) and students at Telford College.

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Coaches looking to start or develop their skills from the group of clubs or schools in our north Edinburgh community.

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Referees looking to start or develop their skills who are unattached or looking into starting refereeing

The overall programme will add another dimension to all the current work that is delivered by BATs and Accies to young players in the north Edinburgh Clubs, schools and colleges, ensuring the next generation of players, referees and coaches entering senior rugby have the skills, knowledge and fitness to take our game forward.

FACTS In 2011 BATs alone provided:• 631 rugby sessions • 750 hours of rugby coaching/playing • 1560 young people attended these sessions • 14,617 attendances recorded over the session This investment in the community is provided by BATs, NOT the City of Edinburgh Council.

It is an exciting new venture that will strengthen the local community and relationships through the north Edinburgh area, especially in Stockbridge. Andrew Cramond – Scotland U18, Royal High School and BATs

Dave Denton (Scotland and former Edinburgh Accie) presenting Ed Saunders Cup to Zander Muir (the Edinburgh Academy)

Callum Reid – Scotland U20 and Edinburgh Accies (formerly Trinity Academy and BATs)

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Jamie Farndale – Scotland U20 and Edinburgh Accies (formerly the Edinburgh Academy)

Sam Pecqueur – Scotland U18, Trinity Academy and BATS with Alex Glashan – Scotland U18 and the Edinburgh Academy

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SUBJECT TO CONCLUSION OF A LEGAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE CONSENT (A ‘MINDED TO GRANT CONSENT’) FOR A HOTEL AND SPORTS CLUB SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DETAILS; The area of hotel public bar does not exceed 214m2. The operating capacity of the entire hotel shall be a maximum of 323 people and the clubhouse a maximum of 250 people. - Hotel Accommodation: 50 bedrooms - Car Parking: 35 spaces

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PAN SUBMITTED 30th April 2012 PUBLIC CONSULTATION PART 1 9-10 May 2012 PUBLIC CONSULTATION PART 2 27-28 June 2012 SUBMIT PLANNING APPLICATION 30th July 2012 PLANNING CONSENT DEVELOP DESIGN & PREPARE TENDER INFORMATION TENDER PROJECT START ON SITE

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