Edinburgh West AFC

We are so back!

Despite the weather, we got our first session in with our founding players, and it was brilliant to finally get everyone together.

A huge thank you to our Principal Partner, Thai Restaurant for their incredible support. Their sponsorship meant we had top-quality training equipment from day one… no Sondicos for us! 😅

This is just the beginning, and we can’t wait to build something special together.

If you want to be a part of this get in touch with our page.

More footage to come!

Thanks as always to Dusit Thai Restaurant - Thistle Street Edinburgh.

Edinburgh West AFC's community partners. 🦌

Alongside our Principal Partners Dusit Thai Restaurant and Voxblock. We're delighted to introduce the first businesses joining Edinburgh West AFC as Community Partners for the founding season.

Small businesses, independent operators, people who chose to back a new club because they believe in what it's building.

Community Partners get more than a logo placement. Every partner gets a business growth guide and a free SEO consultation on top, because we believe partnership should work both ways.

Two Community Partner slots still open. If you're a business who'd like to be part of this and get some genuine value in return, get in touch.

Our principal partner 🤝

HOME | New Dusit Dusit was opened in 2002 by Pom and his team, to great accolades in the local and national press.The Dusit team has built an enviable reputation based on fantastic food, attentive service and relaxed ambience.​ The cuisine is contemporary Thai, using the best fresh local produce, combined with he...

Edinburgh West AFC × Voxblock. 🦌

We're pleased to announce Voxblock as our second founding Principal Partner for the 2026/27 season.

Voxblock is an Edinburgh-based screen-free audiobook company, best known for its physical audiobook player and physical audiobooks designed to give kids a break from screens.

Their support has given us the foundations to do this properly: kit, training equipment, insurance, league fees, all the unglamorous stuff a new amateur club needs to stand up.
Conversations with community partners across west Edinburgh are underway. Businesses that want to be part of this - big or small - get in touch.

[email protected]

Edinburgh West AFC ×

A proper moment for the club today. Dusit Thai Restaurant has signed on as a founding Principal Partner.

They've been cooking proper Thai food in Edinburgh for years - independent, family-run, the kind of place that becomes a fixture. It felt right that the first business to back this club would be theirs.

Pink and black. Stag and lotus. A founding-season home shirt by Unite Teamwear that we're properly proud of.

If you've never been to Dusit, fix that.

Genuine Thai cooking from people who've been doing it brilliantly for a long time.

A second founding Principal Partner announcement is coming. More on that soon.📧

[email protected]

🦌 NOW RECRUITING — FOUNDING SQUAD

Edinburgh West AFC. New amateur club. West Edinburgh. Over-35s.

We're building our founding squad now, and our first game's already booked in.

📅 Sunday 16 August
🏟️ Starks Park, Kirkcaldy
⚽ Edinburgh West AFC vs Raith Rovers

A proper Scottish League ground. A proper opponent. A hell of a place to start.

If this sounds like you:
✅ 35+ (or 40+ depending on background)
✅ Based in or near west Edinburgh
✅ Coming back to football after a long break — or never had the chance to play for a proper club
✅ More about community and camaraderie than chasing peak fitness

…then get in touch.

📧 [email protected]

All positions open. Founding squad places open now.

Happy Father’s Day to every dad in Edinburgh. 🦌

The dads who taught us the game. The dads who drove us to training in the rain. The dads who stood on freezing touchlines for ninety minutes pretending they were warm.

And to the dads with boots in the cupboard, wondering if they could still get round a pitch - we see you.

Maybe it’s time.

📧 [email protected]

Edinburgh, meet Edinburgh West AFC.

A new amateur football club for grown men in west Edinburgh.

We've got our first vetting game pencilled in for August - a chance to see the founding squad in action - and we're targeting league entry for the 2026/27 season with the CSS SOFFA League.

A friendly Sunday league for the lads who love the game but don't take themselves too seriously.

Who this is for:
✅ Over 35 (or 40, depending on background)
✅ Based in or near west Edinburgh
✅ Coming back to football after a long break, or never had the chance to play in a proper club
✅ More about community and camaraderie than chasing peak fitness

Community first. Football second.

If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you.
📧 [email protected]

Founding squad places open now. Let's build this together.