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Nonetheless the Caledonians did retake their territory and pushed the Romans back to Hadrian's Wall. In any event, there is no further historical mention of the Caledonians for a century save for a c. AD 230 inscription from Colchester which records a dedication by a man calling himself the nephew (or grandson) of "Uepogenus, [a] Caledonian". [18]
London Caledonians F.C. was an amateur football club based in London, primarily for Scottish players. They were founder members of the Isthmian League , which they won in its inaugural season. They remained in the league until 1939 when the club folded.
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Andrew Thomson Ralston (26 March 1880 - 31 January 1950) was a Scottish amateur footballer and football administrator in England. [1] [2] In a history of London Caledonians FC, Ralston was described as 'a tall, square, big boned youth with a power of kick quite equal to that of the renowned Bill Hay'.
In the 1886-87 London Senior Cup, U.L.S. went down 7-1 at St Martin's Athletic of Priory Farm in the first round, whereas London Caledonians reached the quarter-finals. [12] The club also entered the London Junior Cup that season for clubs not at a senior level, playing a first round tie one week later, but fared just as badly, losing 5-0 at ...
From Edward Bunbury's A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans (1879) Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə /; Latin: Calēdonia [kaleːˈdonia]) was the Latin name used by the Roman Empire to refer to the part of Scotland that lies north of the River Forth, which includes most of the land area of Scotland. [1]
19th-century print depicting Calgacus delivering his speech to the Caledonians. According to Tacitus, Calgacus (sometimes Calgacos or Galgacus) was a chieftain of the Caledonian Confederacy who fought the Roman army of Gnaeus Julius Agricola at the Battle of Mons Graupius in northern Scotland in AD 83 or 84.