Post First World War Leith of 1919, had much social deprivation, unemployment was high, and the management of youth was of great concern. It was in this climate that a group of enthusiastic workers from the Victoria shipyard of Messer’s Ramage and Ferguson collectively established a sports club.
The British Champion Tancy Lee became Leith Victoria's coach and recruited such notable boxers as Curly Paterson, Jock Stevenson and ‘Nasher’ Ness. Tancy having won the British Flyweight Championship in 1915, stepping up two weight divisions and wining the British Featherweight Title in 1917.
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