A 15-year-old Hull City fan has launched a social media campaign to put up a statue of Football Association founder Ebenezer Cobb Morley in Hull.
Cottingham High school pupil Oliver Harsley created a Twitter account @ForStatue over the weekend and, using the hashtag #StatueForEbenezer has already gathered 320 followers, including Hull City legend Dean Windass.
He wants a life-size bronze statue placed either at the KC Stadium or in Freetown Way, close to where Morley is thought to have lived.
Oliver, an avid Tigers fan, said: "I have known about Morley for some time as my dad used to talk about him.
"He created the rules and made the game what it is today.
"It makes me proud to be from the same place as him but hardly anyone knows about him, even here in the city.
"I want Hull to be recognised as the home of football."
Ebenezer Cobb Morley was born in Hull on August 16, 1831, to Ebenezer Morley and Hannah Cobb.
In 1841, the family moved to Pemberton Street and then to Holborn Place, which no longer exists.
He moved to London in 1852, where he became a solicitor.
The Football Association was formed after a group of gentleman answered an advert placed by Morley in 1863.
He was The FA' first secretary (1863-66) and he drafted the first set of playing rules at his home in Barnes, Surrey.
He scored the first ever goal in an FA representative match.
He died aged 93 in 1924 – the year after Wembley was built.
