The DJ and programming director from WBLS, Frankie Crocker often mentioned the club on air and based his playlists around Levan's sets.

And all of this without mentioning the club vs club fights that break out every weekend.

Mentions the private club Circolo della Caccia.

Ian Fleming mentions the club in his James Bond short story Quantum of Solace, describing the course as a "fine links where all the quality play and get together at the club afterwards for gossip and drinks".

The only other known person to have mentioned the club was Henry James, the great novelist and brother of William James.

Wright (2000) mentions "Eckford" clubs in Albany 1864-1867, Syracuse 1870, and Newark 1870, as well as the distinctly named "Henry Eckford" club in New York 1860-1864.

"It was the predecessor of the lounges of later years," said Jay McInerney, a Nell's regular who mentioned the club in his novel "Story of My Life."

One source mentions the club playing a match on Gotland in 1878, but that seems unlikely as most sources gives 1879 as the year of foundation.

It seems the clubs prominence may have faded quickly during the 1870s with the 1892 publication "Football; the Rugby union game" not even mentioning the club in its section devoted to the history of clubs in the London and metropolitan region.