Longton Rugby Club

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Longton
Full nameLongton Rugby Club
UnionStaffordshire RU
Founded1935; 87 years ago (1935) (as Old Longtonians)
LocationLongton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Ground(s)Trentham Fields
ChairmanTBA
PresidentSteve Tams
Coach(es)George Glenn
Captain(s)Pete Wilshaw and Richard Thompson
League(s)Midlands 2 West (North)
2019–206th
Official website
www.longtonrugby.co.uk

Longton Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Longton, Staffordshire. The club runs two (sometimes 3) senior sides, a social side, and a full set of junior teams.[1] The first XV currently plays in Midlands 2 West (North), a seventh tier league in the English rugby union system.

History[]

Formed as Old Longtonians by members of Longton High School in 1935, the club played its first games at Cocknage Road in Dresden just outside of Longton. The club revived after World War II with games first taking place at Longton High School and Meir Aerodrome, before finding a more permanent home at Roughcote Lane by 1975.[2]

By 1994 the club had changed its name to Longton Rugby Club and moved to larger facilities at Trentham Fields in Trentham Lakes, Stoke-on-Trent.[3][4] The 1990s and early 2000s were a period of remarkable success for Longton as it became the top club side in Staffordshire, winning four league titles and seven county cups between 1992 and 2010.

Honours[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Not to be confused with Midlands West 1.

References[]

  1. ^ "Longton Rugby:Our teams". Longton Rugby. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ Bourne, David. "Longton Rugby: A Potted History". Longton Rugby. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
  4. ^ "MICK WHEAT". Longton Rugby Club. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

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