Longton

Full name	Longton Rugby Club
Union	Staffordshire RU
Founded	1935 ; 89 years ago  ( 1935 ) (as Old Longtonians)
Location	Longton, Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire , England
Ground(s)	Trentham Fields
Chairman	TBA
President	Steve Tams
Coach(es)	George Glenn
Captain(s)	Pete Wilshaw and Richard Thompson
League(s)	Counties 1 Midlands West North
2021?22	5th
Team kit
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 Counties 1 Midlands West (North), a seventh tier league in the English rugby union system .

History [ edit ]

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 in 2008 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 [ edit ]

• Staffordshire/Warwickshire champions: 1991?92
• Midlands West 1 ^[a] champions: 1996?97
• Staffordshire Senior Cup winners (7): 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Midlands 2 champions: 1998?99
• Midlands 1 champions: 2002?03

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official website

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