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Eccles RFC
Eccles Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Established in 1878 and re-founded in 1897, the club’s home ground has been located at Gorton Street, Eccles since 1948. The club operates four Senior Men’s teams, two Senior Women’s teams, and 16 age-grade teams (Minis, Juniors, Girls and Colts, U6s to U18s). The Men’s first XV team currently plays in Regional 2 North West, the sixth tier of the English rugby union system, following the club's promotion from Lancashire & Cheshire Counties 1 at the end of 2023-24 season. The Women’s first XV team currently compete in the Women’s NC 2 North (South) Division, the fifth tier of the Rugby Football Union for Women. The club's playing colours are navy and white hooped shirts, navy shorts and navy and white hooped socks. The club badge features a Lancastrian red rose and a gold cross on a navy blue shield divided by white diagonal stripes.
History
Eccles Rugby Football Club played its first game on Saturday 19th October 1878 versus Leigh, followed by a game against Rossendale on Saturday 16th October 1878 and continued to play its home fixtures at Higher Bentcliffe Park, Eccles for several seasons. In January 1881 Eccles won the Swinton Lions cup competition beating Clifton in the Final, in front of 1,300 spectators at Swinton’s Stoneacre ground.
Eccles became a member of the Lancashire County Union in 1886 and joined the RFU in 1887 with membership lapsing in 1891. Following the upheaval of rugby by the Northern Union schism in 1895, Eccles RFC was re-established in 1897 playing at a ground in Monton. In 1899 Eccles moved to take over the former ground of Barton NUFC, a Northern Union club who had folded in 1898 due to financial problems.
In 1901, Eccles moved a short distance to a larger enclosure on Edison Road, near the Barton Swing Bridge on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal and were to remain here until the commencement of War in August 1914, playing the principle clubs of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire, with several players selected for the County and enjoying good local support.
In early days Eccles played their rugby wearing a green jersey, changing to a navy and white hooped jersey when fixtures recommenced after World War I. Eccles RFC lead a nomadic existence between the wars, resuming its rugby activities in October 1919 with a game against Fylde at Stott Lane. In 1921 the club moved to Alder Forest, Worsley and in 1925 moved again to a ground on Redclyffe Road, facing Barton Power Station and played here until the outbreak of World War II, when the ground and clubhouse were taken over by an Anti-Aircraft Royal Artillery Search Light Battery.
After the war, the club was revived once again and on the 2nd of October 1948, Eccles RFC played its first home game at their new ground on Gorton Street, where they have remained since.
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