Defunct English professional rugby league club & Northern Union founder member
Stockport RFC
Club information
Full name
Stockport Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)
The Clarets
Colours
Claret Black
Founded
circa 1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Exited
circa 1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Former details
Ground(s)
(1884-1890) Plough Ground, Shaw Heath, Stockport
(1890-1891) Stockport Cricket Club
(1891-1903) Edgeley Park
Competition
Northern Rugby Football Union 1895/96-1902/03
Stockport RFC was a Rugby League club in Stockport, Cheshire, England.
The club became founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union (now Rugby Football League) after the English rugby schism, and resultant breakaway meeting at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in 1895.
They played for eight seasons from 1895–96 to 1902–03, when they finished bottom of the newly instituted Division Two.
Like several other Cheshire clubs, they participated in the Lancashire competitions.
They had a rivalry with fellow Cheshire side Runcorn RFC.
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