Stockport RFC, the Glossary
Stockport RFC was a Rugby League club in Stockport, Cheshire, England.[1]
Table of Contents
44 relations: British rugby league system, Central Park (Wigan), Challenge Cup, Cheshire, Edgeley Park, George Hotel, Huddersfield, Halton Stadium, Hull F.C., Ireland national rugby union team, Knowsley Road, List of defunct rugby league clubs, Morecambe RFC, Rugby Football League, Rugby Football Union, Rugby league, Rugby league county leagues, Rugby union, Runcorn RFC, Salford Red Devils, South Shields (rugby league), Springfield Park (Wigan), St Helens R.F.C., Stockport, Stockport County F.C., Stockport Cricket Club, Stockport Sunday School, Swansea RFC, Sykes Bleaching Company, The Boulevard (stadium), Warrington Wolves, Widnes Vikings, Wigan Warriors, Wilderspool Stadium, 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team, 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1896–97 Challenge Cup, 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1898–99 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1899–1900 Challenge Cup, 1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
- Defunct rugby league teams in England
- Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union
- Rugby clubs established in 1895
- Rugby league teams in Cheshire
- Rugby league teams in Greater Manchester
- Sport in Stockport
British rugby league system
The British rugby league system is based on a five-tier structure administered by the Rugby Football League.
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Central Park (Wigan)
Central Park was a rugby league stadium in Wigan, England, which was the home of Wigan RLFC before the club moved to the JJB Stadium in 1999.
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Challenge Cup
The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's oldest cup competition in either code of rugby.
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Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.
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Edgeley Park
Edgeley Park is a football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England. Stockport RFC and Edgeley Park are sport in Stockport.
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George Hotel, Huddersfield
The George Hotel in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, is a Grade II* listed building, designed by William Wallen, with an Italianate façade.
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Halton Stadium
The Halton Stadium (currently known as the DCBL Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a multi-purpose rugby league, football and American football stadium in Widnes, Cheshire, England.
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Hull F.C.
Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Stockport RFC and Hull F.C. are Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union.
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Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team (Foireann rugbaí náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the men's representative national team for the island of Ireland in rugby union.
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Knowsley Road
Knowsley Road in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 until its closure in 2010.
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List of defunct rugby league clubs
This is a list of defunct professional rugby league clubs.
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Morecambe RFC
Morecambe Rugby Football Club was a semi-professional rugby league club. Stockport RFC and Morecambe RFC are defunct rugby league teams in England.
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The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England.
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby union in England.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Rugby league county leagues
The Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League formed two sections of the Rugby Football League Championship for much of its history.
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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Runcorn RFC
Runcorn FC was a rugby league club. Stockport RFC and Runcorn RFC are defunct rugby league teams in England, Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union and rugby league teams in Cheshire.
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Salford Red Devils
The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester, England. Stockport RFC and Salford Red Devils are rugby league teams in Greater Manchester.
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South Shields (rugby league)
South Shields was a semi-professional rugby league club. Stockport RFC and South Shields (rugby league) are defunct rugby league teams in England.
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Springfield Park (Wigan)
Springfield Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
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St Helens R.F.C.
St Helens R.F.C., commonly known as Saints, is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside, England. Stockport RFC and St Helens R.F.C. are Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union.
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Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield.
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Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Stockport RFC and Stockport County F.C. are sport in Stockport.
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Stockport Cricket Club
Stockport Cricket Club is a cricket club in Stockport, England, whose first and second teams play in the Cheshire Cricket League. Stockport RFC and Stockport Cricket Club are sport in Stockport.
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Stockport Sunday School
The Stockport Sunday School is a Sunday school in Stockport, Cheshire, England.
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Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premiership.
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Sykes Bleaching Company
The Sykes Bleaching Company was a cotton bleaching business established in Edgeley, near Stockport in 1792 which grew to become one of the largest bleaching enterprises in the United Kingdom.
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The Boulevard (stadium)
The Boulevard was a multi-purpose stadium in Hull, England, from 1895 to 2010.
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Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England. Stockport RFC and Warrington Wolves are Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union and rugby league teams in Cheshire.
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Widnes Vikings
The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. Stockport RFC and Widnes Vikings are Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union and rugby league teams in Cheshire.
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Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors are an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Stockport RFC and Wigan Warriors are Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union and rugby league teams in Greater Manchester.
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Wilderspool Stadium
Wilderspool Stadium was a rugby league stadium in Warrington, England.
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The 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team was a New Zealand rugby union team that toured Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 1888 and 1889.
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The 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the first ever season of semi-professional rugby football, which formed the foundation of the modern-day sport of rugby league.
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1896–97 Challenge Cup
The 1897 Challenge Cup was the inaugural staging of the Northern Rugby Football Union's Challenge Cup and involved 52 clubs from across England from the 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
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The 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second ever season of rugby league football.
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The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the third season of rugby league football.
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The 1897–98 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fourth season of rugby league football.
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1899–1900 Challenge Cup
The 1900 Challenge Cup was the 4th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
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The 1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the fifth season of rugby league football.
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The 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the sixth season of rugby league football.
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The 1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the seventh season of rugby league football run by England's Northern Rugby Football Union.
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The 1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the eighth season of rugby league football.
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See also
Defunct rugby league teams in England
- Acton and Willesden R.L.F.C.
- Altrincham (rugby league)
- Birkenhead Wanderers FC (rugby league)
- Blackpool Borough
- Blackpool Panthers
- Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.
- Bramley R.L.F.C.
- Brighouse Rangers (1915)
- Brighouse Rangers RFC
- Broughton Rangers
- Cambridge Eagles
- Carlisle RLFC
- Castleford RFC (1896)
- Chorley Lynx
- Coventry RLFC
- Gateshead Thunder
- Gateshead Thunder (1999)
- Goole (rugby league)
- Heckmondwike (rugby league)
- Hemel Stags
- Holbeck Rugby Club
- Hunslet Club Parkside
- Hunslet F.C. (1883)
- Kent Invicta
- Kent Ravens
- Lancaster RFC
- Leeds Parish Church RFC
- Liverpool City (1906)
- Liverpool Stanley
- Liversedge RFC
- Manningham F.C.
- Mansfield Marksman
- Morecambe RFC
- Newcastle RLFC
- Oxford Rugby League
- Pontefract (rugby league)
- Radcliffe RFC
- Runcorn RFC
- Scarborough Pirates
- South Shields (rugby league)
- Sowerby Bridge (rugby league)
- St Helens Recreation RLFC
- Stockport RFC
- Streatham and Mitcham R.L.F.C.
- Tyldesley FC
- West London Sharks
- York Wasps
Founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union
- Batley Bulldogs
- Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.
- Brighouse Rangers RFC
- Broughton Rangers
- Halifax Panthers
- Huddersfield Giants
- Hull F.C.
- Hunslet F.C. (1883)
- Leeds Rhinos
- Leigh Leopards
- Liversedge RFC
- Manningham F.C.
- Oldham R.L.F.C.
- Rochdale Hornets
- Runcorn RFC
- St Helens R.F.C.
- Stockport RFC
- Tyldesley FC
- Wakefield Trinity
- Warrington Wolves
- Widnes Vikings
- Wigan Warriors
Rugby clubs established in 1895
- Abercarn RFC
- Club de Regatas Bella Vista
- Free State Cheetahs
- Huddersfield Giants
- Leeds Parish Church RFC
- New South Wales Country Cockatoos
- Sociedad Italiana de Tiro al Segno
- Stockport RFC
- Young Munster
Rugby league teams in Cheshire
- Chester Gladiators
- Crewe & Nantwich Steamers
- Liverpool Stanley
- Lymm RL
- Runcorn RFC
- Runcorn RLC
- Stockport RFC
- Tyldesley FC
- Warrington Wolves
- Widnes Saints
- Widnes Vikings
- Winnington Park
- Woolston Rovers
Rugby league teams in Greater Manchester
- Altrincham (rugby league)
- Broughton Rangers
- Great Britain Police Rugby League
- Ince Rose Bridge
- Leigh East A.R.L.F.C.
- Leigh Leopards
- Leigh Miners Rangers
- Liverpool Stanley
- Mancunians RL
- New Broughton Rangers
- Oldham R.L.F.C.
- Radcliffe RFC
- Rochdale Hornets
- Rochdale Mayfield
- Saddleworth Rangers
- Salford City Roosters
- Salford Red Devils
- Salford Red Devils Women
- Stockport RFC
- Swinton Lions
- Tyldesley FC
- Wigan Riversiders
- Wigan St Judes
- Wigan St Patricks
- Wigan Warriors
- Wigan Warriors Women
Sport in Stockport
- 1978 World Lacrosse Championship
- Burnage Rugby
- Cheadle Heath Nomads F.C.
- Edgeley Park
- Grand Central Stockport
- Heaton Moor RUFC
- Manchester Eagles
- Sale Sharks
- Stockport County F.C.
- Stockport Cricket Club
- Stockport Lacrosse Club
- Stockport RFC
- Stockport RUFC
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockport_RFC
Also known as Stockport (Rugby League).