Plymouth Albion R.F.C.
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| Full name | Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club |
| Emblem | Club crest |
| Colours | White, cherry and green |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Sport | Rugby union |
| League | National Division One |
| Ground | Brickfields |
| Official website | www.plymouthalbion.com |
Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club are a Rugby Union club who play in Plymouth, England. The club was founded around 1915 from Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC.
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[edit] Plymouth RFC
Formed 1875, during its existence it played at Home Park (the current home of Plymouth Argyle).
[edit] Devonport Albion RFC
Albion was formed in 1876 from apprentices at Devonport Dockyard and originally played at Devonport Park. After moving to Bladderly in 1887 they then moved to Home Park in 1893. In 1895 Albion moved to the Rectory (the current home of Devonport Services R.F.C.).
[edit] Current club
The current club continued at the Rectory until an enforced move in 1957 to Beacon Park. In 2003, they moved from the run-down Beacon Park ground to the considerably more modern Brickfields ground in Devonport. Brickfields also serves as an athletics stadium.
Albion were a major force in English Rugby in the 1920s having five internationals on their books at one time. Around this time they attracted a crowd of 18,000 to a midweek game against Oxford University which established a record crowd for a club match in England which was not exceeded until the 1980s.
Albion's traditional strip and club colours are white, cherry and green.
They were promoted to National Division One in 2002, and finished third in the 2003/04 season. Observers say it was Plymouth's best position nationally since the 1920s. On their way to promotion, the team went on a two season unbeaten streak of over 50 games, starting when the club was in Division Three South and ending after their promotion to National Division One.
[edit] External links
| Federation: | Rugby Football Union |
| National teams: | England • England Saxons • England Sevens • British and Irish Lions |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Churchill Cup • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series • London Sevens |
| Domestic Competitions: | Guinness Premiership • EDF Energy Cup |
| Guinness Premiership teams: | Bath • Bristol • Gloucester • Harlequins • Leicester Tigers • London Irish • Newcastle Falcons • Northampton Saints • Sale Sharks • Saracens • London Wasps • Worcester Warriors |
| National Division One teams: | Bedford • Cornish Pirates • Coventry • Doncaster • Exeter Chiefs • Leeds Tykes • London Welsh • Moseley • Newbury • Nottingham • Otley • Pertemps Bees • Plymouth Albion • Rotherham • Sedgley Park • Waterloo |
