Birkenhead Park FC
Birkenhead Park Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The team was founded in 1871, the same year as the Rugby Football Union.
Club history
Birkenhead Park was formed from the emalgamation of two smaller clubs, Claughton and Birkenhead Wanderers during the 1871/72 season.[1] After an initial period where the club failed to find any form, the season of 1877/78 saw the team losing only two matches from 19. The club was central to the formation of the Cheshire County Union, and in 1887 Birkenhead Park was chosen as the venue for the Home Nations clash between Wales and Ireland; the first time a Home Nations Championship game had ever been played on neutral soil.
Despite their current position in the Rugby Union Pyramid, the club have a rich history and have hosted the New Zealand All Blacks team on four occasions most recently in 1978.
Notable former players
British Lions
International players while at Birkenhead Park
Other notable players
External links
References
- ^ W. W. Wakefield, Rugger - The History, Theory and Practice of Rugby Football pp322
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