Rosslyn Park F.C.

Rosslyn Park
Full name Rosslyn Park Football Club
Founded 1879
Location Roehampton, London, England [1]
Ground(s) The Rock, Priory Lane (Capacity: 2,000. Additional games at Richmond Park)
Chairman England Adam Tyrer
President England Geoffrey Bayles
League(s) National League 1
2014–15 2nd
Team kit
Official website
www.rosslynpark.co.uk
The Rosslyn Park squad in 1892.

Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union club based in London. Founded in 1879 by departees of Belsize Park RFC and named after Rosslyn Hill in NW3, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Français in Paris on 18 April 1892.[2] In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in those locations.[2] In 1939, Rosslyn Park inaugurated the annual Rosslyn Park Schools Seven Tournament, which expanded from sixteen schools to 350 in 1996.[2] In 1975 and 1976, the club played in the final of the John Player Cup.

The club runs eight Senior men's sides and a ladies side (the "Slingbacks") who play on Sundays. Rosslyn Park also have one of the country's largest mini- and youth- rugby set-ups with sides at all age groups from under-6s up. The first team currently play in the third division of the English league system, National League One.

The club plays at Priory Lane, Barnes/Roehampton in South-West London on a ground leased from the next-door Roehampton Club. There is only one pitch on at the main site so additional games are played on pitches in the nearby Richmond Park. Changing facilities for both sets of pitches are at the main site in Priory Lane. The clubhouse has two bars, which are named after two of the club's famous players – Andy Ripley and Alexander Obolensky. The floodlights for the main pitch were famously provided by the hell-raising actor Oliver Reed who was also a member of the club and occasional player.

Club honours

Current standings

2014–15 National League 1 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Ealing Trailfinders (P) 30 27 0 3 1099 518 581 25 3 136
2 Rosslyn Park 30 26 0 4 909 508 401 20 3 127
3 Coventry 30 22 1 7 1011 694 317 16 6 112
4 Fylde 30 16 2 12 844 738 106 18 4 90
5 Hartpury College 30 19 0 11 784 685 99 10 3 89
6 Blackheath 30 16 1 13 758 731 27 16 4 86
7 Richmond 30 14 2 14 837 866 –29 15 5 80
8 Blaydon 30 13 0 17 666 693 –27 13 8 73
9 Darlington Mowden Park 30 13 1 16 782 732 50 14 6 69[n 1]
10 Esher 30 12 1 17 720 738 –18 11 7 68
11 Wharfedale 30 12 1 17 595 801 –206 11 4 65
12 Loughborough Students 30 11 0 19 681 709 –28 12 7 63
13 Cinderford 30 11 0 19 606 686 –80 10 5 59
14 Old Albanian (R) 30 12 1 17 688 771 –83 9 4 58[n 2]
15 Tynedale (R) 30 8 0 22 593 999 –406 6 5 43
16 Macclesfield (R) 30 3 0 27 481 1185 –704 6 3 21
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
  1. ↑ Darlington Mowden Park deducted 5 points after selecting an unregistered player on 13 September 2014 against Wharfedale.[3]
  2. ↑ Old Albanian deducted 5 points after selecting two unregistered players on 31 January 2015 against Fylde[4]

Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 25 April, 2015
Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby.

Notable former players

Note: Mark Odejobi, Adam Thompstone, Danny Cipriani and Rory Hamilton-Brown were all in the same mini Rosslyn Park team.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/rugbyengdiv3/rosslynpark.php
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "A brief history". Official site. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  3. ↑ "DMP drop five points". The RUGBYPaper (317). 12 October 2014. p. 43.
  4. ↑ Edwards, Michael (18 March 2015). "Five points deducted from Old Albanian". The Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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