History of Rossendale Rugby Union Football Club
Founded in 1969, Rossendale Rugby Union Football Club has gone from strength to strength. In its early days, games were played on farmland high above Rawtenstall where changing facilities were nonexistent and training venues impossible to find. Standards of rugby were difficult to improve as better and more well-established clubs were reluctant to travel to our unknown Rossendale club.
How times have changed. Rossendale are now a highly respected club renowned for the way in which we play the game. Affiliated to the Lancashire County and Rugby Football Unions, the club has progressed through the divisions of the North West leagues to reach the North Lancs and Cumbria division. We field three sides on a Saturday, each of which, playing in a league or association fixture.
| Club Officials - Past and Present |
| President |
| 1970 - 1979 |
L. Mortlock |
1983 - 1993 |
J. C. Howarth |
| 1979 - 1983 |
D. V. Garnett |
1993 - |
F. Jelley |
| Chairman |
| 1970 - 1973 |
D. V. Garnett |
1979 - 1987 |
W. Entwistle |
| 1973 - 1976 |
M. V. Fletcher |
1987 - 1995 |
T. Kelly |
| 1976 - 1979 |
J. C. Howarth |
1995 - |
N. Ingham |
| Secretary |
| 1970 - 1970 |
S. Hudson |
1974 - 1994 |
P. Brotherton |
| 1970 - 1973 |
J. W. Whittaker |
1994 - |
A. Graham |
| 1973 - 1974 |
N. R. Swain |
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| Club Captain |
| 1969 - 1970 |
M. O'Neill |
1989 - 1992 |
R. Holmes |
| 1970 - 1972 |
A. B. McIntyre |
1992 - 1994 |
A. Connolly |
| 1972 - 1973 |
H. Roberts |
1994 - 1996 |
M. Cornthwaite |
| 1973 - 1975 |
W. Entwistle |
1996 - 1998 |
I. Critchley |
| 1975 - 1976 |
R. Twiddy |
1998 - 1999 |
A. Birtwistle |
| 1976 - 1978 |
J. C. D Hinchsliff |
1999 - 2000 |
R. Bridge |
| 1978 - 1979 |
A. Graham |
2000 - 2002 |
S. Cunliffe |
| 1979 - 1981 |
A. Thompson |
2002 - 2004 |
A. John |
| 1981 - 1983 |
I. F. Cosens |
2004 - 2005 |
J. Spencer |
| 1983 - 1984 |
P. Greenwood |
2005 - 2006 |
S. O'Hare |
| 1984 - 1986 |
T. Moreau |
2006 - 2007 |
G. Allen |
| 1986 - 1987 |
I. F Cosens |
2007 - |
A. John |
| 1987 - 1989 |
P. Killilea |
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