Sale FC Rugby Club
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| Full name | Sale FC Rugby Club |
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| Union | Rugby Football Union |
| Founded | 1861 |
| Ground(s) | Heywood Road (Capacity: 5,400) |
| Chairman | Steve Smith |
| CEO | Mike Jefferson |
| President | Richard Trickey |
| Coach(es) | Jonathan Keep |
| League(s) | National League 2 North |
| Official website | |
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Sale FC Rugby Club is an English rugby union club based at Heywood Road in Sale. As well as its first team, which plays in National League 2 North, the club runs minis junior teams from Under 6s to Under 14s. There is also a new Girls' section developing. Aviva Premiership club Sale Sharks is the professional offshoot of the original Sale FC.
Founded by a team of enthusiastic sportsmen drawn mainly from Sale Cricket Club, Sale Football Club was founded in 1861 and is the fifth oldest surviving rugby club and the most prominent in the history of the North West. Over the years, our players have become renowned for their mobility and powers of endurance, which when allied with their bountiful enthusiasm render Sale FC invincible. In the very early days of the Club, rules were usually deemed unnecessary and those that were enforced were often made up on the spot. As the game began to evolve however, the need for specified regulations became apparent and in 1865 the Minute Book was created stipulating the ten rules to be followed by all players. In fact, this is now the world’s oldest existing rugby rule book and a much treasured possession here at the Clubhouse.
Mention Sale FC to anyone and the first words that usually spring to their mind are ‘Heywood Road’ but this has not always been our home. Back in the day, games were played on either a rented portion of Sale Cricket Club or on fields owned by local farmers. Although we didn’t have a home to call our own, this setup did mean that we became a very real part of the community and a strong bond was formed with local people, something we have continued to build upon over the years. At Sale FC there’s nothing we enjoy more (no, not even scoring that winning try in a cup match) than seeing young, local talent blossom in front of our very eyes.
Success on the pitch meant that better facilities were demanded and in 1905 we bought a field at the end of Heywood Road. Better training grounds and social facilities, coupled with the formidable force of the 1910/11 squad took us to an unprecedented P26, W24, D2, not bad for our 50th year even if we do say so ourselves!
Over the years, Sale FC have featured many prominent international and County players. Pat Davies became our first England international in 1927 and the ‘Roaring Thirties’ brought about an international backline; Hal Sever (England wing), Claude Davey and Wilf Wooller (Wales centres) and Ken Fyfe (Scotland wing). Fran Cotton, Steve Smith, Dewi Morris, Richard Trickey and Jason Robinson are just some of the more recent players to have played at Sale, check them out in our hall of fame
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