Workington Town
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| Full name | Workington Town Rugby League Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Worky or Town | |
| Short name | Workington | |
| Website | townrlfc.com | |
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| Founded | 1945 | |
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| Coach | Dave Clarke | |
| Captain | Jason Mossop | |
| Competition | League 1 | |
| 2016 RFL Championship | 12th (Relegated) | |
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| Premierships | 1 (1950–51) | |
| Runners-up | 1 (1957/58) | |
| Challenge Cups | 1 (1951–52) | |
| Lancashire Cup | 1 (1977–78) | |
| Second Division | 1 (1992/93) | |
| Western Division Championship | 1 (1962/63) | |
Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. In the 2017 season they will play in League 1, having been relegated from the Kingstone Press Championship. Their stadium is called the Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team.
They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and also won the Challenge Cup a year later in 1952. Their nickname is simply 'Town', though they are sometimes referred to as 'Worky' by fans of other teams. Their local rivals are Whitehaven, who joined the league three years after Workington Town.
Workington Town RLFC was formed at a meeting held in the Royal Oak Hotel, Workington in December 1944. Many of Workington Town's board came from local soccer team Workington AFC's board and the team would ground share with "the Reds" at Borough Park. It was decided at the meeting that the club should be registered as a business and that an application for membership of the Rugby Football League should be submitted. From those in attendance at that meeting the first board of directors was formed and the application for membership was agreed at a meeting held on 23 January 1945 at the Grosvenor Hotel, Manchester. They were the first side from Cumberland to enter the professional rugby league.
They first played their home games, wearing green and red hoops, at Borough Park. The first match against Broughton Rangers on Saturday 25 August 1945 attracted a crowd of 4,100 to Borough Park. Workington went on to win 27–5.[1].
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