Gosforth RFC

Gosforth Rugby Football Club is a

Their local rivals are Northern Football Club.

History

The original Gosforth Football Club was founded in 1877 by a group of Old Boys of

In 1990 the club name was changed to

As the new amateur club they played at Bullocksteads Sports Ground from 1996–2007 and played at Druid Park until 2014. Gosforth returned to Bullocksteads Sports Ground for one season, while plans were put in place to move back to Gosforth, for the first time since the sale of the North Road Ground in 1990. The BiG (Back in Gosforth) campaign was finally achieved in July 2015, when the flag was raised at the new clubhouse on Broadway West.

Notable players

Gosforth supplied innumerable players to all counties over the years, to the North of England sides and to the full international and British Lions teams.

• Arthur Smith, 33 caps for Scotland and never dropped.^[1]
• Ray McLoughlin
• Malcolm Young
• Roger Uttley
• Peter Dixon
• Jim Pollock
  (born 1958) Scottish International, Barbarian FC and Novocastrians Captain
• Neil McDowell (England rugby)
• Colin White
• Steve Bainbridge
• Duncan Madsen (14 caps for Scotland and Barbarians)

Club Honours

• Durham/Northumberland 4 Champions 1996–97
• Durham/Northumberland 3
  Champions 1997–98
• Durham/Northumberland 2
  champions (2): 1999–00, 2000–01
• Northumberland Senior Plate: 2005

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