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Old and New – a look at the changing nature of rugby committees, by Keith Gregson

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

Sunderland RFC’s historian Keith Gregson gives pause for thought about rugby club committees – past and present… Continue reading →

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How to research and write a club history by Keith Gregson

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

Writer and historian Keith Gregson uses his experiences in researching Sunderland Rugby Club’s past to open a debate on writing rugby club histories. In 2011, I was fortunate enough to win a competition organised by Rugby World magazine and MX … Continue reading →

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‘Sunderland Rugger with a Dash of Schoolboy Rugby Beyond’

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

Keith Gregson reports on one town’s efforts to rebuild rugby after the First World War… Continue reading →

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The Rugby Club that Volunteered

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

Keith Gregson, Sunderland RFC’s archivist and historian has, through a combination of knowledge, effort and luck, pieced together the wartime records of all 45 rugby players who were selected to play for Sunderland RFC 1st, 2nd and 3rd XVs on 17 January 1914 – just over 6 months before the outbreak of the First World War. This is an abridged introduction to the full work, which is available to purchase. Continue reading →

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Portrait of a Team – the Sunderland Football Club XV of 1881

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

In 1881 Sunderland Football Club was victorious in the first ever Durham County Cup…As luck would have it the final was played on 26 March and the census information for 1881 was gathered eight days after the game, affording us a remarkable opportunity of discovering what kind of people were playing… Continue reading →

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Remembering Alan Bean

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Remembering International Referee Alan Bean (1902 – 1986) Continue reading →

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Eric Watts Moses: A President at War

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

As commemorations of the First World War come to an end, Sunderland RFC’s archivist and historian looks at the war record of a pioneering rugby administrator. Continue reading →

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In A League of their Own

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

This article is a continuation of Keith Gregson’s ‘The Plight of the Northern Amateur’. Attendance One of the main arguments for a league system had been that it might improve attendance and, in consequence, income.  This is not an easy … Continue reading →

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The Plight of the Northern Amateur

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

This work is based on cuttings in a scrapbook given to me in my capacity as archivist of Ashbrooke Sports Club in Sunderland, home of Sunderland RFC (founded 1873).  The origins of the scrapbook are uncertain but it seems to … Continue reading →

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Death of a Forward

Posted on January 7, 2017 by

The Tragic First World War tale of Sunderland Rugby Football Club’s James Harry Edwards (1894 -1917) puts the First World War into sharp focus One hundred years ago on 7 January 1917 James Harry Edwards was shot by a sniper … Continue reading →

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