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A proposal in 1960 to create a Manchester rugby league club at the former White City Stadium on Chester Road, Old Trafford, Stretford, received strong opposition from Salford and Swinton. Also in the 'swinging 1960s' years the Lions fielded real top class performers such as GB internationals Ken Gowers at full-back, Alan Buckley at left-centre plus his wing partner, John Stopford. [11], In the 2021 Championship season, Swinton finished bottom of the table and were relegated after winning only two matches for the entire year. 8 Gavin Bennion
Season 2017 followed a similar path on the field, but it was also punctuated by a significant financial crisis off it. Appearances:198, Tries:24, Goals:0 They followed this with their first-ever Championship in 1927, and then in 1928 the team reached its zenith securing all five available trophies a feat unique in the history of the sport. Swinton played their home games for the 2011 season at the Willows, Weaste, Salford. The first Rugby League tour of the UK by an overseas team took place in 1907 as converted New Zealand Union players, dubbed the 'All Golds,' travelled overseas. This new stadium's name was named after its location, Station Road. The signings of Hector Halsall from Wigan, a centre and future inspirational captain, and Albert Jenkins, a brilliant Welsh half-back, provided the catalyst. Lions' directors managed to call upon the support of local businessmen. Hurricanes then had a chance from a Lions error at the restart but lost the ball on the second tackle. By the time Britain emerged from the storm clouds Swinton had apparently lost their way. Sadly Seddon would drown in a boating accident on the River Hunter in New South Wales. Cas Stadium Revelopment - could it be this time? But despite a Second Division title in 1985, and a Second Division Premiership success in 1987, three separate promotions to the top flight simply brought about three immediate relegations. Sadly Seddon would drown in a boating accident on the River Hunter in New South Wales. Chairman John Roddy left the club as did John Duffy who joined Featherstone Rovers, and assistant Stuart Littler was promoted to Head Coach. Since Mazey's arrival the board now includes former Manchester United Brand Manager Tony Sheridan, former Wigan Athletic footballer John Coyne, and Tecmark Managing Director Richard Heyes. Started January 10, By 16 Gav Rodden
RFL League 1: 07/17 14:00: 15: Swinton v Midlands Hurricanes W 11 Sam Bowring
Not to mention a second promotion and a Divisional Premiership title at Old Trafford under the guidance of Bill Holliday and Mike Peers. Once given approval by Salford Council it was envisaged that construction could be completed quickly. Other than an annual challenge against the local rifle volunteers the only games played in those early days were amongst the club's own membership. A rent dispute in 1928 caused the club to search for pastures new so they reluctantly vacated Chorley Road and built a new stadium just off Station Road on former allotments, taking the old stands with them. Tony Sullivan - St Helens #67 Rugby League 1991 Merlin Trading Card. 2 Desmond Appiah-Kubi
Although Peter Roe coached the Lions to promotion to the middle tier in 1996, subsequent significant investment by Bury FC owner, Hugh Eaves, in 1997 achieved only a disappointing play-off defeat, and eventually the football club forced the Lions out in 2002. Another Hurricanes error on sixteen minutes presented the Lions with a chance to score and they took it when Anthony Dyne crossed in the left corner and again Gregson converted. It all became to fruition in 1963 when, under the shrewd captaincy of Albert Blan, the Lions completed the final 18 games of a 30 match league calendar undefeated to walk away with the Championship. Peacetime brought about the shrewdest of gambles by the Lions directors who had managed to reign in the support of local businessmen. Lions sign Welsh international half-back Ollie Olds . Initially under Frank Myler, and then under Jim Crellin, the Lions briefly threatened a revival during the 1980s. However, what it also had was a staggering number of local junior teams from which the club drew its talent. A decade which brought back-to-back Championship titles, 5 Lancashire Cup final appearances, but not to mention heartache in the Challenge Cup! Swinton won the Lancashire Cup against Widnes in 1940, but thereafter the war curtailed the promise of further progress. Goals: Stead
Note: 1 Cumbria cap; Captained Div 2 Premiership team 1987, No. Such was the Lions' success that by the mid-1880s Swinton had become recognised as a national force and unquestionably they were the strongest team in Lancashire. 6 Nick Gregson
The sale of Station Road because of bad debts and the move to Gigg Lane, Bury, in 1992, did not prove the success that the management had imagined. On 2 October 2022, Swinton achieved promotion from League 1 back to the championship after beating Doncaster 16-10 in the playoff final. Please note that the numbers below are based on data contained in the RLP database, and may not be accurate. A 1965 semi-final defeat to Wigan proving the closest Swinton came. By then Swinton had reluctantly joined the fledgling Northern Union, albeit a year after the new codes formation in 1895. RFL re-structuring then left the Lions in the third tier for season 2015, and at this point the former Leigh Chairman, John Roddy, accepted the role of Chairman. Swinton Lions are in the process of giving winger Calum Hughes a trial period at Heywood Road. Malcolm Billingham, As for Valentine he was incredibly killed by lightning whilst on holiday at Barmouth in 1904. This meteoric rise in stature was made all the more remarkable by the fact Swinton at this time was nothing more than a tiny colliery village with a few cotton mills. Welham then scored the Hurricanes opener when Richard Wilkinson sent out a looping pass for him to score in the corner and Ben Stead converted. Appearances:152, Tries:12, Goals:0 Note: Promotion & Premiership double 1987, No. The only remaining director Steve Wild set about assembling a new board and plotting an alternative strategic course, whilst Head Coach Stuart Littler provided stability for the players and coaching staff. Goals: Gregson 6/8
View all Lachlan Swinton news. 2, John Speed Appearances: 224 Tries: 79 Goals: 0 No. Swinton Lions 2023 Official Kit Launch Swinton Lions RLFC - Official Site 19:14 21-Dec-22. The war took the lives of an astonishing 13 Swinton players, but back home the Lions played on in a desperate attempt to stay afloat. The Lions took control again on fifty-two minutes when Gav Rodden sent out a short pass for Andrew Badrock to score on the right, but Gregson was unable to convert this one. Powered by Invision Community. 12 Conner Gilbey
In 2018 the Lions avoided relegation to League 1 by virtue of a play-off victory over Workington Town, then in 2019 a Matty Ashton inspired Swinton team climbed to 9th in the Championship table the clubs highest ranking for 21 years. [9] The plan was met with considerable opposition including local councillors and the Mayor of Salford. Swinton were saved from liquidation by a consortium headed by former chairman Malcolm White in January 1993. Calum is 27 years old and has been a stand-out performer for the Ince Rosebridge club in the National Conference League Division 1 over recent seasons. Hurricanes were playing some exciting rugby and they added their second try four minutes later when a nice kick by Wilkinson was finished off well by winger Desmond Appiah-Kubi in the right corner, but Stead was unable to convert. Started 2 hours ago, By 21 Dan Coates
The 25-year-old attended a trial at the League One club in November and . A club record crowd of 26,891 witnessed the Lions defeat Wigan in a Challenge Cup tie in 1964. 24 Myles Harrop
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Park Lane, Whitefield (2015, 2004-2010) Later that same year, the first tourists to reach these shores, a team of New Zealand Maoris, was defeated at Chorley Road. Goals: Gregson 6/8
Swinton Lions Head Coach Allan Coleman, said, Joe approached the club last month from where he was based in Australia to ask about an opportunity for 2023. He comes to us highly recommended, and Head Coach Allan Coleman will be looking to assess his capabilities ahead of our league opener against Newcastle Thunder on 5th February. Peter Roe quit as coach of Swinton Lions in September 2003, after less than a year in charge. 29 Anthony Dyne
In July 2017 after a very poor season on the field and serious financial problems off it, coach John Duffy departed and took a new coaching post with Featherstone Rovers after their man in charge, Jon Sharp left his post. 24 Myles Harrop
February 10, 2015 in Swinton Lions. Leigh Centurions this morning announced that they were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of former player Billy McAtee at the age of 65. Allan Coleman replaced Stuart Littler as Head Coach, and began overhauling the squad in an attempt to win promotion back to the Championship in season 2022. (Merged Threads), The five greatest rule changes in Super League history. It was in the October of that year that members of Swinton Cricket Club (which had just completed it's first season) decided tokeepthemselves amused during the winter months playing "football". HURRICANES
More. With Salford moving to a new stadium in Barton, Eccles, Swinton set up a ground-share with Leigh in the Co-operative Championship for the 2012 season and onwards whilst they await permission to build their own ground at Agecroft.[6]. Note: Earned 1 GB Colts cap, No. Initially under Frank Myler, and then under Jim Crellin, the Lions briefly threatened a revival during the 1980s. In 1888 the first ever tourists to Australasia included four Swinton players, of whom Robert Seddon was named captain. 25 Scott Parnaby
The Lions finished strongly with firstly Cox crossing the line on seventy-one minutes after a nice pass by Kenny Baker and Gregson converted this one too, and Gregson turned provider for the last try with a superb, measured kick to the left corner which was finished off superbly by trialist Callum Hughes and Gregson capped off his day with a touchline conversion and an impressive display by the Lions. This soon became a favoured ground for major fixtures such as Test matches, Challenge Cup semi-finals, Lancashire Cup finals and Championship finals. Calum is 27 years old and has been a stand-out performer for the Ince Rosebridge club in the National Conference League Division 1 over recent seasons. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Rugby Football League 2nd Division Championship, Rugby Football League 2nd Division Premiership, Rugby Football League League 1 Championship, "Rugby's pounds 87m deal gives Murdoch transfer veto", Reborn Lions happy to walk into Wigan's den, "Swinton Lions to share Leigh Sports Village next season", "Swinton Lions appoint Gary Chambers as head coach", "Swinton confirm Manchester Lions name change", "Swinton Lions: Board resign over objection to Manchester name change", "Swinton Lions board wanted to become Manchester Lions - now they've all resigned", "Championship side announces they are going full-time", "Swinton Lions secure promotion back to the Championship", Rugby Football League Championship Second Division, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swinton_Lions&oldid=1123383601, Articles with dead external links from August 2021, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from February 2014, All articles needing additional references, Rugby articles with insufficient color contrast, Articles needing additional references from November 2019, Articles needing additional references from September 2017, Articles needing additional references from January 2021, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 1926-27, 192728, 193031, 193435, 196263, 196364, 1924-25, 192728, 192829, 193031, 196061, Most goals in a match: 15 by Dan Abram vs, Most points in a match: 38 by Dan Abram vs West Wales, 13th August 2022, Most points in a season: 338 by Ian Mort, 2011, World record distance for a penalty goal, 77 yards by, Biggest victory: 960 vs [West Wales |LLaneli]], 30 January 2021, Station Road: 44,621 for Challenge Cup semi-final, Leading Try Scorer: Martin Ainscough (16 Tries), This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 12:39. In October 2014 the club announced its intention to return to Park Lane, home of Sedgley Park RUFC as its home base for season 2015. This meteoric rise in stature was made all the more remarkable by the fact Swinton at this time was nothing more than a tiny colliery village with a few cotton mills. Still, it took a dramatic 28-26 victory over Halifax in the penultimate game of the season to guarantee Championship rugby at Heywood Road for 2017. As of 7 June 2011 when the club hosted a fans' meeting at Moorside Social Club, Swinton, Mr Kidd stated that he expected that the building of the stadium should commence no later than New Year's Day, 2012 with completion set for the end of April (2012). No. [1] The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. The Lions step-up into the championship proved as difficult as imagined but many creditable performances keep the fans hopeful for 2013. 8 Gavin Bennion
17, Alan Derbyshire The highlight during this period was a run to the Championship One play-off final in 2006, following epic victories at Featherstone Rovers and Celtic Crusaders. 4 Jayden Hatton
By the time Britain emerged from the storm clouds Swinton had apparently lost their way. 15 Jordan Case
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The Lions are in the process of offering a trial to Joe Lowe who is set to get some game time in our upcoming pre-season friendlies. made a try-scoring dbut at Wilderspool to Swinton 494: Jack Atherton: 21 August 1948: 3 September 1951: Forward: 21: 5: 1: 0: 17: signed from St Helens Recs . 21 Dan Coates
Ian Blease (born 1 January 1965) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row for Salford and Swinton. numbers 11, 12 or 13 during the era of contested scrums. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 Inter-war period 1.3 Post-war The Falcons compete in the Queensland Cup and have an affiliation with Melbourne Storm. 12 Conner Gilbey
Note: Part of the team to earn promotion in 1991, No. Players such as Les Holliday and sublimely talented Danny Wilson offered great hope for the future, but despite a second division Premiership success in 1987, three separate promotions simply brought about three immediate relegations. 7 Richard Wilkinson
Concentrating on a youth policy and training methods beyond his era, Evans began to model an exciting, young Swinton team. 18 Dominic Flanagan
Dyne then added his second before the break after another good passing movement and Gregson converted to give his side a good lead at the break. Scroll down to the team photo 1934/5 Jack Cheetham is on the second row 5th from right. Position (s) The Lions finished strongly with firstly Cox crossing the line on seventy-one minutes after a nice pass by Kenny Baker and Gregson converted this one too, and Gregson turned provider for the last try with a superb, measured kick to the left corner which was finished off superbly by trialist Callum Hughes and Gregson capped off his day with a touchline conversion and an impressive display by the Lions. Last modified: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:39:02 +0000, 2005-2023 Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Swinton Lions players Category page. In 1873, they moved from Burying Lane (Station Road from circa 1889) to a ground known as Stoneacre, and used the nearby White Lion public house as changing rooms. As Swinton Lions prepared to celebrate their 150th Anniversary, an issue over minimum ground standards at Sedgley Park meant that the club relocated to Heywood Road in a ground-sharing agreement with Sale RFC. He previously played for Folly Lane ARLFC [1] (in Pendlebury), and Salford City Reds in the Super League, his choice of position is either Prop, or Second-row. Swinton went on to win promotion to the Co-operative Championship as Champions of Championship 1. The Swinton Supporters' Trust began life on 14 February 2002 in the White Lion public house and set about raising funds for the club. They were coming strong again and once again ball handling let them down at the last tackle, but Wilkinson kept probing to get his side over the line. Crowds in excess of 20,000 were commonplace at Chorley Road. The Northern Union was then split into two county leagues, Lancashire and Yorkshire. A brief one-year tenure at the Willows in 2011 saw the Lions pick-up their first silverware in 25 years when captain Lee Wingfield held aloft the Championship One winners trophy. Craig Bellamy (rugby league) Gavin Bennion Ilias Bergal Edmund Beswick Brad Billsborough Albert Blan Ian Blease Mark Bourneville Andy Bracek Jim Brady (rugby league) Joe Bretherton Chris Bridge Danny Bridge Chris Brockbank Sam Brooks (rugby league) James Brown (rugby league) Alan Buckley (rugby league) Owen Buckley Walter Bumby Jordan Burke
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