Happy Birthday to the Reds!

The club celebrates its 40th Anniversary

View photos from the Anniversary weekend at:

► Legends Tournament
► Ruby Dinner

More from the Last 40 Years

Can you name the players in this LRFC cricket team?

► To view more old photos click here

Merchandise

For the gents there are 40^th anniversary shirts and bow ties and we hope to have scarves for the ladies, all bearing the 40^th Anniversary Logo.

Shirts are £20 and bow ties £10 and can be ordered/purchased through Gary Shepherd - 07500 864817

Also look out for our 40^th Anniversary wine which will be on sale at the Dinner and Reception and also available to purchase separately.

Club History

On Tuesday 17th November 1970, Linlithgow Rugby Club, as it is now constituted, came into existence.  At a meeting in the Star and Garter Hotel, in front of twenty-one people, the constitution was formally accepted and Linlithgow RFC came into existence.

► Something else that happened that same day!

(The initial meeting, that led to the creation of Linlithgow Rugby Club, had been held the month before, also in the Star and Garter Hotel, on Tuesday 13th October 1970.)

The first match was played against Currie RFC on Saturday 21st November.  It resulted in a 19-3 defeat, with the Linlithgow try (yes, they were only worth 3 points in those days!) being scored by captain John Cotton.  This was also one of Currie RFC's first matches - they were formed in the same year and played their first match in October 1970!  The Linlithgow team that day was:
David Cook, Scott Neilson, John Cotton, John Nutt, Andy Malone, David Oliphant, Dennis Hogg, Bobby McIntosh, Bill Berridge, David Shaw, Ken Forrest, Tom Hastie, Neil McTavish, David Laurie and Roger Westwood.
(10 of these 15 players were under the age of 20 at the time.  We've always believed in youth!)

► Currie RFC history

Strictly speaking, Linlithgow Rugby Club was reformed in 1970, as an earlier incarnation of the club had existed for a short time in the 1920s.  It was founded on Wednesday 3rd May 1922, with the first home game being played on 23rd September 1922 against Trinity Academicals at Boghall Park.  Their final match was played on 24th March 1928 and the club was disbanded shortly afterwards.

► A potted version of the club's history

(Source:  Bruce A Jamieson, "The Reds" - a History of Linlithgow Rugby Football Club 1970-1995)