Category Archives: Club News

Subscription renewals will be due on 1st September following a decision during the pandemic to bring all the renewal dates together with most members benefitting from an additional period of membership over the summer months. Like all of us individuals, the Club has been hit by significant increases in costs and has therefore had to […]

On Thursday 4th August Hoppers will welcome Kendal to Lightfoot Green in a 7pm kick off. Kendal will play in the newly formed Regional 1 North West this season. This is a great chance for supporters to come and see many of the new faces that have been recruited into the Hoppers squad for the […]

With pre-season matches due to start in just three weeks, it seems a good time to get a feel of what our new coaching team have in mind and Joel and Dan took a break before training to chat about the coming season. Joel, give us a flavour of what we can expect to see […]

As the new season approaches, arrangements are being made to ensure that members can enjoy a good lunch at the club before home games. Victoria and Alan, along with the rest of the catering and bar staff, are looking forward to ensuring that you continue to have an excellent standard of lunch and that members […]

Under the Club’s constitution, there is a requirement to hold an AGM by 31st July each year. This year it has not been possible to get the club’s accountants to set aside time to approve the accounts in time for a meeting in July and as the Finance report is very important in the content […]

Congratulations to the June 2022 winners of the 500 Club. 1st prize – £250 – John Lindsay 2nd prize – £85 – Richard Lightowler 3rd prize – £35 – Simon Mulholland £715 goes into the fund for working on club projects and £120 to the Christmas Super Draw pot. Thank you to all of those […]

Joel Unsworth was recently interviewed by Andy Bayes of BBC Radio Lancashire about his appointment as new Head Coach at Preston Grasshoppers as well as his work at Kirkham Grammar School. You can watch the full 22 minute interview by clicking the link below. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cj48x1

Working in collaboration with Rugby365, operators of the AGP, the club has reached an agreement with Blackpool FC for Hoppers to be used as their development squad training facility. This will see the squad at the club four mornings a week between June and May ’23. Obviously they will be using the AGP but have […]

The more observant amongst you may have noticed that the ever-present green shed adjacent to the first XV pitch is no more! Groundsman Pressy (Pictured above right) and his array of tools have moved into a shiny new high security shipping container in the copse. To mark the passing of the old shed we thought […]

In the build up to the start of the 2022/23 National Two North League Season, Hoppers have confirmed their first two pre-season fixtures. On Thursday 4th August Hoppers will welcome Kendal to Lightfoot Green in a 7pm kick off. Kendal will play in the newly formed Regional 1 North West this season. On Saturday 13th […]