Category Archives: Club News

Wednesday night saw a group of volunteers working into the darkness to dress and prepare the club’s float for Friday’s community procession at Preston Guild. Thank you to everyone who gave up their time to help. Some pictures below show the transformation as it happened. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.383426891729837.86732.229567553782439&type=1

Saturday 15th September sees the 25th Anniversary of the first Preston Grasshoppers Colt, Pete Carter, to tour with the ‘Strollers’. This started a great tradition which saw the likes of Mike Bailey, Sean & Kirk Wilkinson, Jim & Tom Moore, John Chesworth, Simon ‘Milky’ Evans, Neil Ashton, Gareth Edwards and current 1st XV head coach Mike Lough […]

Due to waterlogged pitches, all training, the Under 16s floodlit cup and the Lancashire Under 20s Trial have been cancelled.  The Under20s trial will now take place at Liverpool St Helens RFC meet 6.15 ko 7.15.

Preston Grasshoppers passing through their seventh Guild With Preston Guild week approaching, one of the oldest sporting clubs in Preston looks back through their archives at previous Guilds.  Formed in 1869 Preston Grasshoppers RFC is about to celebrate its seventh Guild and history shows that the Guilds have tended to coincide with high points for […]

Preston Grasshoppers are pleased to announce that Daniel Thwaites brewery of Lancashire are sponsoring the first home game of the season on Saturday 1st September against Darlington Mowden Park, kick off 2.30pm. Ahead of their day at the Hoppers we caught up with Regional Sales Manager Martin Shearer to ask him a few questions about […]

The club has tickets available to members for the following Autumn England Internationals. England v Australia Saturday 17 November, 2.30pm England v New Zealand Saturday 1 December, 2.30pm Application forms are available from the office and must be completed and returned with payment by September 5th. Tickets are allocated on a first come first served basis.

It is with great regret that we announce the death of Preston Grasshoppers’ Honorary Secretary, Ian Mackay after a short illness. Although Ian had been diagnosed with bowel cancer some weeks ago, it was deemed treatable and he was due to begin a course of chemotherapy on August 17th. However, his condition deteriorated and he […]

As part of Preston Grasshoppers new membership benefits the club have tied up a deal with Booths. All members who have paid their subscription for the 2012-13 season are eligible to receive a £5 off voucher. The voucher is £5 off when you spend over £50 in a Booths store and expires on 30 September. Vouchers can be collected from […]

New 1st XV head coach Mike Lough was interviewed in the LEP on Friday about his appointment to the position. In the article Mike talks about his affinity with Preston, his contribution to the successful promotion campaign in 1999 and his thoughts about the upcoming season. You can read the full article here. http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/other-sports/aussie-who-feels-right-at-home-1-4823350  

1st XV assistant coach Alan Holmes is attempting to complete the 3 Peaks challenge in 24 hrs on 19th August to help fundraise for Wythenshawe Hospital North West Lung Centre for the great work that they do and to help towards vital medical costs that help this amazing unit function so brilliantly. This is in support of […]