Category Archives: Supporters News

The club is putting on a coach to the England vs Uruguay World Cup game which is being played at Manchester City Stadium, Manchester on Saturday 10th October with kick off at 8pm. The coach will leave the club at 4.30 pm and will leave the Stadium after the game at 10.30pm. The cost will be […]

Hoppers 250 Club – July Winners 1st Prize £60 – Hadyn Gigg 2nd Prize £30 – David Roebuck 3rd Prize £10 – Pete Ashcroft 4th Prize £10 – Mike Forshaw The Monthly Draw was made at the recent July Lunch Club. All funds raised will continue to be utilised on refurbishment and maintenance of both internal and external facilities at Preston Grasshoppers. So […]

Pre-season Fixtures – 2015/16 Preview Preston Grasshoppers vs. Newport (Salop) – Saturday 15th August, 2.00pm Waterloo vs. Preston Grasshoppers 1st XV – Thursday 27th August, 7.30pm Kendal vs. Preston Grasshoppers 2nd XV – Thursday 27th August, 7.30pm Hoppers preparations for the new season begin with a club visiting Preston for the very first time in […]

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be showing all of England’s World Cup warm-up games live at Lightfoot Green. Details of the three games can be seen below. The fixtures should act as a taster ahead of the World Cup as we hope to establish Lightfoot Green as the place to watch the tournament in […]

Over the next three weeks we will be bringing you a new feature to the website which will eventually sit on its own page called ‘All-time Stats’. In this first week we’ll be looking at the players who have made the most league appearances for Preston Grasshoppers 1st XV since records began back in 1987. […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC’s supporters group, ‘The 1869 Club’, have once again shown their incredible generosity by raising and donating money to two very good causes at the club. The 1869 Club regularly run trips to 1st XV away games which are open to all supporters and are publicised on the website. The trips typically involve a […]

Vice-President, Full and Social memberships of Preston Grasshoppers are due for renewal on 1st June for 2015/16 and will run through the year until 31st May 2016. Existing members who are already signed up via direct debit should have already been notified of renewal payments for the next membership period. For those not currently a member […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC came into the May Bank Holiday weekend with a chance of some serious silverware but nobody at the club could have predicted quite how successful the weekend would turn out to be. On Saturday the 2nd and 3rd XV’s headed for Sandbach to play Vale of Lune and Leigh respectively in the […]

The ‘1869’ Club are hoping to run a coach to the last 1st XV game of the season away at Hull this Saturday 25th April. The coach will depart from Lightfoot Green at 9.45am with the cost being £15. Lunch will be taken en route. For this coach to run a good turnout will be […]

2nd & 3rd XV’s in Cup Finals At Sandbach – Saturday 2nd May There will be a supporters bus running for the forthcoming cup finals day at Sandbach RFC which feature both the 2nd XV and 3rd XV. The 3rd XV take on Leigh 2 and then immediately after the 2nd XV play Vale of […]