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The 1869 Club are running a supporters coach to the last away game of the season this Saturday at South Leicester. The cost is £20 and the coach will depart at 10.00am from the club car park. A lunch stop is planned en route. If you would like to book a place, please contact Les […]

Head Coach Paul Arnold has named himself on the substitutes bench tomorrow for the 1st XV game with Stourbridge for a final time. Arnold has decided to call time on an illustrious playing career with a final appearance taking him to 450 competitive senior games and hopefully exactly 36 minutes to finish with 27,000 playing […]

The 1869 Club were once again out in force on Saturday for the trip to Hull Ionians. We are so, so lucky to have them! The 1869 club has been in existence since 1987 and have run coaches to approximately 250 away matches in that time.

For the last couple of years a varying group of members have been meeting and preparing plans for events and projects ready for next season’s anniversary celebrations. Graham Aspden put together the following article and persuaded the RFU Touchline editor to publish a piece about our club’s history and it’s founder members. The next meeting […]

Please see below for the list of Hoppers Community Lottery Winners for March. 1st PRIZE – Rob Dobson – £90.49 2nd PRIZE – Stuart McGrath – £36.20 3rd PRIZE – Niall Crosley – £24.13 50% of the proceeds from the lottery go into the prize fund whilst the other 50% go into vital club improvements. […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Stourbridge Stourbridge will be the last but one league visitors to Lightfoot Green this season and after losing their long unbeaten run, Hoppers will be looking to record their fourth double of the season this coming Saturday. Hoppers and their supporters left Brantingham Park last Saturday with a certain amount of pride […]

With the Girls U15 and U18 County programme coming to a close, the Hoppers Girls can revel in the contribution they made to another successful campaign for Lancashire. Back in January, over 90 girls (U18s) and 100+ (Under 15s) from all over the North West attended a series of trials in the hope of wearing […]

Preston Grasshoppers travel over the Pennines this weekend taking with them an unbeaten run of six games which stretches back to early February. But the task of extending this impressive run at Brantingham Park against the league leaders will be a very difficult one. The last time Hoppers had such a rich vein of form […]