Croydon RFC

Croydon RFC

Full name	Croydon Rugby Football Club
Union	Surrey RFU
Founded	1956 as 'Shirley Wanderers RFC'
Location	Croydon, London, England
Ground(s)	Addington Road
Chairman	JC
President	Andy Richardson
Captain(s)	1st XV Jack Bond
League(s)	Surrey 5
2019–20	Champions (promoted to Surrey 3)
Official website
www.croydonrfc.com

Croydon Rugby Football Club, founded in 1956 as Shirley Wanderers RFC, and are based at Addington Road, West Wickham, in the London Borough of Bromley, south London. Croydon are currently playing in the Rugby Football Union Surrey 5 league following league reorganisation. They also compete in the local Surrey RFU Knockout Competitions. Croydon currently field 2 senior sides, a growing Tinies (3-7yrs) Rhinos (8-10yrs) groups, a junior boys section (Under 16) and also a 'walking rugby' team.

Club history

Formed as Shirley Wanderers RFC in 1956, by a mixture of experienced players and those who were new to the game. After 7 years as a wandering size the club opened a clubhouse on the present site and leased 3 pitches, of which 2 remain. In 2003, Shirley Wanderers welcomed the players of Old Croydonian RFC after the club lost its supply on youth players, and then had to rely on players relocating to the area for employment and from non-playing rugby schools, and therefore started having troubles fielding a side, leading to the renaming of the club as Croydon RFC.

Club Honours

• Surrey 2 champions (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
• Surrey 4 champions: 2019–20

External links

• Official Croydon Rugby website
• History of Croydon RFC