London Scottish F.C.
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| Full name | London Scottish Football Club | ||
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| Union | Middlesex RFU, Scotland RU | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Exiles, Scottish | ||
| Founded | 1878 (1878) | ||
| Location | Richmond, Richmond upon Thames, London, England | ||
| Ground(s) | Athletic Ground (Capacity: 4,500 (1,000 seated)) | ||
| President | Paul Burnell | ||
| Coach(es) | Dave Morris | ||
| League(s) | RFU Championship | ||
| 2017–18 | 11th | ||
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| Official website | |||
| londonscottish.com | |||
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. The club is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union. The club shares the Athletic Ground with Richmond.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Founding (1878)
1.2 Early history
1.3 Professional era (1996–present)
1.4 Sevens
2 Captains and league position (since 1999–2000)
3 Head coach and management (since 1999–2000)
4 Overall league statistics
5 Club honours
6 Current standings
7 Current squad
8 Current Staff
9 Scotland national team players
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
13 Bibliography
History
Founding (1878)
In early 1878, three Scottish members of a team called St. Andrew's Rovers FC decided to break away to form their own club for Scots.[1] These men, George Grant, Neil Macglashan and Robert Arnot attracted a number of responses to a circular they sent out. The London Scottish Regiment in particular were very warm to the idea. Very soon after, on 10 April 1878, London Scottish FC was founded[2] in The Queen's Head, in Water Lane Blackfriars London (universally known as MacKay's Tavern, frequently miss-recorded, as Ned Mackay the jovial Scottish landlord ran the pub),[3] initially played on Blackheath Common,[1] and later at Richmond Athletic Ground in Surrey.[2]
They had a sizable fixture list and played some of the leading clubs of the time immediately, such as Ravenscourt Park Football Club and Queen's House Football Club (the latter being the only London team to have never lost to London Scottish).[1] They also played St Andrew's Rovers that season. St Andrew's, who had lost the core of their best players lost twice to London Scottish and folded at the end of the season.[1] London Scottish had a very successful first season, and having played 15 matches they only lost four (against already well established sides, Flamingoes, Guy's Hospital, Queen's House and Wasps).[1]
Early history
London Scottish was the first of the "Exiles" rugby clubs to be founded, and the last of the main three - after London Irish and London Welsh - to go "open" in 1996.[2]
London Scottish made the John Player Cup Final in 1974, where they lost 26–6 against defending champions Coventry.
The club regularly featured at the Middlesex Sevens tournament, winning the trophy in 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1991. They have twice won the Melrose Sevens, in 1962 and 1965.
Professional era (1996–present)
Scottish turned professional in 1996. Tony Tiarks bought the club for £500,000 in 1996.
In the summer of 1998 Scottish, co-tenants of Richmond at the Athletic Ground, were promoted to the top division via a play-off, and Tiarks forced through an ill-fated groundshare with Harlequins and London Broncos at the Stoop Memorial Ground.
In the 1998–99 season, Scottish made their only appearance in the English Premiership. Under coach John Steele, and despite limited resources, the team finished 12th out of 14 teams, which would have saved them from relegation had they not fallen into administration at the season's end. Notable wins that season included: versus Bath (13–11), Saracens (24–7) and Newcastle Falcons (27–17). That season's squad included Scottish international stars Ronnie Eriksson, Simon Holmes and Derrick Lee, Australians Simon Fenn and Eddie Jones, and the South African Jannie de Beer.
Midway through the 1998-1999 season, Tiarks became disillusioned and discussed selling Scottish's place in the Premiership to second-division Bristol. He bailed out in the summer of 1999. The professional club London Scottish Rugby was placed into administration in 1999 and nominally merged into London Irish along with Richmond, who were also placed into administration.
The original amateur club rejoined the RFU leagues at the bottom of the pyramid after effectively having been relegated nine divisions by the RFU.
The club progressed back up through seven divisions in 10 seasons to RFU Championship for the 2011–12 season.
The club was promoted to the English National leagues (National Division Three South) for the 2007–08 season after an eight-year absence.
The club was unbeaten in the 2008–09 season, earning promotion to the revamped RFU National 1 Division for the 2009–10 season. In 2009–10, the club finished second in their first season in RFU National 1 Division.
The club secured promotion to the RFU Championship for the 2011–12 season.
During the 2012–13 season, the club made the switch to a full-time professional set-up, with many of the club's part-time professional players leaving and new coaches brought on board, this included former Leicester Tigers hooker James Buckland and France and London Wasps legend Serge Betsen. The fully professional set-up was credited for an impressive performance away to Championship leaders Newcastle Falcons, where three penalties brought them to the brink of a shock win, but they lost 12–9. There followed significant wins in the second half of the season, including a 26–23 victory over Bedford Blues, a 25–13 win over Nottingham and a 17–20 win away at Cornish Pirates. Scottish were still challenging for a place in the top four of the Championship until as late as March, when they were beaten by Leeds Carnegie, and they ended the season in mid-table.
The Scottish again finished mid-table in the Championship in the 2013–14 season. The team had four players named in the Championship Best XV — American international Eric Fry, Tomas Francis, Mark Bright and Championship top try-scorer Miles Mantella.[4]
Following a mediocre 2016/2017 campaign, the club appointed Loughborough Students director of rugby Dave Morris as director of rugby and the club saw a change at the top, with Malcom Offord becoming chairman of the club and Carson Russell as CEO.
Sevens
London Scottish have been great exponents of rugby sevens winning the Melrose Sevens (twice), Middlesex Sevens (seven times) and the Rosslyn Park London Floodlit Sevens (seven times).
Captains and league position (since 1999–2000)
| Season | Division | Captain | Position |
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| 1999–00 | Non League (London Senior Clubs) | Ewan Kearney | Winners of Merit table |
| 2000–01 | Herts/Middlesex 1 | Damian Lilley | Runners up |
| 2001–02 | London 4 NW | Steven Wichary | Champions |
| 2002–03 | London 3 NW | Magnus Macdonald | Champions |
| 2003–04 | London 2 North | David Watt | Champions |
| 2004–05 | London 1 | Karl Hensley | 4th |
| 2005–06 | London 1 | Karl Hensley | 3rd |
| 2006–07 | London 1 | Alex Alesbrook | Champions |
| 2007–08 | National Division Three South | Alex Alesbrook | 4th National |
| 2008–09 | National Division Three South | Gary Trueman | Champions |
| 2009–10 | National League One | Gary Trueman | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | National League One | Ian McInroy | Champions |
| 2011–12 | The Championship | Lewis Calder | 9th |
| 2012–13 | The Championship | Lewis Calder | 8th |
Head coach and management (since 1999–2000)
| Season | Division | Head Coach | Manager |
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| 1999–00 | Non League | Iain Morrison | Colin McIntyre |
| 2000–01 | Herts/Middlesex 1 | Brett Cookson | Colin McIntyre |
| 2001–02 | London 4 NW | Kevin Powderly | Colin Mcintyre |
| 2002–03 | London 3 NW | Kevin Powderly | Colin McIntyre |
| 2003–04 | London 2 North | Rick Scott | Colin McIntyre |
| 2004–05 | London 1 | Rowly Williams | Colin McIntyre |
| 2005–06 | London 1 | Rowly Williams | Colin McIntyre |
| 2006–07 | London 1 | Terry O'Connor | Colin McIntyre |
| 2007–08 | National Division Three South | Terry O'Connor | Colin McIntyre |
| 2008–09 | National Division Three South | Brett Taylor | Colin McIntyre |
| 2009–10 | National League One | Brett Taylor | Colin McIntyre |
| 2010–11 | National League One | Simon Amor | Colin McIntyre |
| 2011–12 | The Championship | Simon Amor | Ross Macgregor |
| 2012–13 | The Championship | Simon Amor | Ross Macgregor |
| 2013–14 | The Championship | Simon Amor | Laurence Bruggemann |
Overall league statistics
| Season | Division | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff | Points | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | National League 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 141 | 158 | –17 | 9 | 7th |
| 1988–89 | National League 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 146 | 160 | –16 | 7 | 11th |
| 1989–90 | National League 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 92 | 166 | 22 | 1st |
| 1990–91 | National League 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 240 | 178 | 62 | 14 | 5th |
| 1991–92 | National League 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 304 | 130 | 174 | 22 | 1st |
| 1992–93 | Premiership | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 192 | 248 | –56 | 7 | 10th |
| 1993–94 | National League 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 232 | 325 | –93 | 12 | 8th |
| 1999–00 | Non-league | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 775 | 341 | 434 | 1st | |
| 2000–01 | Herts/Middlesex 1 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 554 | 118 | 436 | 34 | 2nd |
| 2001–02 | London 4 NW | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 533 | 214 | 319 | 28 | 1st |
| 2002–03 | London 3 NW | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 560 | 199 | 361 | 32 | 1st |
| 2003–04 | London 2 North | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 752 | 277 | 475 | 41 | 1st |
| 2004–05 | London 1 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 676 | 343 | 333 | 30 | 4th |
| 2005–06 | London 1 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 840 | 324 | 516 | 33 | 3rd |
| 2006–07 | London 1 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 997 | 235 | 762 | 40 | 1st |
| 2007–08 | National Division Three South | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 633 | 410 | 223 | 83 | 4th |
| 2008–09 | National Division Three South | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1092 | 328 | 764 | 120 | 1st |
| 2009–10 | National League One | 30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 938 | 569 | 369 | 108 | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | National League One | 30 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 958 | 516 | 442 | 132 | 1st |
| 2011–12 | The Championship | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 422 | 543 | −121 | 34 | 9th |
| 2012–13 | The Championship | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 456 | 610 | −154 | 45 | 8th |
Club honours
Middlesex Sevens champions: 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1991
Melrose Sevens champions: 1962, 1965
Courage League Division 3 champions: 1989–90
Courage League National Division 2 champions: 1991–92
London Division 4 North West champions: 2001–02
London Division 3 North West champions: 2002–03
London Division 2 North champions: 2003–04
London Division 1 champions: 2006–07[5]
National League 3 South champions: 2008–09[6]
National League 1 champions: 2010–11
Current standings
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | |||||||
| 1 | London Irish | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 603 | 264 | 339 | 13 | 1 | 74 | ||||||
| 2 | Ealing Trailfinders | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 526 | 396 | 130 | 12 | 2 | 66 | ||||||
| 3 | Jersey Reds | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 444 | 303 | 141 | 8 | 4 | 52 | ||||||
| 4 | Bedford Blues | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 474 | 459 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 52 | ||||||
| 5 | Cornish Pirates | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 427 | 358 | 69 | 11 | 5 | 48 | ||||||
| 6 | Nottingham | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 407 | 438 | -31 | 6 | 3 | 43 | ||||||
| 7 | Coventry | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 359 | 453 | -94 | 4 | 5 | 39 | ||||||
| 8 | Doncaster Knights | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 442 | 439 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | ||||||
| 9 | London Scottish | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 362 | 454 | -92 | 5 | 3 | 36 | ||||||
| 10 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 300 | 441 | -141 | 4 | 2 | 30 | ||||||
| 11 | Richmond | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 309 | 449 | -140 | 2 | 4 | 22 | ||||||
| 12 | Hartpury College | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 301 | 500 | -199 | 2 | 3 | 21 | ||||||
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Current squad
The London Scottish squad for the 2018–19 season is:[7][a]
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
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- Notes:
^ Lewis Wynne joins London Scottish on a season-long loan from Glasgow Warriors[8]
^ name"Wynne"
Current Staff
First team
- Director of Rugby – Dave Morris
- Head Coach - Nic Rouse
- Backs Coach - Gareth Steadman
- Team Manager – Doug Cowie
Commercial
- Chief Executive Officer – Carson Russell
- Chief Financial Officer – Nick Igoe
Scotland national team players
The following players have represented both London Scottish and the Scotland national team. London Scottish have produced more than 220 Scottish international players, more than any other club.[9]
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See also
- Rugby union in London
- London Irish RFC
- London Welsh RFC
- Middlesex Sevens
References
^ abcde Dick Tyson, London's Oldest Rugby Clubs, p96 (JJG Publishing), 2008
^ abc Bath, 1997, pp86,87
^ http://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/StAnnsBlackfriars/QueensHead.shtm
^ "Greene King IPA Championship Dream XV" Archived 31 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, RFU.com, 26 May 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=393&Itemid=199
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
^ "Squad". London Scottish. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^ "Glasgow Warrior Wynne heads to London Scottish on season long loan" (Press release). London Scottish. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ "A Brief History". London Scottish FC. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
External links
- Official site
Exiles earn promotion in England[permanent dead link], The Scotsman, 16 April 2007
Bibliography
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997
ISBN 1-86200-013-1) - Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007
ISBN 1-905326-24-6) - Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987,
ISBN 0-7137-1838-2) - Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh;
ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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