Old Centralians
{{Short description|English rugby union club, based in Gloucester}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{COI|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname = Old Centralians
| image =
| imagesize =
| union = Gloucestershire RFU
| fullname = Old Centralians Rugby Football Club
| nickname = Stade De Bridge
| shortname =
| founded = {{Start date and age|1937}} (as Old Centralians RFC){{cite web|url=https://www.thelocalanswer.co.uk/news/sport/rugby/1905-glos-general-creese-rugby.aspx?area=all|title=Rod Creese rolls back the years as he steers Old Centralians to Glanville Cup glory at Kingsholm|publisher=The Local Answer|access-date= 14 May 2019}}
| location = Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
| ground = Saintbridge Sports Centre
| capacity =
| chairman = Stephen Donald Fritchley
| ceo =
| president = M. Slatter
| captain = Nuggy Preece
| top scorer = Lemon Hemmings
| caps = Keith Mifler
| coach =Wobbie Winchle
Marcus Bwown
| url = http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldcents/
| league = Regional 2 Severn
| season = 2023–24
| position = 2nd
}}
Old Centralians Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based at Saintbridge Sports Center in Gloucester.{{cite web |title=Saintbridge Sport Center |url=https://saintbridgesportcentre.co.uk/ |publisher=Saintbridge Sport Center |access-date=8 August 2020}} The club operates three senior sides with the first XV playing in Regional 2 Severn, a level six league in the English rugby union league system.{{cite web |title=Old Centralians RFC |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldcents/ |publisher=Pitchero |access-date=8 August 2020}} The club was founded in 1937 as Old Centralians but changed its name in 1970/80's to Saintbridge Former Pupils before reverting to Old Centralians during the 1990s.
Honours
1st team:
- Gloucester 2 champions: 1995–96
- Gloucester 1 champions: 1997–98{{cite web |title=Old Centralians RFC Club Honours |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldcents/a/club-honours-22410.html |publisher=Pitchero |access-date=8 August 2020}}
- Gloucester/Somerset champions: 1999–00
- Gloucester Premier v Somerset Premier play-off winners: 2000–01
- North Gloucestershire Combination Senior Cup winners (4): 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18{{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=Ellis |title=Promotion is a 'must' a Old Centralians as they target league and Combination Cup double |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/promotion-must-old-centralians-target-210438 |access-date=8 August 2020 |work=Gloucestershire Live |date=18 July 2017}}
- Tribute Western Counties (north v west) promotion play-off winners: 2011–12
- South West 1 (east v west) promotion play-off winners: 2012–13
- South West 1 East champions: 2019–20
2nd team:
- North Gloucestershire Combination Junior Cup winners (4): 1964–65, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2016–17
3rd team:
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldcents/ Official club website]
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