North Road (Manchester) Cup match against Eccles on 31 January 1885. The earliest recorded four-figure attendance at the ground was 3,000 for a friendly with West Gorton (St. Mark's) on 12 November 1881. This was the first recorded meeting of the two sides that eventually became Manchester United and Manchester City. Notes Bibliography North Road (Manchester) North Road was a football and cricket ground in Newton Heath, Manchester, England. It was the first home of Manchester United Football Club – then known as Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Football Club – from its foundation in 1878 until 1893, when the club moved
Manchester Rugby Club Swindells 1998/2000 S. Swindells 2000 G. Gerrard 2001/02 D. Mukalt 2002/03 A. Aylesbrook 2003 M. Armstrong 2004 M. Armstrong 2005 J. Bramhall 2006 J. Bramhall 2007 J. Bramhall 2008 N. Flynn 2009 J. Doney, D. Carlton 2010 D. Carlton 2011 D. Carlton 2012 R. McCartney 2013 R. McCartney 2014 T. Fantom 2015 B. Jenkins 2016 K. Higginson Manchester Rugby Club Manchester Rugby Club, founded in 1860 as Manchester Football Club, is one of the first rugby union clubs in the world. Home matches are played at Grove Park in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport. The club has a Senior Men's section (1st