2008 MLS All-Star Game was played in the new soccer-specific stadium, BMO Field and was the first MLS All-Star Game held in Canada. BMO Field is home to the MLS' 13th franchise, Toronto FC. On April 4, 2008, the Major League Soccer website announced that Premier League club West Ham United would be the fifth international opponent for the marquee event. Founded in 1895, the east London club was originally called Thames Ironworks FC but switched to West Ham United five years later and has been playing at the Boleyn Ground since 1904. West Ham has forged a reputation of cultivating some of the
Staines Rugby Football Club first in the county to have a Mini and Youth section now offering rugby for children aged 4 to 17. Senior training is held on a Tuesday and Thursday evening from 19:30 with Mini and Youth training taking place on a Sunday morning from 10:00. Staines Rugby Football Club Staines Rugby Football Club (trading as Staines Rugby Football Club Limited) is an English rugby union club founded in 1926 whose first team "The Swans" now play in the London & SE Division - Herts/Middlesex 1. The Club used to play at the 'Lammas' recreation ground in Staines-upon-Thames but relocated to