Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club

On the 28th September 1869 a meeting was held at the Bull Hotel, Preston at which the following resolution was passed: That a club be at once established in Preston to play football with the Rugby Rules of the game but without hacking. That the club be called The Preston Grasshoppers. This meeting took place a few months after the idea of starting a Rugby Football in Preston was conceived by five men who had attended rugby playing schools; A. C. Dickson, J. H. Threlfall & Bamber They duly approached the Headmaster of Preston Grammar School and the idea of a nice winter game for the pupils appealed him.