List of Defunct Rugby League Clubs - England

England

These clubs competed in the Northern Union and the rugby leagues from 1895. National League 3 (2002-2006), whilst not by strict definition amateur, is not recognised as a professional league.

Club First year Last Year Notes
Acton & Willesden 1935 1936
Altrincham 1901 1902
Birkenhead Wanderers 1901 1904 Club played at Prenton Park throughout its playing years.
Blackpool Borough 1954 1993 Became Springfield Borough (1987-88); Chorley Borough (1988); Trafford Borough (1989-92).

Moved back to Blackpool in 1992 as Blackpool Gladiators (1992-93).
Bradford 1864 1907 Switched to association football and became Bradford (Park Avenue).
Bramley 1896 1999 Bramley were reformed as Bramley Buffaloes in 2004, joining National League 3.
Brighouse Rangers 1895 1906 Still survives as an amateur club.
Broughton Rangers 1895 1946 Moved and renamed Belle Vue Rangers (1946-55)
Carlisle 1981 1997 Merged with Barrow Braves to become Barrow Border Raiders, now called Barrow Raiders
Carlisle City 1928 1928 Resigned mid season
Castleford 1896 1906 Unrelated to Castleford/Castleford Tigers (founded 1926), or Castleford (RU) (founded 1870)
Chorley Borough 1989 1995 Moved to Altrincham and became Trafford Borough in 1989, causing a boardroom split leading to the formation of a new Chorley Borough club.

Dropped from the league and re-admitted as the Chorley Chieftains who after moving to Preston became Lancashire Lynx and then Chorley Lynx (back in Chorley).

In 2004 the club folded. New club formed in Blackpool as Blackpool Panthers.
Coventry 1901 1902
Goole 1901 1902
Heckmondwike 1896-1899 1901-1902
Holbeck 1896 1904
Kent Invicta / Southend Invicta 1983 1985 Became Southend Invicta for the 1984/85 season
Lancaster 1901 1905
Leeds Parish Church 1896 1901
Liverpool City 1906 1907 The original Liverpool City - unconnected to the Liverpool City which played between 1951 and 1968.
Liversedge 1895 1902
Manningham 1895 1903 Switched to association football and became Bradford City AFC.
Mansfield Marksman / Nottingham City 1984 1993 Moved to Nottingham in 1989 and continued as an amateur club after relegation from the professional leagues in 1993.
Millom 1899 1907 Still survives as an amateur club.
Morecambe 1896-1899 1901-07
Newcastle 1936 1938
Normanton 1901 1907 Still survives as an amateur club
Pontefract 1903 1907
Radcliffe 1901 1902
Runcorn 1895 1914
Scarborough Pirates 1991 1992
South Shields 1902 1904
Sowerby Bridge 1901 1902
St Helens Rec 1918 1939 Reformed as an amateur side in 1949.
Stockport 1895 1903
Streatham & Mitcham 1935 1936
Tyldesley 1895 1900
Wigan Highfield/ London Highfield / Liverpool Stanley / Liverpool City / Huyton / Runcorn Highfield / Highfield / Prescot Panthers 1922 1997 Wigan Highfield moved to London in 1933 and played one season as London Highfield.

At the end of the season they moved to Liverpool, becoming Liverpool Stanley (1934-51) and Liverpool City (1951-68).

Left Liverpool and continued as Huyton (1969-85); Runcorn Highfield (1985-90); Highfield (1991-96) and Prescot Panthers (1996-97).

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