History of Ashbrooke Sports Club
As a result of the low numbers of readers over the last couple of blogs, the weekly blog is stopping and the site is returning to being...
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Keith Gregson
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Facing A Challenge - the 1970s
It is no secret that financing a club such as Ashbrooke is never easy. Even when the great and good of Sunderland ran the club in the...
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Keith Gregson
- Mar 20
- 2 min
1987 – A Hundred Years On – The Club
May 30 1987 marked the hundredth anniversary of the opening of Ashbrooke. In 1887, the new combined home of Sunderland Rugby Football...
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Keith Gregson
- Mar 17
- 1 min
See You on Monday
Friday Blog moved to Monday due to a major sporting commitment!
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Keith Gregson
- Mar 10
- 1 min
When the Cossacks came to Ashbrooke
Across the years Ashbrooke Sports Ground has seen massive crowds for events – some sporting and some non-sporting. The record stands at...
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Keith Gregson
- Mar 3
- 2 min
KG's Friday Blog 03 March
We've always been a crazy lot at Ashbrooke. Here is a wonderful Edwardian photograph of a mixed sports day at the club. Take a careful...
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Keith Gregson
- Feb 24
- 1 min
KG'S WEEKLY BLOG
FRIDAY UPDATE With the rugby club approaching its 150th and the wider club looking to its heritage to secure its future I will try to...
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Keith Gregson
- Feb 20
- 1 min
An Update at last
At last I have found out how to post and will try to keep people updated about the 150th of the Rugby Club. I have finished all the...
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Keith Gregson
- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Update
Nothing has changed since the last post. The site remains a useful resource for anyone studying sporting history and though my interests...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
2021 update
As noted before this blog is now effectively a history of sport at Ashbrooke and can be treated as such. Please feel free to trawl...
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Keith Gregson
- Jun 27, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Update
Hi, everybody. You will have realised by now that this blog is no longer active but it still has historical uses. If interested in the...
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Keith Gregson
- Dec 15, 2019
- 2 min
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
After over 30 blogs on the club’s history and heritage and a lengthy period of research leading up to the re-dedication of the stand, the...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
ASHBROOKE HERITAGE AND EDUCATION – LESSON TWO – CRICKET IN SUNDERLAND
Sunderland Cricket Club is thought to be the oldest sporting club in north east England to have records kept and maintained since it...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 16, 2019
- 2 min
Ashbrooke Heritage and Education - A New Venture
For the last few weeks the weekly blog has concentrated on the run up to the re-dedication of the stand as The Last Stand and the club’s...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 9, 2019
- 3 min
Unveiling the Last Stand - An Appropriate Fixture
Saturday 9 November sees the re-dedication of the stand at Ashbrooke and a 1st XV fixture with Winlaton Vulcans. This is an appropriate...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Last Stand - Remembering Other Ashbrooke Sportsmen
'On 9 November Ashbrooke Sports Club will be holding a ceremony of re-dedication for its century old and recently refurbished rugby...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 29, 2019
- 2 min
Remembering our England Players
In the week leading up to a great day for English rugby and a fortnight leading up to the dedication of The Last Stand, it is an...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 25, 2019
- 3 min
The Last Stand (2/2) - Remembering the Rugby Players
'On 9 November Ashbrooke Sports Club will be holding a ceremony of re-dedication for its century old and recently refurbished rugby...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 25, 2019
- 2 min
Nice to hear from you, Jon!
Many Ashbrooke Folk will remember Jon Buddington – rugby player and groundsman at Ashbrooke – and indeed the whole family who had links...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 18, 2019
- 3 min
The Last Stand - Remembering the Rugby Players (1/2)
On Saturday 9 November Ashbrooke Sports Club in Sunderland will be holding a ceremony of rededication for its century old and recently...
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