My playing career at Erdington Rugby club started in the Railway pub Curzon St. Nechells in 1994. I was having a few beers with my brother-in-law, John Bennett, at the Railway when the landlord of the pub came over and introduced himself to me. His name was Phil Spencer. I didn’t know that my brother-in-law had mentioned to Phil…
I played for Erdington Rugby Football Club (ERFC) from the age of 14 (and a bit) to 40 years of age. During the years that ERFC was ‘asleep’, I coached with Old Salts and worked with Greater Birmingham RFU till 2019. I was invited to run a coaching session at Erin Go Bragh Holly Lane,…
I was a player for over 20 years with the club before it closed in 2003 and a member of the team responsible for its reformation, I believe rugby is special and can help change the course of people lives for the better! And this is the reason that Changing Lives Through Rugby was formed.…
The December 2020 100 Club draw was done in front of the committee on Wednesday 9th December 2020. Much needed funds were raised for the club. The first number out was 69 and earned the winner £100. And second number out was 25 which earned the winner £30. You don’t need to be a…
Thought someone might be interested in this photograph of a commemorative stone at Twickenham. If anyone is interested it’s on the Richard J Hill section. It was put there by my family to celebrate my long connection with the club starting in 1957 and ending with my last game as skipper of Bernard McGinnity’s team…
Erdington Rugby Club is officially the inaugural winner of the Gallagher’s Grassroots Rugby Club of the Season 2019 – 2020. The Club can justifiably be extremely proud of winning this very prestigious award and all the publicity gained through all the different media channels has got everybody in rugby circles talking about our remarkable renaissance…
Just photographed a few mementos of previous day’s gone by. I don’t know if the quality is any good. One a picture of my Dad, Bernard Faulkner (playing for Erdington against a touring Wasps side), who sadly passed away this February aged 86. He started playing for Erdington in about 1966, us having moved from…
It’s been an incredible week, since we had a surprise visit from Ex Harlequins and England international Ugo Monye, who brought with him the Gallagher Rugby Club of the Season award. It’s slowly starting to sink in and we think we have finally got around the whole club to thank everyone whose hard work and…
