Talk:Blackheath F.C.

Name of the club, location of the club
It's Blackheath Football Club. I'm a member, and my membership card states it as Blackheath Football Club, Ltd.. While the website refers to it as Blackheath Rugby Club, it also refers to it as Blackheath FC several times. Match programmes refer to the club as Blackheath FC.

Also, I cannot claim to be completely familiar with the demarcation of different neighbourhoods (I've heard the area around the ground referred to as 'Rectory Field', obviously after the club ground), but the official address of the club is Charlton Road, Blackheath, so I would say that the ground is also located in Blackheath, not Charlton.

Flynn 81.108.160.137 (talk) 22:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Nickname of the club
..is The Club. All official programmes, the club badge, the website refer to the club as The Club, or just Club. I have never heard BRC used by any Blackheath member, to be honest.

Also, when I get more time, I will update the website in regards to developments between the early years of rugby union and today - such as the Club having more internationals pre-professionalism than any club in the UK, possibly the world.

Flynn 81.108.160.137 (talk) 22:16, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Reversion of a move of the article from FC to RFC
The name is what the name is. They are not called Blackheath RFC they are called Blackheath FC. The historical reasons are because the formation of the club predates the split between rugby and association football. In any event, this is irrelevant, because it is not within the remit of editors of wikipedia to rename organisations.Kwib (talk) 12:12, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * According to their website, they are called Blackheath Rugby FC, so RFC makes more sense. Simply south (talk) and their tree 14:46, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The website is titled "Blackheath Rugby" as is the case with many club sites appending the term rugby to the end of the town/location name; however, the website name is not the name of the club. On the website, the club's name is referred to multiple times as Blackheath FC. The only reference on the home page to the club name is as Blackheath FC. I could find no reference anywhere to Blackheath RFC. The history section refers to Blackheath FC; the constitution of the junior side (which is in fact ironically called Blackheath Junior RFC) explicitly states it is a section of Blackheath Football Club.Kwib (talk) 21:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

=Not oldest open rugby club= Liverpool Football Club is older (1857). The club's first match took place in 1857 when old boys from Rugby school challenged local boys to a game under their school rules. Liverpool Football Club were then formed, the oldest open rugby club in the World. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.194.102.190 (talk) 00:06, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Royal Engineers or Blackheath?
There appears to be a slight contradiction... the Royal Engineers article states that Charles Arthur Crompton and Charles Sherrard were representives of The Army/Royal Engineers, whereas the players' own articles and the 1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches article states that they were representatives of Blackheath F.C.. The 1871–72 Home Nations rugby union matches article (Francis d'Aguilar, & Charles Sherrard of England, and Frederick T. Maxwell, & Henry Renny-Tailyour of Scotland), and 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches article (William Stafford of England), specifically identify the rugby footballers representing The Royal Engineers rather than a club side. Did Charles Arthur Crompton and Charles Sherrard play for The Royal Engineers or Blackheath, or both? Best Regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 11:01, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Perhaps the section in the Royal Engineers article needs clarification. The article says: "The Army were represented in the very first international by two members of the Royal Engineers, both playing for England, Lieutenant Charles Arthur Crompton RE and Lieutenant Charles Sherrard RE." This is correct, they were Royal Engineers and I think the sentence is referring to the Army and the Royal Engineers as institutions rather than rugby sides. However, as mentioned, I think it could be clarified. Both players certainly played for Blackheath and in my sources Sherrard was a representative of West Kent when he won his second cap. However, playing for one side did not prohibit a player playing for another and it is very possible they both also played for the Royal Engineers rugby side as well.Kwib (talk) 12:23, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

St. George's Hospital Medical School RFC or Blackheath F.C.?
The St. George's Hospital Medical School RFC article states that Henry Herbert Taylor made his début for England rugby union as a St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC rugby footballer. However, Henry Herbert Taylor's article doesn't mention St. George's Hospital Medical School RFC at all, and only mentions Blackheath F.C.. Although the 1879–80 Home Nations rugby union matches article has him at St. George's Hospital Medical School RFC, and the 1880–81 Home Nations rugby union matches has him at Blackheath. Was he a St. George's Hospital Medical School RFC and or Blackheath F.C. rugby footballer at the time of his England début? Best Regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 16:16, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

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