Saracens F. C. Wikipedia. Saracens Football Club are an English professional rugby union team based in London,1 England. Established in 1. English Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England, and are the reigning champions of the European Rugby Champions Cup, which they have won twice consecutively, in 2. Since 2. 01. 2, Saracens have played their home games at Allianz Park in Hendon previous grounds have included Vicarage Road in Watford, and Bramley Road. The clubs home playing colours are black and red. HistoryeditOriginseditSaracens were founded in 1. Old Boys of the Philological School in Marylebone, London later to become St Marylebone Grammar School. The clubs name is said to come from the endurance, enthusiasm and perceived invincibility of Saladins desert warriors of the 1. The fact that their local rivals were called the Crusaders may also have been a factor. The Crescent and Star appearing in the clubs emblem are reminiscent of those appearing on the flag of Ottoman. Saracens amalgamated with neighbouring club Crusaders two years later. In 1. 89. 2, Saracens moved from Crown Lane, Southgate, to Firs Farm, Winchmore Hill then played on nine different grounds before the move to Bramley Road3 for the 1. Second World War actually prevented them from playing there until 1. After their inaugural match against Blackheath, the Saracens had to wait another 9 years before Harlequins offered to include them on their fixture list. Saracens found it difficult to get games against first class sides as the facilities at Bramley Road were so poor. The club produced a number of internationals in pre league era, such as hooker John Steeds who won five caps representing England from 1. Battle Lan Warcraft 3. Vic Harding, a lock also for England from 1. George Sheriff, an England back rower from 1. The club enjoyed fixtures with the leading clubs for many years and enjoyed a particularly successful time in the 1. National Cup. Special games played at Bramley Road during this period include the 1. International XV. It was a fantastic occasion,tone as a 5,0. North London at the time came to watch a magnificent contest, ending Saracens 3. International XV 3. This Saracens team also won the Middlesex Cup4 beating rivals Wasps in the final. Game Bird East Lancs' title='Game Bird East Lancs' />The Courage leagueseditAfter some bleak years in the early 1. Courage Leagues, and with Floyd Steadman as captain and Tony Russ as coach, they won the second division in 1. The next year in the first division they surprised many by finishing fourth in the league behind Wasps, Gloucester and Bath. But within the space of two years, Saracens had lost Jason Leonard to Harlequins, Dean Ryan to Wasps and Ben Clarke to Bath and they were fast becoming a nursery for the more prestigious clubs. The 1. 99. 29. 3 season saw the leagues restructured with Saracens, along with three other clubs, being relegated to the second division. In 1. 99. 39. 4 Saracens finished third and narrowly missed out on promotion but the following year they finished as champions and were again back in the top flight. Former player David Wellman was given the task to re brand Saracens. Game Bird East Lancs' title='Game Bird East Lancs' />He gave former player Mike Smith the remit to take Saracens professional. A benefactor was required in order to improve the ground and playing staff. Alas Saracens seesaw existence over the nineties was about to continue in 1. West Hartlepool but they were saved by their new CEO Mike Smith, who persuaded the RFU that there should be no relegation for the first season of professional rugby. The professional eraedit1. In November 1. 99. Saracens gained the financial backing of Nigel Wray and this enabled the club to recruit the likes of Michael Lynagh, Philippe Sella, Francois Pienaar and Kyran Bracken. Saracens moved again to Enfield F. South Lancs Bird Couriers. We started southlancsbirdcouriers 4 years ago after we kept getting let down by so called bird courier firms ourselves. C. s ground, Southbury Road,6 and they started the new season with a victory over title favourites Leicester but only finished seventh just missing out on Heineken Cup qualification. The Saracens at a home match. The 1. 99. 79. 8 season, was a landmark year. Place an Ad For Free Sell Second Hand Furniture Clear out the house and make room for some new furniture, whilst making some cash on Preloved LANCASHIRE FUSILIER TRAM The naming ceremony will take place at the Metrolink Queens Road Depot and will be carried out by Buryborn Jennie McAlpine. They began a ground share with Watford FC and their 2. Vicarage Road Stadium. The agreement ran until February 2. Saracens relocated to Barnet Copthall. The appointment of a Marketing Director saw Saracens splashed all over the broadsheets, tabloids, magazines and TV and with the help of a small band of be fezzed followers that had been following the club for a number of years, the year of the Fezclarification needed began. Close season signings like Danny Grewcock, Roberto Grau, Gavin Johnson and Ryan Constable joined forces with the home grown talent of Tony Diprose, Richard Hill and Steve Ravenscroft to form a side that would prove a significant force during the season losing only three games during the season to finish second in the Premiership, missing out narrowly to Newcastle, another club that had embraced the changes that the professional game had brought. The Cumbria and Palatine Counties Area is coterminious with the North East Government Office Region. I have named it after Cumbria and the Palatine Counties of. The fourth record since including the Heysham Barrows bird in 1977 was located the other side of the headland by Helen yesterday and showed really well on and off. Newcastle havent repeated this success since. Consolation for missing out on the league title came in the then principal domestic cup competition, the Tetley Bitter Cup. Saracens beat Wasps 4. Twickenham, in doing so equalling Baths cup final record score of 4. Their run had included a 5. Blackheath, a 1. 41. Leicester, a quarter final 3. Free Download Buku Cerita Bahasa Inggris'>Free Download Buku Cerita Bahasa Inggris. Richmond, followed by a victory over Northampton. It was the first major silverware that Saracens had won in their 1. The game was also notable for being the last competitive game for two legends of the sport, Lynagh and Sella some years later these same two players became the inaugural members of Saracens Hall of Fame. After a solid start to 1. Saracens were rocked in December when they lost to third from bottom London Scottish in a shock defeat at home, but a win against Bedford and West Hartlepool and a draw with Wasps still saw them in touch with leaders Leicester. The second half of the season was a roller coaster ride with Saracens going from eighth and out of European contention after a run of four loses, to eventually finishing third as Londons top club. The 1. 99. 90. 0 season saw more big name players move to Vicarage Road with Mark Mapletoft, Thierry Lacroix, Scott Murray and Dan Luger joining the club along with Darragh OMahony and the up and coming Julian White. With the squad ravaged by World Cup duty and then injury the clubs first attempt at the Heineken Cup was not a happy one. They lost three games by a couple of points in the last seconds of the game and didnt make the quarter finals. With a few games left they were looking at a possible failure to qualify for Europe again, but Kyran Bracken returned from a ten month injury to inspire Saracens into fourth place and Heineken Cup qualification. By October Saracens had effectively crashed out of the Heineken Cup with back to back defeats to Cardiff and with the team shorn of internationals due to the Autumn Tests the final blow was dealt when Thomas Castaignde suffered an Achilles tendon injury. The results went downhill fast and a fifth place finish saw the club miss out on a Heineken Cup place. The 2. 00. 10. 2 season brought many changes, with established players such as Luger, Grewcock, White, Wallace and, much to the consternation of his loyal fan club, Tony Diprose, all leaving the club. Further weakened with the news that Castaignde was likely to miss the whole of the coming season, Francois Pienaar, now in full control of coaching operations opted to make use of a crop of younger players coming through the club system.