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Currie Rugby Football Club Rebrands
It might be suspected to be an apocryphal story, but in fact it
is one hundred percent certifiable fact. Currie Rugby Football
Club was founded on the idea of six men in a pub!
Back when the 1960s were quietly
slipping into the 1970s, the famous
six - Bob Kirkwood, Jack Hogg, Roger
McLaren, Tom Chandler, David Bisset,
and Alex Galbraith - noticed that
fellow customers in their corner of
the ‘Weavers Knowe’ always turned
to the back page of the ‘Saturday
Pink’, where the rugby - not soccer
– scores were listed. From this small
observation and the discussion that
followed the idea of a Currie Rugby
Football Club was born.
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Soon these ‘six good men and true’
were joined by other local enthusiasts.
The idea became a dream, and
with the drive and dedication
of those involved, the dream
became a reality. Currie Rugby
Football Club was formally
founded in 1970, modestly
starting on a pitch provided by
Currie Community High School
and with jerseys loaned from
Edinburgh’s Boroughmuir RFC.