Barkers Butts RFC

Barkers Butts Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Allesley, Coventry, West Midlands. The first XV currently play in Midlands 2 West (South), a seventh tier league in the English rugby union system. The club operates four senior teams, a Colts side and the full range of junior teams for both boys and girls.^[1]

Barkers Butts

Full name	Barkers Butts Rugby Football Club
Union	Warwickshire Rugby Football Union
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Location	Coventry England
Ground(s)	The Bob Coward Memorial Ground
League(s)	Midlands 2 West (South)
2019–20	4th
Team kit
Official website
barkersbuttsrfc.rfu.club

League history

When the league system was established in 1987, Barkers Butts was placed in the fifth tier, playing in Midlands 1 and were runners up in the first season of league rugby.^[2] They finished in second place twice more (1990–91 and 1992–93) but were relegated from tier 5, then called Courage League Division 5, after the 1994-95 season.^[3] and have not played at that level since. Subsequently, they have alternated between the sixth and seventh levels.

Club honours

• Midlands 1 champions: 1993–94^[4]
• Midlands 2 West (South) champions (2): 2004–05,^[5] 2010–11^[6]