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Harlequins
The Harlequins Football Club is an English rugby union team who plays in the top level of English rugby, the Guinness Premiership, for 2006-07, having secured their return from National Division One at the first opportunity. Their ground in London is The Stoop. For sponsorship reasons they were formerly known as NEC Harlequinss, however for the 2007-2008 season their principal sponsor is Etihad Airways.
In the amateur era many of the players worked in the City of London and the club has retained strong ties to the financial sector. The Harlequinss Rugby League is a separately owned rugby league team which, from 23 September 2005, shares the same name, ground and wears kit similar to the union club's famous multi-colored quartered jersey.
For their first 40 years, they were very nomadic in their existence and played at a total of 15 venues. Since 1909, they have only played at three. The Hampstead Football Club was founded in 1866 and the first recorded game took place in 1867. They were re-named Harlequins Rugby Football Club in 1870, supposedly because the membership was no longer purely local but the HFC monogram had to be retained. The word 'Harlequins' was found in a dictionary and all present agreed to the new name. This caused a split in the membership and the half that did not form the Harlequinss went off and formed a club known as the Wasps.
In 1906, the Quins were invited by the Rugby Football Union to use the new national stadium in Twickenham. In those early days, only one or two internationals were played there during the season, and it wasn't long before the RFU ground became the Headquarters of the Harlequins Football Club. The 1910 saw the rise of the Harlequinss club, whose effective brand of attacking rugby led to a purple period in the years leading up to the First World War.
In 1963, the Quins acquired an athletics ground with 14 acres (57,000 m²) just over the road from the RFU ground, which became the Harlequins training pitch. This has subsequently become their home: the Stoop Memorial Ground. This is named after Adrian Dura Stoop, who won 15 caps for England and is said to have been the person who developed modern back play.
The club has won the Rugby Football Union clubs knockout competition on two occasions: the John Player Cup in 1988 and Pilkington Cup in 1991. In addition, they played in the finals of 1992, 1993 and 2001.
The Quins became the first British team to win the European Shield in 2001, defeating Narbonne 42-33 in the final. They then became the first team to win the tournament twice, defeating Montferrand 27-26 in the final of the renamed Parker Pen Challenge Cup on 22nd May 2004.
The Quins had maintained their status in the Premier Division as one of England's top 12 clubs until 2005. In 2005 they were relegated to National Division One after finishing at the bottom of the Zurich Premiership. In July of that year they announced that they would be establishing a partnership with rugby league club London Broncos, which saw the two clubs sharing Harlequinss home ground of The Stoop from the start of the 2006 Super League season. As part of the deal, the Broncos changed their name to Harlequinss Rugby League, though the two clubs remain under separate ownership.
In 2005-06, Quins utterly dominated National Division One. They won 25 of their 26 league matches, including their first 19, losing only at Exeter Chiefs on 25 February 2006. Quins also averaged nearly 40 points per match, scored four or more tries in 20 matches, and racked up an average victory margin of slightly over 25 points. They secured their return to the Premiership on 1 April with four matches to spare, crushing Sedgley Park 65-8 while the only team with a mathematical chance of pipping them for the title, Bedford, lost 26-23 at Exeter. They were recently joined by coach Dean Richards.
The Harlequinss play at The Stoop, situated in Twickenham. The ground has previously been referred to as the Stoop Memorial Ground, though that was changed in mid 2005. The stadium is named after former England international Adrian Stoop, who was also a Harlequinss player and president.
The Stoop has a capacity of 12,700, since the redeveloped Lexus Stand (west) was opened in late 2005. Since Harlequinss RL joined the Harlequinss at the ground, both teams played on the same day in 2006, with the Harlequinss playing first, and then field markings and advertisements being changed so the Harlequinss RL could play.
The Quins acquired the then athletics pitch in 1963, a ground of 14 acres, close by to the RFU ground. It became the training pitch, and eventually, the Harlequinss home ground. The site provided a ground that could be developed, and since then much has been done in terms of upgrading. The stadium was known as the Stoop Memorial Ground for many years, but it was renamed to the Twickenham Stoop in 2005.
For the beginning of the 2007-2008 season there will be a new temporary stand in place until Richmond Borough Council agree to the construction of a permanent one. The main difference between the new and the old temporary stands is the addition of a roof. Mark Evans (Chief Executive) confirmed at the pre season conference there will be no change in the stand's capacity and that it is purely to improve comfort for supporters. With a small increase of ticket prices for this stand from £15-£17, the club may not break even on the stand by the time the season ends.
One of the underlying reasons behind the decision to build a new south stand was the 2006-2007 game against Bath, when Evans witnessed a father and son, without coats, sharing a big jumper. He decided that the club should show more consideration for those fans on lower incomes. The new temporary stand should be ready for the first Stoop match against Leeds Carnegie.
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