Runcorn Association Football Club and R. H. Posnett blue plaque
Overview
Runcorn Association Football Club and R. H. Posnett blue plaque is recorded as Blue plaque in England Halton. This blue commemorative plaque records: Runcorn Association Football Club. Posnett, the owner of Highfield and Camden tanneries, purchased the Canal Street ground in 1918, which had been used previously by the town's rugby team.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: Runcorn Association Football Club.
People and events
The saved account records: These events, together with poor form on the pitch, sent the club into a downward spiral, and in 2000 the club sold its Canal Street ground that had been its home since 1918.
How it worked
The saved account records: Posnett, the owner of Highfield and Camden tanneries, purchased the Canal Street ground in 1918, which had been used previously by the town's rugby team.
What remains
The saved account records: In the 1993-94 season, a perimeter wall collapsed during an F.A.
Why it mattered
Runcorn Association Football Club and R. H. Posnett blue plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Runcorn Association Football Club. R. H. Posnett, the owner of Highfield and Camden tanneries, purchased the Canal Street ground in 1918, which had been used previously by the town's rugby team. Runcorn A.F.C. was formed in the same year, as part of the Highfield and Camden Tanneries Recreation Club, hence the team's early nickname of 'The Tanners'. The team continued to be run under the umbrella of the tanneries until 1953, when it became Runcorn A.F.C. Ltd. Runcorn A.F.C., later nicknamed 'The Linnets' because of the green colour… The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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