Quote ="Redchemic"'The club was formed in 1873, under the name of Farnworth & Appleton. The name Widnes was adopted in 1876.'
I seem to recall reading that in the earliest days the ground was in the town centre just behind the main street (Albert Road) close to where the Wetherspoon Pub is now. Another site mentioned was up on Peelhouse Lane which is practically a stones throw from Wetherspoons but these were as a Rugby Union club.
The original Rugby club was formed by some members of the Widnes Cricket Club just around the corner from my gaff in Farnworth. Unsure if any Rugby was played on the oval in the cricket off season though.
We have been at the current site since the inception of the Northern Union in 1895.'"
The rugby club was formed in the autumn of 1875 as it happens. And the F&A cricket club folded in that off-season so they never had to share the ground as such.
First ground was behind where 'Spoons is now.
Then to a site where the Library now stands, then Peelhouse (just north of Millfield) then Widnes CC on Lowerhouse (behind the north stand of the current rugby stadium)
Then back to Peelhouse/Millfield, then back to Lowerhouse on the far side of Widnes CC (Squires Avenue area) in 1884 for 11 years. The first couple of NU games were played there in 1895 and the current site was christened with a game against Liversedge, 12 October 1895 and so is the third site the club has used on Lowerhouse Lane (or the fourth if you count the 3rd XV pitch on the Stewards Ave side of the road that was used briefly in the 1880s).
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Yep, not bad at all. 
