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Gala Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Founded in 1875, it plays its home games at Netherdale. The team currently plays in the top league for domestic clubs, Scottish Premiership and Border League (the oldest established rugby union league in the world). ==Early history== The club was formed at a time of change in Galashiels, and the Borders in general, with the increasingly industrial textile industry. Cricket was played by the new influx of workers (particularly Yorkshire) and a winter alternate was needed, so a 'Football club' was formed in 1876. Although named a 'football' club they only ever played rugby union football and never association football. Rugby Union Football is now generally referred to as rugby, but at the time it was still commonly regarded as a code of football, as it technically still is.〔http://www.galarfc.com/history.pdf〕 In 1883, the club took part in the first ever Sevens tournament in Melrose and competed the final with the hosts. Within a year they (and many other Border clubs) had started their own Sevens, also known as 'Sports'. In 1994, these separate tournaments were organized into the Borders Sevens Circuit league structure, the winners are crowned as the "Kings of the Sevens". Gala has been 'the Kings' on two occasions, in 2004 and the first ever winners in 1994.〔http://www.galarfc.com/history.pdf〕 In 1912 the club moved from Mossilee to a new ground at Netherdale, the new pavilion and grandstand built at a cost of 1150. 1931-32 saw Gala's first and only success in the Scottish Unofficial Championship under the Captaincy of Jimmy Ferguson. From 1979, with Scottish internationalists Derek White and Peter Dods in the team, Gala won the Division 1 title 3 years in a row. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gala RFC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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