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Swinton Lions are a British Rugby League club from Swinton , Greater Manchester . HISTORY The club was formed in 1866 , and in 1871 they joined the Rugby Football Union , under the name Swinton and Pendlebury FC, playing at the Station Road ground in the town. Their first game was against '' Eccles Standard''. They moved from Station Road in 1873 to a ground known as Stoneacre, and used the nearby White Lion Public House as changing rooms. They have been known as the Lions ever since. In 1886 they moved again to the Chorley Road ground. By this time the Lions had become a very strong team, and played the likes of Oxford University . They were initially reluctant to join the new Northern Union , but did so a year later due to the fact that the majority of other team in the region had done so, causing financial hardship to the club. In 1900 they won the Challenge Cup against Salford . In 1925 they won the Lancashire Cup . In 1926 they won the Challenge Cup again. Swinton were the final team to win All Four Cups ; they were also the only side ever to achieve a Lancashire version of the feat. The 1927-28 saw the lions sweep all before them, under the captaincy of centre Hector Halsall . They topped both the league and the Yorkshire League, having already defeated Wigan in the Lancashire Cup. In a tense Challenge Cup final they squeezed past Warrington 5-3, and three weeks later the Holy Grail was achieved when they comfortably eased past Featherstone Rovers 11-0 to take the Championship. In 1929 the club they moved to a new stadium back at their original home of Station Road. This soon became a favoured ground for major fixtures, with a capacity of 60,000. Staion Road played host to 19 internationals, 5 Championship finals, 17 Lancashire cup finals, 4 Premiership finals and 30 Challenge Cup semi-finals were played on the famous turf. Swinton picked up the , 1935 , 1963 and 1964 . When two divisions were introduced in 1973 they were out of the top flight, and have struggled to regain their former glories. Station Road was sold in 1992, and the club relocated to Gigg Lane, the home ground of Bury F.C. The move was not a success, and the Lions now play at Sedgley Park, home of Sedgley Park RUFC. HONOURS
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