Goole Vikings
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| Full name | Goole Vikings Rugby League Football Club | ||
| Nickname | The Seaporters | ||
| Colours | Black and red | ||
| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Website | goolevikings.co.uk | ||
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| CEO | James Clark | ||
| Chairman | Mark Richardson | ||
| Coach | Scott Taylor | ||
| Captain | Brett Ferres | ||
| Competition | Championship | ||
| 2025 season | 7th (League One) | ||
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The Goole Vikings are a semi-professional rugby league club from Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England who compete in the Championship, the second tier of the British rugby league system. The club previously competed in the amateur Yorkshire Men's League before joining League One in 2025, following a successful application.
Formation
Goole Vikings was founded in 2018 as an amateur club in the Yorkshire Men's League, part of the fifth tier of the British rugby league system.[1] The club is considered the successor club to Goole RLFC which disbanded in 1902.[citation needed]
The club's first ever professional game was a pre-season friendly on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 in a 46-6 defeat to Featherstone Rovers at the Millennium Stadium, with substitute winger Callum Shaw scoring Goole's only try.[2] One week later, in the club's first ever competitive professional match they had a stunning 10-17 victory knocking out a depleted London Broncos side from the Challenge Cup 3rd round, played at the home of Rosslyn Park F.C. in Roehampton, with tries from Tom Halliday, Thomas Minns and Mackenzie Harman.[3]
League 1
Following the withdrawal of London Skolars from League 1 at the end of the 2023 season, the Rugby Football League (RFL) asked for applications for a replacement club for the 2025 season. Goole Vikings stated their intent to apply on 27 May 2024,[4] and were placed on a three team shortlist along with Anglian Vipers (East Rugby League; Division 5) and Bedford Tigers (Southern Conference League; Division 4) on 3 July.[5][6]
On 18 September 2024, the RFL announced Goole's application had been successful and the club would join League 1 in 2025.[1]
On 1 October 2024, the club announced they had signed Scott Taylor as head coach, and Tom Halliday as their first professional player signing.[7] In January 2025, Goole pulled off a huge upset in the second round of the 2025 Challenge Cup defeating London 17-10.[8]
2026 squad
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Head coaches
- Scott Taylor (2024–present)
Seasons
| Season | League | Challenge Cup | Other competitions | ||||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Play-offs | ||||
| 2019 | Yorkshire Men's League Division 2 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 288 | 593 | 11 | 6th | Unknown | Did not participate | ||
| 2020 | League abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Unknown | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 120 | 494 | -2 | 9th | Unknown | ||||
| 2022 | Yorkshire Men's League Division 5 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 188 | 217 | 7 | 6th | Unknown | |||
| 2023 | Yorkshire Men's League Division 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 432 | 268 | 17 | 2nd | Unknown | |||
| 2024 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 334 | 347 | 15 | 3rd[a] | Unknown | ||||
| 2025 | League One | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 353 | 399 | 16 | 7th[b] | Play-offs cancelled | R3 | 1895 Cup | R1 |