Eventually proper black shirts with white collars were donated by Vice-Presidents after much fund-raising, and it was even possible to go away with fifteen players!
Jeff Butterfield was then asked by W H Weston, the President and former England International, to perform the official opening on 27 March 1968.
The name of the club was changed in 1974 to Milton Keynes in the light of the development of the new city, and a new ground was provided in Greenleys.
Once again the Marstons brewery came up with a loan to build the current clubhouse with help from a sponsored run to Twickenham, where our lads were pictured on TV handing over the match ball for the All Blacks game in 1973.
Milton Keynes Under-16s won the 1985 East Midlands U-16s Sevens tournament at Wellingborough, beating Stuart and Lloyd's 12-4 in the final with only six men for most of the game after prop Clive Rhodes was sent off in the first minute.
Milton Keynes went on to finish as runners up in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premier League and were promoted to Southern Counties North.