Who played at Springfield Park , was it a team from Wigan or am i dreaming and getting mixed up ?

Wigan Athletic football ground...

LEEDS once played somebody there maybe in a challenge cup tie ?

Springfield Borough who later changed there name to Chorley Borough

Thank you

Blackpool Borough became Springfield Borough and played there in 1987. They became Chorley or Trafford Borough after that.

There is also a ground called Springfield Park in London, Hackney RFC, but I don't think any league has been played there.

Lancashire Lynx played at Deepdale Rd, home of Preston N.E. in the late 90's.
In the early 00's they reverted to Chorley Lynx, at Victory Park Chorley.

McCain Stadium Scarborough Pirates
Harvey Hadden Stadium Nottingham City
North St Stadium Alfreton Mansfield Marksmen
Lowmoor Rd Kirkby in Ashfield Mansfield Marksmen
Field Mill Mansfield Mansfield Marksmen

Craven Cottage Fulham
Chiswick Polytechnic Fulham
Crystal Palace Stadium Fulham
Barnet Copthall Stadium London Crusaders
The Valley Charlton London Broncos
The Stoop London Broncos

Athletic Ground Maidstone Kent Invicta
Roots Hall Southend Invicta

Ninian Park Cardiff City Blue Dragons
Coychurch Rd Bridgend Blue Dragons

Brunton Park Carlisle
Gifford Park Carlisle

While this is helpful, it is not really much use to me unless I can find people who are forthcoming with their memories and want to share them, which is proving difficult.

Bloody hell did you google them

I have supported Doncaster RLFC since 1959 & I have been to all of those grounds except

Crystal Palace Stadium
Copthall Stadium Barnet
The Valley Charlton
The Stoop

Is that some sort of aversion to London Geoff?

As far as I can remember the Dons didn't have any fixtures against London when they played their home games at Crystal Palace, Barnet, Charlton & The Stoop

Thanks Someday yes we are both the same age I stopped watching the game about three years ago as I found it very boring & predictable five drives & a kick then hunt for a mistake from the opposition,the scrums are a joke its not the game I was brought up with there are no characters in the game anymore

Yet you still can't break away from talking about the game, I bet your like me that you live in hope that some of the old traditions will come back.

Keep safe fella

I notice Runcorn got mentioned earlier in this thread. I watched a few of their games when they played at Canal Street in the late 80s which was then the home of Runcorn football club. The stadium got demolished around 2001/2002 ish years after the RL club had up sticks and moved out.

I can think of a few of the current grounds which need to join this list of 'lost stadiums of rugby league' though.

I am a Salford fan and would be happy to share my memories of The Willows. Send me a PM if interested and we can arrange something.

Thanks very much, check your DMs.

I remember going to watch Warrington in a cup game at Hunslet's old ground in the 70s. We went on the coach and gazed in awe at Elland Road, home of LUFC as we went past it.
Once in the ground I remember the greyhound track surrounding the pitch, the American Football style posts, the mechanically operated scoreboard for the dog racing and the fact that the terracing where I stood sloped back away from the pitch.

I watched a cup tie at Canal Street where Runcorn were within 4 points of Bradford with minutes to go. Keith Mumby scored a late try to give Northern a flattering scoreline in the end.

I was there at the Greyhound Stadium with the NFL goal posts in '75. I think we played them in both cup runs of '74 and '75 at that ground. Rochdale's Athletic Ground was another that had an unusual feel for an RL stadium.

One thing I do remember from my travels then (the only time I frequently travelled away) is that Warrington were very much disliked - most if it was good-natured banter, but there was a lot of hatred from some fans in places you would not really expect e.g Hull, Featherstone.

Was it my imagination and some fans are like that whoever is visiting? Why are Warrington hated even when they are mediocre?

I assume that you're talking 70's to early 80's?

This was 90s mostly.

I understand why we are disliked now - rich owner, (some) arrogant fans.

I understand why we may have been disliked in the 80s - dirty team (Les Boyd, Alan Rathbone etc).

Never really knew why we were badly received in some places in the 90s though (apart from the obvious local rivals).