Headingley Stadium

Headingley Stadium Profile

Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Leeds Rhinos RLFC and Leeds Tykes RUFC. There are two separate grounds, with a two-sided stand housing common facilities. Until recently the whole complex was owned by the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company, which is the parent company of both rugby clubs. However, Yorkshire County Cricket Club purchased the cricket ground on 31 December 2005.

Since 11 January 2006 the stadium has officially been known as the Headingley Carnegie Stadium as a result of sponsorship from Leeds Metropolitan University (their sports faculty being known as the Carnegie School of Sport Exercise and Physical Education).

Headingley Rugby Stadium:

Leeds St. Johns, who were later to become Leeds Rugby League Football Club then in turn to became Leeds Rhinos, moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley stadium. Since then the stadium has staged more than 40 international matches and countless domestic finals. Undersoil heating was installed in 1963, and floodlights in 1966. New changing rooms were added in 1991.

The capacity of the ground currently stands at 17,700 whilst the new Carnegie Stand is being built to replace the old Eastern Terrace. Once completed, the stadium will have a new capacity of 22,250.

The record attendance at Headingley was 40,175 for the rugby league match between Leeds and Bradford on the 21st May, 1947.

Leeds RUFC, later to become Leeds Tykes, was formed in June 1991 after the amalgamation of two clubs, Roundhay and Headingley. In July 1998 Leeds RUFC became part of the world’s first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Rugby Limited.

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