Wheldon Road (known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship purposes) is the home ground of

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed ...

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Club in

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centr ...

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, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside

town centre. The record attendance of 25,449 was for a

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves a ...

match in 1935.

History

Wheldon Road officially opened in 1926 and was the home of association football club

Castleford Town F.C. Castleford Town F.C. was an English football club based in Castleford, West Yorkshire. History The team played at Castleford Sports Stadium in 1907 and participated in the FA Cup for the first time in 1907–08, but were defeated by Worksop ...

The following year Castleford RLFC moved in after the completion of their first season (1926–27) after playing at 'Sandy Desert', which has since been redeveloped, and is the home of

Castleford Lock Lane Lock Lane ARLFC are an amateur Rugby league Club in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Their home ground is the Hicksons Arena, part of the Lock Lane Sports Centre. The first team currently play in the National Conference Division One and the Ac ...

. The record attendance at the ground is 25,449 for a third round Challenge Cup match against

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in 1935. The record

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attendance at the ground is 11,731 against

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on 7 March 2004. Floodlights were installed for the 1965–66 season. In 2011 the Castleford signed a deal with developers who intended to redevelop the ground as a supermarket. This deal would fund a new £12 million stadium at nearby

Glasshoughton Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of Castleford in West Yorkshire, England, that borders on Pontefract. The appropriate Wakefield ward is called Castleford Central and Glasshoughton. It is home to the Xscape leisure centre and ski slope, the J ...

for which the club had received planning consent. In October 2012 the plans were scrapped due to lack of funding. In 2014 it was announced that the club would be moving to a new stadium near

along with a new retail park on the same site.

Layout

North Stand

The Wheldon Road End is a covered standing terrace and is considered the Kop end of the ground as it is particularly used by Castleford supporters.

East Stand

The Main Stand in the east end of the ground houses 1,500 seats and the changing rooms and tunnel. About two thirds of the stand is uncovered terracing each side of the Main Stand. The clubs pavilion is situated at this side of the ground. Most of the bars and food outlets are at this side of the ground inside the marquee

South Stand

The Railway End is at the south of the ground. It is an uncovered standing terrace, with a supporters' club, executive boxes and a scoreboard along its top. It is mainly used by away supporters.

West Stand

The Princess Street Stand is at the west of the ground. It is almost identical to the Wheldon Road End. It is completely covered and houses the TV and commentary gantry.

International Matches

Rugby League Test Matches

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Castleford Rugby League ground (geograph 3990835)

Rugby League Tour Matches

Other than Castleford club games, Wheldon Road also saw Cas play host to various international touring teams from 1929–1994.

Gallery

File:WRE2.jpg, View of the Wheldon Road end from the Railway end File:Castigers1.jpg, Main stand side File:CAS2.jpg, View of the Railway end from princess street terrace File:Princess st.jpg, Princess Street terrace

References

External links

Castleford Tigers official site
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