Spotland Stadium (or simply Spotland) is a sports venue located in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It is currently home to Rochdale A.F.C. and Rochdale Hornets R.L.F.C.. It has a capacity of 10,199. This article is about the English town. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ... Rochdale Association Football Club are an English football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. ... Rochdale Hornets are a British Rugby League Football Club. ...
Stands
The ground has 4 stands: The Horners Stand (or Main Stand), The Thwaites Beer Stand (the Sandy Lane End), The W.M.G. Stand and the Westrose Leisure Stand (the Willbutts Lane Stand). All are fully-seated, apart from the Sandy Lane End, which is a small terrace behind one of the goals.
Spotland Stadium
Other Uses
Apart from local football and rugby, Spotland has in the past been used to host minor nations rugby league matches, such as BARLA (British Amateur Rugby League Association) matches.
Some of the weather I encountered on the drive was appalling, reducing me to under 20 mph on the M6 at one time, but we fought our way through the storms and the usual traffic problems to arrive in the small town of Rochdale just after 1 o'clock.
Overall, Spotland is very pleasing to the eye and they may be a small club who have achieved very little success, but that has not prevented them from establishing an attractive set-up that is amongst the best in the division.
Spotland is one those places where I could return to time after time, especially if the football remains as good as was served up on this visit.
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