Fosters Playing Fields
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Fosters Playing Fields, Wigan, England — opened unknown, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of Wigan Rose Bridge ARLFC -- all 4 recorded matches are Wigan Rose Bridge home fixtures. The club appears to be the same organisation now known as Ince Rose Bridge ARLFC, whose current ground (Pinfold Street, Ince) is different, consistent with this venue's own matches ending in 2008..
Ground facts
| Opened | unknown (No source gives an opening date. This site's own directory data records a first year of 2003, but Rugby League Project's own results page -- independently re-checked via a direct re-fetch -- lists only 4 matches spanning December 2004 to February 2008, with no 2003 fixture anywhere on the page. This is a genuine, unresolved discrepancy between this site's own data and its own cited primary source, disclosed rather than silently corrected to either figure. Contemporary local press/council material refers to a "William Fosters Playing Fields" hosting a council-run Football Hub -- possibly the same site, but no source directly ties that facility to this Rugby League Project venue entry.) |
| Home club | Wigan Rose Bridge ARLFC -- all 4 recorded matches are Wigan Rose Bridge home fixtures. The club appears to be the same organisation now known as Ince Rose Bridge ARLFC, whose current ground (Pinfold Street, Ince) is different, consistent with this venue's own matches ending in 2008. |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Capacity | Not found in any source. |
| Floodlights installed | Not found in any source. |
| Surface | Not confirmed; presumed grass as a council playing-field site. |
| First rugby league match | 13 Dec 2004 -- Challenge Cup 2004, Round 2: Wigan Rose Bridge 28 def Hunslet Warriors 14 (independently re-verified via direct re-fetch -- see opened_caveat for the conflict with this site's own "2003" first-year figure) |
| Last rugby league match | 23 Feb 2008 -- Challenge Cup 2008, Round 2: Wigan Rose Bridge 25 def by British Army 26 |
| Years used | 2003–2008 |
| Location | Wigan, Greater Manchester |
Name history
Rugby league history
All 4 recorded matches are early-round or qualifying Challenge Cup ties for Wigan Rose Bridge against amateur or representative opposition (Hunslet Warriors, Hensingham, Widnes St Maries, British Army); no finals or internationals. The present-day site (as "William Fosters Playing Fields") is cited by Wigan Council as a template for a separate, larger sports-facility redevelopment, suggesting an established, actively-maintained community facility.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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