Meadow Court Stadium

Stainforth, South Yorkshire, England

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Meadow Court Stadium, Stainforth, England — opened 1929 as a speedway track (first race Easter Monday 1930); greyhound racing added 1941; rebuilt in 1993 (£1.5 million) shortly before its rugby league tenancy, 26 rugby league games hosted, home of Doncaster R.L.F.C. ('Doncaster Dragons'), 1995-1997, a temporary home ground after leaving their previous ground, Tattersfield.

Sourcing caveat: Capacity during the rugby league period is not confirmed and is deliberately omitted.

Ground facts

Opened1929 as a speedway track (first race Easter Monday 1930); greyhound racing added 1941; rebuilt in 1993 (£1.5 million) shortly before its rugby league tenancy
Home clubDoncaster R.L.F.C. ('Doncaster Dragons'), 1995-1997, a temporary home ground after leaving their previous ground, Tattersfield
Games hosted (rugby league, on record)26
Top recorded crowd1,449
First rugby league matchSecond Division, 19 Nov 1995 — Doncaster Dragons 31-8 York
Years used1995–1997
LocationStainforth, South Yorkshire

Name history

  • Meadow Court Stadium / Stainforth Stadium — name used during the 1995-1997 rugby league tenancy and still a common alternative name
  • Doncaster Stadium — rebranded name from 2006, after rugby league had left

Rugby league history

Doncaster relocated to this greyhound/speedway stadium in Stainforth, near Doncaster, after their final match at Tattersfield on 23 Apr 1995 (later sold for housing), briefly ground-sharing Belle Vue Stadium with Doncaster Rovers F.C. while Meadow Court was prepared. All matches here were Doncaster's Second Division home fixtures across the 1995/96, 1996 and 1997 seasons (British rugby league switched from a winter to a summer season format in 1996, hence the short intervening 'seasons'), with attendances from 510 up to 1,449 (v York Wasps, 8 Apr 1996). The club's final match at the ground was a 0-60 loss to Hunslet Hawks on 13 Jul 1997, after which Doncaster returned permanently to Belle Vue Stadium for 1998.

Primarily a greyhound racing stadium, still operating under the name Doncaster Stadium; also historically used for speedway.

Sources

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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