Meadow Lane Stadium
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Meadow Lane Stadium, Nottingham, England — opened 3 September 1910, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of Notts County FC, a football club, since 1910; also used at times by Nottingham RFC (rugby union, 2006-2014) and by Notts County Ladies FC (2014-2017).
Sourcing caveat: A Wikipedia list of England national team results separately references an England vs Australasia match at Meadow Lane, Nottingham on 6 December 1911, but Rugby League Project's own venue records show only the single 1986 Mansfield vs Fulham fixture and no 1911 match; this discrepancy is disclosed rather than resolved, since the 1911 fixture could not be independently confirmed as the same venue.
Ground facts
| Opened | 3 September 1910 |
| Home club | Notts County FC, a football club, since 1910; also used at times by Nottingham RFC (rugby union, 2006-2014) and by Notts County Ladies FC (2014-2017) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 950 |
| Capacity | 19,841 for league games currently, per Wikipedia, though StadiumDB gives a slightly different total of 20,189; a historical record attendance of 47,310 was set in a 1955 FA Cup match |
| Floodlights installed | current LED floodlights were fitted in July 2022, replacing a 2014 upgrade; the original installation date is not confirmed, so floodlight presence at the time of the 1986 rugby league match is not established |
| Surface | grass at the time of the 1986 match; the pitch was relaid as a hybrid surface with undersoil heating in 2024 |
| Years used | 1986 |
| Location | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
Name history
- Meadow Lane — 1910-present, primary name throughout
- briefly the Aaron Scargill Stadium — a short-lived 2002 sponsorship rename that reverted when the deal fell through
Rugby league history
The long-time home of Notts County FC, one of the world's oldest professional football clubs, Meadow Lane's sole recorded rugby league fixture was a domestic Second Division match on 28 September 1986, in which Mansfield beat Fulham 32-18 in front of 950 spectators, confirmed via Rugby League Project's own venue records. This was a one-off relocation rather than any ongoing rugby league tenancy: Mansfield's regular home grounds through this period were Field Mill, then North Street in Alfreton, neither of which is Meadow Lane. This is a domestic club fixture rather than an international or representative match.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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