Millennium Stadium (Featherstone)
Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England
Millennium Stadium (Featherstone), Featherstone, England — opened circa 1904, 1,988 rugby league games hosted, home of Featherstone Rovers.
Sourcing caveat: As of August 2026, Featherstone Rovers entered administration in December 2025 and were denied RFL membership for the 2026 Championship season; part of the stadium was also condemned by the local council toward the end of the 2025 season. The RFL has stated it remains committed to a "sustainable return" of professional rugby league in Featherstone — the club's status is inactive/in limbo, not permanently defunct, and this page should be treated as describing the ground's history rather than an active current fixture list.
Ground facts
| Opened | circa 1904 (Wikipedia's Post Office Road article gives 1904; the Featherstone Rovers club article notes the ground was 'used since the club's 1908 formation' with their first senior-club game there in 1921 — the ground's exact founding year is not fully settled between sources.) |
| Home club | Featherstone Rovers |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1,988 |
| Top recorded crowd | 9,443 |
| Capacity | 6,954 nominal (359 seated) — as of 2025/26, usable capacity is temporarily reduced by council order over fire-safety concerns (Railway Stand closed; Post Office Road terrace capped at 360) |
| Test matches hosted | 8 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Years used | 1905–2026 |
| Location | Featherstone, West Yorkshire |
Name history
- Post Office Road — 1904-1999 (and still the traditional/informal name)
- Lionheart Stadium — 1999-2006
- Chris Moyles Stadium — 2007-2009
- Bigfellas Stadium — 2010-2016
- LD Nutrition Stadium — 2017-2020
- The Millennium Stadium — since 2020
Rugby league history
Hosted touring international matches against Australia (1952, 1959, 1963, 1973), New Zealand (1955, 1989), France (1982), and Papua New Guinea (1987). Not to be confused with the much larger Principality/Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The ground's record attendance is 17,000, for a 1957 fixture against St Helens.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 1952 — Featherstone Rovers 15-50 Australia
- 1955 — Featherstone Rovers 6-7 New Zealand, attendance 4,042
- 1959 — Featherstone Rovers 23-15 Australia, attendance 7,671
- 1963 — Featherstone Rovers 23-17 Australia, attendance 7,898
- 1973 — Featherstone Rovers 13-18 Australia, attendance 5,659
- 1982 — Featherstone Rovers 5-13 France
- 1987 — Featherstone Rovers 16-22 Papua New Guinea, attendance 3,315
- 1989 — Featherstone Rovers 20-44 New Zealand, attendance 2,830
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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