Victory Park
Chorley, Lancashire, England
Victory Park, Chorley, England — opened 1920, 119 rugby league games hosted, home of Chorley F.C. (football); rugby league tenants included Chorley Borough / Chorley Chieftains / Chorley Lynx (1988–1996 and 2001–2004).
Sourcing caveat: Sources disagree on Chorley's rugby league attendance record at Victory Park: Wikipedia's Victory Park article gives 2,851 for a January 1990 league match against Oldham as the ground's rugby league record, while Rugby League Project's results table shows a higher attendance of 5,026 for a Lancashire Cup tie against Wigan on 15 September 1989 — possibly reconcilable if the 2,851 figure is specifically a league (as opposed to cup) attendance record, but that distinction is not stated outright in either source, so both figures are flagged rather than one being silently dropped. Wikipedia and Total Rugby League also give slightly different chronologies for the club's 1988–89 name changes (Chorley vs Chorley Borough, and the exact year Trafford Borough split off) — the broad timeline above follows Wikipedia's Chorley Lynx article as the more detailed source.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1920 |
| Home club | Chorley F.C. (football); rugby league tenants included Chorley Borough / Chorley Chieftains / Chorley Lynx (1988–1996 and 2001–2004) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 119 |
| Top recorded crowd | 5,026 |
| Capacity | 4,300 (975 seated, remainder covered/uncovered standing) |
| Surface | Grass |
| First rugby league match | Chorley Borough R.L.F.C.'s first rugby league fixture at the ground, 4 September 1988, Second Division 1988/89 |
| Years used | 1988–2004 |
| Location | Chorley, Lancashire |
Name history
- Victory Park — 1920–present (built 1919, named to commemorate the end of the First World War)
Rugby league history
Victory Park is a football ground, home to Chorley F.C. since it opened in 1920, but it hosted professional rugby league on and off for the best part of two decades. A rugby league club relocated to Chorley from Wigan in 1988 (having itself been Springfield Borough) and took up residence at Victory Park as Chorley Borough; under a rotating cast of names — Chorley Chieftains, Chorley Magpies, Lancashire Lynx and finally Chorley Lynx — the club played there from 1988/89 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2004, with a spell ground-sharing at Preston North End's Deepdale in between. Chorley Lynx folded at the end of the 2004 season amid heavy financial losses and the withdrawal of backer Trevor Hemmings' funding, with average crowds down to around 434.
Victory Park is primarily and originally a football ground — home of Chorley F.C. throughout, and has also hosted Preston North End reserve-team and Bolton Wanderers Women fixtures. Its original grandstand was destroyed by fire in November 1945 and rebuilt in 1947.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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