White City Stadium (Newcastle)
Newcastle (Newcastle Upon Tyne), Tyne and Wear, England
White City Stadium (Newcastle), Newcastle (Newcastle Upon Tyne), England — opened Built 1937 on a 12-acre site in Blaydon-on-Tyne (then County Durham); greyhound racing began 7 Oct 1937, 18 rugby league games hosted, home of Newcastle RLFC, for the 1937-38 season only — the club's second and final season, having played its debut 1936-37 season at Brough Park, Newcastle, before folding at the end of 1937-38 when not re-elected to continue in the league.
Sourcing caveat: Specific rugby league match results, dates and attendances at this venue are not confirmed beyond the general single-season Newcastle RLFC tenancy.
Ground facts
| Opened | Built 1937 on a 12-acre site in Blaydon-on-Tyne (then County Durham); greyhound racing began 7 Oct 1937 (A different, separate venue from the famous White City Stadium, London (also written up in this site's directory), which hosted its own distinct rugby league history including a 1967 Ashes Test.) |
| Home club | Newcastle RLFC, for the 1937-38 season only — the club's second and final season, having played its debut 1936-37 season at Brough Park, Newcastle, before folding at the end of 1937-38 when not re-elected to continue in the league |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 18 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Capacity | 24,000 |
| Years used | 1937–1938 |
| Location | Newcastle (Newcastle Upon Tyne), Tyne and Wear |
Name history
- White City Stadium — 1937-1951 as an active sporting venue; no renaming found
Rugby league history
Built primarily as Newcastle's major greyhound racing venue (with a 300-foot-wide clubhouse, bar lounges and totalisator betting facilities), this stadium's rugby league tenancy was only a single season, the second and last of Newcastle RLFC's brief top-flight existence. Greyhound racing, the venue's dominant and longest-running use, closed on 26 May 1951 after heavy government betting tax made the operation unviable.
Primarily greyhound racing (1937-1951), the venue's main and longest-running use.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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