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The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
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The Jungle is the former name of Wheldon Road, a stadium in Castleford
, West Yorkshire
, England
. This is the home of the Castleford Tigers
rugby league
team.
The stadium changed its name to the Jungle after a sponsorship deal with Jungle.com (now absorbed into the Home Retail Group), after the sponsorship deal ended the club decided to keep the name "The Jungle". In 2010, PROBIZ bought the rights to the ground and the ground has been renamed The PROBIZ Colliseum.
The Castleford Tigers currently intend to relocate to a new 13,000 capacity stadium
in the Glasshoughton
area of the town (near Xscape), and with better access to the M62
. The project was granted planning permission in November 2007 with the new stadium originally expected to open in 2009 or 2010 but is now likely to open in 2012.
Although, it creates a great atmosphere for home fans, the ground is sadly dilapidated and a new ground is desperately needed as it does not meet modern stadium standards.
who disappeared after being refused entry to the Third Division.
Castleford Tigers
(Castleford RLFC as they were then) moved to the stadium in 1927 after the completion of their first season (1926–27) as a senior rugby league club. This first season was played at the inappropriately named 'Sandy desert' in Lock Lane, a venue that was very prone to flooding.
The record attendance at the ground is 25,449 for a third round Challenge Cup match against Hunslet in 1935. The official attendance for a second round Challenge Cup match against Hull KR in 1965 was 22,582 but a reported 8,000 people got in without paying.
Floodlights were installed for the 1965-6 season.
Castleford
Castleford is the largest of the "five towns" district in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near Pontefract, and has a population of 37,525 according to the 2001 Census, but has seen a rise in recent years and is now around 45-50,000. To the north...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. This is the home of the Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...
rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
team.
The stadium changed its name to the Jungle after a sponsorship deal with Jungle.com (now absorbed into the Home Retail Group), after the sponsorship deal ended the club decided to keep the name "The Jungle". In 2010, PROBIZ bought the rights to the ground and the ground has been renamed The PROBIZ Colliseum.
The Castleford Tigers currently intend to relocate to a new 13,000 capacity stadium
New Castleford Stadium
The New Castleford Stadium is a description of a proposed rugby league stadium which would be built in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, and will replace The Jungle as the home stadium of Castleford Tigers...
in the Glasshoughton
Glasshoughton
Glasshoughton is an area of Castleford in West Yorkshire, England, that borders on Pontefract. It is home to the Xscape indoor ski slope and leisure centre, the Junction 32 Outlet Shopping Village, a DIY superstore, a hotel, a pub and a number of fast food restaurants, which were built on the site...
area of the town (near Xscape), and with better access to the M62
M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22...
. The project was granted planning permission in November 2007 with the new stadium originally expected to open in 2009 or 2010 but is now likely to open in 2012.
The stadium
The Jungle is an old terraced style stadium and its capacity is 11,750. This includes 1,500 seats in the wooden main stand with the remainder of the spectators standing. Three sides of The Jungle are covered, with the Railway End open to the elements.Although, it creates a great atmosphere for home fans, the ground is sadly dilapidated and a new ground is desperately needed as it does not meet modern stadium standards.
History
The ground was originally the home of Castleford Town F.C.Castleford Town F.C.
Castleford Town F.C. was an English football club based in Castleford, West Yorkshire.-History:The team participated in the FA Cup for the first time in 1907–08, but were defeated by Worksop Town in the fourth qualifying round. In 1909 they joined the Midland League. In 1919–20 they reached the...
who disappeared after being refused entry to the Third Division.
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...
(Castleford RLFC as they were then) moved to the stadium in 1927 after the completion of their first season (1926–27) as a senior rugby league club. This first season was played at the inappropriately named 'Sandy desert' in Lock Lane, a venue that was very prone to flooding.
The record attendance at the ground is 25,449 for a third round Challenge Cup match against Hunslet in 1935. The official attendance for a second round Challenge Cup match against Hull KR in 1965 was 22,582 but a reported 8,000 people got in without paying.
Floodlights were installed for the 1965-6 season.
