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New stadium to host TV cup game
20th April 2009
Oldham Rugby League Club's attractive home quarter-final against Featherstone Rovers in the Northern Rail Cup will be played at the new Leigh Sporting Village Stadium on Thursday, June 4 (7.30pm kick off) and televised live by Sky Sports.
Roughyeds had provisionally lined up the tie to be played at Sedgley Park because Boundary Park is closed for pitch repair work from mid-May to mid-July.
When it was chosen for Sky, however, a new venue had to be found because Sedgley Park's facilities are not suitable for Sky's live television requirements.
Explained Roughyeds' chief executive Chris Hamilton: "We are keen to get our matches screened on television in order to raise the profile of the club.
"We didn't want to lose this opportunity because we couldn't play at Boundary Park, but we had 24 hours only in which to find a suitable venue and inform the RFL that we had acquired an acceptable stadium.
"We spoke to various other venues, including Spotland (Rochdale) and Stalybridge Celtic, but venues where football is played were all keen to protect their pitches in June.
"However, we agreed in principle with Leigh Sporting Village and later I had a three-hour meeting over there in order to tie up the loose ends."
Only the West Stand, which seats 3,600, will be open and Oldham's normal league match prices will apply, namely £14 for adults, £10 for concessions and £5 for juniors.
Full ticket details will be announced later, but they will all be for unreserved seating rather than for specific seats. This will give supporters more freedom of choice.
Added Mr Hamilton: "This will be another big occasion for the Oldham club and the first time one of our ties in the Northern Rail Cup will have been televised.
"We will be pulling out all the stops to get as many supporters as we can over to Leigh that night."
