Welford Road Stadium; Location: Aylestone Road Leicester LE2 7TR: Coordinates: 52°37′27″N 1°07′59″W / 52.62417°N 1.13306°W / 52.62417; -1.13306 Coordinates: 52°37′27″N 1°07′59″W / The visit of the Invincible All Blacks on 4 October 1924 saw a record attendance at Welford Road of 35,000 that stands to this day. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the date(s) you selected. [73] On 29 June it was reported that the pay dispute which started in April could result in several players leaving the club after refusing to cut their pay,[74] with 5 players including Manu Tuilagi and Telusa Veainu leaving later that week after refusing to amend their contracts in light of the global pandemic.[73]. Kiki & fifi pet friends - play fun furry kitty & p... Maine coon washing contest | who is the cleanest c... Pet foods at costco (friskies,cesar and whiskas). The weekend was thwarted from the start . Leicester finished first in 2004–05 going directly to the final; in Martin Johnson & Neil Back's last game for the club they lost 43–19 to Wasps. In 2010, the Crumbie Stand was renamed the Holland & Barrett Stand after health food chain Holland & Barrett had signed a sponsorship deal with Tigers the previous year. I will return! in 1885 and has been their home ever since. Currently, the ground is officially known for sponsorship reasons as the Energy Check Stadium but it will soon be renamed the Planet-U Energy Stadium following a deal signed by the club with Leeds-based Planet-U Energy on 19 February 2019. After a controversial decision in which the RFU announced that Welford Road would not host any World Cup 2015 matches opting instead for the King Power Stadium, Tigers released plans for the second stage of redevelopment in which the 100 year old clubhouse and the temporary stand was demolished and a new stand built. The ground was developed in two main periods, either si With the First World War intervening it was not opened until 1918. At the end of the 2008–09 season three home games were played at the King Power Stadium, then known as the Walkers Stadium, due to demolition of the old north stand. In July 2016, after the health and supplements company were declared main sponsors and naming rights to the North Stand, the stand was renamed the south stand, however in 2018, the stand was renamed the Breedon stand due to sponsorship reasons. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. After full renovation it will have a capacity of above 30,000. newborn orphaned kittens abandoned in a wo... Bengal kittens from cat lily-one day old! The stadium is 1/2 mile further on. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? In 1891 Leicester rented a ground in the north of the city, on the Belgrave Road where Roberts Road and Buller Road now stand, called the Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground , at the end of the 1890/91 season Leicester applied for a renewal of the lease but found the terms unacceptable. [80], In the 1926–27 season Leicester started using letters to identify their forwards; The Birmingham Post report for the match against Bath on 6 October 1926 noted "Leicester's forwards were picked out easily as their jerseys were decorated with large bold letters A-G".