Great video, thank you for posting. I live in Dover, about as far as you can get from Castleford before France! Around 10 years-ago I changed jobs and the new company I joined sent me and a colleague to Leeds for 2-week induction training. I had never been to a rugby (league or union) game before but my mate played at an amateur level and arranged tickets for Tigers v St Helens. I think Cas lost that night, but it was an 80 point end-to-end battle that I thoroughly enjoyed. The Jungle was packed, the atmosphere and the home support magnificent. The following week Cas visited the Rhino's at Headingly and my mate and I went in with the away supporters. We won and I was hooked... Despite the distance I try to get to The Jungle at least once a season (shame London have been relegated - last seasons game at Ebbsfleet was a local derby for me and I was the first Cas fan home). The Jungle is a proper old-school stadium, full of character and the most welcoming, passionate and friendly fans I have ever encountered.
Enjoyed the video - thank you - I grew up in Cas, my Dad played for Cas !958-64, and I loved going 'down t'lane' as a kid, especially 1969-70 when they won the Challenge Cup twice !! Very happy memories of that ground - fantastic atmosphere !
My team and come here every game, runs through many generations of families in the town and we have hosted Australia here in the past when touring. There is no better atmosphere on game day here and we are proud of our stadium even if many look down on it. The new stand and upgrades are going to be sympathetic to the heritage and we still want to be on top of the pitch as it were. Thanks for coming.😊
Not a rugby fan, but I'm from St Helens (not often I admit that) and it's nice to see the history being kept in the league. The flashy stadium they opened in St Helens feels so vapid and without any sort of soul, not helped by the giant Tesco nextdoor
"Off Darn Lane 't'watch Cas' is what all Cas Lads and Lasses should be saying .... As a Cas lad I have gone to the games for as long as I can remember and Im 72 now... I moved down to the south coast in 2017 and only managed a few return trips north that season.... Once a Cas Lad Always a Cas Lad - great video !
My grandad took me to my first match at wheldon road as a 10 year old. I followed Cas' home and away for decades even spent 10 plus shooting photos of Cas' matches and ameture teams for the local news paper Pont n Cas' express great memories. great vid mate liked and subbed
Thanks for making this video. Wheldon Road is the last ground in Super League which is proper old school. I haven't been to Wheldon Road myself but I really want to go there before they start knocking stuff down. Fun fact about Castleford, they hold the record for the longest wait it has taken a team to win their first title. They are currently on a 98-year wait, the NRL equivalent was Cronulla who took 49 years to win their first top flight title.
@@tigerv88 - wow, with 2 points for a win, 10 point margin is way superior over the regular season. IF only Rugby League had the football format of deciding leagues!
Great video as usual pal. I was brought up on rugby league and still love it. Been to Wheldon road many times in the past when my team Oldham were in the super league back when it started in 96/97. Unfortunately they were relegated that year and our beloved stadium Watershedding ‘much like Castlefords’ was sold and is now a housing estate which is so sad. It’s taken 27 years but finally the roughyeds are making a comeback with new owners and the fantastic boundary park ground to play at!! If you are doing any other Rugby League videos then Oldham and its its old ground are steeped in history being one of the founding member clubs. Thanks again for your time and effort doing these videos, they really are great and you have a natural gift for doing them.👍🙏
Cycled right through centre of Manchester on a summer Sunday 50 years ago from Sheffield en route to a camping holiday in Peel near Blackpool, You'd need strong nerves to do it today! 😊
Another fascinating video. I'm loving that you, as a younger fella, are this invested in history and what is, essentially, urban archeology. I would normally have no interest in rugby clubs but I enjoyed your walk around and talk around. Good to document, by the time you're my age there won't be many places like this left standing, if any. Keep up the good work, interested to see where you land next time!
One of the few remaining old stadia of Super League, plus some old fashioned hospitality seeing as they let you go in and film. And yes, when the Jungle is jumping, it has a fantastic atmosphere.
used to go all the time, haven't been in a few years though. Always stood in the Princess St Stand (before the seats went in). Home and Away support all mixing, never saw any trouble... (although Hull fans could get a bit Lairy) - I'd rather have a 10,000 capacity at 80% full, than a 30,000 capacity at less than 50% full. The only "new" style stadium that I've like was Doncaster's - saw a challenge cup semi final there, and also when Cas were relagated, we went there... it's a modern bowl stadium, but at about a 12,000 capacity, itretained a good atmosphere.
Being a Bradford fan i miss the travels to Wheldon Road, back from the days as a Northern fan. Can still remember the old backdrop of now gone Hickson plant. I'll be honest the ground has always been a dump, a bit like our own, shame the new stadium never got off the ground. Look forward to seeing it when its had all the work done.
Enjoyed your video 👍 I first visited Wheldon Road as a lad following Hull fc back in 77, I’ve been virtually every season since then, great place and favourite away ground, I always class Cas as my second team and want them to win all games apart from playing Hull fc of course 😉. Just for the record Hull fc moved into the brand new KC Stadium leaving the old Boulevard ground but it has never felt like home to me, give me the old school grounds any day. I’ll be back in Cas next Friday and as always looking forward to it. Great stuff mate.
An old mate of mine from Cas' was a massive ull fc fan back in the 80s think was first season ull were back in div 1 we went to the boulevard 2 coaches of Cas' fans it was pretty intimidating to say the least my mate said come on and dragged me into the threpenny stand chock full of ull lads twas an absolutely cracking experience what an atmosphere loved it far better than the almost sterile KC.
@@paultaylorphotography9499 Happy days in the old threpnee stand back in the day, Hull fc have been in the KC Stadium since 2003 and I still rarely miss an home game but it has never felt like home to me.
Wigan fan here and whilst I've never been to this ground I really like old school grounds it's got a really nice and nostalgic atmosphere from the looks of things
Great video could be worth a trip to Barrow in Furness, both the local football & Rugby League clubs in the town play at old school stadiums and I'm sure both clubs would let you film inside the grounds, the Rugby League club currently play in the Championship & the football club play in League 2.
Wheldon Road, or downt lane as we call it. Takes some beating for atmosphere, and I know it needs a bit of TLC, but that's what makes it, and as some of your comments have said, it's their favourite away ground, but for us Cas fans, its home, and always will be. COYF 🐯
U want to go to one of there home games as a st helens fan i love going to the jungle the cas fans realy do make some noise and the reason the ground at xscape fell through is wmc who talk utter bull like they did to wakefield hence why wakefield had to stay at belle vue who got kipper pulled over them at new market
Nah, it's Wheldon Road. A favourite away ground for just about everyone in rugby league, including me. Supporters, that is, not so much the players. Apparently, the changing rooms are very cramped and the crowd is really close to the pitch, so they get the Cas fans' ... umm ... opinions right in the ear for 80 minutes. It is, indeed, rocking when full! You should get there. The new stand will probably put paid to it, but Wheldon Road is probably the only place left in rugby league where the traditional "crossover" can take place at half time, as supporters swap ends. I don't like being behind the sticks myself, but many do. The railway end used to regularly feature a line of coal trucks high behind the posts and the terrace there. The pitch is below regulation size, but there is no room to expand it. The plans to built a new stadium at Glasshoughton, fell through, as you say. If the wonga was available, the site would lend itself to building a new, bigger, stadium the other way round, running parallel to Wheldon Road, with direct rail access. Now, that would really be "Classy Cas"! What a pity I'm not a billionaire. In comparing Cas's crowds with the town's population, you also have to remember that Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield holy ghost (or whatever they're called - boo-oo anyway) are both within spitting distance, the corners of "the triangle", which is a major hotbed of rugby league. They grow rhubarb as well as rugby players, too. The history of the Castle Ford and nearby Pontefract (Pont = bridge) and its strategic importance in many wars, from the Romans to the civil wars is interesting too. Thanks to the remodelling of the waterways in the area in the 18th and 19th centuries, you can't ford anything there nowadays. Stand on Cas Bridge and you'll see why.
A lot of modern stadiums are soul less. I went to MK Dons with Lincoln City a few years back, massive and excessive, with zero atmosphere. My son has just moved to Ponty so might pay a visit after this, thanks.
I'm from Castleford but as for supporting Castleford Tigers don't think so. I used to watch the Tigers but now I know how they string the youth along. It's all 🐂💩 there's no money in Rugby League. It's a shame how the game has gone downhill
Great video, thank you for posting. I live in Dover, about as far as you can get from Castleford before France! Around 10 years-ago I changed jobs and the new company I joined sent me and a colleague to Leeds for 2-week induction training. I had never been to a rugby (league or union) game before but my mate played at an amateur level and arranged tickets for Tigers v St Helens. I think Cas lost that night, but it was an 80 point end-to-end battle that I thoroughly enjoyed. The Jungle was packed, the atmosphere and the home support magnificent. The following week Cas visited the Rhino's at Headingly and my mate and I went in with the away supporters. We won and I was hooked... Despite the distance I try to get to The Jungle at least once a season (shame London have been relegated - last seasons game at Ebbsfleet was a local derby for me and I was the first Cas fan home). The Jungle is a proper old-school stadium, full of character and the most welcoming, passionate and friendly fans I have ever encountered.
COYF 👍
Enjoyed the video - thank you - I grew up in Cas, my Dad played for Cas !958-64, and I loved going 'down t'lane' as a kid, especially 1969-70 when they won the Challenge Cup twice !! Very happy memories of that ground - fantastic atmosphere !
My team and come here every game, runs through many generations of families in the town and we have hosted Australia here in the past when touring. There is no better atmosphere on game day here and we are proud of our stadium even if many look down on it. The new stand and upgrades are going to be sympathetic to the heritage and we still want to be on top of the pitch as it were. Thanks for coming.😊
Not a rugby fan, but I'm from St Helens (not often I admit that) and it's nice to see the history being kept in the league. The flashy stadium they opened in St Helens feels so vapid and without any sort of soul, not helped by the giant Tesco nextdoor
Best bit o turf in Superleague that!
"Off Darn Lane 't'watch Cas' is what all Cas Lads and Lasses should be saying .... As a Cas lad I have gone to the games for as long as I can remember and Im 72 now... I moved down to the south coast in 2017 and only managed a few return trips north that season.... Once a Cas Lad Always a Cas Lad - great video !
My grandad took me to my first match at wheldon road as a 10 year old. I followed Cas' home and away for decades even spent 10 plus shooting photos of Cas' matches and ameture teams for the local news paper Pont n Cas' express great memories. great vid mate liked and subbed
Thanks for making this video. Wheldon Road is the last ground in Super League which is proper old school. I haven't been to Wheldon Road myself but I really want to go there before they start knocking stuff down.
Fun fact about Castleford, they hold the record for the longest wait it has taken a team to win their first title. They are currently on a 98-year wait, the NRL equivalent was Cronulla who took 49 years to win their first top flight title.
If we are using grand final as marker for title then correct, however we did finish top of the league in 2017 by 10pts.
@@tigerv88 - wow, with 2 points for a win, 10 point margin is way superior over the regular season. IF only Rugby League had the football format of deciding leagues!
Great video as usual pal. I was brought up on rugby league and still love it. Been to Wheldon road many times in the past when my team Oldham were in the super league back when it started in 96/97.
Unfortunately they were relegated that year and our beloved stadium Watershedding ‘much like Castlefords’ was sold and is now a housing estate which is so sad.
It’s taken 27 years but finally the roughyeds are making a comeback with new owners and the fantastic boundary park ground to play at!!
If you are doing any other Rugby League videos then Oldham and its its old ground are steeped in history being one of the founding member clubs.
Thanks again for your time and effort doing these videos, they really are great and you have a natural gift for doing them.👍🙏
Cycled right through centre of Manchester on a summer Sunday 50 years ago from Sheffield en route to a camping holiday in Peel near Blackpool, You'd need strong nerves to do it today! 😊
Great video. Well documented.
Another fascinating video. I'm loving that you, as a younger fella, are this invested in history and what is, essentially, urban archeology. I would normally have no interest in rugby clubs but I enjoyed your walk around and talk around. Good to document, by the time you're my age there won't be many places like this left standing, if any. Keep up the good work, interested to see where you land next time!
Thankyou my friend. You’ll find out on Friday!
One of the few remaining old stadia of Super League, plus some old fashioned hospitality seeing as they let you go in and film. And yes, when the Jungle is jumping, it has a fantastic atmosphere.
used to go all the time, haven't been in a few years though. Always stood in the Princess St Stand (before the seats went in). Home and Away support all mixing, never saw any trouble... (although Hull fans could get a bit Lairy) - I'd rather have a 10,000 capacity at 80% full, than a 30,000 capacity at less than 50% full. The only "new" style stadium that I've like was Doncaster's - saw a challenge cup semi final there, and also when Cas were relagated, we went there... it's a modern bowl stadium, but at about a 12,000 capacity, itretained a good atmosphere.
Went to cas in the 90’s when my team Carlisle ( now sadly no more) played a cup game there… my favourite Rugby ground
Thank you realy enjoyed its history 👍 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Love the place, generations of my family have stood there watching Cas win, lose and draw.
Being a Bradford fan i miss the travels to Wheldon Road, back from the days as a Northern fan. Can still remember the old backdrop of now gone Hickson plant. I'll be honest the ground has always been a dump, a bit like our own, shame the new stadium never got off the ground. Look forward to seeing it when its had all the work done.
Love this stadium. It looks so good on TV. Would love to see my Wakey there in away end one day.
Wakefield on my list of videos to do - watch this space!
This is my team 🐯🐯🐯
Enjoyed your video 👍 I first visited Wheldon Road as a lad following Hull fc back in 77, I’ve been virtually every season since then, great place and favourite away ground, I always class Cas as my second team and want them to win all games apart from playing Hull fc of course 😉. Just for the record Hull fc moved into the brand new KC Stadium leaving the old Boulevard ground but it has never felt like home to me, give me the old school grounds any day. I’ll be back in Cas next Friday and as always looking forward to it. Great stuff mate.
An old mate of mine from Cas' was a massive ull fc fan back in the 80s think was first season ull were back in div 1 we went to the boulevard 2 coaches of Cas' fans it was pretty intimidating to say the least my mate said come on and dragged me into the threpenny stand chock full of ull lads twas an absolutely cracking experience what an atmosphere loved it far better than the almost sterile KC.
@@paultaylorphotography9499 Happy days in the old threpnee stand back in the day, Hull fc have been in the KC Stadium since 2003 and I still rarely miss an home game but it has never felt like home to me.
@@keithstovin1482 i can understand that mate something about the old grounds atmosphere and nostalgia cant best it
Another Old Skool RL stadium worth visiting before redevelopment is Cougar Park - the home of Keighley Cougars.
It’s already on the list - watch this space 😉
It's so beautiful, I used to love going away to Millmoor great atmosphere!
Wigan fan here and whilst I've never been to this ground I really like old school grounds it's got a really nice and nostalgic atmosphere from the looks of things
I was there last week with St. Helens …love the ground and Wakefields as well… Always reminds me of Knowsley’s Road 👍
Great video could be worth a trip to Barrow in Furness, both the local football & Rugby League clubs in the town play at old school stadiums and I'm sure both clubs would let you film inside the grounds, the Rugby League club currently play in the Championship & the football club play in League 2.
@@greg2959 Barrow is on my list of places to go, for stadium
And non stadium purposes!
Fantastic!
It's old school but does not look badly maintained. Looks tidy enough
Wheldon Road, or downt lane as we call it. Takes some beating for atmosphere, and I know it needs a bit of TLC, but that's what makes it, and as some of your comments have said, it's their favourite away ground, but for us Cas fans, its home, and always will be.
COYF 🐯
Absolutely class
Great video very informative as usual
U want to go to one of there home games as a st helens fan i love going to the jungle the cas fans realy do make some noise and the reason the ground at xscape fell through is wmc who talk utter bull like they did to wakefield hence why wakefield had to stay at belle vue who got kipper pulled over them at new market
The first amateur team to score a try against a super league team was Oldham St Annes in the in the challenge Cup against Cas on that ground.
Super obscure fact that! Love it.
You are actually wrong. Featherstone Lions scored one try against Halifax in the 1999 challenge cup the year before Oldham played Castleford.
Marvellous!
Quality ground didn’t even know it existed
Nah, it's Wheldon Road. A favourite away ground for just about everyone in rugby league, including me. Supporters, that is, not so much the players. Apparently, the changing rooms are very cramped and the crowd is really close to the pitch, so they get the Cas fans' ... umm ... opinions right in the ear for 80 minutes. It is, indeed, rocking when full! You should get there. The new stand will probably put paid to it, but Wheldon Road is probably the only place left in rugby league where the traditional "crossover" can take place at half time, as supporters swap ends. I don't like being behind the sticks myself, but many do.
The railway end used to regularly feature a line of coal trucks high behind the posts and the terrace there. The pitch is below regulation size, but there is no room to expand it. The plans to built a new stadium at Glasshoughton, fell through, as you say. If the wonga was available, the site would lend itself to building a new, bigger, stadium the other way round, running parallel to Wheldon Road, with direct rail access. Now, that would really be "Classy Cas"! What a pity I'm not a billionaire.
In comparing Cas's crowds with the town's population, you also have to remember that Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield holy ghost (or whatever they're called - boo-oo anyway) are both within spitting distance, the corners of "the triangle", which is a major hotbed of rugby league. They grow rhubarb as well as rugby players, too.
The history of the Castle Ford and nearby Pontefract (Pont = bridge) and its strategic importance in many wars, from the Romans to the civil wars is interesting too. Thanks to the remodelling of the waterways in the area in the 18th and 19th centuries, you can't ford anything there nowadays. Stand on Cas Bridge and you'll see why.
A lot of modern stadiums are soul less. I went to MK Dons with Lincoln City a few years back, massive and excessive, with zero atmosphere. My son has just moved to Ponty so might pay a visit after this, thanks.
Don't really do much research do you? Welford road stand? Never heard of that and I've known this stadium since I was born
who pissed on your chips
he corrected himself later in the vid.... it was a pure slip of the tongue
I'm from Castleford but as for supporting Castleford Tigers don't think so. I used to watch the Tigers but now I know how they string the youth along. It's all 🐂💩 there's no money in Rugby League. It's a shame how the game has gone downhill
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