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McLaren Field

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The club took the opportunity to develop a new stadium on the field and named it McLaren Field, and moved into the new stadium in 1965. The ground was home to the club for the next 30 years but by the early 1990s considerable improvements were needed which the club could not afford so in 1995
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Despite several approaches by Bramley, Mrs McLaren would not sell the land to the club but after her death in 1958 she bequeathed the field to the club on condition that any development was named after her.
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The only part of the ground that remains is the club house that stood behind the posts at what would have been the entrance of the ground. It’s is currently a nursery.
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from 1965 to 1995. The ground was also used as a home base for several years by the Leeds-based American football team Leeds Cougars of the
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ground. The land adjacent to the ground was owned by Edith McLaren, widow of the managing director of Leeds engineering firm
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The ground was demolished and a new housing estate called McLaren Fields was built on the site.
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The History of J & H McLaren of Leeds: Steam & Diesel Engine Makers
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Defunct American football venues in the United Kingdom
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Bramley left McLaren Field and the ground was sold.
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Bramley
Leeds
Coordinates
53°48′27″N 1°37′32″W / 53.8075°N 1.6255°W / 53.8075; -1.6255
Bramley RLFC
Bramley RLFC
Capacity
Bramley
Leeds
Bramley R.L.F.C.
British American Football League
Barley Mow
J&H McLaren & Co.

"Leeds Cougars vs Northampton Stormbringers"
"Leeds Cougars 1985"


"Plaque marks RL club's place in sport history"
Yorkshire Post
ISBN
978-1843061052
"Rugby League Bramley move to union ground"
The Independent
Archived


Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City
178
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