Polytechnic Stadium (London)

The Polytechnic Stadium
Tenants
Location	Chiswick, London
Coordinates	51°28′33″N 0°16′07″W / 51.4759°N 0.2685°W / 51.4759; -0.2685Coordinates: 51°28′33″N 0°16′07″W / 51.4759°N 0.2685°W / 51.4759; -0.2685
Fulham RLFC (1985-1990)

The Polytechnic Stadium is a sports venue on Hartington Road, Chiswick, London.

It hosted the field hockey preliminaries for the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1]

It was the home stadium of rugby league team Fulham RLFC (now the London Broncos) between 1985 and 1990.

The site is now the University of Westminster Sports Ground.

References

↑ 1948 Summer Olympics official report. p. 46.

External links

Farrar, Dave; Lush, Peter (2000). From Fulham to Wembley. London: London Leagues Publications Ltd. pp. 231–232. ISBN 0-9526064-4-5.
Polytechnic Stadium

London Broncos

Established 1980 in London, England

The Club	History Records Honours International representative players Players Coaches

Home grounds	Craven Cottage Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Chiswick Polytechnic Sports Ground Barnet Copthall The Valley Griffin Park The Stoop The Hive Trailfinders Sports Ground from 2016

Hall of Fame	Martin Offiah

League	Championship

Honours	1982-83 Rugby Football League Championship Second Division Champions Super League II runners-up 1999 Challenge Cup runners-up

Seasons	1997 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Coaches	Tony Currie (1996–1998) Dan Stains (1999) Tony Rea / Les Kiss (1999) John Monie (2000) Tony Rea (2000–2006) Brian McDermott (2006-2010) Rob Powell (2011-2012) Tony Rea (2012-2014) Joey Grima (2014-2015) Andrew Henderson (2015-present)

Captains	Mark McLinden (2005) Rob Purdham (2006–2011) Craig Gower (2012-2013) Tony Clubb (2013) Antonio Kaufusi (2013) Matt Cook (2014) Richard Mathers (2015-) Nick Slyney (2015-)

Culture	Super League Founding Member

Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1980)

Venues of the 1948 Summer Olympics

Olympic venues in field hockey

1908: White City Stadium 1920: Olympisch Stadion 1928: Old Stadion 1932: Olympic Stadium 1936: Hockey Stadion (final), Hockey Stadion #2 1948: Empire Stadium (medal matches), Guinness Sports Club, Lyons' Sports Club, Polytechnic Sports Ground 1952: Velodrome 1956: Hockey Field, Melbourne Cricket Ground (final) 1960: Campo Tre Fontane, Olympic Velodrome (final), Stadio dei Marmi 1964: Komazawa Hockey Field 1968: Municipal Stadium 1972: Hockeyanlage 1976: Molson Stadium, McGill University 1980: Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena; Young Pioneers Stadium (final) 1984: Weingart Stadium 1988: Seongnam Stadium 1992: Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa 1996: Clark Atlanta University Stadium, Morris Brown College Stadium (final) 2000: State Hockey Centre 2004: Olympic Hockey Centre 2008: Olympic Green Hockey Field 2012: Riverbank Arena 2016: Olympic Hockey Center

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