FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ODSAL STADIUM'S RECORD RUGBY LEAGUE CROWD (EDM1121)

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ODSAL STADIUM'S RECORD RUGBY LEAGUE CROWD

EDM number 1121 in 2003-04, proposed by David Hinchliffe on 04/05/2004.

That this House recalls that it is 50 years since a then-world record Rugby League crowd of 102,569 gathered at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, on 5th May, 1954 to watch the replay of the Challenge Cup Final between Halifax and Warrington; notes that the actual crowd was estimated by police to be at least 120,000 and thousands more never reached the match because of severe traffic congestion; further notes that then, as now, Rugby League supporters celebrated their sport with exemplary standards of sportsmanship and crowd behaviour; and welcomes the fact that this famous stadium is now being upgraded and modernised by Bradford Bulls, with the active support of the honourable Member for Bradford South, to cater for the crowds which are also attending the 2004 Super League season in record numbers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Hinchliffe	04/05/2004	Wakefield	Labour	Proposed
Terry Rooney	04/05/2004	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	04/05/2004	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/05/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	04/05/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	04/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/05/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	04/05/2004	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/05/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	04/05/2004	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Kali Mountford	04/05/2004	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/05/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	04/05/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	04/05/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	04/05/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	04/05/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	04/05/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	04/05/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	04/05/2004	Normanton	Labour	Signed
John Battle	05/05/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	05/05/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	05/05/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	05/05/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	05/05/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/05/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	06/05/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	10/05/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	11/05/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	12/05/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/05/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/05/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	13/05/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/05/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/05/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	16/09/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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