Spotland Stadium Spotland Stadium Spotland Stadium, known as the Crown Oil Arena for sponsorship reasons, in the Spotland area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, is home to Rochdale A.F.C. and Rochdale Hornets R.F.L.C. and has a capacity of 10,249. Spotland was originally known as St Clement's Playing Fields, after the nearby St Clement's Church. Having previously been used for cricket, it became the home of St Clement's Rugby Club in 1878, until they disbanded in 1897. As well as staging local rugby competitions, the ground briefly hosted two short-lived football clubs – the original Rochdale A.F.C. from 1900 to 1901 and Rochdale Town
Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games instead. The Thessaloniki team composition was Greek from the group of "Friends of the Arts" ("Omilos Philomuson", later Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.). The Smyrna team consisted of English, French and Armenian players. The Danish team was a selection of players from Copenhagen Football Association. The goalkeepers of this tournament are unknown. Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens (often referred to as the "Intercalated Games"), an unofficial football event was held. Only four teams competed, three of them were clubs from Greece and the Ottoman Empire. Medal tables gave the gold to Denmark and the