Spotland Stadium has staged an event in a World Cup in any sport. The event was sold out with almost 9,000 people attending, setting what was incorrectly claimed to be a new stadium record, even though Rochdale AFC had 24,231 for an FA Cup tie v Notts County in December 1949 and three higher crowds for FA Cup and play-off games between 1990 and 2008 against Northampton, Coventry and Darlington. 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
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