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
1924 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team 1924 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1924 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1924 college football season. The team was coached by Fred Dawson and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Despite a bit of a performance dropoff last season, compared to 1921 and 1922, Nebraska was still riding on a wave of success: Three straight conference titles, two straight defeats of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen (which were also Notre Dame's only losses over the past two seasons), and a modern, new stadium to play their games in.