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Grounds | Leigh Genesis

Football Grounds

Leigh Sports Village Stadium

Ground Address: Sale Way, Leigh, WN7 4GX View Map

Ground Capacity: 11,000

Has the first team played there before?

Date Competition Opposition Home / Away Result Attendance
27/01/2009 UniBond Premier Leigh Genesis A 0-2W 1302

What's the ground like?

Leigh Sports Village is a £50 million multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh Sports Village plays host to three of the town's sporting clubs. Amateur rugby league club, Leigh East and amateur athletics club, Leigh Harriers occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Leigh Centurions Rugby League club is resident at the 11,000 seater with standing terraces in the North Stand. Other facilities on site include the Leigh campus of Wigan & Leigh College, Leigh Sports Centre, which includes a gym, multi-use sports hall and swimming pool, and the Park Inn Hotel. Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Horwich RMI) and Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Leigh RMI), was an English semi-professional association football team that folded after relegation from the Northern Premier League in 2011.