Halliwell Jones Stadium: Home of Warrington Wolves and venue to four matches of Euro 2005.
Around Warrington
Friday, 03 June 2005.
The Halliwell Jones Stadium has been home to Rugby Super League side Warrington Wolves since 2003.
The stadium had been on the agenda since the late 1980s, but it was not until 1997 that plans finally began to take shape.
In 2002 when the Government announced planning inspector's approval of the £12m development.
Work on the construction began in January 2003 and the first seats were positioned in the stadium the following August.
Naming rights of the stadium went to Halliwell Jones a month later.
Traditionally in Lancashire, Warrington was moved to Cheshire in 1974. Since 1998 it has been an independent unitary authority and administrative county.
Warrington, which is the main town between Manchester and Liverpool, was a centre of industry in Roman times. It was founded as a crossing place of the River Mersey for Roman soldiers to go north from their base at Deva (modern Chester).
During the English Civil War, the armies of Oliver Cromwell and the Earl of Derby both stayed near the old town centre at Cromwells Lodgings and the Marquis of Granby public house.
The Warrington Museum and Art Gallery features a wealth of material on the natural world.
A well-known landmark in the town is an Alice in Wonderland statue which commemorates writer Lewis Carroll (pen-name of Charles Dodgson) who was born in nearby Daresbury.
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Mon 06 June 2005 |
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Germany v Norway |
Warrington Wolves RFC |
Group B |
6.00pm |
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Thu 09 June 2005 |
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France v Norway |
Warrington Wolves RFC |
Group B |
8.00pm |
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Sun 12 June 2005 |
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Germany v France |
Warrington Wolves RFC |
Group B |
3.00pm |
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Thu 16 June 2005 |
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Runner Up B v Winner A |
Warrington Wolves RFC |
Semi Final |
6.30pm |