Wednesday 19th May 2021 18.30
Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division
Littletown 2 Leeds City 2 HT: 2-1 Att: c20
from Beck Lane
Littletown is an area of Heckmondwike, which has won the most Yorkshire sounding place name 10 years running. Heckmondike sits in the middle of the square formed by the giants Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield and Huddersfield, within the big urban sprawl that is West Yorkshire. Other classic über Yorkshire places bleed into the area such as Batley, Dewsbury, Cleckheaton and Halifax.
Their ground at Beck Lane goes all the way back to the 19th century, with Heckmondwike Rugby Club using it for three seasons during the 1890s. Huddersfield Town used it as a training base from 1933 for their reserve and youth sides. It also lays claim to the longest penatly shoot out ever, in 2001. Their game against Storthes Hall was stopped at 17-17 due to bad light.
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