30 Facts About Huddersfield Giants

1. Huddersfield Giants has a very well established Saint Patrick's Day Parade held annually.

2. Huddersfield Giants has a number of field hockey teams, many of which train at the Lockwood Park sports complex on the all-weather pitch.

3. Huddersfield Giants bus station was opened by the Mayor, Councillor Mernagh on 26 March 1974, although it had not been completed.

4. Huddersfield Giants is connected to the national motorway network via the M1 and M62 motorways.

5. Huddersfield Giants is slightly above the English average for those who have no religion and for the number of Muslims.

6. Huddersfield Giants is within a green belt region that extends into the Kirklees borough and wider surrounding counties.

7. Huddersfield Giants is located on the valleys of the River Colne and the River Holme the confluence of which is located south of the town centre.

8. Huddersfield Giants is a manufacturing town, despite the university being the largest employer.

9. Huddersfield Giants expanded in 1937, assimilating parts of the Golcar, Linthwaite, and South Crosland urban districts.

10. Huddersfield Giants was incorporated as a municipal borough in the ancient West Riding of Yorkshire in 1868.

11. Huddersfield Giants was a centre of civil unrest during the Industrial Revolution.

12. Huddersfield Giants was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Oderesfelt and Odresfeld.

13. Huddersfield Giants is near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme.

14. Huddersfield Giants is a large market town in West Yorkshire, England.

15. Huddersfield Giants left Fartown in 1992 but still used it as a training ground until 2004 and it still hosts amateur games.

16. Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league,who play in the Super League competition.

17. Huddersfield Giants have voiced their frustrations after clearance issues prevented one of their key players from featuring in Super League's opener.

18. Huddersfield Giants made one change to their side, Aaron Murphy coming in with Oliver Roberts dropping to the bench.

19. Huddersfield Giants beat St Helens 15—10 in the 1953 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.

20. In 1994 Huddersfield Giants took a share in the then named McAlpine Stadium with Huddersfield Town after they both moved from Leeds Road.

21. Huddersfield Giants left Fartown in 1992, but still used it as a training ground until 2004 and it still hosts amateur games.

22. In 2013, Huddersfield Giants won the League Leader's Shield, the first time they have finished top of the league in 81 years.

23. In 2003 under Smith, Huddersfield Giants established themselves as a Super League club, finishing 10th, above Wakefield Trinity and Halifax.

24. Huddersfield Giants were finally relegated after their best season in Super League.

25. In March 1994, Huddersfield Giants went into administration and the receivers sacked Murphy as coach.

26. Huddersfield Giants took a share in the new McAlpine Stadium in 1994.

27. Huddersfield Giants were promoted as 3rd Division Champions in April 1993 but the receiver was called in, in May 1994.

28. Huddersfield Giants beat St Helens 15—10 in the 1953 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.

29. Huddersfield Giants is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams.

30. Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition.