page_title: Huddersfield Giants
section_title: 1878-1992: Fartown Ground
hierarchical_section_title: Huddersfield Giants / Stadiums / 1878-1992: Fartown Ground
caption_attribution_description: English: Fartown main stand and covered terrace
context_page_description: The 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. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.. Huddersfield is also 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. The club was founded in 1895. They have won 7 Championships and 6 Challenge Cups, but have not won a major trophy since 1962, Although they did win the 2013 League Leaders Shield after topping the table for the first time in 81 years.
  The club, particularly amongst older supporters, is sometimes referred to as Fartown, after the ground in Fartown, Huddersfield that was the club's home venue from 1878 to 1992. The club was known as Huddersfield Barracudas from 1984–88 and Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants for the 2000 season.
  The team plays in a distinctive strip of a claret shirt with thin gold hoops, claret shorts and claret and gold hooped socks. They have rivalries with Warrington, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Wakefield Trinity.
context_section_description: The Fartown Ground was originally a cricket ground before being occupied by Huddersfield rugby club in 1878. It hosted two Challenge Cup finals in 1908 and 1910 and hosted one football match. During the 1980s, the stadium fell into disrepair as Huddersfield struggled to attract crowds. Huddersfield left Fartown in 1992, but still used it as a training ground until 2004 and it still hosts amateur games.
caption: Main stand at Fartown
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