Manchester United Women play their home matches at Leigh Sports Village, Sale Way, Leigh WN7 4JY. It has a capacity of 12,000 making it one of the largest capacity stadiums in the FA Women’s Super League. If any home fixtures are scheduled to be played at a different home ground due to fixture clashes, communications will be sent to all match-going supporters in advance.
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Manchester United Women have been playing their fixtures at Leigh Sports Village beginning with their title-winning FA Women’s Championship campaign in 2018/19 season and their further Barclays Women’s Super League seasons since then.
Tickets for Manchester United Women fixtures must be pre-purchased via Manchester United’s website Tickets are then sent to you by e-mail to be printed at home or scanned at the turnstiles on a compatible mobile device. Please do not travel to the stadium without first purchasing a match ticket.
Season Tickets for 23/24 are priced at £60 for adults and £30 for U16/65+ (NB: cup games are not included in this price, you will need to opt into our cup scheme to guarantee access to cup games, including the Champions League). Match tickets are priced at £10 for adults and £5 for U16s/65+ (Official Members tickets are priced at £8 for adults and £4 for U16s/65+). We encourage fans to purchase their digital tickets in advance which must then be either downloaded to a smart phone or printed before arriving at the stadium.
Purchasing tickets on the day will still be possible but will require a smartphone to process the order and your ticket will then need to be displayed on your phone as there will be no printed tickets available from the Leigh Sports Village ticketing office. To purchase a ticket on the day of the match
3 minutes from the A580
8 minutes from M6 Jn 23 (Haydock Park)
14 minutes from M60 Jn 14
There are over 1000 free car parking spaces available on-site, access to these car parks is via Sale Way, situated directly off the A579 Atherleigh Way. There are also numerous pay and display car parks situated in Leigh town centre, approximately 10-15 minutes’ walk from the stadium. Please study this map for car parking options on and around the Leigh Sports Village site. There is additional off-site parking within walking distance of the stadium, which is located at Leigh Miners RLFC (WN7 4EF), Leigh RUFC (WN7 3NA) and Pennington Flash Country Park (WN7 3UG). Please note that this off-site parking may be chargeable.
For those travelling by public transport, Leigh bus station is situated in the town centre and is served with regular connections from Manchester, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington and St. Helens. The bus station is a 10 minute walk from the stadium, or alternatively the 597 bus service, operated by South Lancs Travel, runs directly from the bus station to the stadium. The Vantage V1 bus service is the best and quickest way to travel from Central Manchester to Leigh Sports Village.
Leigh Sports Village is a ten minute walk from Leigh Bus Station in the town centre, which has regular connections with Manchester, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington and St. Helens. Alternatively the 597 bus service, operated by Diamond Buses, runs directly from the bus station to the stadium (weekdays only).
The nearest train stations are Atherton (4.2miles), Newton-le-Willows (5.3miles) and Wigan North Western on the West Coast mainline (7.9miles).
Tickets for fixtures at Leigh Sports Village involving Leigh Leopards, Manchester United Women and Manchester United U21s can be bought online HERE. Should you have any further queries, you can e-mail tickets@leighsportsvillage.co.uk, visit the Ticket Office in person (open 9am-5pm weekdays, 9am-12pm Saturday) or call 01942 487888.
Tickets are priced appropriate to your age, with a free personal assistant ticket provided where necessary. All of our general seating areas are level access with accessible toilet and refreshment facilities available within the concourses upon entry via the turnstiles. We also have raised wheelchair gantry positions in the West and East Stands and pitch-side wheelchair positions in all stands. Blue badge parking is available at the stadium on a first come, first served basis. Should you require any further information, please e-mail tickets@leighsportsvillage.co.uk, visit the Ticket Office in person (open 9am-5pm weekdays, 9am-12pm Saturday) or call 01942 487888.
Hospitality is available for every Manchester United Women’s fixture at Leigh Sports Village, starting at £45pp. The hospitality package includes a 2-course meal in a hospitality box with balcony seating.
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