Manchester United also played a home match at Leeds Road in the 1948 FA Cup run while Old Trafford was being rebuilt following damage from German bombers in the Second World War.

This was England's second home international match after World War II, the first having been held at Maine Road, Manchester two weeks earlier.

In January 1990, the Taylor Report required all clubs in the top two divisions of English football to have an all-seater stadium by the 1994–95 season.

In 1991 the ground was the venue for Emley's first appearance in the FA Cup first round proper, a crowd of 9,035 is a club record for the village team from the hills outside Huddersfield, Bolton won the game 3-0.

Huddersfield Town played their 1,554th and final League game at the Leeds Road ground on 30 April 1994, beating Blackpool 2–1, watched by a near capacity crowd of 16,195.