Stark's Park

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The Stark 's Park is a football stadium in the port town of Kirkcaldy on the east coast of Scotland. In 1891 the football club Raith Rovers is in the stadium at home.

History

The stadium is located between the Pratt Street to the east and the railway line from Edinburgh to Aberdeen in the West. This requires, inter alia, the unusual L- shape of the main grandstand and the construction of the plant with the narrow side stands and the towering tiers behind the goals. The Main level includes the south by the South Stand and runs on the long side to the center line. The grandstand was designed in 1923 by architect Archibald Leitch. The building was financed by the sale of the player Alex James to Preston North End for £ 3,000. In the 1950s, it renewed the two stands behind the goals on the north and south. Also in the decade of the Stark 's Park got floodlights to unsubscribe or evening games during the week can. Turn player sales were getätig to finance for these buildings. The player Jackie Stewart was delivered to Birmingham City; Jim Baxter left the club for Glasgow Rangers and Jimmy MacEwan moved to Aston Villa.

Early 1980s was the striker Andy Harrow to Luton Town and the club invested the money in the reconstruction of the venue. The outdated Railway Stand was demolished and built a seating place with 1,000 seats on the south end. In the north, a new general admission grandstand was built. After the rise in 1992 in the Scottish Premier League, the club invested £ 250,000 to the two Located behind to renovate. After winning the Scottish League Cup in 1995 and the consequent participation in the UEFA Cup 1995/96 the revenue for the stadium were used. In the second round of the UEFA Cup the Rovers met on the later UEFA Cup winners FC Bayern Munich. The home game of the Scots was not discharged in the Stark's Park, but found at Easter Road, home to Hibernian Edinburgh instead.

The North and the Südrang were demolished and replaced by two almost identical stands, each with 3,370 seats and installed on the roofs floodlights. The new Railroad state received 1,000 seats, increasing the total capacity to 10,070 seats. In order for the stadium met the requirement of 10,000 seats, the Scottish Premier League. At the opening of the refurbished sports facility of 1996, once again the Raith Rovers and Bayern Munich (1-0 ) toward a friendly match. Today, the venue offers 10,104 viewers a place. The attendance record was set on February 7, 1953 at the Scottish FA Cup match against Heart of Midlothian. In the stadium 31 306 visitors attended one.

Grandstands

  • Main Stand - (East, Main Grandstand )
  • Railway Stand - (West, opposite stand, Home and Guest Rank)
  • North Stand - (North, stand behind, guests Rank)
  • South Stand - (south, stand behind )
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