Excelsior Stadium

  • Games of Airdrie United ( since 1998)
  • Final of the Scottish League Challenge Cup 2000, 2006

The Excelsior Stadium is a football stadium in the Scottish town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Unitary Authority. Here, the soccer club Airdrie United receives his opponents to the games. The sports complex was inaugurated in 1998 under the name Shyberry Excelsior Stadium and has 10,171 seats. In memory of the old venue, it is also known as New Broomfield. Since 2010, it is equipped with an artificial grass and meets the FIFA regulations. The record attendance at the stadium was erected on November 5, 2005 at the final of the Scottish League Challenge Cup between FC St. Mirren and Hamilton Academical with 9,612 spectators. Most visitors to a game of Airdrie United came on 15 May 2004 against Greenock Morton with 5,709 spectators in the stadium.

History

Until 1994, the FC Airdrieonians (predecessor of the club Airdrie United) played in Broomfield Park; after the property was sold to the Safeway supermarket chain and demolished the Broomfield Park. Had found some time it took until the club a suitable site for the new stadium and the building permit was issued for new construction. The goal was the establishment of a stadium which meets the requirements of the Scottish Premier League (including at least 10,000 covered seats ) corresponded. In 1998, the stadium was completed. One of the matches of FC Airdrieonians were, on average, but only about 2,000 spectators and the cost of the oversized stadium led the club in financial difficulties and ended with the dissolution of the FC Airdrieonians in 2002. During the same year the club Airdrie United was the takeover of Clydebank FC founded; which since then is a resident of the Excelsior Stadium.

The stadium consists of four separate, covered patio stands. The plastic seats are red in the club colors, white and black. The main grandstand Jack Dalziel state is the largest rank and named after a former chairman of the FC Airdrieonians. The East Stand on the backstretch is provided for the visiting fans. If necessary, even up to a total of 6,500 places will be made ​​available to the other stands. Located behind the two differ from the East Stand visually only by the length. In the free corner of the stadium, the four light towers of floodlights are drawing up. The sports facility offers the opportunity for alignment of various events such as conferences, anniversaries, banquets, weddings, from birthday parties on their premises. Some rooms offer views of the playing field and can accommodate from 20 to 150 guests.

In the stadium the final of the Scottish League Challenge Cup took place in 2000 and 2006. The Scottish B soccer team scored twice in the stadium in Airdrie guest. In addition, the FC Motherwell used the stadium for their home matches of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 season against AFC Llanelli, KS Flamurtari Vlora and Steaua Bucharest. In August 2008, Queen of the South came in Airdrie on to play the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup in 2008/ 09 against the team of FC Nordsjælland from Denmark.

Grandstands

  • Jack Dalziel Stand - West Grandstand, seating
  • East Stand - East, opposite stand, seating, guest area
  • North Stand - North, stand behind, seats
  • South Stand - South, stand behind, seats
St. Mirren F.C. Hamilton Academical F.C. Greenock Morton F.C. Safeway Inc. Motherwell F.C. Llanelli A.F.C. 2008–09 UEFA Cup
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