Firhill Stadium

  • Partick Thistle ( football)

The Firhill Stadium is a football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. It was built in 1909 and is used by the Scottish football club Partick Thistle. From December 2005 to summer 2012, the stadium was also the home of rugby union team Glasgow Warriors. The Firhill Stadium currently has 10,887 covered seats for spectators.

History

Since the opening of Firhill Stadium of football club Partick Thistle played in the venue, which replaced the previous venue Meadowside. The stadium is the sixth sports facility where the club Partick Thistle founded in 1876 plays its home games. In 1927, the Main Stand was built and then had 6,000 seats. A year later, on 25 February, the international match of the Scottish national football team against Ireland stage took place in Firhill. It remains to this day the only game of the Scottish team in Firhill. The attendance record for a Partick game comes on 18 February 1922, when Partick Thistle ran against the Glasgow Rangers before 49,838 spectators. In 2000, the stadium was the venue for a match of the Rugby League World Cup. On 29 October, the two rugby league teams from Scotland and the New Zealand Māori clashed. The Scottish team lost with 16:17 against the Māori.

The stadium was remodeled over the years with new buildings of the stands. In 1994, the new Jackie Husband stand on the opposite side was built with 6,263 seats; which replaced the old covered Admission Rank. Is named the building after former players Jackie Husband, who played from 1938 to 1950 for Partick Thistle. The old stand- rank in the north was demolished and replaced in 2002 by the covered North Stand so that the club could meet the requirements of the Scottish Premier League in terms of seating capacity. The Tribune had the first two -thirds of the space width and has expanded to the entire width of 2003. The Main Stand holds today around 2,900 spectators. In January 2006 the club announced that will be used only to exceptions such as cup matches and derbies against the Rangers due to the high cost of the grandstand. In the games of the Glasgow Warriors against league rivals Edinburgh Rugby the Main Stand will continue to be used.

The South Stand City end was like the other Hintertorrang in the north an uncovered standing terrace. It was closed and demolished for use. Today is in its place a lawn. It is planned in the South to build a new seat grandstand with 1,000 seats. 2009 sold the club the south end and the main grandstand for £ 1 million to the real estate company Firhill Development Ltd.. The company plans where the construction of new spectator stands in connection with apartments and shops. The away fans have their place on the north stand and on the north end of the grandstand.

Grandstands

  • Main Stand - (east, 2,900 seats)
  • Jackie Husband stand - (West, 6263 seats)
  • North Stand - (North, 1,724 seats, guests Rank)
  • City End - (south, former General Admission Grandstand, TT)

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