Boghead Park
| Boghead Park | |
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 Dumbarton , Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 56 '52.2 " N , 4 ° 33' 4.7" W |
| opening | 1879 |
| demolition | 2000 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | ≈ 18,000 places |
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The Boghead Park was a football stadium in Scotland Dumbarton , County Dunbartonshire , about 20 km north-west of Glasgow . It was the home of Dumbarton FC for 121 years when they played in the Scottish Football League between 1879 and 2000 . It was the oldest stadium in Scotland still in use when it closed in 2000. Between 1996 and 2000 it was also the alternative stadium for FC Clydebank .
history
Founded in 1872, Dumbarton FC moved to Boghead Park in 1879. For the next five years, the club remained undefeated at Boghead Park. During his time at Boghead Park, Dumbarton won the Cup in 1883 and won the Scottish Championship in 1891 and 1892 . In addition to the owner of the stadium, Clydebank FC also used Boghead Park between 1996 and 2000. FC Clydebank had previously left their home Kilbowie Park after 57 years before moving on to Cappielow Park .
The playing field was rotated 90 degrees in 1913 . The club then built a main stand, nicknamed the “ Postage Box ”, which only had a capacity of 80 seats. This was replaced in 1980 by a modern grandstand for 300 people. The new grandstand was opened by Alan Hardaker, a former secretary of the English Football League .
A greyhound track was built around the pitch in Boghead Park in 1932 . The first race took place on October 7, 1932.
Floodlights were installed in 1957 . That same year, a record attendance was set when 18,000 people watched a Scottish Cup match between Dumbarton and the Raith Rovers . Dumbarton lost 4-1. Also in 1957, the association bought the platform roof from Turnberry station to use it as a patio cover .
The stadium's capacity was 10,000 spectators in the mid-1980s when the club played in the Premier Division . In the mid-1980s, a grandstand in Boghead Park was destroyed by fire. A reconstruction did not take place, whereupon the capacity was reduced to 5000 by 1995 due to the increasing deterioration of the entire stadium. In 2000, only 3,000 spectators were allowed. Ambitious plans for the redevelopment of Boghead Park were never put into practice by the association.
Dumbarton eventually sold the Boghead Park grounds in 2000 and moved to Dumbarton Football Stadium . Nowadays there is a housing estate on the former site .
Boghead Park was chosen as the set for the 1999 film Shot at Glory by director Michael Corrente . In the film, Robert Duvall can be seen as the club president of the fictional soccer team FC Kilnockie.
The stadium is the theme of the song "High Tension at Boghead," which was released by The Supernaturals on the 1997 single Prepare To Land.
literature
- Paul Smith & Shirley Smith: The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005 . Ed .: Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9547830-4-2 , pp. 155 .