Broadwood Stadium
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| place | 1 Ardgoil Drive Cumbernauld G68 9NE, Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 56 '40.8 " N , 4 ° 2' 16.5" W |
| owner | Broadwood Stadium Company |
| opening | 1994 |
| First game | February 5, 1994 Clyde FC - Hamilton Academical 0-2 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| costs | £ 8 million |
| architect | Walker Group |
| capacity | 8,029 seats |
| playing area | 102.41 × 69.49 m (112 × 76 yds.) |
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The Broadwood Stadium (short: Broadwood ) is a football stadium in Cumbernauld , Scotland . It was opened in 1994 and is used by the football club FC Clyde . From 1994 to 1998 Airdrieonians FC was also based after the sale of the old Broomfield Park and the opening of the new Excelsior Stadium in Broadwood . The stadium is owned by the Broadwood Stadium Company ; which belongs to the Unitary Authority North Lanarkshire .
history
With the Broadwood Stadium, FC Clyde found a home again in 1994. From its founding in 1877 to 1898, the club played its games in Barrowfield Park in Glasgow . Then you went to Glasgow's Shawfield Stadium . Due to financial difficulties, the club sold it to the Greyhound Racing Association in 1935 ; The club stayed as a tenant until 1986. Because of renovation work, FC Clyde had to look for a new venue. Five years were spent in Firhill Stadium by local rival Partick Thistle until 1991. Then they moved to the old Douglas Park of Hamilton Academical until the completion of Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld , about 15 to 20 km outside of Glasgow. The Clyde FC team was nicknamed the Gypsy Army because they had to move homeless from one stadium to another.
The stadium was initially equipped with two longitudinal stands and 6,000 seats; the South Stand was added in 1997. A leisure and sports center was built on the open north side and there are several artificial turf training grounds behind the south stand . The stadium's playing area is also equipped with artificial turf. The three tiers offer 8,209 covered seats and the floodlights are attached to the roof edge of the main and opposite stands. The guest fans will find their seats on the Main Stand in the corner of the South Stand . On January 8, 2006, 8,000 spectators came to the game of the 3rd round in the Scottish FA Cup against Celtic Glasgow and set a record attendance.
The final of the Scottish League Challenge Cup was held four times in the stadium (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003) .
Grandstands
- Main Stand - East, main stand , seats, guest area
- West Stand - West, opposite stand , seats
- South Stand - South, back gate, seating
gallery
View from the main stand of Broadwood Stadium (2007)
Image of the old Shawfield Stadium from 2008
Web links
- clydefc.co.uk: History of FC Clyde (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Stadium description (English)
- myfootballtravels.blogspot.com: Visitor report from October 2009 (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ clydefc.co.uk: Club history from 1994 to today (English)
- ↑ clydefc.co.uk: Club history from 1970 to 1993 (English)
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Capacity and visitor record (English)