Cappielow Park
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| Cappielow Park in May 2003 | |
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 Greenock , Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 56 '28.8 " N , 4 ° 43' 36.5" W |
| opening | 1879 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 11,100 |
| playing area | 101 × 65 |
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The cappielow is a football stadium in the Scottish town of Greenock in the west of Glasgow lying Council Area Inverclyde . The football club Greenock Morton , founded in 1874, plays its home games here. Today the venue has 11,100 seats, 5,741 of which are seats. The largest number of spectators came together on April 29, 1922 for the league game against Celtic Glasgow with 23,500 visitors. An international match of the Scottish national football team was played in Cappielow Park . On March 15, 1902 they met in the British Home Championship in Wales and the game ended before 10,000 spectators with a 5: 1 victory for the visitors.
The stadium is adjacent to the industrial area Cappielow Industrial Estate near the River Clyde and was built 1879th Today the building consists of four grandstands. The Grand Stand , which is fully equipped with seats and on which the guest seats are located in the corner to the rear grandstand in the west, is the main grandstand. If there is greater demand, spaces will also be provided at the Wee Dublin stand . Covered with a gable roof; the floodlight system is mounted directly on the stadium roof with three scaffolding.
The Cowshed is also covered to a large extent with a gable roof. The floodlights in the opposite stand were initially also on the roof and were later replaced by two light poles in the corners. In the past, the Cowshed was purely a standing room; today the front area of the field is equipped with seats. The Sinclair Street Terrace is a small stand-up rank in the open. Sinclair Street , which gives it its name, runs directly behind the rank . The Wee Dublin stand used to be a standing room; it was converted to seats without backrests with brick rows and wooden supports.
Grandstands
- Grand Stand - main stand , south, seating, guest area, covered
- The Cowshed - Opposite stand, north, seating and standing, covered
- Sinclair Street Terrace - back grandstand, east, standing room, uncovered
- Wee Dublin Stand - back grandstand, west, seating, uncovered
Web links
- gmfc.net: Homepage of Greenock Morton (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Stadium description (English)
- myfootballtravels.blogspot.com: Visitor report from July 2010 (English)
- europlan-online.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Seat capacity and attendance record (English)
- ↑ scottishfa.co.uk: Match report Scotland - Wales (English)
- ↑ myfootballtravels.blogspot.com: Newer pictures of the stands 2010 (English)