Excelsior Stadium
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 Airdrie , Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 51 '35.1 " N , 3 ° 57' 35.1" W |
| opening | 1998 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| capacity | 10,171 places |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Excelsior Stadium is a football stadium in the Scottish town of Airdrie , Unitary Authority North Lanarkshire . Here the football club Airdrie United welcomes their opponents to the games. The sports facility was inaugurated in 1998 under the name Shyberry Excelsior Stadium and has 10,171 seats. In memory of the old venue, it is also called New Broomfield . It has been equipped with artificial turf since 2010 and complies with FIFA regulations. The record visit to the stadium was set up on November 5, 2005 in the final of the Scottish League Challenge Cup between FC St. Mirren and Hamilton Academical with 9,612 spectators. Most of the visitors to an Airdrie United game came on May 15, 2004 against Greenock Morton with 5,709 spectators in the stadium.
history
Until 1994 played the FC Airdrieonians (predecessor club of Airdrie United) in Broomfield Park ; then the property to which was Safeway - supermarket chain sold and demolished Broomfield Park. It took some time until the club had found a suitable plot of land for the new stadium and the building permit for the new building was granted. The aim was to build a stadium that met the requirements of the Scottish Premier League (including at least 10,000 covered seats). In 1998 the stadium was completed. The games of FC Airdrieonians came on average only about 2,000 spectators and the costs of the oversized stadium led the club into financial difficulties and ended with the dissolution of FC Airdrieonians in 2002. In the same year, the club Airdrie United became with the takeover of Clydebank FC founded; who has since resided at the Excelsior Stadium.
The stadium consists of four individual, covered grandstands. The plastic seats are in the club colors red, white and black. The main stand Jack Dalziel stand is the largest and named after a former chairman of the Airdrieonians FC. The East stand on the back straight is intended for the guest fans. If necessary, up to a total of 6,500 seats can be made available on the other grandstands. The two rear stands only differ from the East Stand by their length. The four light masts of the floodlight system are set up in the free corner of the stadium . The sports facility offers the possibility of organizing various events such as conferences, anniversaries, banquets, wedding and birthday parties. Some rooms overlook the field and can accommodate from 20 to 150 guests.
The final of the Scottish League Challenge Cup in 2000 and 2006 was held in the stadium. The Scottish B national football team made two visits to the stadium in Airdrie. In addition, FC Motherwell used the stadium for their home games of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League season against AFC Llanelli , KS Flamurtari Vlora and Steaua Bucharest . In August 2008, Queen of the South played in Airdrie for the game of the second qualifying round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup against the team of FC Nordsjælland from Denmark.
Grandstands
- Jack Dalziel Stand - West, main stand , seats
- East Stand - East, opposite stand , seats, guest area
- North Stand - North, back gate, seating
- South Stand - South, back gate, seating
Web links
- scottishgrounds.co.uk: Stadium description (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- myfootballtravels.blogspot.com: Visitor report from January 2011 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ scottishgrounds.co.uk: Record visit ( memento of the original from November 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ scottishfootballarchive.co.uk: Article about Broomfield Park ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ airdrieunitedfc.com: Event rooms in the stadium ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk: Match report Scotland B - Ireland B (English) Article from November 20, 2007
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk: Match report Scotland B - Northern Ireland B (English) Article from May 6, 2009
