Netherdale
| Netherdale | |
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| place |
 Galashiels , Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 36 '22 " N , 2 ° 47' 0.6" W |
| opening | 1964 |
| First game | Gala Fairydean - East Fife FC |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Peter Womersley |
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Netherdale is a football stadium in the Scottish town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders Council Area . It is the home ground of the local Gala Fairydean Rovers club . The adjacent rugby stadium , where the Border Reivers played until its dissolution, is also part of the stadium .
history
Various venues were used in Galashiels until 1912. In the same year, the first stadium was built at the site, which initially served as a rugby stadium and from 1929 also as a football stadium. The total cost of the grandstand construction was £ 1150. With the establishment of a directly adjacent rugby stadium called "New Netherdale" in 1962, the original pitch was exclusively available for football. In 1963 the old grandstands were demolished and a new grandstand opened the following year. It seats around 750 and its construction cost around £ 20,000. The first football game at the new stadium was against East Fife in November 1964 . In 1965 the building was featured in Architecture Today magazine.
In 2006 the Netherdale grandstands were included in the Scottish Monument Lists in Monument Category B. This decision was astonished by the local population, who sometimes found the modern grandstand to be unaesthetic and gave it ridiculous names. The recent demolition of a sandstone building in the city center in favor of a supermarket also fueled the discussion. In 2013, the grandstand construction was upgraded to the highest monument category A.
Grandstands
The grandstands along Nether Road on the west side of the stadium were built according to a design by modernist architect Peter Womersley , who also designed the High Sunderland complex in the region. It consists of two concrete wedges tilted against each other. Four tensioning straps at the back stabilize the structure. The filigree-looking architecture with the thin back wall, on which the roof appears to be balanced, shows the progression from the purely functional architecture of Le Corbusier to the aesthetic formalism. Popularly, the grandstands are negatively compared , among other things, with Soviet exposed concrete buildings from the 1960s.
Netherdale Grandstands
Rear view
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Gala RFC ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2016 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.
- ^ A b c The Scotsman: Anger over listing for Soviet football stand , December 7, 2006.
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Daily Record: You lot must be away with the Fairydeans , December 7, 2006 ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Entry on Netherdale in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database