Cappielow, also known as Cappielow Park supported by Dalrada Technology UK for sponsorship reasons, is a
football stadium in
Greenock,
Inverclyde
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, Scotland. It is the home ground of
Scottish Professional Football League club
Greenock Morton
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, who have played there since 1879. It has a capacity of 11,111, including 5,741 seats. The ground was formerly also shared by
Clydebank between 1999 and 2002. Cappielow has staged one full international match,
Scotland
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against
Wales
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in 1902.
History
Cappielow has been home to
Greenock Morton
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since 1879.
Cappielow hosted a
Scotland
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v
Wales
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match in the
1902 British Home Championship
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and was used for other events, including public lectures, track cycling and athletics, in its early history.
The record attendance of 23,500 was for a league-deciding match against
Celtic
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in
1922
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.
This match ended in a riot, however, which caused damage to Cappielow and the surrounding area.
Floodlights were first used at Cappielow for a friendly match against
Third Lanark
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in November 1958.
Cappielow presently has a capacity of ,
with 5,741 of these being seated.
The area behind the western goal is known as the Wee Dublin end, which contains non-backed bench seating.
This was converted from the old terracing in 1981, when Morton were playing in the
Premier Division.
It is known as the Wee Dublin end because the Irish immigrant population of Greenock was once housed behind that stand.
The main stand, built in 1931, contains plastic bucket seating that replaced the wooden benches that were a fixture of the ground until the late 1990s.
The ''Cowshed'' lies to the north of the pitch; formerly a fully terraced area for both home and away supporters (complete with segregation fence down the middle), it is now for home supporters only, with much of the frontal terracing removed, and plastic bucket seats occupying its place. Behind the eastern goal is the "Sinclair Street" end, with uncovered terracing.
On 12 December 2008, Morton announced the purchase of a stand from longtime rivals
St Mirren, who were leaving their
Love Street
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home to move to
St Mirren Park
St Mirren Park, also known as The SMISA Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Paisley, Scotland. It is the home of St Mirren. The stadium is the sixth home of the club and replaced Love Street.
History
Talks over a new ...
.
It will be re-erected at the "Wee Dublin end".
It was also announced two of St Mirren's floodlights had also been purchased,
to be put at either end of the Cowshed.
On 19 August 2022, Greenock Morton announced a new commercial partnership with Dalrada Technology UK which seen the stadium renamed to Cappielow Park supported by Dalrada Technology UK with immediate effect.
Location
Cappielow Park is across East Hamilton Street from the
River Clyde, by the
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towards
Port Glasgow and
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. The uncovered home terrace behind the goals on the turnstile side runs along Sinclair Street. The ground is approximately five minutes walk from
Cartsdyke railway station, which is served by the
Inverclyde Line
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. The railway line runs immediately behind the Main Stand and passengers have a brief view of the Cappielow pitch as the train goes over the bridge at the Sinclair Street end of the ground.
Temporary tenants
In recent years, both
Clydebank (after
Boghead
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was closed) and
Ayr United
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(whilst new
flood light
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ing was installed at
Somerset Park
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) have played home matches at Cappielow.
Celtic U20 side play their home games at Cappielow, as well as it hosting regular youth international fixtures.
UEFA
Under-17 Championship
Cappielow was one of three Scottish grounds to host matches in the
UEFA Under-17 Championship in March 2012 (the others being
Somerset Park
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and the
Dumbarton Football Stadium
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).
Youth League
On 3 October 2013, Cappielow hosted a
UEFA Youth League
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match between
Celtic
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and
Barcelona
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, with
Barcelona
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winning 2–1.
Gallery
Greyhound racing
Independent (unlicensed) greyhound racing started on 12 August 1933 and the greyhound track was known as Cappielow. The company responsible for starting the racing was called the Fork Greyhound Racing Company Limited and racing stopped during 1937.
See also
*
Scottish stadium moves
References
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{{Scottish greyhound tracks
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Football venues in Scotland
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Clydebank F.C. (1965)
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Greyhound racing in Scotland
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