Hampden Park was a

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ground in Glasgow, Scotland. The home ground of Queen's Park from 1873 until 1883, it was the first of three stadiums to bear the same name, and hosted the first-ever Scottish Cup final in 1874.

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Hampden Park was built between the Queen's Park Recreation Ground (where the club had played until then)The First Hampden
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Scottish FA with Queen's Park winning 7–0.
History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867–1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland The ground later hosted the first Scottish Cup final, which saw Queen's Park beat Clydesdale 2–0. It was subsequently used to host the finals in

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(the final and replay). Hampden was used to host several Scotland international matches; it was first used on 2 March 1878 for a 7–2 win against England, and a 9–0 win against Wales followed on 23 March. It hosted four more matches, the last being a 5–0 win over Wales on 25 March 1882. In 1883 the club left Hampden Park due to plans by the Caledonian Railway to build the Cathcart branch across the site (Cathcart Road, which had run to the west of the ground, was also rerouted between Queen Mary Avenue and Prospecthill Road to run alongside the new railway lines); they moved a few hundred metres east to a new ground, which they also named

Hampden Park Hampden Park (Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden''), often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The -capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the no ...

.Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p183 However, it was not ready until 1884, until which home matches were played at the Titwood cricket ground owned by Clydesdale Cricket Club. In 1903 Queen's Park moved again to the current

, with the second Hampden taken over by Third Lanark and renamed Cathkin Park. The site of the first Hampden Park is now occupied by railway lines, Hampden lawn bowling club and Kingsley Gardens. Its precise location was uncertain until 2017 when a map of the railway plans was found which showed the line's route across the pitch. An archaeological dig was conducted at the site in 2021 in an effort to more fully establish the layout and structures and uncover historical artifacts. In 2019 a mural was painted onto the rear wall of the clubhouse by Glasgow-based artist Ashley Rawson, on the theme of Scotland's 5–1 win over England in March 1882, featuring portraits of players Charles Campbell and Andrew Watson.

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The Hampden Collection
cultural preservation society {{DEFAULTSORT:Hampden Park (1873-83) Defunct football venues in Scotland Queen's Park F.C. Scotland national football team venues Demolished buildings and structures in Scotland Football venues in Glasgow Govanhill and Crosshill

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