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Kintail Park was a football ground in Lockerbie,
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. It was the home ground of Mid-Annandale, and hosted Scottish Football League matches between 1923 and 1926.


History

Mid-Annandale moved to Kintail Park in 1902. The club were elected to the new Third Division of the Scottish Football League (SFL) in 1923, and a stand was erected on the southern side of the pitch in the same year.Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p191 The first SFL match at Kintail Park was played on 25 August 1923, a 4–3 win over
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in front of 950 spectators. The highest recorded league attendance at the ground during the club's time in the SFL was recorded on 9 November 1923 when 2,100 watched a 3–1 defeat by local rivals Queen of the South. At the end of the 1925–26 season the Third Division was disbanded, and Mid-Annandale's final home match in the SFL was played on 20 March 1926, a 1–1 draw with
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. The ground was eventually closed and the site used for a housing development. The road through the development is named Kintail Park.


References

{{Football venues in Scotland Defunct football venues in Scotland Mid-Annandale F.C. Scottish Football League venues Sports venues in Dumfries and Galloway Lockerbie