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Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
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is an sports field for Aberdeen Grammar School and for the
Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish ...
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
team
Aberdeen GSFP RFC Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur rugby union club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They currently compete in the . The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end. Honours *Scottish N ...
. Of course other sports are played here such as Hockey – at National league Level b
Aberdeen Grammar Hockey Club
football and cricket. The pavilion at the park was built as a war memorial to pupils from Aberdeen Grammar School who died in the first world war. An extension to the existing granite pavilion was opened in February 2009. A new
Astroturf AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for playing surfaces in sports. The original AstroTurf product was a short-pile synthetic turf invented in 1965 by Monsanto. Since the early 2000s, AstroTurf has m ...
all-weather pitch has been completed which is used every day of the week.


Aberdeen GSFP Rugby Football Club & Mannofield FC

Across from the astroturf pitch, are two rugby pitches. One, which has a little stand is used by the
Aberdeen GSFP RFC Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur rugby union club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They currently compete in the . The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end. Honours *Scottish N ...
for their home games. The stand can hold approx. 150 people with two dugouts. The whole stadium however, will accommodate around 5,000 people when at full capacity, with everyone else standing around the pitch.


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