Glasgow
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,
Scotland
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. The park is maintained by the city's parks department, and it is a public place where football is still played. The park contains the site of the second Hampden Park, previously home to the football clubs Queen's Park (from 1884 to 1903) and
Third Lanark
Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club was a founder member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1872 and the Scottish ...
football
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stadium, which had played host to organised football since 1884.Chapter XXXIV.—Second Hampden History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland It was originally known as Hampden Park (the second by that name, succeeding the original Hampden Park) and was rented by Queen's Park between 1884 and 1903; the first match was on 18 October 1884, a goalless draw against
Dumbarton
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watched by 7,000. As Hampden Park, the ground hosted nine
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1885 and 1899, as well as several finals of the
Glasgow Cup
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and
Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
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rugby union
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international (which usually took place in
Edinburgh
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) was played there:
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defeated
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in the
1896 Home Nations Championship
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in front of 20,000 spectators.
When Queen's Park decided to build their own stadium and moved to the third (and current)
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 ...
on open ground about further south,
Third Lanark
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took over the lease.Second Hampden QPFC.com They renamed it New Cathkin Park as they had previously played at another stadium named
Cathkin Park
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just to the east of Dixon Halls on the east side of Cathcart Road, about north of their new home. Third Lanark failed to agree a fee with Queen's Park for the pavilion and other fittings (which they owned, while the ground itself was leased), resulting in the departing club removing the existing structures for use at their new stadium and the new occupiers having to rebuild virtually from scratch. During the first season following the move ( 1903–04, in which they finished as champions), Third Lanark played several of their home matches at the new Hampden while work was carried out on Cathkin Park. No major finals were played at this version of the ground, but it became the regular home of the
Home Scots v Anglo-Scots
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international trial match which ran from the 1890s to the 1920s.
Third Lanark's last match at Cathkin took place on 25 April 1967, when they played out a 3–3 draw against Queen of the South. Jimmy Davidson scored one goal for Queens and Brian McMurdo two, including the last senior football goal at the park (the Thirds goals came from Kinnaird with two goals and McLaughlan with the other). A Glasgow Challenge Cup Final was played at Cathkin on 13 May 1967 between two Junior sides, Cambuslang Rangers and Rutherglen Glencairn (Cambuslang winning 2–0); this was the final football match played at Cathkin before Third Lanark folded later that year. The final goal to be scored at Cathkin came from Cambuslang Rangers forward Peter Coleman after 17 minutes.
The stadium subsequently fell into disrepair and most of the fabric was gradually removed. The remains of the terraces from three sides of the ground can be seen in the park. However, a reformed Third Lanark team, which plays in the Greater Glasgow Amateur League, currently plays in the park,Third Lanark Athletic Club Greater Glasgow Amateur League as do Hampden AFC and boys team the Jimmy Johnstone Academy.
In 2017, Third Lanark A.F.C. announced a £5 million plan to return to Cathkin and redevelop the ground, with an all-weather pitch, a 2000-seat stand, floodlights and community facilities for football and cricket. In the meantime, the latest of several projects to carry out basic renovations on the remaining terracing and barriers by volunteers, including actor
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Image:Cathkinpark1.jpg, A view of one of the terraces from the pitch
Image:Cathkinpark2.jpg, Close view of an abandoned terrace
Image:Cathkinpark3.jpg, View from the back of the terrace with the pitch and other terraces visible