Partick
Partick ( sco, Pairtick, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and ...
area of
Glasgow
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Scotland
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. It was the home ground of Partick Thistle from 1897 until 1908.
History
Partick Thistle moved to Meadowside from
Inchview
Inchview was a football ground in the Whiteinch area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home ground of Partick F.C. from the 1870s until 1885, and of Partick Thistle from 1885 until 1897.
History Partick FC
Partick F.C. were formed in 1875, wit ...
Park (
Whiteinch
Whiteinch ( gd, Innis Bhàn) is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated directly north of the River Clyde, between the Partick and Scotstoun areas of the city. Whiteinch was at one stage part of the burgh of Partick, until that ...
) in 1897, the year they were first promoted to
Scottish Football League Division One
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
. The ground was slowly developed and eventually included of a 750-seat grandstand on the northern side of the pitch and a running track around it. On 16 December 1899 the ground was used by Rangers for a home match against St Mirren as their new
Ibrox Stadium
Ibrox Stadium is a Soccer-specific stadium, football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox, Glasgow, Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. The home of Rangers F.C., Rangers Football Club, Ibrox is the third largest List of foot ...
was not ready.Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p197
The ground's probable record attendance of 16,000 was set for a
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hibernian on 4 February 1905, with Thistle winning 4–2. Another crowd of 16,000 attended a
Glasgow Cup
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first round match against Celtic on 8 September 1906. The highest league attendance at Meadowside was 11,000 for a 4–1 loss to Rangers on 3 January 1905.
In 1908 the Clyde Navigation Trust, which owned the land, opted to expand the neighbouring shipyard onto the site and Thistle were forced to move out (the
Meadowside Granary
Meadowside Granary was a complex of four interlinked granary buildings situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland. Constructed in four phases between 1911 and 1967, the finished construction was the larg ...
was soon constructed there, and in the 21st century this was redeveloped again as the
Glasgow Harbour
Glasgow Harbour is an urban regeneration scheme at Partick in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Construction
After many years of dereliction caused by the decline of shipbuilding and the migration of Glasgow's docks to the Firth o ...
apartment complex). Their final league match at the ground was played on 30 April 1908, a 1–1 draw with Hibernian. However, their new
Firhill Park
Firhill Stadium is a football and former rugby union, rugby league and greyhound racing stadium located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland which has been the home of Partick Thistle since 1909. The stadium is commonly referred to as simp ...
ground was not ready and Thistle spent the 1908–09 season and the first few matches of the 1909–10 season playing at other grounds, including
Celtic Park
Celtic Park is the home stadium of Celtic Football Club, in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. With a capacity of 60,832, it is the largest football stadium in Scotland, and the eighth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom. It is al ...
Rugby Park
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Shawfield
Shawfield is an industrial/commercial area of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located to the north of the town centre. It is bordered to the east by the River Clyde, to the north by the Glasgow neighbourhood of Oa ...
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Rutherglen
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Pittodrie
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Aberdeen
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Clune Park
Clune Park was a football ground in Port Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home ground of Port Glasgow Athletic from 1881 until they folded in 1912, and also of Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors.
History
Port Glasgow Athletic moved to Clune Park in 18 ...
Easter Road
Easter Road is a association football, football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian F.C., Hibernian (Hibs). The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity ...
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Edinburgh
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