  Barrowfield Park Location within Glasgow council area | |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 55°50′25″N4°13′18″W / 55.8402°N 4.2216°W |
| Record attendance | 10,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Closed | 1898 |
| Tenants | |
| Eastern (1875–1877) Clyde (1877–1898) Stonefield Albatross | |
Barrowfield Park was a football ground in the Bridgeton / Dalmarnock area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home ground of Eastern during the 1870s and Clyde between 1877 and 1898.
Clyde moved to Barrowfield Park in 1877, initially groundsharing with Albatross, [1] and during the next thirteen years a cycle track was created around the pitch, an uncovered seated stand was built on the eastern side of the pitch and a pavilion erected in the south-eastern corner of the ground, whilst embankments were developed at the north and south ends of the pitch. [2]
Clyde joined the Scottish Football League in 1891, and the first league game at Barrowfield Park was played on 15 August, with Clyde beating Vale of Leven 10–3; the scoreline remained the club's record home league win at the ground, and was also the first double-digit scoreline in SFL history. [2] A fortnight later the ground's record league attendance was set when 10,000 watched a 7–2 defeat to Glasgow rivals Celtic. [2] This was equalled for a Scottish Cup fifth third-round game against Rangers on 6 February 1892. [2]
As the SFL grew in popularity, Barrowfield Park became increasingly ill-suited to hosting league football; many spectators able to get into the ground without paying and opposition clubs complained about the lack of facilities. With the club's lease about to expire, the club moved to the Shawfield Stadium in 1898. The final league game was played at Barrowfield Park on 3 January 1898, with Clyde losing 4–2 to Hibernian. [2] The last game of any form was a friendly against Sunderland on 30 April, with the game finishing 3–3. [1] The site was later used for housing and a school, [3] the facade of which survives into the 21st century. [4] [5]
The ground's name would appear to originate from the historic Barrowfield estate which once occupied much of the surrounding area; [6] [7] there was also a large dye works of that name nearby. [8] In the 1930s a housing scheme located about half a mile to the north would also take the Barrowfield name, and when local Junior club Bridgeton Waverley were displaced by this residential development, they named their replacement home in the Parkhead district 'New Barrowfield'. [9] It later became the training ground of Celtic for many years. [10]
Clyde Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football club who play in Scottish League Two. Formed in 1877 at the River Clyde in Glasgow, the club host their home matches at New Douglas Park, having played at Broadwood Stadium from 1994 until 2022.
Celtic Park is a football stadium, currently the home of Scottish Premiership team 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 also known as Parkhead or Paradise.
Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road and Westmuir Street. Glasgow's Eastern Necropolis cemetery was laid out in the area in 1847 beside the Gallowgate.
Bridgeton is a district to the east of Glasgow city centre. Historically part of Lanarkshire, it is bounded by Glasgow Green to the west, Dalmarnock to the east and south, Calton to the north-west at Abercromby Street/London Road and Broad street to the north-east.
Dalmarnock is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated east of the city centre, directly north of the River Clyde opposite the town of Rutherglen. It is also bounded by the Glasgow neighbourhoods of Parkhead to the north-east and Bridgeton to the north-west.
Barrowfield is a neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, close to Celtic Park, home of Celtic F.C., which lies immediately to the east. It is bounded by the A89 road (Gallowgate) to the north and the A74 to the south.
Parkhead Football Club was a Scottish football club from the Parkhead district of Glasgow who played in Scottish Junior Football Association competitions from their formation in 1880 until going out of business in 1963. Originally playing at The Sheddens on Old Shettleston Road, the club moved to Helenslea Park near current day Beattock/Sorby Streets in 1892 before development forced the club further out towards the Newbank/Lilybank area and into New Helenslea Park. In the early years of the Scottish Junior Cup, Parkhead appeared in nine finals and won the cup five times. The club supplied eight players who went on to become full Scotland internationals later in their careers and Andy Auld who played five times for the US national team.
Shawfield Stadium is a venue in the Shawfield district of the town of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located close to the boundary with Glasgow.
Thistle Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Glasgow. The club was briefly a member of the Scottish Football League Division Two, and has been described as the most insignificant and least successful to have entered the league. They played at Braehead Park during their Scottish League season.
Eastern Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was one of the founder members of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and one of the sixteen teams to participate in the inaugural season of the Scottish Cup.
Shawfield Football Club was a Scottish football team that competed in the Junior set-up and won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1946–47. There are also a number of references to them being called Shawfield Juniors.
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