List of Scottish Football League stadiums

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The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs, mostly from Scotland. From its foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League (SPL) was formed in 1998, the SFL represented the top level of football in Scotland. After 1998, the SFL represented levels 2 to 4 of the Scottish football league system. In June 2013, the SFL merged with the SPL to form the Scottish Professional Football League. The SFL was played out in a wide variety of stadiums, ranging from the stadiums of Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers to the intimate surroundings of Cliftonhill and Dumbarton Football Stadium, with capacities of just over 2000.

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Founding Members, 1890–1891

Stadiums marked in bold are the stadiums used during the inaugural season of the Scottish Football League.

StadiumLocationTeamOpenedClosedDemo'dYears hosting League FootballCurrent Status
Boghead Park Dumbarton Dumbarton 18792000Unknown1890–2000Near junction of Round Riding Road and Miller Street; now a residential development
Dumbarton Football Stadium Dumbarton Dumbarton 2000--------2000–present
Ibrox Park I Govan Rangers 18871899Unknown1890–1899Was replaced by Ibrox II, built just to the west. Now an office building, parking, and a row of residential tenements along Copland Road.
Ibrox Park II Glasgow Rangers 1899--------1899–present
Celtic Park I Glasgow Celtic 18881892Unknown1890–1892Was replaced by Celtic Park II, built just to the west. Now waste ground, just north of Janefield Street and cut through by Springfield Gardens.
Celtic Park II Glasgow Celtic 1892--------1892–present
Whitefield Park Cambuslang Cambuslang 18881897Unknown1890–1892Now occupied by residential properties and Whitefield Bowling Club
Cathkin Park Crosshill Third Lanark 18721903Unknown1890–1903Now occupied by residential tenements, located at the north east corner of Dixon Road and Cathcart Road, cut through by Boyd Street
New Cathkin Park Glasgow Third Lanark 19031967Unknown1904–1967Still in use as a municipal playing field, some overgrown terracing remains visible.
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Heart of Midlothian 1886--------1890–present
Underwood Park Paisley Abercorn 18891899Unknown1890–1899Site just north of Underwood Road, and to the south west of the Greenock Branch rail line; since replaced by commercial and industrial properties.
Old Ralston Park Paisley Abercorn 18991909Unknown1899–1909Near junction of Glasgow Road and East Lane; site now occupied by office buildings.
New Ralston Park Paisley Abercorn 19091920Unknown1909–1915Near junction of Glasgow Road and East Lane; site now occupied by office buildings.
Westmarch Paisley St Mirren 18831894Unknown1890–1894Exact location uncertain, but area is occupied by industrial units and possibly by St Mirren Park
Love Street Paisley St Mirren 1894200920101894–2009Site is derelict; awaiting residential development.
St Mirren Park Paisley St Mirren 2009--------2009–presentStill in use.
Millburn Park Alexandria Vale of Leven 1890--------1890–1892, 1905–1915, 1921–1926Still in use by the West of Scotland Football League side Vale of Leven.
Springvale Park Glasgow Cowlairs 18901895Unknown1890–1891, 1893–1895At Cowlairs junction, between the Edinburgh & Glasgow railway and the Sighthill Branch. Both rail lines are still there, but the adjacent Cowlairs station is long gone. The site is now occupied by Network Rail offices and associated parking.
Tontine Park Renton Renton 18721897Unknown1890, 1891–1897Under modern Tontine Park housing development.

New members, 1891–1900

StadiumLocationClubOpenedClosedDemo'dYears hosting League footballCurrent status
Bank Park Leith Leith Athletic 18911899Unknown1891–1899Just to the north east of Easter Road Stadium, now occupied by residential properties and municipal playing fields.
Hawkhill Leith Leith Athletic 18991900Unknown1899–1900At junction of Restalrig Road and the former Leith railway line; site now occupied by residential units, centred on Restalrig Park
Chancelot Park Leith Leith Athletic 19001904Unknown1900–1904Now Lethem Park, a private park situated just off Bonar Place.
Old Logie Green Leith Leith Athletic 19041926Unknown1904–1915, 1924–1926Next to the Water of Leith, at the junction of Logie Green Road and Warriston Road; now occupied by commercial properties and parking, including a major home improvement chain.
New Powderhall Edinburgh Leith Athletic 19271928Unknown1927–1928Adjacent to Old Logie Green, at the end of Beaverhall Road, now occupied by residential properties.
Marine Gardens Portobello Leith Athletic 19281936Unknown1928–1936On corner of King's Road and Seafield Road; site now occupied by a bus terminal.
Old Meadowbank Edinburgh Leith Athletic 19361953Unknown1936–1939, 1947–1953Adjacent to New Meadowbank, roughly on the site of the field hockey pitch.
New Meadowbank Edinburgh Leith Athletic 19461947Unknown1946–1947Site is occupied by the current Meadowbank Stadium.
Barrowfield Park Glasgow Clyde 18911898Unknown1891–1898On corner of Carstairs Street and what is now Colvend Street; occupied by waste ground and light industrial units.
Shawfield Stadium Rutherglen Clyde 189819861898–1986Now used for greyhound racing.
Broadwood Stadium Cumbernauld Clyde 19941994–presentStill in use.
West Craigie Park Dundee Dundee 18931893Unknown1893Unknown
Carolina Port Dundee Dundee 18931899Unknown1893–1899Unknown
Dens Park Dundee Dundee 18991899–presentStill in use.
Easter Road Edinburgh Hibernian 18931893–presentStill in use.
Dalziel Park Motherwell Motherwell 18931895Unknown1893–1895At Airbles Street and Glencairn Street; now occupied by housing.
Fir Park Motherwell Motherwell 18951895–presentStill in use.
Inchview Partick Partick Thistle 18851897Unknown1893–1897In Whiteinch; approximately the location of the Clyde Tunnel northern entrance.
Meadowside Partick Partick Thistle 1897190819101897–1908On south side of Castlebank Street; site subsequently occupied by granaries, now residential properties.
Firhill Glasgow Partick Thistle 19091909–presentStill in use.
Clune Park Port Glasgow Port Glasgow Athletic 18931911Unknown1893–1911Unknown
Cappielow Greenock Morton 18791893–presentStill in use.
Hyde Park Glasgow Northern 18931894Unknown1893–1894On south side of Flemington Street, to the east of Springburn Road; the site is now occupied by North Glasgow College, some residential properties, and Ayr Street.
Braehead Park Glasgow Thistle 18931894Unknown1893–1894On south bank of the Clyde, adjacent to Hutchesontown Bowling Club; site is now occupied by residential units, centred around Dolphington Avenue.
New Logie Green Edinburgh St Bernard's 18931900Unknown1893–1900
New Powderhall Edinburgh St Bernard's 19001901Unknown1900–1901
Royal Gymnasium Ground Edinburgh St Bernard's 18801943Unknown1900–1915, 1924–1939Just north of Royal Crescent; site now occupied by parking.
Broomfield Park Airdrie Airdrieonians 1892199419941894–1994Directly to east of Gartlea Roundabout; site now occupied by a supermarket and parking.
East Dock Street Dundee Dundee Wanderers Unknown1894
Clepington Park Dundee Dundee Wanderers 18941895Unknown1894–1895Was taken over and rebuilt by Dundee Hibernian; renamed Tannadice. Still in use.
Rugby Park Kilmarnock Kilmarnock 18771877–presentStill in use
Govandale Park Govan Linthouse 18941900Unknown1895–1900Between Govan Road and the River Clyde beside Govan Old Parish Church; now apartments (Wanlock Street).
Somerset Park Ayr Ayr 18881897–presentStill in use.
Douglas Park Hamilton Hamilton Academical 1888199419941897–1994Adjacent to New Douglas Park; site now occupied by a supermarket.
New Douglas Park Hamilton Hamilton Academical 20012001–presentStill in use.
Merchiston Park Bainsford East Stirlingshire Unknown1921Unknown1900–1921Just to the north of the Forth and Clyde Canal and to the west of Main Street; the park was moved at some point in the early 1900s to make way for a railway line. Sites are now occupied by residential and commercial properties.
Firs Park Falkirk East Stirlingshire 1921200820121921–2008Just at the end of Firs Street; site now derelict and awaiting residential development.
Hampden Park I Glasgow Queen's Park 18841903Unknown1900–1903Became Cathkin Park, home of Third Lanark. Now a municipal park.
Hampden Park II Glasgow Queen's Park 19031903–2021Still in use as national stadium; the SFA purchased the ground from Queen's Park, with the club playing their last home fixture there in March 2021.

New members, 1901–1910

StadiumLocationTeamOpenedClosedDemo'dYears hosting League FootballCurrent Status
Dunterlie Park I Barrhead Arthurlie 18821906Unknown1901–1906Located just off Glasgow Road in Barrhead; site now occupied by residential units, particularly houses on Rufflees Avenue.
Dunterlie Park II Barrhead Arthurlie 19061919Unknown1906–1919
Dunterlie Park III Barrhead Arthurlie 1919--------1923–1929Still in use.
Brockville Park Falkirk Falkirk 1885200320031902–2003Located on Hope Street in Falkirk; site now occupied by a supermarket.
Falkirk Stadium Falkirk Falkirk 2004--------2003–presentStill in use.
Stark's Park Kirkcaldy Raith Rovers 1891--------1902–presentStill in use.
Beresford Park Ayr Ayr Parkhouse 18881910Unknown1903–1904, 1906–1910Located to the east of Beresford Terrace, just south of the Burns Statue; site now occupied by commercial properties, and bisected by Parkhouse Street.
Meadow Park Whifflet Albion Rovers 18851919Unknown1903–1915Located just east of the railway line and south of Calder Street; site now occupied by waste ground and an electrical substation.
Cliftonhill Coatbridge Albion Rovers 1919--------1919–presentStill in use.
Pittodrie Aberdeen Aberdeen 1903--------1904–presentStill in use.
North End Park Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath Unknown1917Unknown1905–1915Located just south of Perth Road and east of High Street; site is still in use as a municipal playing field.
Central Park Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath 1917--------1921–presentStill in use.
Tannadice Park Dundee Dundee Hibernian 1917--------1921–presentStill in use.
Somerset Park Ayr Ayr United 1910--------1910–presentStill in use.

New members, 1911–1920

StadiumLocationClubOpenedClosedDemo'dYears hosting League footballCurrent status
Recreation Grounds Perth St Johnstone 18851924Unknown1911–24Located between Edinburgh Road and the railway line, just west of the prison; site now occupied by residential and commercial units.
Muirton Park Perth St Johnstone 1924198919891924–89Located at the junction of Dunkeld Road and Florence Place; site now occupied by a supermarket.
McDiarmid Park Perth St Johnstone 1989--------1989–presentStill in use.
East End Park I Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 18851920Unknown1912–20Located just to the west of the current stadium; now occupied by parking.
East End Park II Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 1920--------1920–presentStill in use.
Newfield Park Johnstone Johnstone 18941927Unknown1912–15, 1921–26Located on the north side of the town, at the junction of Barrochan Road and the A737; site now occupied by a slip road for the A737.
Clydeholm Clydebank Clydebank (1914) 19141931Unknown1914–15, 1917–31Located on the corner of Mill Road and Glasgow Road; site now occupied by apartment blocks.
Recreation Park Cowdenbeath Lochgelly United 1910192819341914–15, 1921–26Housing

New members, 1921–1930

StadiumLocationTeamOpenedClosedDemo'dYears hosting League FootballCurrent Status
Recreation Park Alloa Alloa Athletic 1895--------1921–presentStill in use.
Volunteer Park Armadale Armadale 19101932Unknown1921–1932Still in use, by Armadale Thistle junior team.
Mill Park Bathgate Bathgate 19041935Unknown1921–1929Located at the junction of Cochrane Street and Mill Road; now occupied by residential properties and Marmion Road.
Newtown Park Bo'ness Bo'ness 19861945Unknown1921–1932Still in use (by Bo'ness United).
Sports Park Broxburn Broxburn United 19121932Unknown1921–1926Located on Church Street; now occupied by a sports centre and parking.
Bayview Park Methil East Fife 19031998Unknown1921–1998Located at junction of Kirland Road and Wellesley Road; now occupied by housing.
Bayview Stadium Methil East Fife 1998--------1998–presentStill in use.
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir 1890--------1921–presentStill in use.
Station Park Forfar Forfar Athletic 1880--------1921–presentStill in use.
Gayfield Park I Arbroath Arbroath 18801925Unknown1921–1925Unknown, partly covered by Gayfield Park II.
Gayfield Park II Arbroath Arbroath 1925--------1925–presentStill in use.
Forthbank Park Stirling King's Park 18751940Unknown1921–1940Located just to the east of the railway line and to the north of Springbank Road; now occupied by waste ground and light industrial units.
Duckburn Park Dunblane King's Park 1921Used by King's Park for a single match after Forthbank Park was closed due to crowd trouble.
Chapelhill Park Clackmannan Clackmannan 18861931Unknown1921–22, 1923–1926Located at corner of Chapelhill and Wellmyre; occupied by residential properties.
Ardencaple Park Helensburgh Helensburgh 18961928----1923–1926Located just to the north of Helensburgh cricket ground, just off Rhu Road Higher; site is still in use as a rugby field.
Parkside Shotts Dykehead Unknown--------1923–1926Still in use (for youth football).
Raploch Park Larkhall Royal Albert UnknownUnknownUnknown1923–1926Located to the north of Raploch Street, opposite Larkhall Thistle's Gasworks Park ground; site now occupied by residential properties.
Kintail Park Lockerbie Mid-Annandale UnknownUnknownUnknown1923–1926Located just north of Livingstone Place and south of the former railway line; site now occupied by housing and Kintail Park street.
Links Park Montrose Montrose 1887--------1923–1926, 1929–presentStill in use.
Glebe Park Brechin Brechin City 1919--------1923–1926, 1929–presentStill in use.
Kimmeter Park Green Annan Solway Star 19111947Unknown1923–1926Located just to the east of the junction of the B6357 and the B721; now occupied by farmland.
Bellsdale Park Beith Beith 19191938Unknown1923–1926Still in use (by Beith Juniors).
Whitestone Park Peebles Peebles Rovers Unknown--------1923–1926Still in use.
Portland Park Galston Galston 18941940Unknown1923–1926Located at the junction of Titchfield Street and the A71; now occupied by the A71 and farmland.
Meadow Park Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp 18941925Unknown1923–1924Located on the corner of what is now Poplar Road and Overburn Avenue; now occupied by industrial properties.
Palmerston Park Dumfries Queen of the South 1919--------1923–presentStill in use.
Crawick Holm Sanquhar Nithsdale Wanderers UnknownUnknownUnknown1923–1927Unknown, probably located near where the A76 crosses Crawick Water.

New members, 1931–2010

StadiumLocationTeamOpenedClosedDemo'dYears hosting League FootballCurrent Status
Powderhall Stadium Edinburgh Edinburgh City 1931UnknownUnknown1931-UnknownSituated adjacent to Old Logie Green, at the end of Beaverhall Road, now occupied by residential properties.
City Park Edinburgh Edinburgh City Unknown--------Unknown-1949Unknown.
Annfield Stadium Stirling Stirling Albion 19451993Unknown1946–1993Located near junction of Livilands Lane and St Ninians Road; site now occupied by housing and by streets named Annfield Gardens and Annfield Grove.
Forthbank Stadium Stirling Stirling Albion 1993--------1993–presentStill in use.
Shielfield Park Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick Rangers 1954--------1955–presentStill in use.
Kilbowie Park Clydebank Clydebank (1965) 1939199619971964–65, 1966–97Located to the north of the rail line and west of Argyll Road; site now occupied by commercial properties and parking.
Stair Park Stranraer Stranraer 1907--------1955–presentStill in use.
Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh Meadowbank Thistle 1974--------1974–1995Still in use (as an athletics stadium).
Telford Street Park Inverness Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1926 (as Caledonian F.C.)199619961994–1996Located near junction of Telford Street and Dunain Road; site now occupied by an electronics store and parking.
Caledonian Stadium Inverness Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1996--------1996–presentStill in use.
Victoria Park Dingwall Ross County 1929--------1994–presentStill in use.
Almondvale Stadium Livingston Livingston 1995--------1995–presentStill in use.
Borough Briggs Elgin Elgin City 1921--------2000–presentStill in use.
Balmoor Stadium Peterhead Peterhead 1997--------2000–presentStill in use.
Raydale Park Gretna Gretna 1946--------2002–2008Still in use.
Galabank Annan Annan Athletic 1953--------2008–presentStill in use.

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