Stadium
Unlike the Scotland national team, the Scottish League XI had no traditional home ground. Matches were moved around various club grounds. The high-profile matches against the Football League and the Italian league were always played in one of the three main stadiums in Glasgow: Hampden Park, Ibrox Park or Celtic Park. Until the fixture declined in importance in the late 1960s, matches against the Football League would regularly attract crowds in excess of 40,000, peaking at 90,000 in 1949. The less attractive matches, against the Irish League XI or the League of Ireland XI, were spread around Scotland more evenly. Grounds in Dundee (Carolina Port and Dens Park), Edinburgh (Easter Road and Tynecastle), Paisley (Love Street) and Motherwell (Fir Park) were used in addition to Glasgow. Smaller stadiums were also used in Glasgow itself, namely Firhill and Shawfield.
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