Palmerston Park - Structure and Facilities

Structure and Facilities

Of the 6,412 capacity, there are 3,509 seats. The ground had a capacity of 8,352 in the late 1990s, but the Terregles Street end terracing has since been closed. There are approximately 2,200 seats in the all seater stand on the east side of the ground. As of 2012, this is known as the Galloway News Stand for sponsorship reasons. Opposite this is the main stand, built in 1965, which has approximately 1,300 seats. The main stand is a small, classic looking covered stand, where the seating area is raised. There are standing terraces for fans to the left, right and in front of this stand.

The Portland Drive Terrace is a traditional standing area, reminiscent of all British football grounds prior to the Hillsborough disaster. The terrace is notable for the clock face mounted on an advert in the centre of the roof. It is also now the largest area of terracing in Scotland, since all of the major grounds were converted to become all-seater stadiums. At the other (Terregles Street) end of the pitch is uncovered terracing, which is currently closed and in need of repair.

The grass playing surface is widely recognised for its good condition. Iain McChesney described the surface as simply a, 'Good park'. Jocky Dempster later said in an interview that among his reasons for signing for Queens was, "I liked the park at Queens. As you know it’s a good park, a good surface." Crawford Boyd said, "It was a lovely park, it was a treat to play on that park, a lovely playing surface." Ted McMinn commented, "Palmerston was like a bowling green, you knew when you went to kick the ball you wouldn’t get a bobble."