Stadium
In their early years, the side played in several places, including what are now the sites for: Partick Railway Station, Morrisons supermarket near the River Kelvin, and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The Club eventually moved to their present home in 1909: Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill district of Glasgow. Firhill Stadium currently consists of three stands the Main(Old)Stand built in 1927 which can seat around 2900 supporters, the Jackie Husband Stand built in 1994 which can seat around 6500 supporters and the North Away Stand which can seat around 2000 supporters.Also on the South side of the stadium there is a grass embankment which was an open terrace in Firhill until its demolition in 2006. There have been plans to redevelop the south end of the stadium with a family stand, and construction is due to get underway in the next few years.
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Famous quotes containing the word stadium:
“In their eyes I have seen
the pin men of madness in marathon trim
race round the track of the stadium pupil.”
—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)
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—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)
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—Walter Wellesley (Red)