Hampden Park, Glasgow (Queen's Park Football Club & Scotland's National Stadium)
Scotland, county: Lanarkshire
15 II 2020 / Queen's Park FC - Elgin City FC 2-0 / Scottish League 2 (= SCO level 4)
Note 1 - apart from serving as Queen's Park FC's home ground, Hampden has been host to most of Scotland's national team home matches since the stadium was inaugurated in 1903, whilst it also is the regular venue for the Scottish cup final. While the stadium was redeveloped in the early 1990s, Queen's Park FC's first team matches were temporarily moved to Lesser Hampden, which is situated directly to the west of Hampden Park. After the club's lease on Hampden Stadium ended in early 2021, Queen's Park FC moved to groundsharing with Falkirk FC at Falkirk Stadium (second half of the 2020-21 season), subsequently with Partick Thistle FC at Firhill Stadium (2021-22), and lastly with Stenhousemuir FC at Ochilview Park (2022-23). After a new spell at Hampden Stadium (2023-25), the club eventually settled at a completely refurbished Lesser Hampden, after bringing that ground up to league standards.
Scotland, county: Lanarkshire
15 II 2020 / Queen's Park FC - Elgin City FC 2-0 / Scottish League 2 (= SCO level 4)
Note 1 - apart from serving as Queen's Park FC's home ground, Hampden has been host to most of Scotland's national team home matches since the stadium was inaugurated in 1903, whilst it also is the regular venue for the Scottish cup final. While the stadium was redeveloped in the early 1990s, Queen's Park FC's first team matches were temporarily moved to Lesser Hampden, which is situated directly to the west of Hampden Park. After the club's lease on Hampden Stadium ended in early 2021, Queen's Park FC moved to groundsharing with Falkirk FC at Falkirk Stadium (second half of the 2020-21 season), subsequently with Partick Thistle FC at Firhill Stadium (2021-22), and lastly with Stenhousemuir FC at Ochilview Park (2022-23). After a new spell at Hampden Stadium (2023-25), the club eventually settled at a completely refurbished Lesser Hampden, after bringing that ground up to league standards.
Note 2 - Other than Queen's Park and the Scotland National Team, Hampden Stadium also briefly served as home ground of Celtic FC (1994-95) and Rangers FC (August-September 2024) due to works being carried out at Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium respectively.
Note 3 - highlights of the match I attended at Hampden Park can be found by following this YouTube link.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Note 3 - highlights of the match I attended at Hampden Park can be found by following this YouTube link.
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