Douglas Park

Douglas Park
Douglas Park is located in South Lanarkshire
Douglas Park
Douglas Park
Location within South Lanarkshire
LocationHamilton, Scotland
Coordinates55°46′49.72″N 4°03′17.75″W / 55.7804778°N 4.0549306°W / 55.7804778; -4.0549306
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1888
Closed1994
ArchitectArchibald Leitch (Main Stand)[1]
Tenants
Hamilton Academical (1888–1994)
Clyde (1991–1994)

Douglas Park was a football stadium in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, the home ground of Hamilton Academical from 1888 to 1994.[1]

The stadium holds the record for Hamilton Academical's largest ever attendance, 28,690 people against Hearts in 1937.[1] Douglas Park also played host to Clyde between 1991 and 1994, as that club awaited the building of their new ground in Cumbernauld, Broadwood Stadium.[2]

The location of the stadium is now a supermarket car park; the floodlights of its replacement can be seen over the roof.

Hamilton ceased playing first team matches at Douglas Park at the end of the 1993–94 season.[1] The club continued to use the stadium for reserve team matches until January 1995, as the sale of the ground was not completed until December 1994.[1] Douglas Park was then redeveloped as a Sainsbury's supermarket.[1] Turnstiles were sold to Falkirk and part of the main stand was sold to Auchinleck Talbot for £30,000.[1] The only part of the old ground that Hamilton Academical retained was the floodlights.[1] A new stadium, called New Douglas Park, was built immediately next to the old site.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Inglis 1996, p. 446
  2. ^ Inglis 1996, p. 436