Easter Road

For the street after which the stadium is named, see Easter Road (street). For other uses, see Easter Road (disambiguation).

Easter Road Stadium
The Leith San Siro[1]
The Holy Ground[2]
Easter Road Stadium is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Easter Road Stadium
Easter Road Stadium
Location in Edinburgh
Location12 Albion Place
Edinburgh
EH7 5QG[3]
Coordinates55°57′42″N 3°9′56″W / 55.96167°N 3.16556°W / 55.96167; -3.16556
OwnerHibernian F.C.
Capacity20,421[4][5]
Record attendance65,860 v Hearts
2 January 1950
SurfaceHybrid
Construction
Broke ground1892
Opened1893
Renovated2010
ArchitectPercy Johnson-Marshall (Famous Five and South Stands)[6]
Tenants
Hibernian F.C.
Edinburgh Rugby
1893–present
1998–1999

Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian (Hibs). The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421,[4][5] which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is also known by Hibs fans as "The Holy Ground" or "The Leith San Siro".[1][2] The venue has also been used to stage international matches, Scottish League Cup semi-finals and was briefly the home ground of the Edinburgh professional rugby union team.

Hibs first played at the present site of Easter Road in 1893. The ground holds the record attendance for a Scottish match outside Glasgow, when 65,860 attended an Edinburgh derby on 2 January 1950.[7] The size of the terracing was greatly reduced in the 1980s. After the publication of the Taylor Report, Hibs considered leaving Easter Road and moving to a different site (Straiton, near Loanhead was mooted), but these plans were abandoned in 1994. Redevelopment of the stadium began in 1995 and was completed in 2010. The Easter Road pitch had a pronounced slope until it was removed in 2000.[8]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Lugton199 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Sparky in The Hibernian". hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian F.C. 24 September 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011. Buzzing like a wasp and stinging like a diehard Hibee, Leigh Griffiths has brought a gust of invigorating fresh air to the team's attack since joining the club on loan. Having supported Hibernian from the stands as a boy and after playing for the team in green at junior level – before spells with Livingston and Dundee – Griffiths must have felt like he was coming home. But his transition from Leith Academy to the Leith San Siro has not been a smooth ride, although the Scotland under-21 striker says he is glad he got there in the end.
  3. ^ "STADIUM DIRECTIONS". hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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  5. ^ a b "Hibernian Football Club". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
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  8. ^ "Hibs bid farewell to slope". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 April 2000. Retrieved 30 October 2011.