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Douglas Park

Douglas Park — stadium in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.

Douglas Park

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Douglas Park is a stadium in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1888. Designed by Archibald Leitch. Wikidata describes it as: "stadium in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.7804°, -4.0573°.

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Douglas Park was a football stadium in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, the home ground of Hamilton Academical from 1888 to 1994. The stadium holds the record for Hamilton Academical's largest ever attendance, 28,690 people against Hearts in 1937. 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. Hamilton ceased playing first team matches at Douglas Park at the end of the 1993–94 season. 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. Douglas Park was then redeveloped as a Sainsbury's supermarket. Turnstiles were sold to Falkirk and part of the main stand was sold to Auchinleck Talbot for £30,000. The only part of the old ground that Hamilton Academical retained was the floodlights. A new stadium, called New Douglas Park, was built immediately next to the old site.

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Coordinates
55.7804, -4.0573
Postcode
ML3 9AX
Parliamentary constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Established
1888

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Douglas Park?
Douglas Park is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.7804°, -4.0573°.
When was Douglas Park built?
Douglas Park dates to 1888 — the Victorian period. It was designed by Archibald Leitch.
Who designed Douglas Park?
Douglas Park was designed by Archibald Leitch.