Stadiums · Scottish Highlands
Recreation Park, Lochgelly
Recreation Park, Lochgelly in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
About
Recreation Park, Lochgelly is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Recreation Park was a football ground in Lochgelly, Scotland. It was the home ground of Lochgelly United from 1910 until the club folded in 1928.
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Background
History
Lochgelly United moved to Recreation Park from Reids Park in 1894, leasing it from the Lochgelly Recreation Company. A grandstand (possibly brought from Reids Park) was erected on the northern side of the pitch and there was an embankment in the south-western corner of the ground. The club were elected to Division Two of the Scottish Football League in 1914, and their first SFL match at Recreation Park was played on 15 August 1914, a 4–0 defeat by local rivals Cowdenbeath. The ground's record attendance of 10,000 was set for a Scottish Cup third-round game against Third Lanark on 21 February 1920. The club left the SFL at the end of the 1925–26 season when Division Three was disbanded; the…
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- Coordinates
- 56.1277, -3.3151
- Address
- Lochgelly, Scotland
- Established
- 1910
Sources
- wikidata: Q22098017 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Recreation Park, Lochgelly (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Recreation Park, Lochgelly?
- Recreation Park, Lochgelly is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Recreation Park, Lochgelly built?
- Built or established in 1910.
- Who owns Recreation Park, Lochgelly?
- Recreation Park, Lochgelly is owned by Lochgelly Recreation Company.