Rosebery Park was a football ground in the Oatlands area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home of Shawfield F.C. from 1918 to 1960, before being acquired by Glasgow Corporation as a venue for schools' football matches. The discovery that the site was contaminated led to the ground becoming derelict in the 1990s, and it was subsequently demolished.
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| Location | Oatlands, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 55°50′17″N 4°14′10″W / 55.838°N 4.236°W |
| Owner | Glasgow City Council (after 1961) |
| Type | Stadium |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1918 |
| Closed | 1990s |
| Demolished | 2000s |
| Tenants | |
| Shawfield F.C. 1918–1960 Pollok F.C. 1926–1928 Glasgow schools' football 1963–1990s | |
History
editRosebery Park was named after the former Prime Minister, the 5th Earl of Rosebery.[1] Located on the south-west side of Toryglen Street near Polmadie Road,[citation needed] it was the home of Shawfield from 1918 to 1960. Pollok also sometimes used the ground in the late 1920s whilst they were without a permanent ground.[2]
Following the demise of Shawfield, the Glasgow Corporation Education Committee arranged to buy the ground in 1961 in order to provide a venue for the schools' football competitions they organised.[3] After being refurbished at a total cost of £14,000, the ground was reopened for schools' matches in April 1963.[4] Proposals to stage speedway racing were put forward during the winter of 1986 - 1987 but nothing became of them.
Rosebery Park fell into disuse after it was discovered that the site had become contaminated by Chrome waste from factories in nearby Shawfield, Rutherglen.[5][6] It had not hosted football for a number of years prior to being cleared and redeveloped to make way for the M74 motorway extension.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ O'Brien, Ged (2010). Played in Glasgow. London: Malavan Media. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-954744-557.
- ^ "The History of Pollok Football Club (1908-1977)". Pollok Football Club. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "News in Brief". The Glasgow Herald. 15 April 1961. Retrieved 7 April 2015 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "New Stadium for Schoolboys". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1963. Retrieved 7 March 2015 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ NCE - Stabilising Glasgow (subscription required)
- ^ "Calcium polysulfide remediation of hexavalent chromium contamination from chromite ore processing residue". 27 October 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "M74 Completion". Trunk road projects. Transport Scotland. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ M74 scheme leaflet showing route of road (large pdf file; ground was located just north of the Polmadie Road junction)
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