Glebe Park, Brechin

Glebe Park is a football stadium in Brechin, Scotland, which is the home ground of Brechin City.

Glebe Park
"The Glebe"
View of the David H Will Stand
Glebe Park
Location in Angus
LocationBrechin, Scotland
Coordinates56°44′07″N 2°39′23″W
OwnerBrechin City F.C.
Capacity4,083[1] (1,519 seated)[2]
SurfaceGrass
Opened1919
Tenants
Brechin City F.C. (1919–present)

Glebe Park opened in 1919.[3] The ground had just one portable stand, which had been used at the Perth agricultural show.[3] Brechin City joined the Scottish Football League in 1929, when a pavilion was added and the Cemetery End terrace was covered.[3] The biggest ever attendance was 8,123, against Aberdeen in a Scottish Cup tie played on 3 February 1973.[3] This attendance was greater than the population of Brechin.[3] Floodlights were installed and used for the first time in 1977, in a match against Hibernian.[3]

Glebe Park in 1983

The old stand was replaced by a new Main Stand, with 290 seats, in 1981.[3] Sponsorship by the Stewart Milne group and a Football Trust grant of £210,000 financed the construction of a 1,228 seat stand at the Trinity Road end of the ground.[3] This stand had double the capacity of Brechin City's average attendance, which attracted criticism from non-league clubs in England, who believed that the Football Trust should fund their developments instead.[3]

Unusually, the largest stand in the ground was built behind the goal, rather than the side opposite the Main Stand.[3] This was because that side is constrained by a terrace and the Glebe Park hedge, which runs past more than half of the pitch.[3][4][5] The hedge was threatened in 2009 because Glebe Park's pitch dimensions were too small for it to meet UEFA requirements, at just 67 yards wide.[3][4][5] A fine was suspended by the SFA because Brechin City carried out some work to resolve the problem.[6] There is a small training pitch behind the hedge.

Glebe Park has also been used for the reserve team matches of Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen.

References
  1. "Brechin City Football Club". Scottish Football Ground Guide. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. Rangers' Ramsdens Cup tie will go ahead in Brechin - BBC Sport, 17 July 2012
  3. Inglis 1996, p. 430
  4. "Brechin dig heels in over hedge row". sport.scotsman.com. Johnston Press. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  5. "Brechin pitch falls foul of Uefa". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  6. "Cowdenbeath haven't made enough effort, insists SFA". sport.scotsman.com. Johnston Press. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
Sources
  • Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain. Collins Willow. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.


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