Introduction

This evening, I am reporting on Cathkin Park in Glasgow, Scotland. This site is a football (soccer) pitch with a long history, dating back to the early days of competitive football in Scotland.

Site at Crosshills, Glasgow, Scotland.

Information on the Football site.

Although currently a municipal park maintained by the Council, the site has a dishevelled, quasi-archaeological feel with extant terraces partly overgrown with vegetation. No goalposts are evident.

More information:

• May qualify as the oldest extant international football pitch in the world. Location of first Anglo-Scottish club final in 1902.
• An extended oval, in the Scottish tradition.
• Has been host to football matches since 1884.
• Originally home of Queens Park between 1884 and 1903 then Third Lanark until bankruptcy of latter club in 1967. Last professional match played at the site on April 25th 1967.
• Pitch is still used by amateur clubs, Hampden AFC and a reformed Third Lanark.

Video clip of Cathkin Park.

Logo of Third Lanark F.C. at Cathkin Park, Glasgow.

Terraces, Cathkin Park, Glasgow, Scotland.

More Information for the visitor to Scotland

The publication, Visitors’ Guide to Scotland includes sections on landscapes, castles, history, cities, abbeys, islands and much more. This book is heavily illustrated and contains a wealth of information on Scotland. The ISBN is 978-1-9161332-0-4. Also available via Kindle.