Ravenscraig Stadium
55°56′25″N 4°48′47″W / 55.94028°N 4.81306°W / 55.94028; -4.81306
Ravenscraig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is also the traditional home of Greenock Juniors Football Club. The stadium underwent a £1.7 million refurbishment in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1][2]
The stadium was built in 1958 with a cinder track, upgraded to synthetic in 1992.[3] Replacement floodlighting was announced in 2015.[4]
In the 1959–60 season, a capacity crowd of 8,200 watched Greenock Juniors draw 1–1 in a Scottish Junior Cup quarter final with Johnstone Burgh.[5]
In November 1972 the stadium hosted the first ever official international women's football match to be played in Great Britain. Scotland was defeated 3–2 by England. This was almost exactly a hundred years after the first men's international between the two nations.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Greenock stadium to get £1.7 million upgrade". STV (TV channel). 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "£1.7m stadium work reaches milestone". Glasgow Times. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ Tim Grose (27 December 1999). "Greenock Ravenscraig Stadium". UK Running Track Directory. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "New floodlights for Ravenscraig Stadium". Greenock Telegraph. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Ravenscraig on track to become top athletics venue". Inverclyde Council. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Football Nation: Sixty Years of the Beautiful Game. bloomsbury. 2010. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4088-0126-0. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
ravenscraig stadium.
- ^ "Recognising the Ravenscraig pioneers". FIFA. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- v
- t
- e
- Hampden Park
- Barrowfield Park
- Beechwood Park
- Braehead Park
- Burnbank Park
- Carolina Port
- Cathkin Park (first)
- Celtic Park (first)
- Dalziel Park
- Dunterlie Park (first)
- East Dock Street
- Govandale Park
- Hamilton Crescent
- Hampden Park (first)
- Hawkhill
- Hibernian Park
- Hyde Park
- Ibrox Park (first)
- Inchview
- Kinning Park
- Meadowside
- New Logie Green
- Old Ralston Park
- Springvale Park
- Underwood Park
- Titwood
- West Craigie Park
- Westmarch
- Whitefield Park
- Ardencaple Park
- Beresford Park
- Chancelot Park
- Clune Park
- Clydeholm
- Dunterlie Park (second)
- Forthbank Park
- Kimmeter Park Green
- Kintail Park
- Marine Gardens
- Meadow Park (Coatbridge)
- Merchiston Park
- Mill Park
- North End Park
- New Powderhall
- New Ralston Park
- Newfield Park
- Old Logie Green
- Portland Park
- Recreation Grounds
- Recreation Park (Lochgelly)
- Royal Gymnasium Ground
- Sports Park
- Tontine Park
- Adamslie Park
- Allan Park
- Annfield Stadium
- Bayview Park
- Boghead Park
- Brockville Park
- Broomfield Park
- Chapelhill Park
- City Park
- Crawick Holm
- Douglas Park
- Duckburn Park
- Firs Park
- Kilbowie Park
- Kingsmills Park
- Love Street
- Meadow Park (Dumbarton)
- Meadowbank Stadium
- Muirton Park
- New Meadowbank
- Old Meadowbank
- Raploch Park
- Rosebery Park
- Shawfield Stadium
- Telford Street Park
- Voluntary Park