Cliftonhill
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| Cliftonhill Stadium | |
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| Location | Coatbridge, Scotland |
| Opened | 1919 |
| Owner | Albion Rovers Football Club |
| Surface | Grass |
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Cliftonhill Stadium is the home ground of the Scottish Football League team Albion Rovers. The ground is situated in the town of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.
Cliftonhill opened on December 24, 1919. The Main Stand sits high on a rise above Main Street and was built following Albion Rovers’ only Scottish Cup Final appearance in season 1919-20. A roof extension over the paddock (a standing area in front of the stand) was added in 1994. The Main Stand and paddock are the only parts of the stadium normally used nowadays and the current capacity is listed as 1,238. In its heyday, Cliftonhill housed many thousand more people and its record attendance was set on February 8, 1936 when 27,381 watched the visit of Rangers. Floodlighting was installed at the ground in October 1968 and since then, Cliftonhill has at various times staged speedway, greyhound racing and stock car racing as well as football.
During the 1990s it looked likely that Albion Rovers would leave Cliftonhill to share a stadium with local rivals Airdrieonians. However opposition from Rovers fans, the local population and others, saw that move fall through and the club are currently working on plans to redevelop the stadium.
In 2006 the front entrance to Cliftonhill featured in a UK television advert for Flash.
Currently, it contains a club shop which opens one hour prior to home first team matches.
The dimensions of the pitch are 110 yd by 72 yd (101m x 66 m.)
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