Cathkin Park
In Glasgow's south side
and now a public park.
and now a public park.
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All images are © 400photos.uk
Cathkin Park was a football ground which was for many years named Hampden Park and took over
that title from the site across the road (linked to below) in around 1884.
It then became the home ground of Third Lanark Athletic Club, a football team formed in 1872 from members of the local army regiment, the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, before it was finally abandoned and turned into a park in 1967 after the football club dissolved through poor finances.
There are still remains of the old terracing (third photo) and there is once again a football pitch but it's well past its heyday. There was originally a cinder cycling track round the perimeter as well as a couple of tennis courts at the eastern end.
In the first photo you can see the old Hampden Park Bowling Club across the road and railway at the top left (west) of the image.
Interestingly, the circa 1892 Ordnance Survey maps have this area labelled clearly as Hampden Park and make no mention of the bowling club or give any indication of an earlier football stadium but do show the railway said to be built over part of the original site.
It then became the home ground of Third Lanark Athletic Club, a football team formed in 1872 from members of the local army regiment, the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, before it was finally abandoned and turned into a park in 1967 after the football club dissolved through poor finances.
There are still remains of the old terracing (third photo) and there is once again a football pitch but it's well past its heyday. There was originally a cinder cycling track round the perimeter as well as a couple of tennis courts at the eastern end.
In the first photo you can see the old Hampden Park Bowling Club across the road and railway at the top left (west) of the image.
Interestingly, the circa 1892 Ordnance Survey maps have this area labelled clearly as Hampden Park and make no mention of the bowling club or give any indication of an earlier football stadium but do show the railway said to be built over part of the original site.
