Clydeholm

Clydeholm

Location	Clydebank, Scotland
Coordinates	55°53′34″N 4°23′17″W / 55.8928°N 4.3880°W / 55.8928; -4.3880Coordinates: 55°53′34″N 4°23′17″W / 55.8928°N 4.3880°W / 55.8928; -4.3880
Record attendance	22,000
Surface	Grass
Opened	1914
Closed	1963
Tenants
Clydebank F.C. (1914–1931)

Clydeholm was a football and greyhound racing stadium in Clydebank, Scotland. It was the home ground of the first Clydebank F.C. to play in the Scottish Football League.

History[]

Clydebank F.C. was founded in 1914, and acquired a ten-year lease on a site directly to the west of Yoker railway station.^[1] The new club was immediately elected into the Division Two of the Scottish Football League, and the first SFL match was played at Clydeholm on 16 August 1914, a 3–1 win over East Stirlingshire.

The ground's record league attendance of 22,000 was set for a match against Rangers on 13 November 1920, with the away team winning 4–2.^[1] It was equalled for the home match against Rangers at the start of the following season, with Rangers winning 7–1, Clydebank's record home defeat at the ground.^[1]

In 1925 a new grandstand was erected on the south-western side of the pitch. A greyhound racing track was installed, with the first race taking place on 15 May 1930.^[2] Clydebank resigned from the SFL on July 1931 – their final SFL match at Clydeholm was a 5–1 defeat by Raith Rovers on 25 April 1931.^[1] Although the club folded in the same year, the ground continued to be used for greyhound racing. During World War II it was used to house a temporary mortuary, which was destroyed on the first night of the Clydebank Blitz in March 1941.^[3]

The final greyhound racing meeting took place on 28 November 1963.^[4] The stadium was subsequently demolished and the site used to build a shopping centre and housing,^[3] with one of the roads through it named Clydeholm Terrace.

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