Firhill Stadium
Firhill Stadium is located in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland and has been the home of Partick Thistle since 1909. Past ground-sharing agreements have seen Firhill act as a temporary home for three other football clubs: Clyde, Hamilton Academical and Queen’s Park. It is also a former rugby union, rugby league and greyhound racing stadium. The North Stand was built in 2002 to meet the Scottish Premier League criteria on stadium capacity, which stated at the time that member clubs must have 10,000 seats in their ground. Ironically this criterion was later changed to only 6,000 seats, which not only allowed for the relegation of Partick Thistle, but meant they had constructed a stand which cost the club unnecessarily. Originally, the stand only ran for two-thirds the length of the pitch, but it was extended in 2003.
Location: 80 Firhill Road, Glasgow, Scotland
Public Transport: Firhill Stadium is located in the north of Glasgow at just under 1.5 miles from Glasgow’s city centre. Firhill lies at walking distance from both Kelvinbridge and St Georges Cross subway stations. Both stations are on Glasgow’s one circular line that can be boarded at stops Buchanan Street and St Enoch in the city centre. The walk from either station to the stadium takes about 15 minutes.
Capacity: 10,102
