Links Park
| Links Park | |
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 Montrose playing Aberdeen at Links Park in 2006 |
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| Location | Montrose, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°42′50.17″N 2°27′32.70″W / 56.7139361°N 2.459083°W |
| Opened | 1887[1] |
| Owner | Bryan Keith[1] |
| Surface | Artificial Sports Turf |
| Capacity | 3,292 (1,338 seated)[2] |
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| Montrose FC (1887–present)[1] | |
Links Park is a football stadium in Montrose, Scotland, which is the home ground of Montrose FC.
Links Park was opened in 1887.[1] To help finance the club, Montrose FC rented the pitch for circuses and grazing.[1] The club was eventually able to raise £150 in 1920 to buy a used stand from the Highland Games.[1] A roof was built over the Wellington Street end of the ground in the 1960s.[1] Floodlights were installed in 1971 and first used in a match against Stranraer.[1] The record attendance was 8,983, for a Scottish Cup quarter-final tie against Dundee in March 1973.[1][2]
Links Park was significantly improved in the 1990s, after the club was taken over by Bryan Keith.[1] The wooden Main Stand was replaced by a cantilevered stand, seating 1,258 people.[1] Other improvements brought the total investment to nearly £1 million, of which the Football Trust provided £400,000.[1] Keith bought the ground in 1995 for £500,000 and granted the club a 25 year lease, without rent.[1] GlaxoSmithKline provided a £250,000 grant in 2006 for the club to install an all-weather surface at Links Park.[3] The turf is a FIFA two-star artificial surface.
The current stadium capacity is 3,292, with just over 1,300 seats available in the main stand.[2] The pitch size is 113 x 70 yards.[2]
[edit] References
- Sources
- Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain. Collins Willow. ISBN 0002184265.
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