Ravenscraig Stadium
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| Full name | Ravenscraig Stadium |
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| Former names | Ravenscraig Stadium |
| Location | Greenock, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°56′25″N 4°48′47″W / 55.94028°N 4.81306°W |
| Capacity | 650 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Renovated | 1992, 2009 |
Ravenscraig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is also the traditional home of Greenock Juniors Football Club. The stadium is undergoing a £1.7 million refurbishment in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1]
The stadium was built in 1958 with a cinder track, upgraded to synthetic in 1992.[2]
In season 1959–60 a capacity crowd of 8,200 watched Greenock Juniors lose a Scottish Junior Cup quarter final to Johnstone Burgh.[3]
In November 1972 the stadium hosted the first ever official international women's football match to be played in Great Britain. Scotland were defeated 3–2 by England. This was almost exactly a hundred years after the first men's international between the two nations.[4]
References
- ^ Greenock stadium to get £17 million upgrade stv.tv 14 March 2009
- ^ Tim Grose (27 December 1999). "Greenock Ravenscraig Stadium". UK Running Track Directory. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Ravenscraig on track to become top athletics venue". Inverclyde Council. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Football Nation: Sixty Years of the Beautiful Game. bloomsbury. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4088-0126-0. Retrieved 14 January 2012.