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Lesser Hampden is a football stadium in Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland, owned by Queen's Park F.C. and located immediately beside the western end of the national stadium, Hampden Park. Since 2023 its sponsored name has been The City Stadium (after City Facilities Management, owned by local businessman William Haughey, Baron Haughey ).
Lesser Hampden is a smaller ground to the west of the main stadium which Queen's Park traditionally used for training and reserve team or youth matches. In 2018, a deal was made for the SFA to purchase Hampden from Queen's Park upon the expiry of the lease in 2020 for a fee of £5 million, with the club intending to improve Lesser Hampden and ...
On 26 May, Queen's announced that they would continue to play matches at Hampden Park for the forthcoming season, while utilising Lesser Hampden for League Cup fixtures. [ 2 ] Darren O'Donnell was announced as the club's new director of football on 31 May.
Hampden Park (/ ˈ h ɑː m d ən / HAHM-dən; [8] Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Hampden) is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team, as well as Queen’s Park FC, the original owners.
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Hampden Park was built between the Queen's Park Recreation Ground (where the club had played until then) [1] [2] and Hampden Terrace, taking its name from the road. The first enclosed stadium with turnstiles in the United Kingdom, [3] it was opened on 25 October 1873 for Queen Park's first-ever competitive match, a Scottish Cup first round tie against Dumbreck, [4] with Queen's Park winning 7 ...
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