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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). [5]
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.
Queen's Park vs Hibernian at Hampden Park in the 1972 league cup. With stalwarts such as Cromar, Hastie and Omand all having moved on, the mid-1960s saw a new side which promised much. Future Scotland Internationalist Bobby Clark played in goal in 1964–65 season as Queen's finished fourth.
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 ...
Cathkin Park is a municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland.The park is maintained by the city's parks department, and it is a public place where football is still played. The park contains the site of the second Hampden Park, previously home to the football clubs Queen's Park (from 1884 to 1903) and Third Lanark (from 1903 to 1967).
They also sold Hampden to the Scottish Football Association, using the funds to upgrade the adjacent training ground Lesser Hampden to become their regular match venue from 2021, [5] having already built a new club pavilion there seven years earlier. [6]
Scotland's national football stadium, Hampden Park, is located off Cathcart Road in the heart of Mount Florida. The 51,866-seater stadium, opened in 1903 and significantly renovated in the 1990s, is home to the Scottish Football Association, and to Queen's Park F.C. until 2021.
On 8 June 2023, Queen's announced that they entered an agrrement with the Scottish Football Association to use Hampden Park as their ground for home matches ahead of the upcoming season. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 17 June, the club confirmed the appointment of former Ajax and Anderlecht coach Robin Veldman as their new head coach.