It was still Cathkin Park.’ ... sits in a cafe at Battlefield and gently and precisely articulates his strategy to bring the Thirds from the pages of history into the sports pages of the present. A fascinating history for those that have moved here now. Little bits starting to pay off here as well. Their former ground, Cathkin Park in Crosshill, is still partially standing and used for minor football. It is rich in history and a familiar landmark on the southern skyline reaching 200m above sea level, the highest point in Glasgow. It also hosted Scottish Cup final matches and the Scotland national team. They were seedlings and they were then used in public parks and streets as well. We’ve got 126 years of unbroken football history even when the ground was shut and of course, kids would break in and play football there every day as well. Part of the council’s problem with that was that the terracing wasn’t safe to walk down I thought oh I’m going go back and clear. The Queen’s Park committee felt the name appropriate and also for their second ground, which would later be renamed ‘Cathkin Park’; the future home of Third Lanark. Cathkin Park truly is, one of the greatest footballing wonders of the world. Following a 2–2 draw in front of 10,000 spectators,[1] the clubs were jointly awarded the championship. For me, if this was in Greece this would be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Instead, they brought their own stands and pavilion building from across the road to here. This is a museum of social history of the regiment that was here as well, of the sports and social inclusion that was here. It was renamed Cathkin Park, and Third Lanark, who would go on to win the Scottish Football League that season moved in. Restore what’s left even if we can never get the trees down and never get it looking like it was, we can fix up what’s here, we can get the running track down so the community can use it again for athletics. This new venue retained the original name – Hampden Park – although this was later to become home to Third Lanark and its name was changed to Cathkin Park. What I’ve always thought was missing here was there’s nothing to take away, there’s nowhere to have a coffee, there’s nowhere to go to the toilet here. Third Lanark were formed by five guys who were at the game who then went to the Orderly Rooms in Howard Street and formed Third Lanark Football Club from 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers. 1872 is the first international over Hamilton Crescent because there isn’t a football ground. Put Drakensberg Brewery and other Cathkin Park attractions into our Cathkin Park road trip planner, and watch your holiday take shape. It’s a great tradition of moving buildings around between these two and three grounds. For just for running on you break your ankles if you go it just now but I’m taking it down just another couple of inches as well, just leveling it all out. [6] Third Lanark took over the older Hampden, renaming it New Cathkin Park, although it later became known as simply Cathkin Park. As the stadium developed, a grandstand was built on the western side of the pitch, a pavilion in the north-west corner, open seating on the northern and eastern sides of the pitch, and embankments at the southern end. There’s creating a huge interest again as well got a great following on Twitter, got a great following the blog as well. On May 13th 1967, a Junior game was played. It’s great to think in 1867 they were tossing the cable across the road. Benny Lynch fought five fights here. This passing game changes the whole thing from 1-1-8 to 2-2-6 and passing football. Castlemilk is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It’s part of our re-education part here. It's a strange feeling standing there on the terraces overgrown with weeds, and you can see the shape where the pitch was. A very- a vitally important ground simply for that. Wouldn’t that be great here wouldn’t that be great to have a football museum all the way down here, or sports museum? If you’ve not been here before, one complete empty site where the stand and the pavilion used to be, but where the trees are now is not terracing. It’s a stadium some will have fond memories of, and it’s estimated that in its prime, it held up to 50,000 fans. This area has a great- especially in the Industrial Age, it has a great history. It is thought that the regiment had its firing range up on the Cathkin Braes and the name derives from this. [1], The ground's highest league attendance of 16,000 was set on 19 August 1899 when Rangers visited, with the visitors winning 5–1. That’s a potted history of the way the ground is now and it was one of the best stadiums in Britain. That’s what I would like I would like obviously an extension to the SFA Museum which is brilliant. I cleared one section down in the West End and then the next section. 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