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Featuring tHE scottish cup final 2023
I have always wanted to do a travel Vlog of a football match, I have been watching live football for over 40 years but have never taken my camera to a game.
So when my son (who works for Glasgow Rangers FC) asked if I wanted to join him at the Scottish cup final I started to do some planning, this is also not a normal Cup Final its the old firm Derby Rangers V Celtic which is a bucket list game I have also wanted to do. However this is where the planning took a twist, I decided to travel to Glasgow by train from Peterborough which goes direct to Edinburgh then one change to get into Glasgow. its about 5 and half hours in total but actually quite a relaxing journey. I was travelling up on the Saturday before the cup final on the Sunday so thought I would see what else I could do as part of the trip.. well what a fantastic decision that turned out to be as I found one of Scotland's if not the worlds most historical abandoned football stadiums, Cathkin Park. Glasgow’s Cathkin Park was one of the most famous football stadiums in Scotland, albeit with a slightly rocky history. It’s most well-known as the home of football club, Third Lanark. The stadium was built and opened in 1884 as the home for Queens Park F.C who had now been forced to move out of their previous stadium since a railway track was being built. When it was first built, the stadium was named Hampden Park, and the first match at the stadium was a 0-0 draw between Queens Park & Dumbarton. This match saw a crowd of up to 6000. Not long after, the stadium became too small for Queens Park, and they set about moving somewhere else. Cathkin Park became home to Third Lanark, a team who totally rebuilt the stadium; changing the name from Hampden Park to New Cathkin-Park (as they had already played at a Cathkin Park not far away). With the rebuild, the stadium could seat up to 50,000 fans. Trouble for Third Lanark what started great didn’t end well for the team, and in the 1960s they ran into trouble. Mismanagement as well as financial difficulty caused the club to enter liquidation. The last match played by Third Lanark at Cathkin Park was on the 25th April 1967. The team drew 3-3 against Queen-of-the-South, with this match containing the last ever senior football goal at Cathkin Park. On May 13th 1967, a Junior game was played. It was the Cambuslang Rangers versus the Rutherglen Glencairn. This match is notable because it marks the last match that was played at the park before the home team, Third Lanark A.C went bankrupt later that year. These days, the football stadium is thought of as totally abandoned by some people, although it still provides fond memories for a few old enough to have taken a game in here. While it used to be a bustling stadium for fairly popular team, the stadium has now become a part of Scottish Football history. The remains of its terraces can still be seen and the pitch is still visible to those who wish to visit this historical landmark. Children in the park still play football on what used to be the pitch, with the stands still surrounding them – possibly seating just a few proud parents, instead of thousands of football fans. A reformed Third Lanark team currently play in the park, as well as Hampden AFC. The reformed Third Lanark team still wear the same bright red stripes of the previous Third Lanark team. Cathkin Park has also been used by the film industry. The old ground has been used to film TV shows and news items over the past decades, including Peter Mullan’s NEDs. Take a look at out video below for an insight into what this amazing place in history looks like today.
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