Ravenscraig Stadium

Ravenscraig Stadium
The Grandstand
Map
Full nameRavenscraig Stadium
Former namesRavenscraig Stadium
LocationGreenock, Scotland
Coordinates55°56′25″N 4°48′47″W / 55.94028°N 4.81306°W / 55.94028; -4.81306
Capacity650
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1958
Renovated1992, 2009, 2012

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 underwent a £1.7 million refurbishment in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1][2]

The stadium was built in 1958 with a cinder track, upgraded to synthetic in 1992.[3] Replacement floodlighting was announced in 2015.[4]

In the 1959–60 season, a capacity crowd of 8,200 watched Greenock Juniors draw 1–1 in a Scottish Junior Cup quarter final with Johnstone Burgh.[5]

The stadium front

In November 1972 the stadium hosted the first ever official international women's football match to be played in Great Britain. Scotland was defeated 3–2 by England. This was almost exactly a hundred years after the first men's international between the two nations.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Greenock stadium to get £1.7 million upgrade". STV (TV channel). 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "£1.7m stadium work reaches milestone". Glasgow Times. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. ^ Tim Grose (27 December 1999). "Greenock Ravenscraig Stadium". UK Running Track Directory. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  4. ^ "New floodlights for Ravenscraig Stadium". Greenock Telegraph. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Ravenscraig on track to become top athletics venue". Inverclyde Council. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  6. ^ Football Nation: Sixty Years of the Beautiful Game. bloomsbury. 2010. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4088-0126-0. Retrieved 14 January 2012. ravenscraig stadium.
  7. ^ "Recognising the Ravenscraig pioneers". FIFA. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2022.