Cathkin Park
In Glasgow's south side and now a public park
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Cathkin Park was a football ground which was for many years named Hampden Park.
It then became the home ground of Third Lanark Athletic Club, a football team formed in 1872 from members of the local army regiment, the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, before it was finally abandoned and turned into a park in 1967 after the football club dissolved through poor finances.
There are still remains of the old terracing (third photo) and there is once again a football pitch but it's well past its heyday. There was originally a cinder cycling track round the perimeter as well as a couple of tennis courts at the eastern end.
It then became the home ground of Third Lanark Athletic Club, a football team formed in 1872 from members of the local army regiment, the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, before it was finally abandoned and turned into a park in 1967 after the football club dissolved through poor finances.
There are still remains of the old terracing (third photo) and there is once again a football pitch but it's well past its heyday. There was originally a cinder cycling track round the perimeter as well as a couple of tennis courts at the eastern end.
