Scottish football attendance records

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This article lists Scottish football attendance records under the categories listed below.

1 By club
- 1.1 Current clubs
- 1.2 Defunct clubs
2 Cup finals
3 Scotland national team
4 Notes
5 References
6 See also

[edit] By club

[edit] Current clubs

This is a list of all 42 Scottish Premier League and Football League clubs record match attendances at their home ground. The vast majority of these records were achieved before the advent of all-seater stadia. The cost of building all-seater grounds, and a general decline in attendances, means the present capacities of the clubs stadiums are well below their record attendances.

Some records were achieved at a clubs previous ground, rather than their current location, for example Clyde's record is at Shawfield Stadium, whilst they have since moved to Broadwood Stadium.

Rangers' record attendance of 118,567 is a British record for a league match.^[1]

Rank	Club	Attendance	Stadium	Match	Date
1	Rangers	118,567	Ibrox Park	v Celtic, Division 1	2 January 1939
2	Queen's Park	95,772	Hampden Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	18 January 1930
3	Celtic	83,500	Celtic Park	v Rangers, Division 1	1 January 1938
4	Hibernian	65,860	Easter Road	v Heart of Midlothian, Division 1	2 January 1950
5	Hearts	53,396	Tynecastle Stadium	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	13 February 1932
6	Clyde	52,000	Shawfield Stadium	v Rangers, Division 1	21 November 1908
7	Partick Thistle	49,838	Firhill Stadium	v Rangers, Division 1	1922
8	St Mirren	47,438	St. Mirren Park	v Celtic, Division 1	20 August 1949
9	Aberdeen	45,061	Pittodrie	v Hearts, Scottish Cup	3 March 1954
10	Dundee	43,024	Dens Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	7 February 1953
11	Kilmarnock	35,995	Rugby Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	10 March 1962
12	Motherwell	35,632	Fir Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	12 March 1952
13	Raith Rovers	31,306	Stark's Park	v Hearts, Scottish Cup	February 7, 1953
14	St. Johnstone	29,972	Muirton Park	v Dundee, Scottish Cup	10 February 1951
15	Hamilton Academical	28,690	Douglas Park	v Hearts, Scottish Cup	March 3, 1937
16	Dundee United	28,000	Tannadice Park	v CF Barcelona, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	16 November 1966
17	Dunfermline Athletic	27,816	East End Park	v Celtic, Division 1	30 April 1968
18	Albion Rovers	27,381	Cliftonhill	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	8 February 1936
19	Queen of the South	26,552	Palmerston Park	v Hearts, Scottish Cup	23 February 1952
20	Stirling Albion	26,400	Annfield Stadium	v Celtic, Scottish Cup	14 March 1959
21	Cowdenbeath	25,586	Central Park	v Rangers, League Cup	21 September 1949
22	Ayr United	25,225	Somerset Park	v Rangers, Division 1	13 September 1969
23	Greenock Morton	23,500	Cappielow	v Celtic, Division 1	29 April 1922
24	Falkirk	23,100	Brockville Park	v Celtic, Scottish Cup	21 February 1953
25	East Fife	22,515	Bayview^[2]	v Raith Rovers, Division 1	2 January 1950
26	Dumbarton	18,001	Boghead Park	v Raith Rovers, Scottish Cup	2 March 1957
27	Alloa Athletic	15,467	Recreation Park	v Celtic, Scottish Cup	5 February 1955
28	Arbroath	13,510	Gayfield Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	22 February 1952
29	Berwick Rangers	13,365	Shielfield Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	28 January 1967
30	Elgin City	12,608	Borough Briggs	v Arbroath, Scottish Cup	17 February 1968
31	Stenhousemuir	12,500	Ochilview Park	v East Fife, Scottish Cup	11 March 1950
32	East Stirlingshire	12,000	Firs Park	v Partick Thistle, Scottish Cup	19 February 1921
33	Forfar Athletic	10,780	Station Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	7 February 1969
34	Livingston	10,112	Almondvale Stadium	v Rangers, Premier League	27 October 2001
35	Ross County	10,000	Victoria Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	28 February 1966
36	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	9,530	Pittodrie^[3]	v Aberdeen, Premier League	16 October 2004
37	Montrose	8,983	Links Park	v Dundee, Scottish Cup	17 March 1973
38	Peterhead	8,643	Recreation Park	v Raith Rovers, Scottish Cup	25 February 1987
39	Brechin City	8,122	Glebe Park	v Aberdeen, Scottish Cup	3 February 1973
40	Stranraer	6,500	Stair Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	24 January 1948
41	Airdrie United	5,924	Excelsior Stadium	v Motherwell, Scottish Cup	6 January 2007

[edit] Defunct clubs

Club	Attendance	Stadium	Match	Date
Third Lanark	45,455^[4]	Cathkin Park	v Rangers, Scottish Cup	27 February 1954
Airdrieonians	24,000^[5]	Broomfield Park	v Hearts	8 March 1952
Clydebank*	14,900^[6]	Kilbowie Park	V Hibernian, Scottish Cup	10 February 1965
Gretna	6,137	Fir Park^[7]	v Rangers, Premier League	16 January 2008

* Refers to Clydebank FC which played in the Scottish football league between 1965 and 2002.

[edit] Cup finals

Competition	Attendance	Stadium	Match	Date
Scottish Cup	146,433^[8]	Hampden Park	Celtic v Aberdeen	24 April 1937
Scottish League Cup	107,609^[9]	Hampden Park	Celtic v Rangers	25 October 1965
Scottish Junior Cup	77,650^[10]	Hampden Park	Petershill v Irvine Meadow	1951

[edit] Scotland national team

This section lists the top ten attendances for the Scotland national team in home matches.

Note that scores list Scotland's goal tally first.

Rank	Attendance	Date	Stadium	Opponent	Competition	Score
1	149,547	April 17, 1937	Hampden Park	England	BHC	3-1
2	149,269	April 15, 1939	Hampden Park	England	BHC	1-2
3	137,438	April 25, 1970	Hampden Park	England	BHC	0-0
4	135,376	April 10, 1948	Hampden Park	England	BHC	0-2
5	134,544	April 3, 1954	Hampden Park	England	BHC / WCQ	2-4
6	134,504	April 5, 1952	Hampden Park	England	BHC	1-2
7	134,170	April 1, 1933	Hampden Park	England	BHC	2-1
8	134,000	February 24, 1968	Hampden Park	England	BHC / ECQG8	1-1
9	133,300	April 15, 1950	Hampden Park	England	BHC	0-1
10	133,245	April 11, 1964	Hampden Park	England	BHC	1-0

[edit] Notes

^ "A Look at Ibrox' s Rich History", www.rangers.co.uk.
^ Refers to the old Bayview stadium prior to 1998
^ Inverness were groundsharing with Aberdeen but the match was officially classed as an Inverness home game
^ "Third Lanark AC - Statistics", www.thirdlanarkac.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
^ "Airdrieonians all time records", The Broomfield Stomp. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
^ "Clydebank - Senior Club Records", Clydebank FC official website.
^ Gretna were groundsharing at Motherwell's Fir Park during season 2007-08.
^ "Hampden Park - History", hampdenpark.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
^ "Scottishleague.net - League Cup", Scottishleague.net. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
^ "The Scottish Junior Cup", footballcentral.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.