Dalziel Park (stadium)

Dalziel Park Stadium was a football stadium located at Airbles Street and Glencairn Street in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, that hosted the home matches of Motherwell, formed after a merger between Alpha and Glencairn. The first official match at the stadium was a 3–2 win over Hamilton Accies. The exact capacity is unknown. It is not to be confused with Dalziel Park, a training facility between Carfin and Cleland where the team train.

Motherwell played at Dalziel Park for nine years until 1895. The club had turned professional the previous year, and the ground was considered unsuitable for professional football. Baron Hamilton of Dalzell granted a lease of land in the northern part of his Dalzell Estate, half-a-mile away, where Motherwell built a new stadium, Fir Park, where they are based to this day.

The old stadium was demolished and replaced by residential housing.

External Links

• Scotprem Website
• Motherwell FC History 1886–1917