Allan Park, Aberdeen

This article is about the football stadium. For the park near Cults, see Allan Park, Cults.
Allan Park

Location in Aberdeen

Location Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates 57°06′09.72″N 2°04′46.92″W / 57.1027000°N 2.0797000°W
Capacity 2500 (200 seated)
Field size 104 × 65 yards
Surface Grass
Opened 1948
Closed 2015
Tenants
Cove Rangers F.C.

Allan Park is a football ground located in Cove, a suburb of Aberdeen. It is the former home to Cove Rangers F.C., who currently play in the Highland Football League. The ground has a capacity of 2300 spectators, with 200 on seats or benches.

Allan Park is named after a local farmer, who gifted the club the land on which they built the ground in 1948.[1] As of September 2011, Cove Rangers were planning to sell Allan Park for housing and share in part of the New Aberdeen Stadium project with Aberdeen FC.[1][2] This scheme was thrown into doubt, however, when Aberdeen City Council rejected an application by the two clubs to build a new ground for Cove Rangers that Aberdeen FC would also have used as a training ground.[3][4]

Its largest attendance was 2100 in the league playoff 2008–09 vs Deveronvale which they won 3-1 to lift the league title for the third year running.

On 19 April 2015 Cove Rangers said goodbye to Allan Park as they played their final game against Fort William moving to a new stadium being constructed just outside the Cove area in Aberdeen. Allan Park had been bought by housing developers for a figure believed to be around the £3m mark. The sale also included the football club owned social club which closed its doors the following day.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crighton, Ryan (30 July 2010). "Cove Rangers and Dons strike deal". Press and Journal (Aberdeen Journals). Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Gilfeather, Frank (22 September 2011). "Aberdeen ignominy now par for the course". The Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "New Aberdeen FC stadium sites 'offered by landowners'". BBC News (BBC). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "New Aberdeen FC park 'killed off', says Stewart Milne". BBC News (BBC). 23 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.