New Douglas Park
| The Academy | |
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  Location in South Lanarkshire | |
| Location | Hamilton, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 55°46′55.76″N 4°03′30.61″W / 55.7821556°N 4.0585028°W |
| Capacity | 6,078[1] |
| Surface |
Grass (2001–2004) FieldTurf (2004–2008) Grass (2008–2013) Tigerturf (2013-) |
| Opened | 2001 |
| Tenants | |
| Hamilton Academical F.C. | |
New Douglas Park is a football stadium in Hamilton which serves as the home of Scottish Premiership side Hamilton Academical. It takes its name from Douglas Park, the club's former stadium.
Stadium
Construction of the stadium was completed by Ballast Nedam in 2001.[2] The pitch was converted to artificial FieldTurf in 2004. After Hamilton was promoted to the Scottish Premier League in May 2008, the artificial surface had to be replaced by grass due to league rules. In addition to the turf replacement, a temporary stand was erected in March 2008 to bring the stadium's capacity up to the league requirement of 6,000 all seater.
At the beginning of season 2013-14 Hamilton returned to an artificial playing surface.[3]
During the 2013-14 season, Albion Rovers played Scottish Cup ties against Motherwell[4] and Rangers[5] at the stadium.
Records
The stadium's record attendance of 6,007 was set on 17 January 2015 when Hamilton played Celtic in a Scottish Premiership game.[6]
References
- ↑ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ Shields, Tom (29 July 2001). "Nice new stadium, shame about the name". The Sunday Herald.
- ↑ The Accies Score With TigerTurf UK
- ↑ Albion Rovers 1-0 Motherwell BBC Sport, 30 November 2013
- ↑ Albion Rovers 0-2 Rangers BBC Sport, 17 March 2014
- ↑
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