A Son of the Rock

Home of The Spartans FC (and, temporarily, of Edinburgh City FC.)

This is only the second Scottish ground I have been to at which my younger son* has seen a game before me. He took in a Lowland League game a couple of years before the Sons made their first ever visit here for the 0-0 draw in the League Cup in July 2018 which is why I was there. That result more or less signalled the demise of Stevie Aitken as Sons manager. The chop finally came a few months later.

(*The other ground was McDiarmid Park.)

Ainslie Park approach from car park:-

Entrance Sign for “The Spartans Community Football Academy”:-

Administration and changing room block. Ground entrance to right:-

Concourse and Stand:-

From southeast corner:-

Pitch looking north:-

From southwest corner:-

Looking east from northwest corner:-

From northwest corner:-