Tannadice Park, Dundee (ii)
Posted in Dundee, Football, Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 23 April 2018
Posted in Dundee, Football, Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 23 April 2018
Posted in Art Deco, Dundee, Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 21 April 2018
Tannadice Park is the home of Dundee United F C.
The ground sits between Tannadice and Sandeman Streets.
Main Stand from Tannadice Street (west):-
George Fox and Jim Mclean Fair Play Stands with west stand (lower in profile) between them. From Sandeman Street:-
The George Fox Stand from west:-
The George Fox Stand from east with Eddie Thompson Stand to left:-
Eddie Thompson Stand (and side of George Fox Stand,) from Arklay Street:-
Stadium from Tannadice Street east. Jerry Kerr Stand. Dens Park* in background. Art Deco roofline on Superstore and Ticket Centre to left:-
Jerry Kerr and Eddie Thompson Stands:-
Dens Park from Tannadice Park:-
*The two stadiums are the closest grounds to each other in senior British football. See some of my photos of Dens Park here.
Posted in Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 9 December 2014
Home of Heart of Midlothian FC, otherwise known as Hearts – aka the Jam Tarts or Jambos.
Main Stand from outside:-
Side of Roseburn Stand:-
Wheatfield Stand from Roseburn Stand:-
Gorgie Family Stand from Roseburn Stand:-
Main Stand from Roseburn Stand:-
Posted in Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 20 October 2014
Home of Hibernian FC.
I took these at the League Cup game in August, not the 0-0 last week.
From the access road:-
Main Stand Exterior:-
South Stand Exterior:-
East Stand:-
North Stand:-
Main Stand:-
The teams at kick off. You can just about see the hoops on the front of the Sons strip on a couple of our players. It’s a particularly horrible shade of green Hibs are wearing this season. And no white sleeves. Poor show.
Posted in Kirkcaldy, Scottish Football Grounds at 20:19 on 12 August 2014
Yes, I know I’ve done this one twice before but on Saturday last we Sons fans had a new angle on the ground from the Railway Stand:-
Main and South Stands:-
The North Stand – named for local author and avid Rover Val McDermid. (It takes all sorts I suppose):-
Posted in Dundee, Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 15 May 2014
The Bobby Cox Stand – at Provost Road end:-
Main Stand. Angled bend is quite prominent:-
Bob Shankly Stand. Tannadice Street end:-
Small stand opposite Main Stand. I believe this one is known as the Derry. Note Dundee Law in background on right:-
Sons fans crammed into end part of Main Stand, 3/5/14:-
End of game applause (and Dundee fans’ pitch invasion) 3/5/14:-
Posted in Dundee, Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 14 May 2014
Dens Park is the home of Dundee Football Club.
This is the ground as seen from Caird Avenue, floodlights poking above the flats on Dens Road.
From Provost Road:-
The next one was taken from Sandeman Street. In the background you can also see Tannadice Park, home of Dundee United Football Club. The two grounds have the closest proximity in British senior football:-
Here are Dens Park and Tannadice Park from Dundee Law. I took this photo nearly three years ago. The high flats in the foreground have now been demolished.
Dens Park showing Tannadice Street. Again Tannadice Park can be seen, as can the bend in Dens Park’s Main Stand:-
Main and Bob Shankly Stands from Tannadice Street. Bob Shankly was the brother of the more widely known Liverpool manager, Bill:-
Posted in Aberdeen, Dumbarton FC, Scottish Football Grounds at 21:23 on 12 March 2014
Pittodrie Stadium is the home of Aberdeen FC.
Approach to Beach End Stand:-
Approach to Away Section – Not very prepossessing, what with the menacing metal fencing all round the approach:-
East Stand (Beach End.) Houses away fans:-
North (Main) Stand, houses the players’ changing rooms and home fans seating. The players’ tunnel is not as is usual in the centre but at the right hand end as you look at it here:-
West Stand. Home fans again:-
South Stand. In the photo Sons fans are nearest. This doesn’t give the impression of how many were there (600.) Beyond a fence, most of the stand was taken up with Aberdeen fans:-
Home fans embracing the insult and carrying an inflatable sheep/lamb. As well as the sheep there were loads of balloons in Sons colours of black, white and gold floating around during the Scottish Cup game on 8/3/14:-
Sons players applaud fans at end of game:-
Posted in English Football Grounds, Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 5 December 2013
Shielfield is the home of Berwick Rangers FC.
There are two qualifications to this post. The category* I’ve placed it in is actually not quite accurate. Though Berwick Rangers play in the Scottish Leagues the ground is of course situated south of the border so is not technically a Scottish football ground. Shielfield is also south of the River Tweed so I suppose it’s really in Tweedmouth rather than Berwick.
There is a grassed lane leading from the road to the ground. The away terrace can be viewed from it.
A little to the left of the above is the main entrance.
Entering through the turnstiles you can see the main stand.
The nearest goal to the entrance. Wide spaces between it and the spectator area.
The away terrace with covered enclosure.
With the low slung stand and slope the ground has similarities to Recreation Park, Alloa – though the terracing and cover there was removed a couple of years ago and replaced with temporary seating. This is the goal at the lower end of the slope at Shielfield.
The nearer goal and stand.
Looking back up the slope.
*Edited 22/9/14 to be in new category of English Football Grounds.
Posted in Scottish Football Grounds at 12:00 on 25 September 2013
Home of Alloa Athletic FC. Situated on Clackmannan Road (the A 907.)
Home Support Entrance with main stand in grey:-
Boundary wall on Clackmannan Road:-
Away support entrance:-
View from away support entrance, down slope to Railway end, Ochil Hills in background:-
In all my visits to Recreation Park up till a couple of years ago there was no railway behind the ground: it had been Beechinged. However, my elder brother told me of some Dumbarton player in the long ago putting a penalty onto the railway. The modern line from Stirling to Alloa (and beyond for goods trains) opened three or four years ago.
The next photo is shifted right slightly to show the away support area. Note temporary stand halfway down. There used to be a large mound of terracing on this side, with a covered area well back from the pitch. It was taken away a few years ago and replaced with this flatter viewing area. Again a nice view of the Ochil Hills in the background.
Terracing, Clackmannan Road end:-
Main stand from away entrance. The artificial turf is obvious here:-
The stand replaced one damaged by fire quite a few years ago now. This is it from the Railway end.
The Railway end terracing still has the mound of earth type of terrace with some railway sleepers for stability:-