Ravenscraig Stadium

Ravenscraig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is also the traditional home of Greenock Juniors Football Club. The stadium is undergoing a £1.7 million refurbishment in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Ravenscraig Stadium
Construction
The Grandstand

Full name	Ravenscraig Stadium
Former names	Ravenscraig Stadium
Location	Greenock, Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′25″N 4°48′47″W
Capacity	650
Surface	Grass
Built	1958
Renovated	1992, 2009

The stadium was built in 1958 with a cinder track, upgraded to synthetic in 1992.[2]

In the 1959–60 season, a capacity crowd of 8,200 watched Greenock Juniors lose a Scottish Junior Cup quarter final to Johnstone Burgh.[3]

The stadium front

In November 1972 the stadium hosted the first ever official international women's football match to be played in Great Britain. Scotland was defeated 3–2 by England. This was almost exactly a hundred years after the first men's international between the two nations.[4]

References

Greenock stadium to get £17 million upgrade stv.tv 14 March 2009
Tim Grose (27 December 1999). "Greenock Ravenscraig Stadium". UK Running Track Directory. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
"Ravenscraig on track to become top athletics venue". Inverclyde Council. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
Football Nation: Sixty Years of the Beautiful Game. bloomsbury. 2010. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4088-0126-0. Retrieved 14 January 2012. ravenscraig stadium.

Football venues in Scotland
National Stadium	Hampden Park
2020–21 Premiership	Almondvale Stadium Celtic Park Easter Road Fir Park Ibrox Stadium McDiarmid Park New Douglas Park Pittodrie Stadium Rugby Park St Mirren Park Tannadice Park Victoria Park (Dingwall)
2020–21 Championship	Caledonian Stadium Cappielow Dens Park East End Park Gayfield Park Palmerston Park Recreation Park (Alloa) Somerset Park Stark's Park Tynecastle Park
2020–21 League One	Balmoor Balmoral Stadium Bayview Stadium Broadwood Stadium Dumbarton Football Stadium Excelsior Stadium Falkirk Stadium Firhill Stadium Links Park Station Park (Forfar)
2020–21 League Two	Ainslie Park Borough Briggs Central Park Cliftonhill Forthbank Stadium Galabank Glebe Park Hampden Park Ochilview Park Stair Park
2020–21 Highland Football League	Bellslea Park Christie Park Claggan Park Harmsworth Park Kynoch Park Mosset Park Princess Royal Park Victoria Park (Buckie)
2020–21 Lowland Football League	3G Arena, Netherdale Ainslie Park Broadwood Stadium Falkirk Stadium Islecroft Stadium K-Park Raydale Park Recreation Park (Alloa) Shielfield Park
2020–21 East of Scotland Football League	Albert Park Humbug Park Meggetland Sports Complex Newtown Park Pennypit Park Prestonfield Whitestone Park
2020–21 South of Scotland Football League	Galabank Palmerston Park
2020–21 West of Scotland Football League	Bellsdale Park Beltane Park Dunterlie Park Lochburn Park Millburn Park Petershill Park Ravenscraig Stadium Saracen Park
North Caledonian Football Association	The Pickaquoy Centre
Junior football	Aberdeen Sports Village Creamery Park Hillhead Centre Lister Park Links Park Volunteer Park
Other	Cathkin Park (second) Lesser Hampden Oriam Parkside Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility Toryglen Regional Football Centre
Defunct stadiums, closed before 1914	Barrowfield Park Beechwood Park Braehead Park Burnbank Park Carolina Port Cathkin Park (first) Celtic Park (first) Dalziel Park Dunterlie Park (first) East Dock Street Govandale Park Hamilton Crescent Hampden Park (first) Hawkhill Hibernian Park Hyde Park Ibrox Park (first) Inchview Kinning Park Meadowside New Logie Green Old Ralston Park Springvale Park Underwood Park Titwood West Craigie Park Westmarch Whitefield Park
Defunct stadiums, closed 1914–1945	Ardencaple Park Beresford Park Chancelot Park Clune Park Clydeholm Dunterlie Park (second) Forthbank Park Kimmeter Park Green Kintail Park Marine Gardens Meadow Park (Coatbridge) Merchiston Park Mill Park North End Park New Powderhall New Ralston Park Newfield Park Old Logie Green Portland Park Recreation Grounds Recreation Park (Lochgelly) Royal Gymnasium Ground Sports Park Tontine Park
Defunct stadiums, closed since 1945	Adamslie Park Allan Park Annfield Stadium Bayview Park Boghead Park Brockville Park Broomfield Park Chapelhill Park City Park Crawick Holm Douglas Park Duckburn Park Firs Park Kilbowie Park Kingsmills Park Love Street Meadow Park (Dumbarton) Meadowbank Stadium Muirton Park New Meadowbank Old Meadowbank Raploch Park Rosebery Park Shawfield Stadium Telford Street Park Voluntary Park
Proposed stadiums	New Aberdeen Stadium

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