Quiz about Scottish Football Stadiums
Quiz about Scottish Football Stadiums

Scottish Football Stadiums Trivia Quiz


Ten questions on some of the stadia used in the Scottish Football League.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author DiamondAFC

A multiple-choice quiz by gtho4. Estimated time: 2 mins.
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Author
gtho4
Time
2 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
113,984
Updated
Oct 22 22
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
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1. Where did Clydebank FC begin to play their home matches in 2002, when the club changed its name to Airdrie United? Hint

Excelsior Stadium
Craigneuk Park
Fir Park
Douglas Park

2. Which team plays their home matches at Station Park? Hint

Albion Rovers
Stenhousemuir
Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic

3. Tynecastle Park is the home to which team? Hint

Motherwell
Hibernian
Heart of Midlothian
Dundee United

4. The Balmoor Stadium became the home to which team, when it was built in 1997? Hint

Peterhead
Elgin City
East Fife
Stenhousemuir

5. Clyde FC played in which Cumbernauld-located stadium from 1994 to 2022? Hint

Gayfield Park
Broadwood Stadium
Annfield Stadium
Shawfield Stadium

6. Which black & white team play at East End Park? Hint

Queen of the South
Raith Rovers
Partick Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic

7. Where do Rangers play their home games? Hint

Rangers Stadium
Craigneuk Park
Douglas Stadium
Ibrox Park

8. Which club plays their home matches at Raydale Park? Hint

Peterhead
Gretna
Elgin
Montrose

9. Where does Elgin City play their home games? Hint

Links Park
Borough Briggs
Firs Park
Bayview Stadium

10. Tannadice Park and Dens Park are across the street from each other. Which two teams play there? Hint

Rangers & Celtic
Morton & Montrose
East Fife & East Stirling
Dundee & Dundee United


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where did Clydebank FC begin to play their home matches in 2002, when the club changed its name to Airdrie United?

Answer: Excelsior Stadium

Airdrie United FC were formed in 2002 by supporters of Airdieonians FC (founded in 1878), which collapsed and went into liquidation. The supporters bought out Clydebank FC, changed the name of the club to Airdie United, and moved it to Airdrie. Clydebank sold their home ground, Kilbowie Park, in 1996 and were ground-sharing with Dumbarton and then Morton.

The club changed its name again, in 2013, from Airdrie United FC to Airdieonians FC, and also adopted the original club crest (of the liquidated 1878 club). The club's nickname has remained as The Diamonds.
2. Which team plays their home matches at Station Park?

Answer: Forfar Athletic

Forfar Athletic's nickname is The Loons. They were founded in 1885 and Station Park was opened in 1888. The club was admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1921. Their first major honour came in 1984, when they won the Scottish Second Division.
3. Tynecastle Park is the home to which team?

Answer: Heart of Midlothian

Heart of Midlothian were formed in 1874 and began playing at Tynecastle in 1886. They are one of the 11 foundation members of the Scottish Football League, which began in 1890. Their first title came in 1895, when they won the Scottish First Division. The club's nickname is the Jambos or Jam Tarts.
4. The Balmoor Stadium became the home to which team, when it was built in 1997?

Answer: Peterhead

The club was formed in 1891 and joined the Scottish Football League in 2000. Their first title came in 2014 when they won Scottish League Two (fourth tier). Balmoor became their home ground in 1997 (their old ground Recreation Park was demolished and replaced by a Safeway Supermarket). Peterhead's nickname is the Blue Toon.
5. Clyde FC played in which Cumbernauld-located stadium from 1994 to 2022?

Answer: Broadwood Stadium

They were formed in 1877 and joined the Scottish Football League in 1891. They won the Scottish Cup in 1939, 1955 and 1958. The club left Broadwood Stadium in 2022, when they began ground-sharing with Hamilton Academicals at their New Douglas Park stadium. The club's nickname is the Bully Wee.
6. Which black & white team play at East End Park?

Answer: Dunfermline Athletic

The club has played at East End Park since its formation in 1885. They joined the Scottish Football League in 1912. They won the Scottish Cup in 1961 and 1968. Dunfermline's nickname is The Pars. The club's jersey colours are black & white vertical stripes.
7. Where do Rangers play their home games?

Answer: Ibrox Park

The club was formed in 1872 and became one of the 11 foundation members of the Scottish Football League upon its formation in 1890. The club (The Rangers Football Club plc) collapsed in 2012 and was liquidated. The assets were purchased by a newly incorporated company, The Rangers Football Club Ltd, which was admitted to the fourth tier of the SFL (the new club was not granted the membership of the Scottish Premier League, held by the old club).

Their first home game saw 49,118 in attendance -- a world record for the fourth tier competition of any league in the world (they broke this record a few months later with 49,463 and then again with 49,913 towards the end of the season). Rangers won promotion three times (in four seasons), and returned to the Scottish Premier League in 2016.
Ibrox Park has been the home of Rangers since 1899. Their nickname is The Gers or Teddy Bears.
8. Which club plays their home matches at Raydale Park?

Answer: Gretna

Gretna have played at Raydale Park since their formation in 1946. They joined the Scottish Football League in 2002, when they took the place of Airdrieonians, which had folded and gone into liquidation. Until then, because it was only a mile from the Scotland-England border, it had played its football league games in England (Carlisle & District League to 1981 and then the Northern Premier League from 1982).

The club entered the FA Cup in 1983, and in the following 18 seasons, until they joined the SFL. The previous occasion upon which a Scottish club had played in the FA Cup was 1887, when seven clubs entered -- Queen's Park, Hearts, Third Lanark, Cowlairs, Renton, Partick Thistle and Rangers (who reached the semi-finals). The club was liquidated in 2008 and a new club, Gretna FC 2008 Ltd was formed. Their nickname is the Black and Whites, or Anvils.
9. Where does Elgin City play their home games?

Answer: Borough Briggs

Elgin City were founded in 1893. The started paying at Borough Briggs in 1921 (Cooper Park was the previous home ground). Some 107 years after their formation, they joined the Scottish Football League in the 2000-01 season.
Their home ground is the most northerly football league stadium in the UK.
10. Tannadice Park and Dens Park are across the street from each other. Which two teams play there?

Answer: Dundee & Dundee United

The two grounds are on opposite sides of Tannadice Street. They're 357 ft apart (corner of one ground to corner of the other). The entrances to each ground are about 600 ft apart. Dundee are known as the Dark Blues, and Dundee United are known as The Tangerines.

Dundee were formed in 1893 by the merger of two clubs, Dundee East End and Dundee Our Boys, and immediately joined the Scottish Football League. In 1899 they moved from their first home ground, Carolina Port, to Dens Park. Dundee United have played at Tannadice Park since their foundation in 1909. They joined the Scottish Football League a year later.
Source: Author gtho4

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