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Cowdenbeath Ground Name: Central Park Capacity: 5,268 (Seated 1,622) Address: Cowdenbeath, Fife, KY4 9QQ Telephone No: 01383 610 166 Fax No: 01383 512 132 Pitch Size: 107 x 66 yards Club Nickname: Cowden or Blue Brazil Year Ground Opened: 1917 Home Kit Colours: Royal Blue & White Official Web Site: www.cowdenbeathfc.com Unofficial Web Sites: Supporters Club www.cowdenbeath.net |
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| What's The Ground Like? Looking Towards The Main Stand (photo) What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? Where To Drink? East Terrace (photo) How To Get There By Car & Where To Park By Train South Terrace (photo) Local Rivals Admission Prices Layout Of The Ground Programme Price Fixtures 2008-2009 Record & Average Attendance Hotel Accommodation Feedback Return To The Main Menu |
| What's The Ground Like? |
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The ground is also used from time to time for motor sport events. This means that around the oval grass football playing area, at the front of the spectator areas, there is a fair sized tarmac track, plus a meshed safety fence. It is largely an open stadium with three sides having small open terraces. Only on the North Side of the stadium is there a covered Main Stand. Or really I should say Main Stands as there are two, as an older and newer structure, sit side by side. This is because the original old Main Stand was partly destroyed by fire in 1992 and a new structure was constructed beside the remnants of the old stand. Both are covered and all seated and have a row of floodlight pylons at the front of them, which could affect your view. |
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| What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? |
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For most games there is no segregation of supporters. If segregation needs to be enforced, then the terraces at both the South & East sides are allocated to away fans. The oval stock car track means that supporters using the end terrace are set rather far back from the action. For this reason supporters tend to congregate on either side of the ground, where you are a bit closer to the pitch. As the perimeter wall surrounding the stadium is not that high, you can often see a few dotted faces, peering over it and watching the game for nothing! Derek Hall a visiting Hartlepool United fan adds; 'Not one of the better grounds that I have visited. The black markings and large tyres surrounding the pitch makes the whole site look quite ugly. The only saving grace for this place is that it sells the famous Killie Pie'. |
| Where To Drink? |
| There is a small bar at the stadium itself, which is both popular with home and away supporters, plus there is also the nearby Park Bar which is also quite popular. Otherwise there are a number of other bars located on or around the nearby High St, including the Crown Hotel which is listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. |
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Thanks to Ryan Thomson for supplying the above photo. |
| How To Get There By Car & Where To Park |
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The ground is located in the centre of the town,
beside the High Street, however it is not easily visible when
driving along the High Street itself. |
| By Train |
| Cowdenbeath station is only five minutes walk from the ground and is served by trains from Edinburgh. If anyone can provide directions from the station to the ground then please e-mail them to me. |
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Thanks to Ryan Thomson for supplying the above photo. |
| Local Rivals |
| East Fife. |
| Admission Prices |
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| Programme Price |
| Official Programme £1. |
| Fixtures 2008-2009 |
| For the Cowdenbeath fixture list click here (to take you to the BBC Sports Website). |
| Record & Average Attendance |
| Record Attendance: 25,586 v Glasgow Rangers, League Cup Quarter Final, September 21st 1949. Average Attendance: 2008-2009: 421 (Division Three) 2007-2008: 502 (Division Two) 2006-2007: 683 (Division Two) |
| Hotel Accommodation |
| If you require hotel accommodation in the area then first try a hotel booking service provided by Football Hotels who are powered by Activehotels, who specialise in locating accommodation near or within a short travelling distance of the football ground. They also have the added advantage over some other hotel booking services that you pay on departure. Yes this site will earn a small commission if you book through them, but it will go to help with the running costs of keeping the Guide going. To access their Stirling page click here. |
| Feedback |
| If anything is incorrect or you have something to
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