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Falkirk Ground Name: Falkirk Stadium Capacity: 9,200 (Includes 1,000 temporary seats) Address: Westfield, Falkirk, FK2 9DX Telephone No: 01324 624 121 Fax No: 01324 612 418 Pitch Size: 110 x 72 yards Club Nickname: Bairns Year Ground Opened: 2004 Undersoil Heating: Yes Shirt Sponsors: Central Demolition Kit Manufacturers: Puma Home Kit Colours: Navy Blue, White & Red Away Kit Colours: White & Red Official Web Site: www.falkirkfc.co.uk Unofficial Web Sites: It's Been Chalked Off Falkirk Mad (Footy Mad Network) |
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| What's The Ground
Like? Falkirk Stadium - External View (photo) What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? Where To Drink? West & North Stands (photo) How To Get There By Car & Where To Park By Train South Stand (photo) Admission Prices Programme Price Ground Layout Fixtures 2009-2010 Local Rivals Record & Average Attendance Hotel Accommodation Feedback Return To The Main Menu |
| What's The Ground Like? |
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After leaving their old Brockville Ground
in 2003, home since 1876, and then ground sharing with Stenhousemuir
for one season, the Club moved to a new stadium in 2004 on the
very outskirts of Falkirk. |
| Future Developments |
| The Club have received planning permission to construct a new stand on the East side of the stadium. The planned capacity of this is also 2,000. However the Club have yet to announce as to when construction is likely to commence. |
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| What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? |
| Away fans are housed in the North Stand at one end of the
stadium. This end is normally split between home and away fans, but
for the bigger games then the whole of the 2,000 capacity is
allocated to away supporters. David Burns a visiting Celtic fan
adds; 'There were good views of the action and we were close to the
pitch. The leg room was excellent, even for a tall guy like me.
There was also plenty of height between rows. The concourse was
quite small though and I was surprised to find that the toilets had
no roof on them. Overall a good day out'. Food available on the
concourse includes; Scotch Pie (£1.80), Steak Pie (£2.30), Burger
(£2.80) and Hot Dogs (£2.80). Entrance to the stadium is gained via electronic turnstiles, which means that fans have to insert their ticket, which has a bar code printed onto it, into an electronic reader to gain entrance. I believe that this is the first of its kind to be installed at a Scottish football ground. |
| Where To Drink? |
| Being on the outskirts of Falkirk there is not much in the way
of choice of places to drink. Neil Stewart informs me; 'The nearest
pub is the Mill Inn on Thornhill Road, which is around a five minute
walk way, going towards the town centre. There is also the Tam Bain
in Mary Street, Laurieston, which is around 10 minutes north of the
stadium'. Kevin Dunn adds; 'There is a bar called Pennies at the old
ice rink, just off the Grangemouth Road. Go up
Grangemouth Rd towards the town centre and you will pass the college
and the old ice rink (which is now an indoor football centre) on the
left hand side. The pub is just down the right hand side of the old
ice rink, near to the Saturday market'. Otherwise it is probably best to drink somewhere on the way beforehand or else take the 20-25 minute walk into Falkirk town centre where there are plenty of bars to be found. Lindsey Coombs adds; 'I would recommend the 'Behind the Wall' bar in the town centre, for a drink before the game. It has won supporters awards in the past and is located in the centre of Falkirk, close to Grahamston station. |
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| How To Get There By Car & Where To Park |
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From The East: |
| By Train |
| Falkirk Grahamston Station is
about a mile away from the stadium. It is a fairly straight 20
minute walk down the A904 Grangemouth Road. As you come out of the
station turn left and follow the ring road round (A803) to the
right. Turn left into Weir Street and at the bottom of the street
turn left onto Kerse Lane. This is the A904 which leads into
Ladysmill and then becomes Grangemouth Road. Go straight down this
road and you will eventually reach the stadium over on your
right. Otherwise any buses that are Grangemouth bound going from Falkirk should also pass the stadium. |
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Special thanks to Dave Tennant for providing the photo above. |
| Admission Prices |
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Home Fans*: * For Rangers & Celtic games the adult price will cost £5 more and concessions £2 extra (£5 extra for Children of primary school age in the East Stand). |
| Programme Price |
| Official Programme £2. |
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| Fixtures 2009-2010 |
| For the fixture list click here (to take you to the BBC Sports Website). |
| Local Rivals |
| Dunfermline. |
| Record & Average Attendance |
| Record Attendance: At The Falkirk Stadium: 6,744 v St Mirren, Premier League, May 16th 2009. At Brockville: 23,100 v Celtic, February 21st, 1953. Average Attendance: 2008-2009: 5,498 (Premier League) 2007-2008: 5,568 (Premier League) 2006-2007: 5,387 (Premier League) |
| Hotel Accommodation |
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| Feedback |
| If anything is incorrect or you have something to
add, please e-mail
me and I'll update the guide. |
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