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Easter Road Stadium
The Leith San Siro[1]
The Holy Ground[2]
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Easter Road Stadium is located in Edinburgh
Easter Road Stadium
Easter Road Stadium
Location in Edinburgh
Location12 Albion Place
Edinburgh
EH7 5QG[3]
Coordinates55°57′42″N 3°9′56″W / 55.96167°N 3.16556°W / 55.96167; -3.16556Coordinates: 55°57′42″N 3°9′56″W / 55.96167°N 3.16556°W / 55.96167; -3.16556
OwnerHibernian F.C.
Capacity20,421[4][5]
Record attendance65,860 v Hearts
2 January 1950
SurfaceNatural grass
Construction
Broke ground1892
Opened1893
Renovated2010
ArchitectPercy Johnson-Marshall (Famous Five and South Stands)[6]
Tenants
Hibernian F.C.
Edinburgh Rugby
1893–present
1998–1999

Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian (Hibs). The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421,[4][5] which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is also known by Hibs fans as "The Holy Ground" or "The Leith San Siro".[1][2] The venue has also been used to stage international matches, Scottish League Cup semi-finals and was briefly the home ground of the Edinburgh professional rugby union team.

Hibs first played at the present site of Easter Road in 1893. The ground holds the record attendance for a Scottish match outside Glasgow, when 65,860 attended an Edinburgh derby on 2 January 1950.[7] The size of the terracing was greatly reduced in the 1980s. After the publication of the Taylor Report, Hibs considered leaving Easter Road and moving to a different site (Straiton, near Loanhead was mooted), but these plans were abandoned in 1994. Redevelopment of the stadium began in 1995 and was completed in 2010. The Easter Road pitch had a pronounced slope until it was removed in 2000.[8]

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Association football

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposite team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is considered the world's most popular sport.

Leith

Leith

Leith is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city was historically part of the county of Midlothian, but was administered separately from the surrounding county from 1482. It is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom.

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership

The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Premiership was established in July 2013, after the SPFL was formed by a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. There are 12 teams in this division, with each team playing 38 matches per season. Sixteen clubs have played in the Scottish Premiership since its creation in the 2013–14 season. Celtic are the current league champions, having won the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership.

Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club, commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The club plays in the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and named after the Roman word for Ireland. Nowadays, while the Irish heritage of Hibernian is still reflected in the name, colours and badge, support for the club is now based more on geography than ethnicity or religion. Their local rivals are Heart of Midlothian, with whom they contest the Edinburgh derby.

List of football stadiums in Scotland

List of football stadiums in Scotland

This is a list of association football stadiums in Scotland, ranked in descending order of capacity. The minimum required capacity is 1,000.

San Siro

San Siro

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has a seating capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadiums in Europe, and the largest in Italy.

Scottish League Cup

Scottish League Cup

The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League cup in existence. The competition had a straight knockout format but became a group and knockout competition from 2016–17.

Edinburgh Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh plays the majority of its home games at Edinburgh Rugby Stadium.

Rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is simply based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends.

Edinburgh derby

Edinburgh derby

The Edinburgh derby is an informal title given to any football match played between Scottish clubs Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) and Hibernian (Hibs), the two oldest professional clubs based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The two clubs have a fierce rivalry that dates back to the clubs being founded in the mid-1870s, which makes it one of the longest running rivalries in world football. The first match between the clubs was played on the Meadows on Christmas Day 1875.

Loanhead

Loanhead

Loanhead is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and oil shale mining, and the paper industries.

History

Early history (1893–1945)

Hibernian played its first match on the Meadows, on 25 December 1875.[9] The club first moved to the Easter Road area in 1880,[10] to a ground known as Hibernian Park.[11] This location had the advantage of being equidistant between their two main sources of support, the Irish immigrant communities in the port of Leith and the Old Town of Edinburgh.[12] When Hibs suffered financial difficulties in the early 1890s, the lease on Hibernian Park expired and developers started building what would become Bothwell Street.[10] The club was reformed in 1892 and a lease on a piece of land called Drum Park was secured.[1] The site had restricted access from Easter Road, a pronounced slope and was in close proximity to Bank Park, the home of Leith Athletic.[1][13] There was a sense of continuity from the previous ground, however, and the supporters were keen to get started again.[1] The first match at Easter Road was played on 4 February 1893, a friendly against Clyde.[14]

Easter Road in the 1950s.
Easter Road in the 1950s.

Easter Road staged its first Scottish League match when Hibs joined the league in 1893.[15] Hibs were only renting Easter Road, which Edinburgh city planners had designated for future development.[16] This meant the club were unwilling to develop the ground and looked for alternatives.[16] Hibs considered relocating to Aberdeen in 1902,[10] a year before Aberdeen FC was formed by a merger of three local clubs.[13] In 1909, work began on a potential new ground in the Piershill area of Edinburgh, but the North British Railway company won a court order allowing them to build a railway line over the ground.[10][13] No line was ever built, but Hibs' interest in moving to the site was thwarted.[10] The long-term future of Easter Road was only secured in 1922, when the club agreed a 25-year lease on the ground.[10][16] Two years later, three banks of terraces were raised, while a main stand seating 4,480 people was built on the west side of the ground.[10] The redeveloped stadium had a capacity of 45,000.[16] The pitch was also moved 40 yards to the east, providing space for the main stand.[13] The slope was reduced to approximately 6 feet as part of this work.[13]

Post-war (1945–1991)

Hibs enjoyed great success in the period immediately after the end of the Second World War,[10] winning three league championships between 1948 and 1952. The club's participation in the (inaugural) 1955–56 European Cup meant that Easter Road became the first British ground to host European Cup football.[17] A record attendance of 65,860 was set by an Edinburgh derby against Hearts played on 2 January 1950.[18][19][20] This is also a record for any football match played in Edinburgh.[18][19] As the fans had been tightly packed on the terraces to achieve this record attendance, the size of the East Terrace was increased further.[10] The club even drew up plans to expand the overall capacity to nearly 100,000.[20] This would have been done by raising each end terrace to the same height as the east side, but these plans were never realised.[16]

Hibs were one of the first clubs to install corner floodlight pylons, rather than the roof-mounted lights used at Ibrox.[10] The Easter Road floodlights were installed by a local company, Miller & Stables, who would construct similar leaning gantries in many other Scottish grounds.[10] They were first used for an Edinburgh derby played on 18 October 1954.[10] A roof was put over the North Terrace in the early 1960s, but the ground was largely unchanged through the 1960s and 1970s.[10] The capacity was reduced in 1975 to 30,000, due to the regulations of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act.[16] Hibs became the first club in Scotland to install undersoil heating, in 1980.[10] Benches were installed in the North Terrace in 1982, but this was only because they were cheaper than replacing the terrace crush barriers.[10][16] Soon afterwards, Hibs chairman Kenny Waugh admitted that the stadium was a "mess".[21]

The East Stand, which was built in this form in 1985 and demolished in March 2010.
The East Stand, which was built in this form in 1985 and demolished in March 2010.

The height of the East Terrace was greatly reduced and a roof was erected in the mid-1980s.[10][21] This work reduced the capacity to 27,000.[21] Hibs was taken over by a consortium led by David Duff in 1987.[10] The new regime spent approximately £1 million on executive boxes and refurbishments, but their policy of diversifying the business into property and public houses crippled the club financially when there was an economic downturn in the late 1980s.[10] Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer attempted a takeover of Hibs in June 1990, with the intention of merging the two major Edinburgh football clubs.[10] The Hibs fans protested against this and Mercer was prevented from gaining the 75% shareholding that was needed to close Hibs.[10]

Redevelopment (1991–2010)

Sir Tom Farmer took control of Hibs in 1991,[22] but the club was still faced with the need to develop a stadium that would meet the requirements of the Taylor Report.[10] Hibs entered talks with Edinburgh District Council about sharing a new stadium with Hearts, but the proposed site of Ingliston was in the wrong part of the city for Hibs.[10] The club was more interested in the possibility of playing at Meadowbank Stadium, only a few hundred yards from Easter Road, but there were planning difficulties with adapting Meadowbank into a large football stadium.[6] The reorganisation of the club after Farmer took control meant that there was no real pressure to move, as he also owned Easter Road.[6] The Hibs board made an assessment, however, that the ground could not be renovated in a cost-effective fashion before the August 1994 deadline set by the Taylor Report.[6] Hibs proposed in January 1992 to sell Easter Road and move to a site owned by Farmer in Straiton.[23] Hibs also invited Hearts to share this stadium, as their proposal for a site in Millerhill had been rejected by planners.[6] Those plans were scaled down in 1993 when Lothian Regional Council refused to allow the rest of the Straiton site to be used for commercial development.[6] The Hibs board continued to back the Straiton proposal and they insisted the installation of bucket seats in the uncovered South Terrace was merely to comply with the Taylor Report deadline.[6] This measure also reduced the capacity of Easter Road to 13,500.[6]

The West Stand, constructed in 2001.
The West Stand, constructed in 2001.

Later in 1994, however, the Straiton proposals were abandoned and Easter Road underwent major redevelopment in 1995.[6][23] Stands behind each goal were built at a cost of £8 million, increasing the capacity to 16,531.[7][22][24] The ground was made all seated by the installation of bucket seats in the East Terrace during 1995.[7][21] Views of the pitch from this stand were somewhat restricted by supporting pillars.[7] The Easter Road slope, which meant that the north end of the pitch was 6 feet lower than the south, was removed at the end of the 1999–00 season.[13][8][25] The West Stand was built in 2001 to replace the ageing main stand,[21] increasing capacity to 17,500.[26]

Despite this development work, a move to a shared stadium in Straiton was again proposed in 2003.[27] Hibs hoped that selling the Easter Road site would allow them to clear their debts and reduce costs.[27] Club director Rod Petrie commented that any decision would be based on financial grounds and after consultation with the fanbase, as the club were not being forced to move.[23] Farmer expressed support for further redeveloping Easter Road, if it could be part of a viable business plan.[28] During the consultation, Farmer said that his main priority was ensuring the club's survival and denied that any deal had been concluded.[29] The consultation found that the fans were largely opposed to the Straiton proposal, which the club eventually abandoned.[30] To remove part of the debt, the club sold some land to the east of the stadium that had previously been used for car parking.[31][32] Selling players, including Steven Whittaker, Scott Brown, Kevin Thomson and Steven Fletcher, also funded these debts and further work.[33]

The club first obtained planning permission to replace the East Stand in 1999, and this was renewed in 2005.[7] Hibs started a consultation with supporters on its redevelopment in 2007.[7] The development was put on hold until sufficient cash resources were obtained to finance the project.[34] The consultation process found that a single tier stand would be most popular with the fans.[21] Petrie announced at the 2009 annual general meeting that the club would enter negotiations with contractors to establish the cost of rebuilding the stand.[35] After these negotiations were concluded, Hibs announced in February 2010 that work would immediately begin on a new East Stand, increasing capacity to 20,421.[4] Demolition of the old stand began in early March,[36] and the stand was opened a month ahead of schedule in August 2010.[20][33][37]

Large video screens were installed into the corners between the East Stand and the two end stands in 2021.[38]

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History of Hibernian F.C.

History of Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian, one of the most prominent clubs in Scottish football, was founded in 1875. The club was named in honour of the Roman name for Ireland and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The club has competed in the top division of Scottish football in all but four seasons since they first gained entry to the top division in 1895. Hibernian have been Scottish champions four times, most recently in 1952. The club has also been champions of the second tier six times, most recently in 2017. Hibernian have won the Scottish Cup three times, the last time in 2016. This win ended a drought of 114 years and ten cup finals lost since 1902. The club has won the League Cup three times, most recently when they defeated Kilmarnock 5–1 in 2007.

Hibernian Park

Hibernian Park

Hibernian Park was the home ground of the Scottish football club Hibernian from 1880 until the club's dissolution in 1891. When the club was reformed in 1892, the club took out on a lease on a site which became known as Easter Road. Hibernian Park was also located in the Easter Road area; in fact, it was closer to Easter Road itself than the present stadium because it was on the site of what is now Bothwell Street.

Leith

Leith

Leith is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.

Leith Athletic F.C.

Leith Athletic F.C.

Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They compete in the East of Scotland Football League, Conference A. First team matches are played at Peffermill 3G.

Clyde F.C.

Clyde F.C.

Clyde Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football club who play in Scottish League One. Formed in 1877 at the River Clyde in Glasgow, the club host their home matches at New Douglas Park, having played at Broadwood Stadium from 1994 until 2022. Their biggest accomplishments were winning the Scottish Cup on three occasions: 1939, 1955 and 1958; they reached the final a further three times, all during a long period based at Shawfield. They have not played in the top division of Scottish football since 1975.

1893–94 in Scottish football

1893–94 in Scottish football

1893–94 in Scottish football was the 21st season of competitive football in Scotland and the fourth season of Scottish league football. For the first time there were two divisions in the Scottish Football League, there was no automatic promotion and relegation but the bottom three clubs in Division One and the top three clubs in Division Two were subject to a vote of the remaining First Division clubs. This season also saw the introduction of the Highland Football League.

Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas, and has a 2020 population estimate of 198,590 for the city of Aberdeen, and 227,560 for the local council area making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area. The city is 93 mi (150 km) northeast of Edinburgh and 398 mi (641 km) north of London, and is the northernmost major city in the United Kingdom. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters.

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They compete in the Scottish Premiership and have never been relegated from the top division of the Scottish football league system since they were elected to the top flight in 1905. Aberdeen have won four Scottish league titles, seven Scottish Cups and six Scottish League Cups. They are also the only Scottish team to have won two European trophies, having won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup in 1983.

1955–56 European Cup

1955–56 European Cup

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Stade de Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Hearts, the oldest and most successful football club in the Scottish capital, was formed in 1874, its name influenced by Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian. The club crest is based on the Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the city's Royal Mile; the team's colours are maroon and white.

Floodlight

Floodlight

A floodlight is a broad-beamed, high-intensity artificial light. They are often used to illuminate outdoor playing fields while an outdoor sports event is being held during low-light conditions. More focused kinds are often used as a stage lighting instrument in live performances such as concerts and plays.

Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. The home of Rangers Football Club, Ibrox is the third largest football stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated capacity of 50,817.

Structure and facilities

The new East Stand, opened in August 2010.
The new East Stand, opened in August 2010.

Easter Road is an all-seated stadium, split into four geographic sections, known as the Famous Five (formerly North),[21] East, South and West stands. The Famous Five and South stands are the oldest part of the present stadium, built in 1995.[6] Each stand has two tiers, a cantilevered roof and a capacity of nearly 4,000.[24] To keep within the boundaries of the site, the upper deck of each stand angles toward the centre.[24] When the stands were built, the Famous Five Stand was above pitch level and the South Stand was below, but this was corrected when the natural slope was removed.[24] Each stand also stretched beyond the east touchline, which was corrected by widening the pitch when the East Stand was rebuilt.[24] Between the two tiers of the Famous Five Stand there are function suites and lounges.[21][24] Before the stands were rebuilt in the 1990s, the north and south ends of Easter Road were known as the Cowshed and Dunbar End respectively.[21] The southern end was called the Dunbar End because there was a lemonade factory named Dunbar's located behind it.[39]

The West Stand, which initially had a capacity of 6,500, was built in 2001.[21][40] A reception area, club offices, media centre, banqueting suites, hospitality area and changing rooms are located in the West Stand.[21][40] The capacity of the West Stand was reduced slightly when the new East Stand was constructed in 2010, as the pitch was widened during this development.[41] The East Stand, which is the newest part of the stadium, was built in 2010.[37][42] It is the only stand that is not split into two tiers and has a capacity of 6,400.[4] The decision to build the East Stand as a single tier was taken to maintain the character of the old terrace, which had been a simple viewing area without many facilities.[43]

Other uses

Other football matches

The exterior of Easter Road
The exterior of Easter Road

Kirkcaldy club Raith Rovers used Easter Road as a home venue once, for the home leg of a UEFA Cup tie against Bayern Munich in 1995.[44] The match was moved from Rovers' normal home ground of Stark's Park due to Easter Road's greater capacity.[45] Easter Road has sometimes played host to Scottish League Cup semi-final matches, such as in the 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013 and 2014 competitions.[46][47][48][49][50] Team managers Terry Butcher and Gus MacPherson objected to playing semi-finals at Easter Road, on the grounds that their players should have the chance to play at Hampden Park, or that playing against Hearts in Edinburgh gives them a form of home advantage.[48][51] The 2014 Scottish Challenge Cup Final between Raith Rovers and Rangers was hosted at Easter Road.[52]

Scotland have played seven full international matches at Easter Road. These have been friendly matches against less attractive opposition where a relatively small crowd was expected, and it has therefore been unnecessary to play the match at Hampden Park. The Scotland under-21 team has also sometimes played matches at Easter Road, such as when Scotland played Iceland in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification play-offs.[53] The most recent full international played at the stadium was a friendly match between Scotland and Canada in March 2017. One full international was played at Easter Road that did not involve Scotland, a friendly match between South Korea and Ghana that was played in advance of the 2006 World Cup.[54]

Scotland women played their first match at Easter Road in August 2019, a Euro 2021 qualifying match against Cyprus.[55]

Full internationals

Eight men's full international football matches have been played at Easter Road, all of them since 1998.

22 April 1998 Friendly Scotland  1–1  Finland Edinburgh
Jackson 16' Report 10' Johansson Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 14,315
Referee: Herman van Dijk (Netherlands)
15 October 2002 Friendly Scotland  3–1  Canada Edinburgh
Crawford 11', 73'
Thompson 49'
Report 9' (pen.) De Rosario Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,207
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)
30 May 2004 Friendly Scotland  4–1  Trinidad and Tobago Edinburgh
Fletcher 6'
Holt 12'
Caldwell 23'
Quashie 35'
Report 55' John Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,187
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
17 November 2004 Friendly Scotland  1–4  Sweden Edinburgh
McFadden 77' (pen.) Report 27', 49' Allbäck
72' Elmander
73' Berglund
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 15,071
Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)
4 June 2006 Friendly[54] South Korea  1–3  Ghana Edinburgh
Lee 49' Report 35' (pen.) Gyan
62' Muntari
81' Essien
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)
15 August 2012 Friendly[56] Scotland  3–1  Australia Edinburgh
Rhodes 29'
Davidson 62' (own goal)
McCormack 75'
Report 17' Bresciano Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 11,110
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
5 June 2015 Friendly[57] Scotland  1–0  Qatar Edinburgh
Ritchie 41' Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 14,270
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
22 March 2017 Friendly[58] Scotland  1–1  Canada Edinburgh
Naismith 35' Report 11' Aird Stadium: Easter Road
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Easter Road hosted its first women's international match in August 2019.[55]

30 August 2019 Euro 2021 Q Scotland  8–0  Cyprus Edinburgh
Emslie 11'
Little 20', 40', 61', 83', 89'
Ross 52'
Weir 90+1'
Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 6,206
14 April 2020 Euro 2021 Q Scotland   Portugal Edinburgh
19:30 BST Stadium: Easter Road
22 September 2020 Euro 2021 Q Scotland   Finland Edinburgh
19:30 BST Stadium: Easter Road

Other sports

Easter Road was briefly the home ground for Edinburgh Rugby, a professional rugby union team, in the late 1990s.[59] Heineken Cup matches against Ebbw Vale and Toulouse were played at the ground during the 1998–99 season, with attendances of a few thousand.[59][60] Edinburgh again expressed interest in using Easter Road in both 2004 and 2006, but this was opposed by Hibs manager Tony Mowbray, who was concerned that playing rugby would damage the pitch.[60][61] The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) included Easter Road in a bid for Edinburgh to host the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup finals in 2014.[62] In June 2015, the SRU chief executive indicated that trial matches could be played at Easter Road with a view to Edinburgh Rugby moving there for a longer term.[63] It has since been announced that the team will move to Myreside from January 2017.[64]

One of the hospitality suites within the stadium staged an amateur boxing show on 15 November 2009.[65]

Uses other than sport

Elton John performed Easter Road's first rock concert on 25 June 2005.[66] The international headquarters of the Homeless World Cup is based in the South Stand of the stadium.[67]

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Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about 11.6 miles (19 km) north of Edinburgh and 27.6 miles (44 km) south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, making it Fife's second-largest settlement and the 12th most populous settlement in Scotland.

Raith Rovers F.C.

Raith Rovers F.C.

Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League.

1996–97 Scottish League Cup

1996–97 Scottish League Cup

The 1996–97 Scottish League Cup was the 51st staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Coca-Cola Cup.

1998–99 Scottish League Cup

1998–99 Scottish League Cup

The 1998–1999 Scottish League Cup was the 53rd staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated St Johnstone 2–1 in the Final. The Final was played at Celtic Park because Hampden Park was being redeveloped, work which was completed in time for the 1999 Scottish Cup Final.

2003–04 Scottish League Cup

2003–04 Scottish League Cup

The 2003–04 Scottish League Cup was the 58th staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

2004–05 Scottish League Cup

2004–05 Scottish League Cup

The 2004–05 Scottish League Cup was the 59th staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

2005–06 Scottish League Cup

2005–06 Scottish League Cup

The 2005–06 Scottish League Cup was the 60th staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

2012–13 Scottish League Cup

2012–13 Scottish League Cup

The 2012–13 Scottish League Cup was the 67th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup for sponsorship reasons, after the Scottish Government continued their 1.7 million sponsorship for a second season.

2013–14 Scottish League Cup

2013–14 Scottish League Cup

The 2013–14 Scottish League Cup was the 68th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition.

Gus MacPherson

Gus MacPherson

Angus Ian MacPherson is a Scottish football former player and coach.

Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park, often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 51,866-capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the normal home venue of the Scotland national football team and was the home of club side Queen's Park for over a century. Hampden regularly hosts the latter stages of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup competitions and has also been used for music concerts and other sporting events, such as when it was reconfigured as an athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Hearts, the oldest and most successful football club in the Scottish capital, was formed in 1874, its name influenced by Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian. The club crest is based on the Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the city's Royal Mile; the team's colours are maroon and white.

Transport

Edinburgh Waverley railway station, the main station in Edinburgh, is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the stadium; the walk between the two sites takes approximately 20 minutes.[3][68] There was a railway halt immediately beside the ground, part of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, which was opened in 1950 and closed in 1967.[69] An extension to the Edinburgh Trams system, which will serve the stadium via the McDonald Road tram stop on Leith Walk, is under construction and is due to begin operations in spring 2023.[70]

Easter Road is served by several Lothian Buses routes.[71] Services 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 25 and 49 run down Leith Walk; services 1 and 300 run down Easter Road itself; services 4, 5, 15, 19, 26, 34 and 44 run along London Road and routes 34 and 49 serve Lochend Road.[71] Several of these routes are affected by the tram construction works.[72] East Coast Buses routes X5, X7, X24/124, 104 and 113 also serve the area.[73] Visitors to the ground travelling by car can park in the surrounding streets.[68]

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Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Edinburgh Waverley railway station is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, 393 miles 13 chains from London King's Cross, although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh.

Easter Road Park Halt railway station

Easter Road Park Halt railway station

Easter Road Park Halt railway station was a railway station located in Lochend, Edinburgh, Scotland from 1950 to 1967 on the Leith Central Branch. It was built to serve the nearby Easter Road stadium.

Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway

Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway

The Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway was a railway company formed in 1836 to connect the city of Edinburgh with the harbours on the Firth of Forth. When the line connected to Granton, the company name was changed to the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway. It opened part of its route in 1846, but reaching the centre of Edinburgh involved the difficult construction of a long tunnel; this was opened in 1847. It was on a steep incline and was worked by rope haulage.

Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. It is a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) line between St Andrew Square in the New Town and Edinburgh Airport, with 15 stops.

Leith Walk

Leith Walk

Leith Walk is one of the longest streets in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the main road connecting the centre of the city to Leith. Forming most of the A900 road, it slopes downwards from Picardy Place at the south-western end of the street to the 'Foot of the Walk' at the north-eastern end, where Great Junction Street, Duke Street, Constitution Street and the Kirkgate meet.

Lothian Buses

Lothian Buses

Lothian Buses Limited is a major bus operator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom: the City of Edinburgh Council owns 91%, Midlothian Council 5%, East Lothian Council 3% and West Lothian Council 1%.

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