Transferbilanz: +-0. They offer all types of accommodation to suit all tastes and pockets from; Budget Hotels, Traditional Bed & Breakfast establishments to Five Star Hotels and Serviced Apartments. Turn left and go straight along Forrest Street until you reach another roundabout which is the junction with the A73. Framed shirts of Maradona, Pele, Giggs etc adorned the walls but only myself and a few away fans watched the historic 90’s Airdrieonians DVD playing on a tv screen. By Football Tripper. 300 Tsd. After climbing the stairs the spacious concourse featured a stall for worthy local cause the Moira Anderson Foundation and there were signs about ’kit aid’. Just prior to the teams entering the dulcet tones of Roy Orbison rang out with OTL (Only the Lonely) and the title of the as yet unread fanzines became clear. The stadium was opened in 1998 by the original Airdrieonians F.C., who were returning to Airdrie four years after leaving their previous ground, Broomfield Park.The name of the stadium derives from Airdrieonians' original name, the club having been founded as Excelsior F.C. Following the sale of Airdrieonians' home ground (Broomfield Park) to large supermarket chain Safeway in 1994, the club searched for several years for a suitable site, and planning permission for, a new home. I sincerely hope so as the stalwarts I saw in the Club shop etc deserve better. The club's decision to focus on developing youth was vindicated in January 2011, as Celtic signed teenager Tony Watt for a sum of £80,000 plus add-ons. of the Scottish Professional Football League. It has an all-seated capacity of 10,101[1] and at the end of the 2009–10 season, a new 3G artificial surface was installed. Every other seat lay protected under black sheeting thus also aiding auto-return of stray balls. Only the West Stand was in use and just blocks T & V in the East Stand were potentially available when presumably catering for larger crowds/segregation. By coincidence, the similarly sad demise of Hughie Gallacher perhaps their greatest ever player was profiled in one of the programmes given me. Bulgaria vs Wales. [14] Their debut season saw the club only narrowly fail to achieve promotion by one point[15] due to a late injury-time goal from Brechin City[16] which saw them promoted instead. The weather was distinctly chilly and I had fancied the soup (£1:50) at half time but there was none so I had a PG tips cuppa (£1:70) instead and returned to see there were majorettes/cheerleaders on the pitch. Role: Name/Date of birth Nat. The Scotch pies were good. If you require hotel accommodation in Glasgow then first try a hotel booking service provided by Booking.com. A Sports Injury Clinic operates from the main stand. I was quite impressed to be honest. Accountant and Airdrieonians fan Jim Ballantyne attempted, with the help of others, to gain entry with a club called "Airdrie United" who were essentially to be a reincarnation of Airdrieonians. Queen's Park temporarily shared the ground from 2013 to 2014. An easy trip up the M6 from Wigan. With a crowd of just 818, I certainly had plenty of choice of where to sit! Airdrie play their home fixtures at Excelsior Stadium, also unofficially known as New Broomfield, and for sponsorship reasons as the Penny Cars stadium. The building work on Excelsior Stadium was eventually completed in 1998, and Airdrieonians played here until the club went out of business due to heavy debts (caused in part by the burden of the construction cost of the new stadium, and made worse by a fall in supporter numbers in the four years based away from their home town) in May 2002.[3]. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. This trip was arranged hurriedly when international call-ups belatedly ruled out my original fixture. The stadium was opened in 1998 by the original Airdrieonians F.C., who were returning to Airdrie four years after leaving their previous ground, Broomfield Park. [5], Queen's Park used Excelsior Stadium as their regular home ground while Hampden Park was being converted for use as an athletics stadium in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turn left onto the A73 Carlisle Road and the ground is down this road on the left. 5  21,7 %, A-Nationalspieler: Indeed, as once used for the stadium, the club original name Excelsior apparently means “onwards and upwards”. [48] As Airdrie were runners up in the previous season's Second Division promotion play-offs, they were promoted to the Scottish First Division.

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