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Abandoned stadium which held up to 40,000 is now completely unrecognisable and a total 'ghost ground'

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Updated 16:40 24 Sep 2024 GMT+1Published 16:38 24 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Abandoned stadium which held up to 40,000 is now completely unrecognisable and a total 'ghost ground'

The stadium once hosted huge events but is now completely deserted.

Ben McCrum

Ben McCrum

Featured Image Credit: Football Makes Glasgow

Topics: Football, Boxing, Scotland, Celtic

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.

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Footage of a massive stadium that used to hold tens of thousands of people before it was abandoned has emerged.

A massive stadium in Scotland which once held up to 40,000 people now lies abandoned in the heart of Glasgow.

It once hosted anything from football matches to boxing world title fights and motorbikes, but now is completely deserted

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And now, shocking footage of the ruined ground has emerged, showing what has become of the stadium.

Shawfield Stadium, formerly the home of Clyde FC, was once a centre of sport for people of Glasgow but has faced several difficulties over the past few decades.

In 1986, the Greyhounds Racing Association (GRA) decided they wanted to redevelop the venue, forcing Clyde FC to move out despite the fact that they had made Shawfield their home ground 34 years before Greyhound racing was introduced.

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Greyhound racing was brought to Shawfield to help raise money, with boxing the other sport introduced in order to help keep the ground in good condition.

Scottish boxing legend Benny Lynch fought at Shawfield in 1937, beating Englishman Peter Kane for the world flyweight belts.

However, in 1986, after financial troubles which led the GRA to try to sell the land to Asda, Clyde were kicked out of the stadium and replaced by the Glasgow Tigers speedway team.

Shawfield remained Scotland's last greyhound track until 2020 when it was closed and left unused throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

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And then, following the death of owner Billy King in October 2022, the stadium was left to fall into disrepair with debris and overgrown grass visible throughout the stadium.

Debris and overgrown grass can be seen across the Shawfield stadium. (Image: Getty)
Debris and overgrown grass can be seen across the Shawfield stadium. (Image: Getty)

What made the stadium so special was it's unique location with the boundaries of the city of Glasgow and the of county of Lanarkshire passing through the middle of the ground.

Because of this the stadium dodged an old rule that used to greatly impact the attendance of football matches in Glasgow.

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During the Second World War, Glasgow restricted groups of more than 10,000 people from attending football matches due to worries over the blitz.

But as Shawfield was officially part of Rutherglen, which in the modern day is South Lanarkshire, it could host up to 20,000 spectators while Celtic Park, which is located less than a mile away, was limited to half that amount.

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