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New Douglas Park The Academy 
Location in South Lanarkshire
Location Hamilton, Scotland Coordinates 55°46′55.76″N 4°03′30.61″W / 55.7821556°N 4.0585028°W Opened 2001 Surface Grass (2001–2004)
FieldTurf (2004–2008)
Grass (2008–)Capacity 6,078 Tenants Hamilton Academical F.C. New Douglas Park is a football stadium in Hamilton which serves as the home of Hamilton Academical. It takes its name from Douglas Park, the club's former stadium.
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Stadium
Construction of the stadium was completed by Ballast Nedam in 2001.[1] The pitch was converted to artificial FieldTurf in 2004. After Hamilton was promoted to the Scottish Premier League in May 2008, the artificial surface had to be replaced by grass due to league rules. In addition to the turf replacement, a temporary stand was erected in March 2008 to bring the stadium's capacity up to the league requirement of 6,000 all seater.
Records
The stadium's record attendance of 5,898 was set on 28 February 2009 when Hamilton played league leaders Rangers in a Scottish Premier League game.[2]
References
- ^ Shields, Tom (2001-07-29). "Nice new stadium, shame about the name". The Sunday Herald. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20010729/ai_n13962241/.
- ^ Hamilton Accies 0-1 Rangers BBC Sport, 28 February 2009
External links
Hamilton Academical Football Club 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12Categories:- Football venues in Scotland
- Hamilton Academical F.C.
- Sports venues in South Lanarkshire
- Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Scottish sports venue stubs
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