Rosebery Park

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 199: malformed pattern (missing ']').Rosebery Park was a football ground in the Oatlands district of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home of Shawfield F.C. from 1918 to 1960, before being acquired by Glasgow Corporation as a venue for schools' football matches.

The discovery that the site was contaminated led to the ground becoming derelict in the 1990s, and it was subsequently demolished as a result of the M74 motorway extension.[1][2]

History

Rosebery Park was named after the former Prime Minister, the 5th Earl of Rosebery.[3] Located on the south-west side of Toryglen Street near Polmadie Road,[citation needed] it was the home of Shawfield Juniors. Pollok also sometimes used the ground in the late 1920s whilst they were without a permanent ground.[4]

Following the demise of Shawfield Juniors, the Glasgow Corporation Education Committee arranged to buy the ground in 1961 in order to provide a venue for the schools' football competitions they organised.[5] After being refurbished at a total cost of £14,000, the ground was reopened for schools' matches in April 1963.[6]

Rosebery Park had not hosted football for a number of years as it had become contaminated by Chrome waste from factories.[7]

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  2. ↑ M74 scheme leaflet showing route of road (large pdf file; ground was located just north of the Polmadie Road junction)
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  7. ↑ NCE - Stabilising Glasgow (subscription required)
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