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Born in Glasgow, Leitch's early work was on designing factories in his home city. He moved into stadium design when he was commissioned to build Ibrox Park, the new home ground of Rangers, in 1899. Leitch's stadiums were initially considered functional rather than aesthetically elegant, and were clearly influenced by his early work on industrial buildings. Typically, his stands had two tiers, with criss-crossed steel balustrades at the front of the upper tier, and were covered by a series of pitched roofs, built so that their ends faced onto the playing field; the central roof span would be distinctly larger, and would incorporate a distinctive pediment. For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... A factory worker in 1940s Fort Worth, Texas. ... Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the stadium of Rangers F.C. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. ... Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... A roof tiled in imitation of thatch at Croyde, north Devon, England Rooftops in Vietnam Snow on the roof The roof, the top covering of a building, is one of the universal structures found on all buildings. ... A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns. ...

The Johnny Haynes stand at Craven Cottage, home of Fulham Football Club.

Even after the Ibrox disaster of 1902, when 26 people were killed when a bank of terracing collapsed, Leitch was still in demand. Over the next four decades he became Britain's foremost football architect, and he was commissioned to design part or all of over 20 major stadiums, including: Image File history File links Ccffc. ... Image File history File links Ccffc. ... There have been two accidents leading to major loss of life at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

• Anfield, Liverpool
• Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
• Celtic Park, Glasgow
• Craven Cottage, London
• The Den, London
• The Dell, Southampton
• Ewood Park, Blackburn
• Fratton Park, Portsmouth
• Goodison Park, Liverpool
• Hampden Park, Glasgow
• Highbury, London
• Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
• Leeds Road, Huddersfield
• Maine Road, Manchester
• Molineux,Wolverhampton
• Old Trafford, Manchester
• Roker Park, Sunderland
• Selhurst Park, London
• Stamford Bridge, London
• Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
• Villa Park, Birmingham
• White Hart Lane, London

Many of his works have since been demolished for redevelopment (especially in wake of the Taylor Report and the move to all-seater stadiums), most notably the Trinity Road Stand at Villa Park, considered one of his best works, which was demolished in 2000. The main stand and pavilion at Craven Cottage, and the facade of the Main Stand at Ibrox (although the stand itself has been remodelled) still survive to this day; both are now listed buildings. Anfield (sometimes known as Anfield Road) is a football stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England. ... Liverpool skyline. ... Ayresome Park was a football stadium in the United Kingdom, and was the home of Middlesbrough F.C. from its construction in time for the 1903/1904 season, until the Riverside Stadium opened in 1995. ... Middlesbrough is a large town in the North East of England, and is the principal location in the borough of Middlesbrough. ... 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Further reading

• Inglis, Simon (2005). Engineering Archie: Archibald Leitch - Football Ground Designer. English Heritage. ISBN 1-85074-918-3. 
• Whitehead, Richard. "Man who built his place in history", The Times, 18 April 2005.

Simon Inglis (born Birmingham, England) is a writer and broadcaster, most famously about football and stadiums. ...

External links

• Explore Glasgow - All round the city Features architectural elevations of all Leitch's stadiums in Glasgow.
• Simon Inglis Interview - On the EPL Talk Podcast, Inglis discusses Archibald Leitch and other related topics.