Ibrox Stadium
The main façade of Ibrox Stadium stands on Edmiston Drive
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Opened	1899
Owner	Rangers Football Club
Surface	Grass
Architect	Archibald Leitch
Former names
Ibrox Park
Tenants
Rangers Football Club
Capacity
51,082

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, Scotland. As one of the oldest and largest stadia in Britain, as the site of two major disasters and as one of the first wave of predominantly all-seater football grounds in Britain, Ibrox is a stadium of widely acknowledged architectural and historic significance. The main stand of Ibrox Stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Glaswegian redirects here. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Archibald Leitch (April 27, 1865 – 1939) was a Scottish architect, most famous for his work designing football stadiums throughout the United Kingdom. ... Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games This article is about the building type. ... Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... The River Clyde, looking eastwards upstream, as it passes beneath the Kingston Bridge in Central Glasgow. ... Ibrox is a district of the city of Glasgow in western Scotland. ... Glaswegian redirects here. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II... Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents which led to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park) in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Stadium features

Ibrox comprises four stands, all designed using the 'goalpost' structure, in which a large portal frame supports perpendicular beams on which roof cladding is secured.^[1] The Copland stand, to the east of the stadium, was completed in 1979 and originally accommodated 7,500 spectators (later increased to around 8000). It is traditionally the 'Rangers end' of the ground, and the team normally chooses to hit towards that end in the second half of matches. An identical stand - the Broomloan - was completed in 1980 at the western end of the ground. In 1981, the Govan stand, to the north of the stadium, was completed, with a design broadly similar design to the Copland and Broomloan, and comprising two tiers of seating, but accommodating 11,000 spectators. Although constructed as separate structures, the three stands have been linked since the mid-1990s, when two additional areas of seating were added to the corner areas between them. Govan (Baile a Ghobhainn in Gaelic) is a district and former burgh in the southwestern part of the Scottish city of Glasgow. ...

The fourth stand - the Bill Struth Main Stand, to the south of the stadium - is longer-established, dating from its original construction in 1929. It accommodates the club's administrative offices, an array of corporate entertainment facilities, player lounges and changing rooms, and a trophy room. It was originally constructed as a 10,294-seat stand,^[2] above a standing enclosure accommodating around 9000 supporters. Subsequently, it has been redeveloped in stages and comprises a three-tier all-seated structure accommodating approximately 21,500 spectators. Bill Struth Bill Struth (1873-1956) was the second manager of Rangers Football Club, controlling the team for 34 years between 1920 and 1954, as well as the holder of a number of other positions at the club. ...

History

Origins of Ibrox Stadium and its early development

Rangers' early history was an itinerant one. After the team's first match in 1872, Rangers played home matches in a variety of locations across Glasgow. After playing for a short time at the home of Clydesdale cricket ground in the Kinning Park area, Rangers first moved to the Ibrox area in 1887, playing on a site immediately to the east of the current stadium. In 1899, as landowners tried to reclaim part of the site leased to Rangers, the club opted to move to the site of the current Ibrox, raising funds for the construction of the new stadium by formalising the club as a limited company and issuing 12,000 one pound shares. The new Ibrox was formally opened in a 3-1 victory over Hearts on 30 December. Rangers Football Club has a long and illustrious history. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Kinning Park, a southern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. ... Heart of Midlothian F.C. (most commonly referred to as Hearts) is a professional football club from Edinburgh, Scotland which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ...

The new stadium comprised large wooden terraces and a stand accommodating some 4,500 sepctators. Its design contributed to large-scale loss of life on April 5 1902, when 25 people were killed and 517 injured as part of the west terracing collapsed during the annual international game with England.^[3] It constituted football's worst disaster at that time. First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...

Remedial improvements to Ibrox continued from 1902 until 1917. But it was not until 1929 that the next major redevelopment occurred, with the completion of the new Main Stand, to the south side of the ground, on the 1st of January. Its designer was Archibald Leitch, the Scottish engineer responsible for stands at the grounds of Arsenal, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Aston Villa. Leitch's work was later to become amongst the most celebrated of football architecture. The Main Stand at Ibrox provides a classic example of Leitch's characteristic style of criss-cross steelwork balustrades. Leitch's designs, until cantilever stands began to emerge from the 1950s, were considered leading-edge, and the Main Stand has been described as "perhaps the most majestic" example of his work.^[4] For Simon Inglis, the noted commentator on football stadia development, the Main Stand is Leitch's "greatest work...still resplendent today in its red brick glory under a modern mantle of glass and steel".^[5] Like Leitch's stand and pavilion at Fulham's Craven Cottage, the architectural significance of the Ibrox Main Stand is reflected in its status as a Category B listed building. Archibald Leitch (April 27, 1865 – 1939) was a Scottish architect, most famous for his work designing football stadiums throughout the United Kingdom. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ... Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club, which plays in the Premier League. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... Aston Villa Football Club (also known as The Villa or The Villans) are an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. ... Simon Inglis (born Birmingham, England) is a writer and broadcaster, most famously about football and stadiums. ... Fulham Football Club are an English football team based in Fulham, London. ... Craven Cottage is the name of a sports stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the football team Fulham F.C. since 1896. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

With the Main Stand completed, the bowl-shaped ground was one of Britain's largest football stadia, with a total capacity said to be 139,940,^[6] second only to Hampden Park, also in Glasgow's south side. For other uses, see Hampden Park (disambiguation). ...

Ibrox's Stairway 13 after the 1971 disaster

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The second Ibrox disaster and the redevelopment of the stadium

The appearance of the stadium changed little for several decades, until a dramatic redevelopment over the final decades of the twentieth century. The first major innovation came with the construction of the Copland, Broomloan and Govan stands in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This involved a radical reshaping of the stadium, with the old bowl-shaped configuration replaced by three new, freestanding structures, alongside the remaining Main Stand. The spur was the Ibrox disaster of 1971, which prompted the club, led by General Manager Willie Waddell, to begin to develop a more modern - and safe - stadium. This involved the removal of, first, the east terracing (the traditional Rangers end, sometimes colloquially called 'the Derry') and its replacement with the Copland Road stand. An identical stand on the west side of the ground, the Broomloan, was added a year later. The redevelopment was completed with the Govan stand, which replaced the benched-seating Centenary Stand, built in 1973. Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents which led to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park) in Glasgow, Scotland. ... William Waddell (? - 1992) was a professional football (soccer) player and manager. ...

The result of this ambitious redevelopment was what was widely acknowledged as by far the most modern club football ground in Britain. The stadium's then contemporary design garnered many plaudits, not least because in some eyes it married the grandeur of Leitch's Main Stand with what Simon Inglis described as an 'integrity' in the new stands which at that time distinguished Ibrox from most other major football grounds in Britain. Inglis, witing in 1987, described Ibrox as "undoubtedly the best club ground of its size in Britain".^[7] The stadium's new capacity of around 44,000 was considerably smaller than the 85,000 or so that had preceded it. However, the redeveloped Ibrox, with some 36,000 seats - more than in any club ground in Britain at that time - foreshadowed the advent of all-seated stadia for all Britain's principal football clubs, as required by the Taylor Report of 1989. The Taylor Report is a document, whose development was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. ...

Recent changes

A further series of developments was instituted in the early 1990s to enable the stadium to comply with the requirements of the Taylor Report and to increase overall capacity. A third tier - the Club Deck - was added to Leitch's Main Stand, adding 7,300 seats. The remaining standing areas of the ground, the east and west enclosures of the Main Stand, were seated at around the same time. In a further effort to expand the stadium's capacity, the configuration of the now all-seated stadium was altered in the mid-1990s, and two additional areas of seating added in the spaces between the Govan and Copland/Broomloan stands. The ground's name was officially changed to Ibrox Stadium after renovations completed in 1997. By 2005, the stadium's all-seated capacity was 50,411. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Inside Ibrox on a matchday, looking west towards the Broomloan Stand

In 2006, a further series of incremental increases in the stadium's capacity began with the addition of two rows of seating on the front of the upper tier of the Govan stand. Linked to a new 'Bar 72' area (named in honour of the club's triumph in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup), the new area accommodated 638 'premium' seats. At the club's AGM in 2006, chief executive Martin Bain announced that further schemes were probable for the Copland and Broomloan stands, raising overall stadium capacity by around 800 to a total of approximately 51,900. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1224, 295 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1224, 295 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Martin Bain is the chief executive of Scottish Premier League football club Rangers. ...

The Main Stand was renamed the Bill Struth Main Stand in September 2006 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of the club's most celebrated manager.

Potential future developments

In 2007, newspaper reports, citing unattributed sources, claimed further plans to increase the stadium's capacity to a reported 57,000, principally by replacing the 'jumbotron' screens in the two corners between the Copland, Broomloan and Govan stands. It was also reported that under this plan the pitch would be lowered (following at least one previous instance in the early 1990s) to accommodate further additional seating. However, these plans were said to be dependant for finance upon improved performance by the team. ^[8]

Alongside changes to the stadium itself, Rangers have also sought to develop land around Ibrox. In partnership with the Las Vegas Sands corporation, the club received outline planning permission from Glasgow City Council for the development of land adjoining Ibrox as the home of Britain's first 'regional casino' (also called 'super casino'). The casino was to be accompanied by a Rangers-themed leisure complex. ^[9] Britain's Casino Advisory Panel reviewed bids from eight short-listed cities, including a number of potential sites proposed by Glasgow City Council, and in 2007 awarded the first license to Manchester. There is no immediate prospect of the Ibrox proposal being resurrected. Las Vegas Sands Corp. ... A Regional casino, more commonly known as a Super Casino (or occasionally known as Mega Casino or variants) is the term given to the largest category of casino permitted under United Kingdom law. ...

Stadium accolades

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The stadium is one of 28 European stadiums which have UEFA's 5-star rating, enabling it to host finals of the UEFA Champions League and the European Championship. The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup or C1) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football Championship...

Gallery

The facade of the Bill Struth Main Stand Image File history File linksMetadata Ibrox_Facade. ... Bill Struth Bill Struth (1873-1956) was the second manager of Rangers Football Club, controlling the team for 34 years between 1920 and 1954, as well as the holder of a number of other positions at the club. ...

A statue of John Greig, in memory of the Ibrox disaster Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... John Greig (born September 11, 1942 in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown Heart of Midlothian F.C., spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers F.C.. A determined, forceful player, Greig made 857 appearances for Rangers (including a club... Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents which led to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park) in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Close-up of the statue Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x1156, 145 KB) Summary Statue of John Greig unveiled on 2nd of January 2001 in memory of those who died in the Ibrox stadium. ...

Card display at Ibrox to welcome Paul Le Guen Image File history File linksMetadata Rangers2dundeeunited2carddisplay. ... Tifo consisting of a large blanket and fireworks at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002. ... Paul Le Guen (born March 1, 1964 in Pencran, Brittany) is a former French international footballer and a football manager. ...

References

1. ^ The goal post frame. Corus in the construction industry. Corus plc. Retrieved on 18 May 2007.
2. ^ Coalter, Fred (1984). Crowd behaviour at football matches – A study in Scotland. The Football Trust. Retrieved on 18 May 2007. 
3. ^ Sheils, Robert (1998). "The fatalities at the Ibrox disaster of 1902". The Sports Historian 18 (2): 148-155. Retrieved on 17 May 2007. 
4. ^ Gorst, Thom (1995). The Buildings Around Us. London: Taylor and Francis, 74. 
5. ^ Inglis, Simon. "Archie's in with bricks", Scotland on Sunday, March 25, 2005. Accessed May 17, 2007
6. ^ Coalter, Fred (1984). Crowd behaviour at football matches – A study in Scotland. The Football Trust. Retrieved on 18 May 2007. 
7. ^ Inglis, Simon (1987). The football grounds of Great Britain. London: Willow. 
8. ^ Murray pledge over Ibrox revamp - Daily Record, 27th April 2007
9. ^ Rangers F.C. score with casino plan - BBC News

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

External links

• The history of Ibrox on Rangers' official site.
• Photographs of Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow
• The brochure produced to accompany the redevelopment of Ibrox in the late 1970s.
• Ibrox at Google Maps.
• Details of organised tours of Ibrox stadium are shown at the official Rangers website.

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