Ibrox Stadium Opening (1899)
Home of Rangers FC since 1899, Ibrox Stadium is a historic football ground on the south side of the River Clyde in Glasgow.
Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland, on the south side of the River Clyde. It is the home of Scottish Premiership team Rangers and the third-largest football stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated capacity of 51,700.
Lore & Background
Opened as Ibrox Park in 1899, it suffered a disaster in 1902 when a wooden terrace collapsed. Vast earthen terraces were built in its place, and a main stand, now a listed building, in 1928. A British record crowd of 118,567 gathered in January 1939 for a league match with Celtic. After another disaster in 1971, the stadium was largely rebuilt. The vast bowl-shaped terracing was removed and replaced by three rectangular, all-seated stands by 1981. After renovations were completed in 1997, the ground was renamed Ibrox Stadium.
Reader's Guide
Ibrox Stadium was designed by renowned football stadium architect Archibald Leitch, with renovations between 1978 and 1981 designed by The Miller Partnership, and renovations between 1990 and 1991 designed by Gareth Hutchison. The stadium hosted the Scotland national team when Hampden Park was redeveloped in the 1990s, three Scottish cup finals in the same period, and the rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Did You Know?
- The first match at the original Ibrox Park (east of the current stadium) was an 8–1 defeat to English side Preston North End on 20 August 1887, watched by a capacity crowd of over 15,000.
- The stadium's main stand, opened in 1929, became a Category B listed building in 1987.
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