Murray Park
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| Location | Auchenhowie, Milngavie |
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| Coordinates | 55°55′59″N 4°18′16″W / 55.9331929°N 4.3045163°WCoordinates: 55°55′59″N 4°18′16″W / 55.9331929°N 4.3045163°W |
| Owner | Rangers F.C. |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Opened | 4 July 2001 |
| Construction cost | £14 million |
Murray Park, often referred to as Auchenhowie, is the training ground of Rangers F.C. located in Auchenhowie, Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow.
Prior to the construction of the clubs own training facility, the first team would train at several locations across Glasgow including Ibrox Stadium, Bellahouston Park and the West of Scotland cricket ground. A dedicated training complex was first proposed by the then manager Dick Advocaat upon his arrival at the club in June 1998. It was officially opened on 4 July 2001 by Advocaat and then-chairman David Murray, after whom it is named. The total cost of the complex was estimated at around £14 million.
On 14 June 2012, after the Administration and liquidation of The Rangers Football Club Plc, the training facility was sold along with other Rangers' assets, in a deal worth £5.5m, to The Rangers Football Club Ltd - a consortium led by Charles Green. In July 2014, there was speculation that the Rangers board was looking to sell the clubs training facility in order to raise money due to a fan boycott of season tickets.
The use of the name Murray Park has significantly reduced since the club was sold to Craig Whyte in 2011. Moreover, after the liquidation of the company that previously owned the club and its assets, The Rangers Football Club Plc, many fans held David Murray partly or wholly responsibly, and so began calling the facility Auchenhowie (after the geographic area where it is based). In June 2012, the then Rangers Chief executive Charles Green announced he would ask Rangers season ticket holders to vote on renaming the club's training ground. Green proposed that it could be renamed the Moses McNeil Academy or the Davie Cooper Academy after former Rangers players. In June 2016, the then chairman Dave King revisited the issue of the renaming of Murray Park and asked Rangers fans to suggest an alternative name.
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