Old Logie Green
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 55°57′58″N 3°11′45″W / 55.9662°N 3.1957°WCoordinates: 55°57′58″N 3°11′45″W / 55.9662°N 3.1957°W |
| Record attendance | 15,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Closed | 1926 |
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St Bernard's (1883–1889) Leith Athletic (1904–1915) St Bernard's (1921–1924) Leith Athletic (1924–1926) |
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Old Logie Green was a football ground in the Bonnington area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the home ground of Leith Athletic and St Bernard's between 1904 and 1926, both having previously played at the neighbouring New Logie Green ground.
The ground was originally known as Powderhall, and was renamed the Heriot Cricket and Football Ground before becoming Old Logie Green. It was located directly to the south-east of the Powderhall Grounds, which later became New Powderhall, and to the north-east of New Logie Green.
Leith Athletic moved to the ground from Chancelot Park in 1904, and played their first league game there on 27 August 1904, a 3–1 win over Hamilton Academical. The ground already had a covered stand on the eastern side of the pitch, and embankments were later built around the rest of it. On 11 May 1907 it was used as a neutral venue for a play-off match between Raith Rovers and East Stirlingshire to decide the tenth and eleventh places in Division Two, Raith winning 3–2.
The probable record attendance at Old Logie Green was set on 22 January 1910 when 15,000 watched a Scottish Cup first round match against Clyde, with the visitors winning 1–0. Leith's highest league attendance at the ground was 5,000 for a 0–0 draw with Raith Rovers on 5 February 1910. The Scottish Football League was suspended during World War I, and Leith's final SFL league game at the ground before the suspension was played on 20 February 1915, with Albion Rovers beaten 3–0. However, Leith did not rejoin the SFL after the war, and played matches at Chancelot Park and Wardie Park instead during the post-war period.
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