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Recreation Park, Alloa

Recreation Park
Recreation Park
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Recreation Park is located in Clackmannanshire
Recreation Park
Recreation Park
Location in Clackmannanshire
Former names Recreation Park
Location Alloa, Scotland
Coordinates 56°06′59.92″N 3°46′43.11″W / 56.1166444°N 3.7786417°W / 56.1166444; -3.7786417
Owner Alloa Athletic
Operator Alloa Athletic
Capacity 3,100
Surface Synthetic Pitch
Opened 1895
Tenants
Alloa Athletic (1895–)
BSC Glasgow (2016–)

Recreation Park, also known as The Indodrill Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League team Alloa Athletic, who have played there since 1895. Additionally, BSC Glasgow of the Scottish Lowland Football League have been groundsharing at Recreation Park since 2016. The stadium has an artificial playing surface and has a capacity of 3,100.

Alloa Athletic have played at Recreation Park since 1895. A wooden main stand was built during the 1920s. Around 1950, a terracing cover was built on the Hilton Road Side. A record attendance of 15,467 was set by a 1954–55 Scottish Cup match against Celtic. Floodlights were installed in 1979 and a new main stand was opened in 1991. The new main stand cost £350,000, most of which was provided by the Football Trust. By the mid-1990s, when the ground was being used for Rangers reserve team matches, capacity had been restricted to just over 4,000.

An artificial surface was installed at the ground before the 2007–08 season. A seated stand was constructed on the Hilton Road Side in 2008.Clyde played matches at Recreation Park early in the 2012–13 season, while a synthetic surface was being installed at Broadwood Stadium.

On 12 September 2014, a six-figure sponsorship deal was struck that saw the stadium renamed as The Indodrill Stadium. However, supporters of the club continue to call it Recreation Park or The Recs. In June 2016 it was announced that from the 2016–17 season, Alloa would ground share with Lowland Football League side BSC Glasgow, while the latter continued to work towards their goal of having their own facility.


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