Rosebery Park
| Location | Oatlands, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 55°50′17″N 4°14′10″W / 55.838°N 4.236°WCoordinates: 55°50′17″N 4°14′10″W / 55.838°N 4.236°W |
| Owner | Glasgow City Council (after 1961) |
| Type | Stadium |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1918 |
| Closed | 1990s |
| Demolished | 2000s |
| Tenants | |
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Shawfield F.C. 1918–1960 Pollok F.C. 1926–1928 Glasgow schools' football 1963–1990s |
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Rosebery Park was a football ground in the Oatlands district of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home of Shawfield F.C. from 1918 to 1960, before being acquired by Glasgow Corporation as a venue for schools' football matches.
The discovery that the site was contaminated led to the ground becoming derelict in the 1990s, and it was subsequently demolished as a result of the M74 motorway extension.
Rosebery Park was named after the former Prime Minister, the 5th Earl of Rosebery. Located on the south-west side of Toryglen Street near Polmadie Road, it was the home of Shawfield Juniors. Pollok also sometimes used the ground in the late 1920s whilst they were without a permanent ground.
Following the demise of Shawfield Juniors, the Glasgow Corporation Education Committee arranged to buy the ground in 1961 in order to provide a venue for the schools' football competitions they organised. After being refurbished at a total cost of £14,000, the ground was reopened for schools' matches in April 1963.
Rosebery Park had not hosted football for a number of years as it had become contaminated by Chrome waste from factories in nearby Shawfield, Rutherglen.
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