Tannadice Park

Tannadice Park

Tannadice
The Eddie Thompson Stand at Tannadice
Tannadice Park Location in Dundee
Full name	Tannadice Park
Former names	Clepington Park (1882–1909)
Location	Tannadice Street, Dundee, Scotland
Coordinates	56°28′28.93″N 2°58′08.26″W / 56.4747028°N 2.9689611°W / 56.4747028; -2.9689611
Owner	Dundee United F.C.
Capacity	14,223
Record attendance	28,000 (16 November 1966, Dundee United v Barcelona)
Field size	110 x 72 yards (100.6 x 65.8 metres)
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Yes
Construction
Renovated	1891, 1909, 1962, 1992–97
Architect	James Paul Associates (1992–97)
Tenants
Dundee East End F.C. Dundee Violet F.C. Johnstone Wanderers F.C. Dundee Wanderers F.C. Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Juniors F.C.	1882–1883, 1887–1891 1883–1884 1891–1894 1894–1909 1909–present 1940–44

Tannadice Park, usually referred to as Tannadice, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. It is the home ground of Dundee United F.C., who have played at Tannadice since the club was founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. The stadium has been all-seated since 1994 and has a capacity of 14,223. It is located only 200 yards (180 m) from Dundee F.C.'s stadium, Dens Park; the two are the closest senior football grounds in the UK.

The ground was previously known as Clepington Park, and was used by a number of local teams in the 19th century. It was the home of Dundee Wanderers F.C. from 1894 until 1909, including their single season in membership of the Scottish Football League (1894–95). The name of the ground was changed to Tannadice when Dundee Hibernian took over the lease in 1909.

The ground that is now Tannadice (then called Clepington Park) was first used for football in the 1870s, when the surrounding area of Dundee was still largely open countryside. In July 1882, Dundee East End secured the use of Clepington Park for the coming season, remaining there until the following year, when they moved to Madeira Park. Clepington was also used by newly formed junior club Dundee Violet during the 1883–84 season.

Both clubs vacated Clepington in 1884; Violet relocated to Fairmuir, while East End had spells at Madeira Park and Pitkero Park before returning to Clepington in 1887. They remained there until moving to Carolina Port, the most developed ground in Dundee at the time, in 1891. East End would subsequently amalgamate with Dundee Our Boys to form Dundee F.C. in 1893. Clepington Park was subsequently taken over by Johnstone Wanderers, who had begun as an offshoot of Our Boys.

By this time, the surrounding modern street pattern had begun to emerge, with Provost Road, Arklay Street, and Clepington Road all having been laid out. West of Arklay Street remained open land while the east was being developed. By 1890, one of the new streets leading off Arklay Street had been given the name Tannadice Street.