Guess the ground

[bluearmyfaction]

On 17/11/2017 at 00:04, Herman Hessian said:

been annoying the f**k out of me all day has this - finally got home and had a chance to take a look at some contemporary OS maps (1894/96/99) and there's nothing near Dunning that is anything like a football pitch, or a pavilion - certainly no grandstands; the park grounds are all wooded or shown as gardens, and there's a playing field near the school - but that has a flagpole in the middle of it and a footpath running right across the middle

Bit late, but the Courier & Argus of 30 October 1895 records that Dundee Wanderers did not want to pay the visiting guarantee to Duncrub Park for the Cup tie the previous month, on the basis that Duncrub did not have a private ground (so I assume the argument was that there should be no sharing of gate receipts for a tie between a club that had to pay for upkeep and one that did not).  However it was proved that Duncrub DID have a private ground.  Which perhaps indicates that the facilities were so spartan that the Wanderers could allege that it was basically open space.

No clues as to the location, but it was named as the Games Park in the Strathearn Herald of 17 October 1903, and the Cow-feeders' Park in the same paper on 17 September 1904 - maybe the drill field in the Cow Park army campsite?  Although what may have been the last match of the club, a 'veterans' team taking on the current team, in April 1910 is described as being in Crofts Park.

None of these seem to help with the OS maps, but maybe a local history society could help.  Duncrub Park estate seems to have been rectangular, with an oblong bite taken out of the bottom left, so I wonder if that was the pitch area.

[Buddie Holly]

On 07/09/2019 at 09:13, Herman Hessian said:

pinecastle?

[falkirkthebigclub]

On 07/09/2019 at 10:13, Herman Hessian said:

Groots Hall, Southend.

[topcat(The most tip top)]

On 02/02/2023 at 10:47, Buddie Holly said:

pinecastle?

Fir park surely