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Allan Park, Aberdeen

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Field size
  
104 × 65 yards

Closed
  
2015

Capacity
  
2,500

Surface
  
Grass

Opened
  
1948

Team
  
Cove Rangers F.C.

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Location
  
Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland

Similar
  
Seafield Park, Victoria Park Buckie, Harlaw Park, Christie Park - Huntly, North Lodge Park

Allan Park was a football ground located in Cove, a suburb of Aberdeen. It was the home to Highland Football League club Cove Rangers. The ground had a capacity of 2300 spectators, with 200 on seats or benches. Its largest attendance was 2,100, in the league playoff 2008–09 vs Deveronvale which they won 3-1 to lift the league title for the third year running.

Allan Park was named after a local farmer, who gifted the club the land on which they built the ground in 1948.

In September 2011, Cove Rangers were planning to sell Allan Park for housing and share in part of the New Aberdeen Stadium project with Aberdeen FC. This scheme was thrown into doubt, however, when Aberdeen City Council rejected an application by the two clubs to build a new ground for Cove Rangers that Aberdeen FC would also have used as a training ground. On 19 April 2015 Cove Rangers said goodbye to Allan Park as they played their final game before moving to a new stadium being constructed just outside the Cove area in Aberdeen. Allan Park had been bought by housing developers for a figure believed to be around the £3m mark. The sale also included a social club, also owned by the football club, which closed its doors the following day.

References

Allan Park, Aberdeen Wikipedia