A History of Scottish Football Grounds | Fir Park

Hi all, in today's video I venture into Scotland, as I explore the history of Motherwell FC's stadium Fir Park. I hope you enjoy the video! Please consider liking, subscribing, and commenting. I hope you have a great day!
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[@Hello7488to]

Thanks for doing my club 👍

[@cnoc500]

Great video mate. I know some Scottish names can be tricky to pronounce, but Dalziel and Dalzell are pronounced Dee-Ell 👍 Confusing I know, sorry. Good vid tho

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Thanks! Yeah I had a feeling those two were gonna be a little off!

[@autumnmatthews3179]

Really interesting video, you certainly researched this well and I enjoyed finding out more about Fir Park

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Thanks a lot!

[@crussty]

Great video thanks! My Dad first took me to Fir Park in 1994 when I was 6 and I've been going ever since

[@ArchivistAthletica]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@shaunflanagan8735]

I live a few miles away from Fir Park and have worked there as a Security Steward in the past. I must say it is a great stadium and has great facilities! 🙌

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Thanks for watching! It’s certainly one I would love to visit one day!

[@shaunflanagan8735]

@@ArchivistAthletica you should buddy!

[@Sco1ful]

Been attending FP since I was a kid in the 70’s and seen most of the changes mentioned. Would hate to ever move to one these modern plastic stadiums. 😊

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Yeah it’s a real beauty!

[@jamiepamackintosh]

Great video, keep up the good work man

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Thanks for watching!

[@historyoffootball87]

I've always found it a bit funny that one of the stands doesn't go the full length. It looks a little strange but also unique.

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Yeah it’s interesting!

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Archivist Athletica. This interested me as I am from Bradford. Here is a quote from asking about the colours on Google. "It is erroneously believed that Motherwell chose the claret and amber colours because they were the racing colours of Lord Hamilton; it is more likely that Motherwell were influenced by Bradford City's English FA cup win in 1911." Note the other Bradford club, Bradford (Park Avenue) took their green and white from Celtic, brought by a former player there. They were just Bradford, but needed to distinguish themselves from City and are supposedly the only team with brackets in the name. You could look into these things and the former Park Avenue venue? I am actually a Rugby League fan and grew up in Manningham, who were the first champions, before becoming football team Bradford City. Strangely. the first game I saw was a 3 to 2 win for City against Sheffield Wednesday when Jack Charlton was their new manager. I was in the stand that was there from the old rugby days that later caught fire. The fact that Wednesday had also fallen on hard times meant the disaster at their ground had similar issues behind it. As for Justice Taylor, my dad knew him through court work and he sent a representative to my dad's funeral. Good luck with the channel.

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Hello Alan! Yeah I was a little hesitant about adding the info on the kit colours just cause I felt it was probably most likely to be folklore and less likely to be fact, so that is good info to know! Thanks! Ive always been interested in Bradford (Park Avenue) when playing Football Manager, as I didn't realize that is the reason that's why the clubs name is in brackets. I am certainly interested in making a video about one or many of the clubs in Bradford, so I will certainly add something to my list.

[@alansmithee8831]

​@@ArchivistAthletica Nice to get a reply. I have commented elsewhere that City colours are the colours of Manningham and the former rugby league team. The surviving rugby league team was not the same club. It came from the same background as Park Avenue and took the name Northern from the fact the northern English league was the one it played in, formed in Huddersfield, which Manningham had won. They changed to "Bulls". Their colours of red, yellow and black are also used by Park Avenue as the Bradford colours. I always found it interesting that they were also the national colours of Germany, as shown in the flags of the failed attempt to set up a country in mid 19th century and that Bradford has a Little Germany district in the centre. Look up composer Delius as an example of the cultural and trade links.

[@tomclarkson2826]

This story about getting the colours from Bradford City is the one which appears in the official history of Motherwell FC. Dalzell (or Dalziel) is pronounced DL

[@bobsteele9581]

Great video mate. Love a bit of Scottish football history. Personally I support Rangers and Queen of the South, but my Dad was a life long Motherwell fan, so I've always had a soft spot for them. Davie Cooper and Tommy McLean were also Rangers legends before they jojned Motherwell as a player and manager respectively of course. Would love to see you do a vid on the history of Palmerston Park, home of Queen of the South 👍

[@ArchivistAthletica]

I’ll add it to my list! And I didn’t know they also played for Rangers as well that’s really cool!

[@realmusiklover]

A few things I didn't know about my own club. Great video, thanks so much for doing this.

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Thanks glad you enjoyed!

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Archivist Athletica, Could you please do a vlog on Carlisle United's home ground Brunton Park, or a vlog on Newcastle United's home ground St James's park, or both would be nice, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@ArchivistAthletica]

I’ll add them to my list of videos! Thanks for watching!

[@samfriesen2656]

Love it!!

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Glad you like it!

[@davidl1969]

Dalziel is pronounced DEE - EL

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Thanks for the correction!

[@aidanmcculloch9794]

Can you do Easter Road, Celtic Park and Hampden Park?

[@ArchivistAthletica]

I’ll add them to my list! Thanks for watching!

[@Hello7488to]

John hunter wasn’t the first he was the longest serving

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Sorry for the confusion!

[@0MusicDaily0]

Can you done one on tynecastle

[@ArchivistAthletica]

I’ll add it to my list, I have two videos I’m working on currently then I’ll get started on that one!

[@0MusicDaily0]

@ArchivistAthletica looking forward to it. The stadium has had lost of development over its long history

[@user-uh2qz1ec5m]

Im sure one of the stands used to have a box of matches as its sponsor

[@georgemcconville849]

Dalziel is pronounced Dee-El.

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Thanks for watching! And thanks for the pronunciation advice!

[@Hello7488to]

Sorry Plantation?

[@ArchivistAthletica]

Yeah the term certainly carries a much larger connotation today, but one of the sources I was reading used the term to describe the land that the stadium was built on. We today would likely classify the land as farmland. Thanks for watching the video!

[@Thatcntwiththecivic]

'Dalziel' is pronounced DEESELL

[@cnoc500]

Wrong.

[@stevenmclaren2730]

Every time I've been it's mostly empty.

[@ArchivistAthletica]

That’s really unfortunate! It’s a great ground.